Tarah King and Chris Keeley wedding ceremony Sedona Arizona
Our wedding will be held at an outdoor location, at Merry Go Round Rock, we strongly recommend that our guests wear comfortable shoes.
INVITATION
A Celebration of Love, Friendship, Laughter and Family at the Marriage Celebration of
Tarah Nicole King and Christopher John Keeley
Saturday, November 1, 2008
At 4 O'Clock In The Evening
Merry Go Round Rock
SEDONA, ARIZONA
Now you will feel no rain,
For each of you will be shelter to the other.
Now you will feel no cold,
For each of you will be warmth to the other.
Now there is no more loneliness,
For each of you will be companion to the other.
Now you are two bodies,
But there is only one life before you.
Go now to your dwelling place
To enter into the days of your togetherness
And may your days be good and long upon the earth.
Save the date wedding invitation
Wedding Day Information
3:00 p.m.
All guests are to meet
at the below location to be
transported to and from the wedding
celebration.
El Portal Sedona
95 Portal Lane,
Sedona, Arizona 86336
928-203-9405
4:00 p.m.
Wedding Celebration
Merry-Go-Round Rock
Coconino National Forest
6:00 p.m.
Light refreshments and cocktail hour
inner courtyard
El Portal Sedona
7:00 p.m.
Wedding Dinner Celebration
El Portal Sedona Restaurant
adjacent to the inner courtyard
GIFT REGISTRY
- Bloomingdale's: Gift Registry TARAH KING and CHRISTOPHER KEELEY Wedding
- Crate and Barrel: Gift Registry Tarah N. King- Christopher J. Keeley Wedding
ACCOMODATIONS
- El Portal, Sedona's Luxury Hacienda
95 Portal Lane Sedona, AZ 86336, United States
Tel: 928 203-9405, 800 313-0017
- King-Keeley Wedding Party Reservation Low Season Rate
- utube on El Portal Sedona AND if you on "menu" there are 3 segments titled the The Alchemy of El Portal
- GOOGLE MAP of the Tarah King and Chris Keeley Wedding location
Chris and Tarah's Honeymoon Location - Villa Eva Luna
Chris and Tarah's engagement Photographs on Sunday, June 1, 2008 at Barry's House!
6.1.2008
- L'Auberge de Sedona, a Luxury Resort Spa in Sedona Arizona
- A rustic alternative is the Forest Houses Resort, a cluster of cabins a few miles north of town. Forest Houses Resort is situated on 20 wooded acres in upper Oak Creek Canyon and Oak Creek, a clear, cool continuously running mountain stream stocked with Rainbow and Brown trout and supporting an abundance of birds and wildlife.
- Hacienda de la Mariposa
- Sunset Chateau B&B in beautiful Sedona, AZ
- Sedona Area Hotels - many listings
- Cheaper Hotel listings Sedona, AZ
Chris and Tarah
TRANSPORTATION
The closest major airport is Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) which is approximately 120 miles from Sedona. Once landing in Phoenix, there are generally two ways to get to Sedona.
Phoenix Sky Harbor International
- Transportation Instructions - Coming and Going
- Travel Portal kayak
- Orbitz
Sedona Weather
- Sedona Weather . Dream Sedona
DAY TRIPS
- Public Lands Information Center
- redrock country / passes-and-permits / where-to-purchase
- The Coconino National Forest is one of the most diverse National Forests in the country with landscapes ranging from the famous Red Rocks of Sedona to Ponderosa Pine Forests, to alpine tundra. Explore mountains and canyons, fish forest lakes and wade in lazy creeks and streams.
- Sedona Hikes, Hiking Tours, Shamanic Journeys, and Mystic Tours
- Red Rock Country is a colorful collection of buttes, pinnacles, mesas and canyons and is famous the world around for its red rock vistas.
- A labyrinth is a spiritual tool
- Shangri-La Sedona Spiritual Retreats and Adventours Definitions
- enchantment group
- Liz Margin:: Make-up Artist
WEATHER
- SEDONA, ARIZONA
PICTURES
Sedona Photographs
- Panoramic Sedona
CopyRight David Sunfellow Photography
- THE MUSIC OF OMAN KEN - Sedona Music Services
SHAMANS
A shaman is a kind of medicine man who practices shamanism. Shamans were believed to be able to talk to the spirit world, usually animal spirits.
