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Hi!
First of all, congrats!! And thanks so much for the opportunity to bid to be your wedding officiant!
I have performed hundreds of weddings and have always received exceptional feedback (go to my reviews now! Seriously! .... Okay, you back?)
Since I am a stand-up comedian, I specialize in creating a wedding ceremony with humor (but don't worry, it won't be a laugh a second...It'll also be poignant and moving. If selected, I would forward a series of questions about both of you, and use this information to write a customized service for your wedding. I am open to rewrites and adjustments., as working with my clients collaboratively results in a ceremony that is meaningful and personal. And funny. I would also make arrangements to meet with both of you beforehand!
Thanks!
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- Commitment Ceremony
- Elopement
- Interfaith Ceremony
- Non-Religious Ceremony
- Religious Ceremony
- Second Wedding
Religious Affiliations
- Christian
- Catholic
- Protestant
- Interfaith
- Jewish
- Reform
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- Wedding
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Around the time I was engaged, my mom suggested I look into using Harris as my officiant which was the perfect choice. My husband and I absolutely loved working with Harris. Harris is professional and personable to work with. He knew the right questions to ask, and the ceremony felt personal to our story. Our ceremony was everything we could hope for, and our guests raved about the ceremony throughout the night. We would highly recommend Harris to anyone!
Harris was exactly what we were looking for in an officiant! He took the time to get to know us and create a personalized speech during the ceremony. His background as a comedian was definitely a hit! Not only did he bring the humor and make the ceremony actually fun, but he also had many touching remarks about our relationship that he dug out of us with his thoughtful questions ahead of time. It was the perfect balance of romantic and fun, which is exactly what we were looking for. Our guests had a lot of good things to say about him as well! He was also able to guide us on all the administrative things to do too, which was a huge help. We also love that he responds to emails practically instantly! We would definitely recommend him!
Harris was amazing! He really took the time to ask us the right questions so that the ceremony felt personal. The ceremony was exactly what we wanted and our guests went out of their way to talk about how wonderful Harris was. Thank you Harris for making our special day even more special!
We can not say enough great things about Harris! He was one of the only vendors we had that answered emails IMMEDIATELY, and was always so on top of absolutely every step throughout the planning process. He is beyond kind, FUNNY, and knowledgeable, and said the most beautiful (and hysterical) words at our ceremony. Our guests absolutely loved him, as did we, and he mailed out our marriage license ASAP! He asked us so many great questions about ourselves and our relationship and truly customized the entire ceremony to cater to us and our relationship. He is the best of the best- we are so glad he was the one to marry us on our special day!!
Harris was fantastic -- the ceremony was highly personal, sentimental, and had just the right amount of humor. A month out from the wedding, our guests continue to rave about his performance.
PLEASE book Harris if he's available for your date! Our guests were shocked we didn't know him on a personal level beforehand because of how well he tied in details about us. He added just the right amount of emotion, laughter, and detail, easily one of the easiest vendors to worked with as well. Totally recommend!!
My wife and I are so happy we chose Harris to officiate our wedding. We received many compliments from our guests about how beautiful the ceremony was, and we know it’s thanks to him! Harris' warmth and thoughtful words truly made our ceremony special and memorable. His help and guidance along the way meant so much to us as well. He is INCREDIBLY responsive and quick to assist in every possible way. We cannot recommend Harris enough! We couldn’t have asked for anything better.
Harris was great to work with. He is very responsive and made our ceremony funny yet heartfelt. We loved working with him and he made the process so easy. We told him what we wanted and he also helped guide the process with a questionnaire to make the ceremony more personalized. He was also very quick in sending in our marriage license and by the time we were back from our honeymoon, we already had the certificate in the mail.
