How to pull off a surprise wedding without your guests suspecting a thing.
Who doesn’t like a surprise? Well, actually, lots of people I guess, especially if it’s a bad surprise. But surprise weddings? I, personally, love ’em!
In Australia you cannot surprise your partner with a wedding, as you both need to give at least one months notice (see ‘Notice of Intended Marriage‘ page for more details about this process). However, you can surprise your family and friends, and, I can help.
Examples of a Surprise Wedding
The ‘Not really a BIRTHDAY party’ Surprise
I did one where the bride was celebrating her 30th birthday with a garden party. I arrived about an hour before the reveal, and mingled with the guests. The bride and I had come up with a back-story; I was a colleague from work who happened to live only a couple of streets away and therefore she had casually invited me to drop in. I had hidden my Marriage Register and other paperwork on arrival, and started chatting to the guests, calling upon my High School Speech and Drama skills to the maximum.
When it came to cutting the 30th birthday cake, the bride made a speech as to how important it was to have those she loved most around her, then she took the ’30’ cake topper and replaced it with a ‘Mr and Mrs’ cake topper. Some guests understood straight away, some were confused. She then said ‘Roxy can you come and explain what’s going on?’ and with that I stepped up and announced that I didn’t work in marketing with the bride, I was actually a Commonwealth Registered Celebrant, and I was here to marry the birthday girl and her partner. There was a big roar of laughter and noise, with the bride’s Uncle pointing at me shouting (through tears of laughter) ‘You LIED to me Roxy! You LIED!!’
Thank you for your wonderful assistance on our surprise evening… even your commitment to your back story so my family wouldn’t guess you were a celebrant.
My nanna was super suspicious, but you managed to pull it off. Thanks for fitting in with our very simple, kind last minute decision and for for making it super chilled which was just perfect for us.
Kellee and Ben
The ‘IT’S NOT REALLY JUSt A PARTY’ SURPRISE
The couple in this example had recently finished renovating their house, and so were inviting their closest family and friends around to have cocktails in the garden.
My cover-story was that I was the sole bar-staff member (hired via Airtasker, to explain my slightly inept efforts at cocktail making!). I served drinks for an hour or so before the reveal was made via one of the brides’ daughter, by which stage I’d served at least one drink to every guest and had them all believing I was the bartender.
Everyone was shocked. I had done a fabulous job with my cover story, and had learnt that I have a new skill making cocktails that I can fall upon if I ever find this Celebrant gig dries up.
THE ‘WE’VE INVITED YOUR FOR OUR ENGAGEMENT PARTY… BUT IT’S ACTUALLY OUR WEDDING’ SURPRISE
This wedding took place in the evening, where all the guests had been invited to an engagement party. My cover story was the that I was the Events Manager for the evening, and once all the guests had arrived, I notified the bride who was hiding up in her room in the hotel next door, supposedly ‘stuck in traffic’.
There wasn’t a dry eye in the house when the reveal was made, and the couple loved the element of surprise involved with it all.
Contact Roxy
If you’re looking to surprise your guests with a wedding, please contact me. My sense of adventure and ability to keep the cover story going means that I love doing these, and am more than happy to work with you to develop a surprise that will really leave your guests speechless. And don’t https://roxyrocks.com/intro-to-roxy/testimonials/forget to read the lovely things said by lovely people about the weddings I’ve conducted for them.
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