About this vendor
Hello, my name is Daniel Bodamer from Amazing Day Wedding Officiants, Photographers, Djs, and a Classical Pianist serving Northern lower Michigan's west coast from Manistee, Traverse City, Petoskey, Mackinaw, Mackinaw Island, and a bit of the Upper Peninsula, MI, and I want to extend a very warm welcome.
Imagine watching your wedding ceremony from the audience's perspective. Is it interesting? Does your officiant interact with everyone? Did you laugh, maybe shed a tear, but did you pay attention? Could you hear and see everything that was going on, or was it just like the last wedding you witnessed?
We perform a modern-format ceremony whenever possible (we do traditional ones too). It makes everyone in your audience of family and friends a part of your celebration, and weddings are a celebration. However, we are not the cheapest officiants; we work too hard to be, but we are usually less than the wedding cake, and we feel the only reason for the wedding cake is the ceremony.
I have brought together the best collection of talented people I could find to offer you the finest on your amazing day. You can have an elegant, romantic wedding with a ton of fun and still be down-to-earth.
Classic and creative, formal to casual, traditional, practical, but most importantly, fun is what we love to do. All Officiants, DJs, and Photographers share my vision to serve you at the highest level possible.
We would love to participate in your adventure.
Daniel Bodamer
Owner & Officiant
Amazing Day Weddings
Please note: During the last wedding season, 19 family/friends who were officiants bailed on performing the ceremony, and we had to rescue the weddings (note: Amazing Day Weddings has NEVER canceled on a couple). Most bailed within a week; four did it the day before, and two the day of the wedding. Because of the enormous stress on us, and especially you, we have decided not to rescue weddings next when your officiant is a no-show, so please make sure you have your bases covered.
Details
Business Attributes
- Asian-owned Business
- Black-owned Business
- Hispanic or Latinx-owned Business
- LGBTQ+-owned Business
- Native American-owned Business
- Pacific Islander-owned Business
Ceremony Types
- Civil Union
- Commitment Ceremony
- Elopement
- Interfaith Ceremony
- Non-Religious Ceremony
- Religious Ceremony
Religious Affiliations
- Christian
- Catholic
- Protestant
- Hindu
- Interfaith
- Jewish
Wedding Activities
- After The Wedding
- Getting Engaged
- Wedding
- Ceremony
Reviews
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4.9
out of 5.023 reviews
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Corry was awesome! She put together a beautiful ceremony for us, and we loved it! Thank you!
We couldn’t have been happier to have Dan officiate our wedding. He has such a calm, supportive and happy presence that he put us right at ease. He studied our love story, got to k...
now us and made us feel so comfortable ahead of time. He engaged the guests and made the ceremony feel so special, everyone was laughing and crying. Thank you so much Dan!
Dan our officiant was a perfect touch to our non traditional modern wedding. He was spontaneous & went with the flow For our intimate ceremony. 100% recommended
Dan was amazing! First of all, Dan was so flexible when we had to postpone our wedding and we are so grateful for that. He created such a personalized and unique ceremony for us an...
d it felt so special. We received compliments from our guests for how special our ceremony was. We gave free reign to Dan to do what he wanted and he did not disappoint, it was a day we will never forget!
We chose Dean as our officiant and he delivered an incredible ceremony. He's personable, caring, and has a theatre background so is incredibly comfortable and engaging in front of ...
a crowd.
Definitely ask him about the "modern" ceremony, too. We had multiple guests comment on how awesome they thought our ceremony was because of this idea that Dean had.
The process of setting up and meeting with our wedding officiant was very easy. In addition, communication was very quick and smooth both by phone and email. All responses were pro...
mpt. We had Alexander, and he had a great personality and had a great style for a modern wedding ceremony. I had only 2 complaints. 1) he had a difficult type pronouncing my name, and did stumble over it a few time during our wedding which was unfortunate. 2) he took the wrong wedding certificate into the courthouse instead. We both signed one beautifully, and the second one be both fumbled a bit and was messy. He took the incorrect one to the courthouse. So smaller things to some, but having my name mispronounced during my wedding ceremony was unfortunate.
Dan was our officiant for our wedding. To say he was amazing would be an understatement. He took the time to get to know us, what we like and what we don’t like, what our hobbies a...
re, how we met, everything. Our ceremony was everything we could have asked for and more. He made us feel so relaxed during our day and he walked within the crowd so we were never looking behind us. He made us feel so important and I’m sad we won’t be working with him again. Even our wedding guests said he was great and he helped create a ceremony specifically designed for us as a couple. Thank you Dan, for everything.
Scott did a great job for us! Thank you!
The very best!
I was absolutely blown away by the amazing job our wedding officiant had done for us, and the way he put together such a perfect wedding story.
Thank you!
Dan is amazing. He performed the "modern" format ceremony for our wedding and we are still getting compliments a month later. Our ceremony was so personalized to us as a couple... ...
we said our own vows, my husband's 97 year old grandfather spoke & our mom's presented the rings. Dan engaged all of our guests and made everyone feel so included. I highly recommend hiring Amazing Day Weddings!
We had Daniel officiate our wedding in July at The Homestead. We are so happy that we chose Daniel to officiate! He went above and beyond to make us feel at ease, and make the whol...
e journey enjoyable. You would have thought that he'd known us for years with how much time he took to know my husband and I as a couple. He had everyone laughing and crying at all the right moments. It really was a perfect ceremony thanks to Daniel! We are so glad that we picked him, and you will be too!