Harris is amazing. His skill for making a crowd laugh, smile, reflect, happy tear, feel, and live in the moment is one of a kind. He adds laughs at all the right moments and connects with the couple and crowd as if he is a friend you have known for ages. Not only was the ceremony perfect, he gave us instructions about how the ceremony would be organized. This was extremely helpful as we learned to navigate wedding planning!! He showed up to the ceremony early and guided us on marriage license questions day of - clearly well-informed of the process from all his past experience doing this already.
Guests kept approaching us throughout the evening asking us where Harris was. They all wanted to go up to him and tell him how spectacular of a job he did.
Harris - THANK YOU! Newly engaged - don't think twice. Harris is AWESOME!!!!
We got married last week on 11/10/23 and Harris was our officiant. He was absolutely fantastic. We had an intimate ceremony in our home, and Harris really met the moment. The ceremony was heartfelt, personal and funny. Harris was an absolute professional and still maintained the relaxed feeling that we were hoping for. 10/10 would recommend. Thank you, Harris!!!
Thank you Harris for slotting in absolutely perfectly as our wedding officiant. You felt like family from the beginning and had the entire crowd laughing along during the ceremony as if you truly were! We are so thankful to have had you there with us on our wedding day—it was a perfect day in part because of you! (Photos by our lovely photographer Rachel Koudellou).
Harris officiated our wedding on 9/30/23 and created such a memorable and personal ceremony for us. Our guests all raved about how wonderful the ceremony was and it really set the tone for an incredible wedding. Harris was a pleasure to work with, providing us with a questionnaire to help build out the ceremony and promptly answering every question I had leading up to the wedding. He incorporated the requests we had, including family readings and a wine box unity ceremony, perfectly. I highly recommend Harris if you are looking for a ceremony that is personal and engaging with just the right amount of humor!
Harris did an amazing job at our ceremony. With a simple questionnaire and FaceTime call, he asked us great questions to get to know us better and at the ceremony it seemed like he knew us for years! He was proactive, easy going, thoughtful, respectful, and made our special day even better! So glad we went with him! Thanks Harris!
Harris was the officiant at our 8/26/23 wedding, and we loved working with him. He wrote an incredible ceremony for us that was sweet and funny, and our guests were extremely complimentary. We highly recommend!
We've attended many weddings and rarely remember the ceremony. If you're looking for a memorable ceremony - hire Harris! When we were searching for an officiant we wanted someone funny and light hearted - we wanted a ceremony that represents us. Harris is the real deal! He is a true professional, extremely responsive (responds to most emails faster than my computer can refresh), and we truly believe that he can accommodate any request. We had a destination wedding in New York. Prior to the ceremony we met virtually for an hour and discussed our vision and where we stand on spiritual matters. Harris was very respectful and accommodated some sensitive requests. He made jokes about us and included our fur babies - all of our guests were laughing just like we wanted. It was one of our favorite moments from our wedding day!!
Harris was incredible. He made our ceremony a perfect balance of lighthearted, funny and dignified. He delivered several jokes that had our guests laughing out loud, which set a fun and exciting tone for the rest of the celebrations. Our guests raved about the ceremony afterwards, and many told us they never enjoyed a wedding ceremony more.
We enjoyed working with Harris from start to finish. He was supportive, uplifting and explained everything in a way that eliminated stress.
We couldn’t be happier - thank you Harris for the perfect ceremony and a beautiful collaboration.
Harris Bloom was hilarious yet sweet and personal at our wedding. He made our wedding absolutely perfect. The best part is that he met with us and talked to us so we could get to know him and answer any questions he had and he was so patient to answer all my questions.
He also took 10 minutes before the ceremony for us to do a quick practice since we didnt do a rehearsal the night before.
I would give him 10 stars if I could!
Harris was amazing at our wedding! We felt like he took the time to get to know us and wrote a very funny, smart and clever officiant speech. We could not have asked for anything more. He got a lot of laughs and compliments!
