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Live Ceremony Web Stream

AliH13AliH13
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I have always wanted an intimate beach wedding. My fiance and I agreed to have a private ceremony with just he and I on the beach in either St. Thomas or St. John (still undecided). We are however wanting to have a live web stream for all of our friends and family back home.

Would you mail out some sort of notification with info about when we will be streaming and how to access it? How would we word it? I'm afraid if we just tell people by word of mouth that they will forget when the time comes. Whereas if we send something they can keep it somewhere that will remind them.

thoughts?
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  • vsgalvsgal member
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    I would steer away from this.  Part of having a private ceremony is that you want to keep it for just the two of you.  By streaming it and sending out a  notice to make sure people watch, you are telling them they are good enough to watch, but you don't want them there because you don't want to feed them or have the ceremony in front of them.   If you want to elope, just do it.  Doing a stream video could be seen as AWish and gift grabby.

    You could send an announcement out telling everyone you got married on the beach.  That should go out on or right after your wedding.
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  • itzMSitzMS member
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    I've seen some brides do this for special guests invited to the DW who couldn't attend. Not inviting anyone, and then having a live webcast of it is incredibly inappropriate.
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  • brielleinlovebrielleinlove member
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    Well, that's the drawback when you decide on a private ceremony - you don't get to share it with family and friends.  I'd be horribly offended if I got a notice like this in the mail.  "You aren't good enough to come watch us get married, but feel free to watch us get married online!"  Many people will likely see this as a gift grab, too.

    I'd just send out wedding announcements.  That's really the only appropriate thing to do.
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  • AddieCakeAddieCake member
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    I agree. If you want it private, why would you stream it to a bunch of people? If you want those people to see, at least invite them.
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  • Jen4948Jen4948 member
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    I wouldn't stream the ceremony to the people back home if you're not inviting them.  That does come off as AWish.

    If you invited them and they declined, then I'd be okay with streaming it to them.  But only under those circumstances.
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  • MoonlightSilverMoonlightSilver member
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    We thought about doing this too, but eventually went another route. I highly suggest you just hire a videographer, and have a DVD made. That way, once you're home, you can share it with family and friends who want to see. 
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  • AliH13AliH13
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    Wow! Good thing I asked, I don't want to be "that" couple. I guess we will pass and not include anyone. Or maybe just our parents.

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  • AddieCakeAddieCake member
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_ceremony-ideas_live-ceremony-web-stream?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:10Discussion:1c451819-86d8-4154-b00a-c995fe2e1cc7Post:ccbadcb4-fda8-4f2f-91e4-5b6c8d774cd4">Re: Live Ceremony Web Stream</a>:
    [QUOTE]Wow! Good thing I asked, I don't want to be "that" couple. I guess we will pass and not include anyone. Or maybe just our parents.
    Posted by AliH13[/QUOTE]

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