- Shamanism
- Shaman
- UQUALLA
The progression of the ceremony is as follows:
Ceremonial Processional - drumming
Blanket Exchange - formal opening
Ring Blessings/vows - exchanges of rings
Cardinals - blessings facing the 4 directions
Feather Ties- symbolic union
Blessings - announcement of union
I utilize a ceremonial blanket for the union;
Blessings! Uqualla
KO MAUA LA MALE 'ANA ( Our Wedding Day ) 11.01.2008
The wedding will held at the stunning location of Red Rock Country (Crescent Moon Park) Sedona, Arizona. The ceremony will be conducted by Uqualla Native American Shaman from Havasupai Nation meaning "People-Of-The-Blue-Green-Waters". Uqualla begins the ceremony with invocation to the elements of Mother Earth, Father Sky, and to the East, South, West, and the North winds. A drumming signals celebration. The couple comes forth and the wedding rings are purified through an infusion of sage and prayer. Uqualla blesses the union of husband and wife with an array of ritual gestures. He makes the traditional offering chant and the heart beat of the drum to the four cardinal directions and a final chanting seals the union. We feel that having a Native American wedding ceremony is a unique, powerful, spiritual and moving way to begin our married journey life together. Sedona is also a sacred palace to many Native Americans Nations, which makes Sedona also the perfect place to experience a genuine Native American wedding. We both have always respected the Native American cultures and their beliefs. With our families and close friends by our side supporting our union together, makes the whole experience even more meaningful.
- merry-go-round rock Sedona
The Blanket Ceremony
Another wedding custom practiced by the Kiowa and several other plains tribes is the blanket ceremony. Two blue blankets are used in the ceremony, with each representing the couple's past lives that may have been filled with loneliness, weakness, failures, sorrow and spiritual depression.
The couple are each wrapped in one of the blue blankets and their relatives follow them to the sacred fire circle. (If the ceremony is indoors, they could approach when you pronounce them husband and wife). After the spiritual leader blesses the union the couple then shed the blue blankets and are enveloped by relatives in a single white blanket representing their new ways of happiness, fulfillment and peace.
Under the white blanket, the couple then embrace and kiss. This is the end of the wedding ceremony.
The white blanket is kept by the couple and often displayed in their home.
The wedding vase has been used by many Indian tribes in America. In tradition, the wedding vase was created prior to the wedding. Many believe as part of the marriage ceremony the medicine man would prepare a special potion [usually water] for the young lovers.
First, the bride drinks from one spout and then, gives it to the groom, who drinks from the opposite spout. The mixture signified the promise of deep love and eternal happiness for the couple.
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- Chris and Tarah's Sedona wedding planning Vendors, Flowers, Cake, Restaurant, and planner.
Chris and Tarah's engagement Photographs by Jenn Plumb on Sunday, June 1, 2008 at Barry's House!
6.1.2008
Chris and Tarah's engagment Photographs by Joe G. on Sunday, June 1, 2008 at Barry's House!
6.1.2008
Chris and Tarah at Alex Frank's graduation
5.12.2008
Arizona Region of Narcotics Anonymous
- Arizona Region Of Narcotics Anonymous Guestbook
Send Tarah and Chris email!
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Tarah King and Chris Keeley wedding ceremony Sedona Arizona
Our wedding will be held at an outdoor location, at Merry Go Round Rock, we strongly recommend that our guests wear comfortable shoes.
INVITATION
A Celebration of Love, Friendship, Laughter and Family at the Marriage Celebration of
Tarah Nicole King and Christopher John Keeley
Saturday, November 1, 2008
At 4 O'Clock In The Evening
Merry Go Round Rock
SEDONA, ARIZONA
Now you will feel no rain,
For each of you will be shelter to the other.
Now you will feel no cold,
For each of you will be warmth to the other.
Now there is no more loneliness,
For each of you will be companion to the other.
Now you are two bodies,
But there is only one life before you.
Go now to your dwelling place
To enter into the days of your togetherness
And may your days be good and long upon the earth.
Save the date wedding invitation
Wedding Day Information
3:00 p.m.