Harris knocked it out of the park!! We were so thrilled that we ended up with such a lovely officiant for our special day. It was important to us as a couple to find an officiant who would lead a non-religious ceremony. Harris sent us video of a ceremony he had previously officiated, which really helped us make an informed choice. The tone of our ceremony was perfectly balanced between serious and lighthearted. Harris blends humor into the sentimental messaging of his ceremonies beautifully.
Harris is a fantastic wedding officiant who we would highly recommend! He really took the time to get to know us which was evident from the personal details he incorporated into the ceremony. Harris was very flexible as well during both the planning phase and day-of. We can't forget to mention he is also really funny! He struck an excellent balance between sincerity and humor. Many of our guests came up to us at our wedding to comment about how perfect the ceremony was and how it seemed like Harris knew us forever. Harris delivered above and beyond and the ceremony was truly the highlight of our day. Thank you so much, Harris!
Harris did an amazing job with our ceremony. We wanted something short and sweet to the point without any religion. He made our guests laugh! You would’ve thought he known us for years. After the ceremony, everyone came up to us saying how great he was! I would highly recommend using Harris as your officiant.
Harris Bloom did an amazing job with our ceremony. The ceremony was the perfect mix of funny and sincere which made it especially memorable. We had several guests come up to us and tell us how personalized our ceremony was and how great Harris was. If you need an officiant look no further!
Harris was wonderful! Our wedding was professional and so personalized. His message during the service was great and he made planning the ceremony super easy. Can’t recommend him enough!
Harris is a GREAT officiant! 3 months later and our wedding guests are still talking about our wedding ceremony and how funny Harris was. The ceremony was sweet and lighthearted! It was different than a typical wedding ceremony, but still highlighted the important parts that we wanted. Harris was easy to communicate with and very responsive prior the wedding. Highly recommend!!
If you want an unique, memorable and absolutely amazing ceremony, look no further than Harris Bloom. Due to COVID we met with Harris over FaceTime to discuss our ceremony, and when we finally met him on our wedding day, it felt like someone we knew for years. We literally had dozens of people come to us and say it was the best wedding ceremony they have attended. From laughing to crying, Harris hit on all of the emotions you could ever ask for on your wedding day. 10/10 would recommend anyday to anyone.
I highly, highly recommend using Harris Bloom as your wedding officiant! He wrote a ceremony that was the perfect mix of sweetness and humor. The statements he made about marriage and love were absolutely beautiful and we couldn’t have asked for a more perfect start to our married lives together. Before the wedding, we filled out a questionnaire to give him some insight into our relationship and met with him virtually to discuss the questionnaire and plan our processional/recessional. Even though we only met with him for a short time, he somehow perfectly capture the essence of our relationship. At the reception, so many of our guests came up to us to say it was the best wedding ceremony they had ever seen. Harris is professional, knowledgeable, and exactly what every wedding needs. You will be happy you hired him!!
We hired Harris for our wedding back in September of 2020. We postponed to 2021 but decided to get legally married on our original date. Harris blew us away with such an amazing ceremony that we had him marry as twice at both our ceremonies so our friends and family could experience what we did at our original small legal “elopement” ceremony. He’s the perfect combination of sentiment, romantic, traditional and entertaining, funny, personal. My husband being Jewish and me being catholic we wanted some religious and traditional aspects but for it to also be modern and suite who we are as a couple. He tailored the ceremony to fit our personalities and wants and his execution was FLAWLESS!!! Do not look further, HIRE HIM NOW!!!
Harris made the ceremony extremely special. He made the ceremony feel very personal and intimate. Everyone at the wedding, including us, felt moved by his words. I completely recommend Harris to officiate your wedding.
Harris was the perfect officiant for our wedding! He was warm and friendly. He was funny at all the right times. He made our day special and used what he knew about us to make the ceremony more personal.
We got married on 8/22/20. Harris Bloom provided the perfect lighthearted, intimate, and cheerful mood that we were looking for for our wedding. He asked us some prep questions about our relationship and incorporated in our ceremony. He worked with us to also incorporate some special mentions and rituals that were meaningful to us. Professional and punctual. Highly recommend!
