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TESTIMONIALS
From: theresacleary@rcn.com
Subject: October 30th, 2007
From: JClark4923@aol.com
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 10:16:46 EDT
Subject: Thank You!
Hi Marc,
I have been meaning to email you for a couple of weeks
now! Mark and I just want to thank you for the beautiful
job you did with our wedding. The ceremony, the pictures,
the video.....it was all perfect! We had a reception in
June and showed the video and pictures and just let me say there
was not a dry eye in the room! Thanks again for beautiful
memories we will never forget! Mark and Jennifer Vest
Indianapolis, IN
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 12:54:42 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mr Mike <mrmike712@yahoo.com>
Subject: Thank you for the awesome photos and nice ceremony!
Aloha Marc,
We just wanted to send you this note to thank you very much for
the fantastic photography work you did for us as well as that
very nice ceremony June 30th!
Your photos came out especially nice and we really appreciate all
you did to help us put together the perfect stress free wedding.
Mahalo! :o) Michael and Sandy Dorsey
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:15:56
-0700
Topic: Aloha!
Just wanted to let you know we made it home with the CD fine and I have already had prints made and put a photo album together to show everybody! Everyone I show it too is very complimentary of your work! I cannot say enough great things about you, Thank you for making our wedding so special and memorable! Mahalo! Danny & Wendy Wendy Nelson Staffing Manager Robert Half International/Accountemps www.accountemps.com
Subject: FW: Thank you Marc and Judy
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 09:57:34 -0700
From: "Pete Kostin" <PKostin@fieldav.com>
Aloha –
Judy, we received the wedding video yesterday; thank you for getting it to us in time for our open house – but even more so thank you for the incredible effort put into it…you see a lot of wedding video’s and never do you get something that so completely captures the most precious of moments…that’s what I see with our video – the most precious of moments captured for us to enjoy time and time again and I can’t tell you how excited we are to share this with our friends and family…I couldn’t have asked for a more perfect day.
Marc, the photo’s that you took for us are amazing – I have never felt more beautiful in my entire life and the ceremony was spectacular. You brought a level of comfort that I didn’t think was possible – even with the close loss of my finger (just kidding). I have to thank you for making the most important day of our lives come together with such spectacular ease and grace…and not only did you make it come together with ease and grace but you captured that ease and grace on film for us to share and enjoy for the rest of our lives.
Thank you again to both of you – I’m at a loss as I know there are no words that can truly tell the both of you how thankful I am and how much I appreciate all that you did for us – a thousand times over and from the entirety of my heart and soul thank you…Thank You!!
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 05:48:00 -0800 (PST)
From: maria smith <the_baddgirl@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: 12/29
Hi Marc! We wanted to let you know we received our video today,
watched it, and thought it was BRILLIANT! Thank you so much. It
was a job well done! Please Thank your wife and Sara as well for
all their had work and efforts also.
Sender: starletd@hotmail.com
From: "Starlet Derby" <starletd@hotmail.com>
To: grodan@maui.net
Subject: The DVD and EVERYTHING!!
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 07:08:38 -0700
Marc & JJ....
I hope you got my message on your cell last night. We received
the DVD and viewed it and OH MY GOODNESS. What magic you
captured - I could barely stand it. The slow motion part with my
niece and two little flowergirls running in the grass in their
barefeet, set to Ribbons of Gold by Stevie Wonder....I kept
it together until that very part. Then I cried a river. Eric was
VERY impressed - we could have watched it over and over. I CANNOT
wait to play it at our Post-Wedding party - I can see a lot of
tears already. Seriously, you both were pure joy to get to know
and work with. Marc, thank you for your patience, grace, help
& assistance that went way beyond the call of duty. Thank you
for putting me at ease during the planning process and for
conducting such a blissful, spirited ceremony. JJ - thank you for
your time, care, attention to detail, and talent. You captured
our wedding absolutely PERFECTLY, and I'm SO grateful for it. If
EVER you two need a bride-to-be's mind set at ease, send her my
email address and I'd be happy to tell her to just chill and
allow you two to work your magic. Beautiful island, beautiful
setting, beautiful people like you two - Yes, we made the best
choice EVER by getting married on Maui. Lots of love and
blessings are wished for you both, always, Eric &
Starlet Picone
Delivered-To: grodan@maui.net
Subject: THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 10:26:13 -0700
Topic: THANK YOU SO MUCH!
