Married at the “Crescent Beach Club”
Bayville, NY
Married at the “Crescent Beach Club”
Bayville, NY
Married at the “Olde Bar”
Philadelphia, PA
From my Beautiful Granddaughter,
There were a couple reasons why I selected Captain Arnold to perform the wedding ceremony for my husband Joe and I. We have different religious upbringings and wanted a ceremony that infused traditions with meaningful words that spoke to both of us. We wanted someone with a lot of experience performing all different kinds of ceremonies who would listen to the details we wanted for an unplugged ceremony that represented us as a couple. We wanted someone with a great commanding speaking voice and calming presence.
Captain Arnold has all of these things, but the biggest reason why we selected him to marry us is simple: because he is my grandpa. I knew that having a family member say the words that would legally bind us would be incredibly special for me, my husband, and my family members in the audience to witness. This was not always the case.
My grandpa had been performing weddings for years and years all over the tri-state area, and I was pretty set on having him attend our wedding as a guest only, no Captain’s uniform allowed. But after watching him marry my cousin and her husband several years ago, I realized that we were lucky to have the opportunity not for “Captain Arnold” to be our officiant, but for my Poppy to be our officiant.
I knew he was someone I could trust to make the ceremony both seamless and unique. I did not want all the extra bells and whistles in this ceremony, but he helped us to craft a ceremony together that reflected our values and priorities.
Throughout the ceremony planning process, he gave sound insight into where to add a reading, where each wedding party member should stand, etc. How many brides get to have their grandpa so highly involved in one of the biggest days of their lives? We recently got our wedding video returned to us, and we relived the day watching the ceremony with family including Captain Arnold. I was impressed to see that he was mouthing every word from memory while watching the ceremony video.
I am so thankful that my grandpa performed our ceremony and that we have the memories documented for posterity. Throughout our reception, countless guests commented on how much they enjoyed the ceremony and how special it was that my grandpa officiated. My husband and I couldn’t agree more.
Thank you Poppy!
Love,
Alyssa Celentano
Married at the “Sea Cliff Manor”
Sea Cliff, NY
Married at the “Crescent Beach Club”
Bayville, NY
Married at the “Crescent Beach Club”
Bayville, NY
Married at “Martell’s Waters Edge”
Bayville, NJ
Hi Captain Arnold,
We received the picture, vows, and marriage license. Thank you for sending all of that. We just wanted to say thank you for performing our wedding ceremony on July 28th. We’re glad the rain did not keep it from happening outside. Thank you for the kind words you spoke and the humor you brought. Everyone wanted to know how we found you. You got a lot of compliments from our wedding guests who loved what you said. We couldn’t have been happier with how everything turned out.
Thank you for everything.
Ryan and Megan Downs (Kohanik)
Married at “Chateau La Mer”
Lindenhurst, NY
Married at the “Crescent Beach Club”
Bayville, New York
Married at the “Crocheron Park”
Bayside, NY
Married at the “Piermont”
Babylon, NY
Married at the “Van Courtland Lake House”
(Van Courtland Park, Bronx NY)
Married at the “Watermill”
(Smithtown, NY)
We were lucky to have Captain Arnold Marry us last month.
It was a wonderful ceremony and we got so many compliments on the service I couldn’t be happier.
Married at the “Davenport Mansion)
(New Rochelle, NY)
Married at the “Glen Island Harbour Club”
(New Rochelle, NY)
Married at the “Crescent Beach Club”
(Bayville, New York)