Harris is the best!!! First of all, he is incredibly responsive...he answers any and all questions quickly and completely. And he is thorough! He took great care in understanding my husband and I - what brought us together, what makes tick, the tone of our relationship - as well as what we wanted for a wedding ceremony. After many email exchanges and an in-depth face-to-face meeting, he crafted the PERFECT wedding ceremony. It was sweet, funny, sincere, flowed beautifully, and most importantly it was so totally "US". So many people commented to us on how they loved the ceremony and how wonderful our officiant was. Thank you, Harris!
Harris was a great officiant at our Zoom wedding!! We decided to get married very last minute and only had three days to prepare. He was very kind and helpful and easy to contact at all hours. The ceremony went very well and we were able to do a unity candle ceremony and a Chinese cross-cup wine ceremony. We’re really grateful to have someone so reliable for such an important moment.
Like every other person here, I have nothing but good things to say about Harris. We got tons of compliments on the ceremony at our reception. He was funny, personable and endearing. His communication was great prior to the ceremony and he had great suggestions for us since we weren't sure what we were looking for in a ceremony.
Picking an officiant is nerve-wracking but I promise you can't go wrong with Harris. He was such a great choice.
We booked Harris 1 year ago. During this time, whenever I emailed him he responded with humor within (just about) 60 seconds. Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 virus, we had to postpone the wedding to a date when Harris was unavailable. With his positive attitude, responsiveness, and wit, I know for a fact that he would make our ceremony unique and special. Don't hesitate. BOOK! NOW! You won't find anyone better. I've been on the phone with officiants all day. Trust me! I called them all.
Harris was amazing! He made our wedding warm and very intimate experience! He was attentive and completely approachable! He was able to take us on an emotional journey that was filled with laughter and tears! He made our wedding perfect!
Harris was absolutely wonderful, we are so glad we got to have him at our wedding! Not only was he super attentive and easy to work with leading up to the big day (his rapid email response time is legendary), but was also truly awesome during the ceremony itself. He knows exactly what he's doing and helped us understand what we could expect on the day, helping us to relax and enjoy the moment as much as possible. He has a bunch of great tips to help make your ceremony easy and fun, and helps create a moment that's also incredibly personal and sentimental. Our family and friends all came up to us to compliment about the ceremony afterwards. Thank you, Harris!
Harris did an excellent job as our officiant at our wedding! When we met in person, he really got to know us by asking essential questions to make the ceremony personable. He incorporated our love story in such a memorable and appreciable way, while also including a few funny aspects, which everyone LOVED! He made everyone laugh and cry, with happiness, in just a 30 min period. And the most important, he scripted out the ceremony to the tee in the most perfect way, a way my husband and I wouldn’t even think of. My husband raved about how comfortable Harris made him feel while he waited anxiously at the alter. He really was just so great!! I hands down recommend!!!
Harris was one of the best highlights of our entire wedding! Our wedding was 08-04-19 and till this day, our friends and family cannot stop raving about Harris and our incredible ceremony. When Harris promises that your ceremony will seem like he has known you for years- he couldn’t be more right! We honestly wanted him to stay and enjoy the party, because he felt like family! From the personalization, to the laughs and the support- everything was absolutely perfect. Harris will definitely be hearing from us when it comes to a vow renewal. We can’t thank him enough!
Harris was absolutely wonderful from beginning to end. From our initial inquiry about his services through to our wedding day, Harris was always kind, professional, thoughtful, and his response time was incredibly quick every time I reached out to him. He made us feel as though we were always his top priority. The day of the wedding, Harris arrived with plenty of time in advance and made sure to go through everything with us carefully. He kept his eyes open for the little things leading up to the ceremony start time, such as helping balance the number of guests seated on either side of the aisle and reserving the seats for our parents. He was wonderful! The ceremony was very touching and all of our guests loved it. He brings in some humor to keep it feeling light, happy, and fun, but it doesn't take away at all from his message or from the story he told about our relationship. In fact, it made the ceremony that much better! We would hire Harris again without thinking twice - he's fantastic! Thank you, Harris, for helping make our special day so great!