From: "Dawn C. Hughes" <dchughes@newqc.com>
To: "Marc" <grodan@maui.net>
Hi Marc,Thank you
for making the biggest moment of our lives so special. We
had a WONDERFUL time, and your pictures are amazing! I
cannot tell you how many compliments we have gotten on
them. Hope you are doing well!
Best,Dawn
To: Grodan@maui.net
From: "WM" <wm1913@cableaz.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 23:19:39 -0700
Oh my friend Marc! We just got the productions! WOW! WOW! WOW! So wonderful and beautiful, sir! Absolutely the most enchanting ceremony and experience ever! And we owe so much to you and your wife for it, thank you from the deepest nook and cranny or our hearts.We counted the days for it, and expected it on Monday, but here it is Saturday and what a surprise! We balled up in the love chair and popped it in, and from first scene our mouths hit the chair…so magnificent to see, all over again. The same tears dropped down our faces like the ones at the ceremony; and we could almost smell the gardens. Everything from the fantastic organization of choice clips to the melodic music that topped off the production into a handsome piece of art was of absolute good taste and professionalism that flowed like spring water.We look so forward to sharing this with our family and friends at the reception. It will surely be the hit. It will give them all the chance to witness our ceremony and the surroundings we were so blessed & honored to have had host our special day. Thank you again, and we look forward to sharing this production and your name with everyone.Mahalo and God Bless! You will always be a part of our uniting!Promise to drop a line ever so often…Warner & Michelle Tavares
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 15:41:39 -0700
(PDT)
From: Kirstin Reisel <tigerluv212@yahoo.com>
Subject: Thank You from Kirstin and Chris
To: Marc <grodan@maui.net>
Marc and Judy-= Just writing to say thank you for the lovely and efficient service that you provide. We loved everything about the ceremony and the pictures and dvd were amazing. They are extremely professional and beautiful. Thank you for the timely manner in sending us the video, dvd and photo album. We are really enjoying them. Mahalo, Kirstin and Chris
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From: Klarity Link <klarity@greaternw.com>
To: grodan@maui.net
Subject: Our Wedding
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 15:04:03 -0700
Hi Marc and Judy,We wanted to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for making our day (May 18th, 2005) so special. We decided that we wanted to get married in Maui a week before we flew out. We were originally going wait until July to get married and decided to elope early. We found your website 2 days into the planning and had a good feeling about you. We are so glad we went with that feeling. For not having much time to plan and for not meeting you ahead of time, we were thoroughly impressed with the attention to detail that you two delivered. We reflect back on our day and laugh when we think of how we were relaxing in a hot tub that morning not worrying about any of the details. All we had to do was show up and you guys took care of the rest. That is what having a Maui wedding is all about! We were able to enjoy the beauty around us and focus on the moment instead of all the details. The spot that you chose on Makena Beach was perfect for us and the day was as well. Judy had the table with the cake, flowers and cider all set up before we arrived. It was wonderful to be able to just show up and know that we didn’t have to worry about anything. The professionalism and friendliness that you showed us gave us a sense of relaxation and reassurance that everything we decided to do would indeed come out exactly how we planned. You exceeded our expectations and left us with a lot of wonderful memories. A couple that you married 5 years prior walked up to us on the beach after the ceremony and said that they were equally as happy with how everything turned out as we were. They were expecting their first child and were planning on naming it Makena. I am sure you already know but we still want to tell you that the great job that the two of you do is affecting people’s lives years down the road. I hope that you will still be marrying couples when their child, Makena, can come to meet you in person. We will be back to Maui for sure and when we do we will look you up!Our pictures and video were amazing. We received lots of compliments on both and thank you just doesn’t seem like enough. Since we really didn’t see any of your work ahead of time and just decided to go with you from the feeling that we had, we realize now how lucky we are to have found you. I am sure your prospective couples wouldn’t appreciate us saying this but your prices are far too low for the level of service that you provide. Once we priced out videos and pictures for our friends weddings here we know that we received a great deal. Neither of us are photogenic but that didn’t show in the beautiful pictures that you took! We didn’t have any friends or family there so it is great to have that video to show everyone. The shots and the way the music was tied into the ceremony was perfect. As you can tell, we can’t say enough good things about you. We thank you and will recommend you to anyone we know who is thinking of a destination wedding.
Aloha!
