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• A

  The grounds are beautiful for an out door wedding.  Nina the coordinator was so knowledgeable about everything.  She was always available, coordinating that everything would happen on time.  She was friendly and could answer any question that you had. 
  - Deborah B.
• A

  She was a dream to work with.  It was a smaller wedding, 37 people total.  She helped us find all the vendors, and they were all amazing.  She was so helpful in getting everything straightened out & had so many good ideas.  My daughter bought a dress that she was not fond of and she referred us to a dress designer who re-did it so she would like it.  She was always there when we called or needed her.  She really went above and beyond what we ever could have asked for.
  - Deborah B.
• A

  I was hesitant to contract a coordinator for my small (35 person) wedding in the outer banks, however I cant express enough how glad I am that Audra was there to make everything perfect.  From the beginning Audra was very responsive to sorting out the catering menu (I have a bunch of food allergies to deal with) and she was very reassuring that everything would get sorted out.  Leading up to the wedding she was very helpful in making sure all the bases were covered and definitely gave me a sense of confidence that things were going along swimmingly.  Even after Hurricane Irene came through the week before the wedding and forced venue changes for the ceremony and reception she was super helpful in letting me know that everything would be set to go.  When the wedding weekend came up, she was omnipresent in everything, getting the venue all set up, vendors all coordinated and timelines set up.  I did not have to lift a finger from the moment I arrived until the moment I left.  I was amazed at how fast her and her crew got our venue set up and how stellar of a job they did.  Everything was truly perfect.  She was there at the rehearsal to make sure things went smoothly and really made everyone so relaxed to know that we were in such good hands.  The reception coordination was amazing, the venue was a large living space in a rental home near the ceremony site that was chosen last minute due to the Hurricane.  The set up was beautiful and functional (in a space that I am not sure was either of these things before she got there).  Her staff were truly superheros, the food and drinks were flowing and there was never a pile up of people in line or plates on a table (which really made for great pictures!).  The food was better than I could have imagined, everybody was commenting on how each dish wowed them.  Audra worked with her ubercoordinated staff to run a perfect night.  At the end of the night her and her crew broke down everything and swiftly everything was gone like we had never even been there! It was amazing!  Audra was so friendly and professional, I cant stress how much of a pleasure it was to work with her.  Her work was amazing, I could not imagine how other people get married that dont have her there to coordinate everything. 
  - Stephen K.
• F

  Rande is listed as an officiant for weddings in the outer banks that offers non denominational services.  We contracted him for our wedding, and got a good first impression of his plans for the service, he seemed very receptive to our ideas and easy to work with.  However, once contracted it was very difficult to get in touch with him.  We were trying to order programs that required the order of the service and after three vague non punctual email responses to our request we finally got him on the phone for a straight answer at the last minute.  From the beginning we stressed that a non-denominational service was very important to us and that we would be saying our own vows, which was the one part that mattered the most to us.  I will say, that when Hurricane Irene came through and forced us to change our ceremony site, he was very understanding and accommodating to us moving the location down the street.  During the rehearsal there was a misunderstanding about where the wedding party would be meeting him which caused some confusion and a slight delay, which was met by several rude comments from him in front of the entire party.  Also, during the rehearsal he pointed out that vows would just be a "simple repeat after me" to which we reminded him that we had (many times now) let him know that we would be saying our own vows.  He responded to this with several rude "why did you wait until the last minute to tell me this?!" comments and accused us rudely of this in front of the entire party.  For the wedding itself, I was appalled at his attire and general appearance, from his website he appeared to be somewhat formal and was shocked at the disheveled appearance.  His entire service sounded like a rambling non sensible rant, I was mortified the entire time.  The icing on the cake was when he AGAIN overlooked our vow request and ended the service without us saying our vows (even after my maid of honor was frantically waving my vows in the hair toward him!). It ended awfully when he introduced us as "Mr and Mrs X" and grossly pronounced our name wrong.   I have never been so appalled by someones extreme lack of professionalism.  For someone that makes a living being in other peoples wedding photos I would expect a groomed, neat appearance and a non rambling service.  He truly ruined our wedding by not letting us say our vows and made us feel like we wasted our money by not even getting our names right at the end after all that.  
  - Stephen K.
• A

  She played what we requested and was wonderful.  The music was so unique and beautiful.
  - Deborah B.