Brock Nummerdor was the perfect officiant on our wedding day. He was energetic, spoke clearly and emphatically, and had tons of helpful input on things we could add to the ceremony...
that ensured there wasn't a dry eye up there. He was super easy to reach, very outgoing, and gave us the best ceremony we could have asked for. If we could do the whole day over again, we'd hire Amazing day every time.
Dan did an absolutely perfect job as our officiant. He was beyond organized, paid attention to all the little details, and helped us tell our love story. Dan became our friend duri...
ng the process of getting married and we feel very blessed that he was apart of our big day.
Working with Amazing Day Officiant, Daniel was very helpful in the beginning and answered any questions we had before booking them. Dean was going to be our officiant on the weddin...
g day and working with him, also was a great experience. He told us he could do a traditional or modern ceremony. We weren't sure what we wanted to do so the day of the rehearsal he took the time to go over both to help us make our decision. On that same day we decided that we were going to do a candle ceremony and he was very willing to accommodate the last minute decision. He gave a couple options that we could use that included the guests and also a thank you in front of all the guests for our parents. It was something I had never seen before and loved every bit of his ideas. The ceremony was everything that we wanted.
Everything went just as rehearsed and we are beyond pleased. Our day was completely stress free thanks to Daniel. He did what he calls a "Modern Format Ceremony" and everyone came ...
up to us at the reception and told us how they loved it and had never seen a wedding like that before. We love Daniel and ours was truly an Amazing Day!
We did a simple secular wedding at the Open Space with Daniel and it was perfect. He made our small party of friends a part of our ceremony. He sent us a few readings and vows for ...
us to pick from that we were welcome to change, but we went with his suggestion. Our wedding day and ceremony was truly amazing.
Lori was our officant and she was perfect. We were hesitant to hire someone from a company, but since we were not getting married in our churches down state we decided to do it. ...
We do not regret choosing Amazing Day Weddings! Lori was very professional, on time, and made our ceremony personal to us and also short as requested :)
Amazing Day Weddings (Officiant Dan) set a new standard of how weddings should be performed! Most of the talk during our reception was "I've never been to a wedding like that, EVER...
".
This is how it went:
Before any of my bridal party walked down the aisle, Dan Bodamer from Amazing Day walked out alone, greeted everyone and then started telling a story, a love story; our love story. Dan said “He was typical engineering student; scared to death of talking to a pretty girl, but today is different and he was determined to speak to her, No matter what”! “So today he walked past three coffee shops with hopes that this girl he had spotted weeks ago was working.
She had spotted this cute boy in the library but every time she got close enough to talk, he didn’t even notice her. Now its Saturday and she did have that day off in the coffee shop but was asked to take a friends shift, so she did. She spotted him walking in and he got into the line she was serving. He thought “there she is” and got in her line but this time he spoke to her and he asked her a question. She replied “Jordan” and he knew at that moment that he would fall in love with a girl named Jordan. He said “Simon” and she knew at that moment that she would fall in love with a boy named “Simon”. Then Dan said “and that’s what brings us here today, Coffee…..Oh, and Love”. Everyone clapped!!! It was perfect and then the wedding started. Our vows Dan had written included parts of our story, even the coffee.
If you are considering an Officiant you must use Amazing Day because that’s exactly what they are AMAZING story tellers! Thank you so much Dan for an unforgettable wedding!
I must have communicated with Dan a million times, I bet I drove him nuts but he never showed it, in fact he would tease me if he hadn't heard from me for a few days. Then came ga...
me day and everything fell into place. I wanted to do something special and Dan proved to be very creative; gave me a few suggestions which worked out beautifully. He suggested that each of our parents and grandparents bring a ribbon of which he went around and collected, then brought them back to the alter and wrapped our hands with them. Everyone at the reception said it was the most moving weddings they had ever witnessed. If you are looking for an Officiant who is the best, look no further than Dan!
Absolutely amazing and couldn't be more pleased.
We can't say enough great things about Dan, he did an excellent job. He was funny and sincere which made everyone relaxed...mostly me! We both wrote our vows and with Dans help ref...
ining them they were perfect. Our expectations were far exceeded. Thank you Dan!
I wanted to write my vows since I was a young girl but I was running out of time, so much to do! I spoke to Dan many times and each time he would ask about my vows and I had I had...
time to write them yet (he somehow knew I hadn't). Then he said "read the email I sent you” In it were vows that Dan had written for me. He said "change what you need to" They were perfect, I changed nothing.
Our rehearsal the day before went very smooth with Dan directing us when to walk and where to stand. On my wedding day he even taught the ushers what to do! During the service Dan acknowledged my grandparents because they were celebrating 48 wonderful years together that day. I don't know how Dan knew that but it made them glow.
What I am amazed with is how relaxed Dan made us feel. I was so nervous as I walked up to the alter, then Dan quietly asked me "Have you two met?" It made my fiance and I laugh and then he started. I heard every word. In one part he had us hold hands and said "These are the hands of your best friend" and spoke about how our hands through time get old but have the same gentle loving touch. My fiance teared up! I have only seen him tear up when the Tigers lost! All in all Dan had us laughing and crying, it was the most amazing day of my life. If you are fortunate enough to have Dan officiate your wedding it will be your most amazing day too. Thank you Dan!
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