Harris Bloom did an awesome job officiating our wedding! It was both heartfelt and funny at all the right times. He was able to capture who we were individually, as well as a couple in the short time we met and delivered the ceremony flawlessly! He was always extremely prompt to respond to any email or question and attentive to our needs.
Our guests continue to talk about how great of a job Harris did (and we agree!). Thank you Harris!!!
Harris officiated our wedding in September, and we had a great experience working with him! The ceremony was something we were initially overwhelmed by until we contacted Harris. I couldn't believe how easy he made it. In fact, he was the easiest of all of our wedding partners to work with! He asked all the right questions (often things we didn't even think of!) and used our responses to craft the perfect ceremony that catered well to our preferences. It was personal, funny (in a wedding-appropriate way) and truly beautiful. We had so many guests tell us they loved our ceremony! We're so thankful to Harris for being such an important part of our special day.
If I could give Harris 10 stars, I would. My husband and I wanted to find an officiant who kept everybody engaged, laughing, and having fun, but was sentimental when it counted. Harris was absolutely great, so attentive with email communication, and made the whole process so easy and so much fun! He also incorporated Christian and Jewish elements, at our request. I truly can't recommend him enough!
Harris was the officiant at our wedding this past weekend and we couldn’t have been more pleased. Despite living 3,000 miles away from him, he was so easy to get in touch with and talk to so the process of him getting to know us was super easy. We were even happier on the day of. He totally nailed the ceremony - it was heartfelt, humourous and most importantly personal. I would definitely recommend Harris to anyone! 9/15/29
Harris was the best officiant ever! Always calm, professional but relaxed, organized, and funny. He has great positive energy and is very quick to reply to any messages.
Right from when we got in touch with Harris he was super responsive and able to answer questions we had.
Our ceremony was perfect, it had everything we wanted. Harris's delivery had the right amount of humor and sentiment. He really knows how to read you as a couple and make your ceremony everything you wanted and more.
So many of our guests commented on how lovely our ceremony was and how wonderful Harris was.
I did a lot of research before selecting an officiant to marry us. I selected Harris Bloom based on his reviews. Our ceremony was the perfect blend of sensitive and funny and we were able to customize it to meet our needs. Guests are still talking about how great the ceremony was and how it was like Harris knew us both for all of our lives. I may be biased because it was my wedding, but Harris has been by far the best officiant I have ever seen (and I've been to quite a few weddings).
Had a dreamy destination wedding in Central Park. Traveled from Texas & had a small ceremony but aired it on FB Live for everyone at home (over 500 views). Harris did a fantastic job of getting everything in that was important to us and entertained us as well. We’ve received nothing but positive feedback from everyone that has watched the video. I highly recommend him! Thank you Harris.
My wedding ceremony was the happiest moment of my life. My guests keep saying it was the best ceremony they have ever seen! Something truly magical happened in that room that night. Harris clearly wanted me to be happy. He performed a ceremony full of love and humor. He added the jewish elements that we requested and accomplished the complicated feet of making me feel the pagan elements I wanted without relatives noticing. My wedding was powerful! My guests laughed, cried, and cheered. But I only know this from the video as during he created such magic as all I did was feel pure pure joy.
After our wedding we got a lot of compliments on our ceremony and some even said it was the best they’ve seen. Harris is easy to work with and super fast to reply to emails.
We liked his style but wanted to make sure we could have editorial control of the ceremony to ensure we liked the balance of funny to sentimental. He was great about this and made suggestions for how to explain one thing we didn’t want too sound religious.
Harris is awesome and if you need an officiant look no further. We didn’t. He was the only person we interviewed one of and just hired him.
