Rita Cohann is a Preston-based Melbourne civil celebrant and former drama teacher who creates relaxed, personal and fun ceremonies, with French or Italian woven in if you wish.
Rita Cohann is a civil marriage celebrant based in Preston who marries couples across Melbourne and the surrounding areas. She describes herself as a self-confessed people person and hopeless romantic, and calls celebrancy her dream job. Her aim, in her own words, is a relaxed, personal and beautiful ceremony that is stress free and great fun, whether you marry in your lounge room or in a grand chateau.
Before celebrancy Rita worked across the education, entertainment and corporate training sectors, and she spent many years as a drama and theatre teacher. She draws on that background to engage your guests with warmth, sincerity, style and confidence. She also speaks French and Italian and is happy to weave either language into your ceremony so family and friends from France or Italy feel at home.
Rita looks after couples through the whole planning process rather than simply turning up on the day. She handles the legal paperwork, shares resources and ideas to inspire your ceremony and works with you to write something personal to the two of you. She starts with an obligation-free first meeting, and reminds couples that the Notice of Intended Marriage must be lodged at least one month before the wedding.
Alongside weddings, Rita conducts commitment ceremonies, renewals of vows, baby namings, significant birthdays, anniversaries, memorials and funerals. Testimonials on her site come from couples whose ceremonies she delivered in French and English, an Italian welcome for overseas guests, and a mainly Greek Orthodox guest list attending its first civil wedding. Some couples have since asked her back for their children's naming ceremonies.
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Rita was simply wonderful to work with. Right from the beginning Rita made us feel very comfortable and relaxed taking her time to explain all the details of the ceremony. On the day Rita did an amazing job performing a professional yet very personal ceremony, taking care of us as well as all of…
Read full review on Google →Rita is a pure gem. She brings such joy and happiness to each meeting we have had. She truly cares about her couples and made us feel so special throughout our wedding day. Many guests commented how professional, yet caring and loving she is, even when we made changes to our vows at the last…
Read full review on Google →Rita was our wedding celebrant and she was fantastic! If you're looking for a celebrant who really cares and who puts in the time and effort, then Rita is the celebrant for you. What we loved about Rita in particular was how structured and detail oriented she was. We had a rehearsal session…
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