The authoritative handbook for anyone planning any personal ceremony or celebration. Ceremonies & Celebrations gives details of how to organise a celebration or ceremony, with example ceremonies, a wealth of suggested readings and music, together with checklists and advice on how to write and structure your own ceremonies.

Ceremonies include:

* weddings (formal and informal)

* commitment to partnerships

* renewal of vows

* name giving/naming

* graduation

* coming of age and other birthdays

* divorce

* stepfamily acceptance

* house dedication

* 'sorry' ceremony

* funerals and memories, and how to prepare a eulogy

All of us have the right to choose and organise our own ceremonies according to our beliefs - and this book tells us what we have to do, and when.