There aren't enough words to express how awesome Harris was. Our ceremony was supposed to be at the hall only. We decided last minute ( due to numerous reasons) to have a church wedding for family only BUT we kept the ceremony at the hall too for everyone to witness. I enjoyed the hall ceremony more! Harris was on time, professional, kind, and well prepared. He helped us with readings and how things will go, so that there were no questions. Everyone loved it! He was funny at the right times and well spoken at the others... I thoroughly enjoyed the ceremony... he made it memorable.
Harris is very patient and always respond email/ messages really fast. He always arrives early. We met him less than one month before our wedding date and he is able to craft a perfect ceremony for us. Many of us were moved to tears! Thank you again for creating a beautiful moment in our life.
Due to unfortunate circumstances, we were left without our officiant 2 weeks before our wedding. We did some research online and Harris was the one that caught our eye. His reviews were impressive and having hired him, we can attest to every single review! Super responsive, whether it be text, email, phone or Facetime. We really liked the fact he took time to get to know us via a questionnaire so he could customize a ceremony specifically for us. His humor was perfect, adding just the right amount into the ceremony. Our guests continue, even 2 weeks later, to talk about how awesome he was. We are very happy to have worked with Harris and HIGHLY recommend him!! Thank you, Harris!!
We are truly thankful for you being part of a special day for us. It was exactly what we wanted and you made everything come true. Our families are very happy with the words you use,
Thank you so much.
Harris was warm, funny, and able to speak effortlessly while reading the crowd. He led us through the whole process, I didn't even have to think (which believe me, while all this is going on you can't think!) He knew how to take ourselves, our guests, and our bridal party on a beautiful journey of love, laughter, and emotion during our ceremony and I will never forget his part in our beautiful day. Kristie & Chris
Harris was absolutely AMAZING! My husband and I couldn’t of chosen a better officiant for our special day. All of our family and friends raved about the ceremony, and thought it was PERFECT! Thank you Harris!
Asking Harris to be our officiant was one of the easiest decisions of the wedding-planning process. His ceremony was hilarious, thoughtful and endearing. He is an absolute pro at what he does. Always quick to respond, very knowledgeable, and puts you at ease right away. And he certainly made our wedding memorable; our families and friends were in stitches. Would recommend him to anyone who wants a ceremony full of laughter and love.
Harris was amazing! He married my husband and I in Oct 2016 and it was perfect. He's able to tailor the ceremony to exactly your tastes and requirements. We both have religious families but neither of us are - we're both offbeat and a little weird. Somehow he managed to create a ceremony that reflected us, but was traditional enough for our families without being a snooze-fest. It was relaxed and fun without making light of the immense meaning of a wedding. I would recommend him to ANY one looking for something different. Not a priest, not a judge - he's delightfully unique in a sea of the same.
LOVED Harris, he was brilliant. His service was so heartfelt but funny. He took the time to get to know us and it really came through. Everyone talked about how great it was - not to mention he helped us keep it short and sweet - exactly what we wanted. He really did deliver and was a pleasure to work with every step of the way.
As we came from Australia to get married in New York, we only had the opportunity to met with Harris once (a few days before the wedding). At this meeting Harris put our minds at ease and we thought he was going to be good. On the actual day though, he was amazing!!!! We couldn't be happier and the guests couldn't stop raving about him. Thank you Harris - you were fantastic!
As a second marriage for both of us, we wanted different and Harris was different. We booked Harris six month previously to our wedding and the time in between went by to get to know us. He sent us a long questioner to fill out and we met him about a month before the wedding. He gave suggestions and prepared us for our big day. He came on time, he was funny, yet professional and he even tried to speak Hungarian to my mother. Everyone was telling us how much they liked his light and funny style.
We made the right decision to choose Harris Bloom for our 05-27-2017 wedding ceremony and we would highly recommend him. Book your next event/wedding with Harris, you will not regret it!
June & Gary Wagner
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