All guests are to meet
at the below location to be
transported to and from the wedding
celebration.
El Portal Sedona
95 Portal Lane,
Sedona, Arizona 86336
928-203-9405
4:00 p.m.
Wedding Celebration
Merry-Go-Round Rock
Coconino National Forest
6:00 p.m.
Light refreshments and cocktail hour
inner courtyard
El Portal Sedona
7:00 p.m.
Wedding Dinner Celebration
El Portal Sedona Restaurant
adjacent to the inner courtyard
GIFT REGISTRY
ACCOMODATIONS
Tel: 928 203-9405, 800 313-0017
Chris and Tarah's Honeymoon Location - Villa Eva Luna
Chris and Tarah's engagement Photographs on Sunday, June 1, 2008 at Barry's House!
6.1.2008
Chris and Tarah
TRANSPORTATION
The closest major airport is Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) which is approximately 120 miles from Sedona. Once landing in Phoenix, there are generally two ways to get to Sedona.
Phoenix Sky Harbor International
Sedona Weather
DAY TRIPS
WEATHER
PICTURES
Sedona Photographs
CopyRight David Sunfellow Photography
SHAMANS
A shaman is a kind of medicine man who practices shamanism. Shamans were believed to be able to talk to the spirit world, usually animal spirits.
The progression of the ceremony is as follows:
Ceremonial Processional - drumming
Blanket Exchange - formal opening
Ring Blessings/vows - exchanges of rings
Cardinals - blessings facing the 4 directions
Feather Ties- symbolic union
Blessings - announcement of union
I utilize a ceremonial blanket for the union;
Blessings! Uqualla
KO MAUA LA MALE 'ANA ( Our Wedding Day ) 11.01.2008
The wedding will held at the stunning location of Red Rock Country (Crescent Moon Park) Sedona, Arizona. The ceremony will be conducted by Uqualla Native American Shaman from Havasupai Nation meaning "People-Of-The-Blue-Green-Waters". Uqualla begins the ceremony with invocation to the elements of Mother Earth, Father Sky, and to the East, South, West, and the North winds. A drumming signals celebration. The couple comes forth and the wedding rings are purified through an infusion of sage and prayer. Uqualla blesses the union of husband and wife with an array of ritual gestures. He makes the traditional offering chant and the heart beat of the drum to the four cardinal directions and a final chanting seals the union. We feel that having a Native American wedding ceremony is a unique, powerful, spiritual and moving way to begin our married journey life together. Sedona is also a sacred palace to many Native Americans Nations, which makes Sedona also the perfect place to experience a genuine Native American wedding. We both have always respected the Native American cultures and their beliefs. With our families and close friends by our side supporting our union together, makes the whole experience even more meaningful.
The Blanket Ceremony
Another wedding custom practiced by the Kiowa and several other plains tribes is the blanket ceremony. Two blue blankets are used in the ceremony, with each representing the couple's past lives that may have been filled with loneliness, weakness, failures, sorrow and spiritual depression.
The couple are each wrapped in one of the blue blankets and their relatives follow them to the sacred fire circle. (If the ceremony is indoors, they could approach when you pronounce them husband and wife). After the spiritual leader blesses the union the couple then shed the blue blankets and are enveloped by relatives in a single white blanket representing their new ways of happiness, fulfillment and peace.
Under the white blanket, the couple then embrace and kiss. This is the end of the wedding ceremony.
The white blanket is kept by the couple and often displayed in their home.
The wedding vase has been used by many Indian tribes in America. In tradition, the wedding vase was created prior to the wedding. Many believe as part of the marriage ceremony the medicine man would prepare a special potion [usually water] for the young lovers.
First, the bride drinks from one spout and then, gives it to the groom, who drinks from the opposite spout. The mixture signified the promise of deep love and eternal happiness for the couple.
Chris and Tarah's engagement Photographs by Jenn Plumb on Sunday, June 1, 2008 at Barry's House!
6.1.2008
Chris and Tarah's engagment Photographs by Joe G. on Sunday, June 1, 2008 at Barry's House!
6.1.2008
Chris and Tarah at Alex Frank's graduation
5.12.2008
Arizona Region of Narcotics Anonymous
Send Tarah and Chris email!
Return to King-Keeley Wedding Party