As I had written previously in this blog, I have spent several months in the summer and fall of 2008 filming the process of Ceremony creation for a show called “C’est ça la vie” on French CBC-TV. The airdate for the show was Monday, January 5, 2009. For those who didn’t catch it live, here is the link to the streamlined version of the piece. Overall, I am quite happy with the coverage and am pleased to share it with you all. Enjoy!
A Further Note:
One thing I would like to add about the episode is that during much of the show, they refer to me as a “Celebrant” (célébrant professionel), and I want to clarify the difference between a “Celebrant” and “Ceremonialist”. I’ll start by quoting from a previous blog entry:
I was trained as a Celebrant, first by In-Sight Books as a Funeral Celebrant, and then by the Celebrant USA Foundation and Institute, the organization mentioned in the piece, with a speciality in weddings. Because I have also had training in Ceremony in the Celtic Shamanic Tradition with Kathleen Leeson, RH, and other shamanic studies which I can bring into my work, I call myself a Ceremonialist rather than a Celebrant. However, because my orientation is in service of the client's needs, I can also do totally secular ceremonies as well.
There are other ceremonial practitioners out here who are also Ceremonialists, but there are no specific training organizations like there are for Celebrants.
If you have other questions about this, please contact me!
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