Mark and Klarity Link
Portland Oregon
To: grodan@maui.net
From: "Chuck" <chucky713@houston.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 21:00:18 -0500Marc, this is Jill and Chuck (may 11th wedding) and we wanted to get back to you and tell you how we enjoyed our experience with you. Nice job, professional and just plain nice. I remember reading your testimonials and really thought that maybe you were dubbing in the words about the video because almost everyone made a comment about it. Ha! I’m glad Jill insisted on it as I would have passed, so I gotta tell ya, the video really made it all worthwhile, it was fantastic with sunset etc. I’m glad we resisted picking our own spot as yours was great and it was obvious you both were familiar with the location so the shots and videos came out sooooo much better. We still laugh at the point were your wife had said “closer, closer to the water” and just then as you were getting started here came the big wave washing your shoes and cuffs! You handled it like the perfect gentleman that you are. Thanks buddy. chuck
From: "Sarah Spence" sspence@mcnallyland.com
Hi Marc,Jade and I have arrived
home now and we wanted to pass on a quick email to let you know
how much we loved how the wedding photos turned out and wanted to
thank you for making our special day run so smoothly. We
actually spent a lot of time at the airport because our plane was
delayed and we talked to another gentleman who was there for his
sister's wedding and he advised on how much of a nightmare his
sister's wedding planner had been(I guess she didn't answer
their phone calls for 5 days before the wedding) - we were
so happy to have you take such good care of us! Take care!
Sarah and Jade 3/2/05
Marc, We just wanted to thank you again for making our wedding the most wonderful day! The pictures turned out great and we have received many compliments on them. We absolutely love all of them :-) We have passed your business card on to one of our friends who is contemplating marrying in Maui as well. Thank you so much for everything! Amanda, Imtiaz and Thea
Judy & Marc
Well you have done it again, another masterpiece. We received the video yesterday and watched it last night. It was
Awesome. This was the first time I had gotten to hear the song that Steve picked out for the video (My Girl) I was so
neat to be able to see the things going on during the wedding like waves crashing in the background. The scenery shots
were beautiful. It all makes me long to go back and do it all again. We all fell in love with Maui
Thank you just doesn’t seem to be enough, so I will wish you Happy Holidays and may God bless you both
Kim Soave 12/04
Thank you so much for the video. Wow! Watching it is like being there again. We are so glad that we did decide to get married in Hawaii, it's so beautiful. We save ourselves a lot of trouble by not planning a wedding here with the relatives. Everything was perfect and thanks to you guys we have some great memories.
Received the video and we thought it was great!! Keith is real picky. He has seen many wedding videos & he states this is the best he's seen. Thank you so much! I didn't think there was too many stills at the end of the video, Judy. In fact, you could have added more until the end of the last song. I don't think you can have too many pics. It was wonderful. You did a great job! The wedding was awesome. Looking back now, I wish I would have worried less about the weather & just relax...it turned out perfect. I would recommend anyone getting married in Maui to go through you 2. It is well worth the price!! Thanks again!
Sincerely,Robyn & Keith
From: jeanette mccandless
Subject: wedding video... thank you so much for the wedding video; it is great and brings back alot of memories. Hope that you are both well. God Bless, Ryan & Jeanette Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2004
Tue, 30 Mar 2004
From: "D. Driscoll" Subject: Video Perry and Diana (Hickey) Driscoll - Oct 6/03
Hi Marc and Judy: We received the video and it is absolutely beautiful. We were not expecting such a great professional job. We have watched it over and over reliving our wedding day. All our friends think it is absolutely marvellous too. Thank you both from the bottom of our hearts. Diana and Perry
To: "shirleymay" From: Marc Grodan Subject: Re: Great Wedding! Marc, Mike and I just wanted to let you know how much we appreciated the wonderful wedding and excellent pictures! All of our friends have just raved about how great they were! I had announcements made using the sunset kiss one...and it turned out very well! I know you hear this from everyone, but our friends just can't believe how together and organized everything was and we didn't have to do a thing....just show up!!! Thanks again for EVERYTHING! Shirley & Michael Beck
From: "kelly macleod" To: grodan@maui.net Subject: Thank You for a wonderful job!! Hi Marc and Judy! We just wanted to thank you both for the wonderful job that you did. We were very pleased with our photos, and our wedding video! When a person does a get away wedding, you never know if it will turn out because you are taking a chance on people you never have personally met before, but I would have no problem suggesting the both of you for anyone else who does a get away wedding!! We really appreciate what you did for us! Take care~ Corey and Kelly Williams
X-From_: Heather@williments.co.nz
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 11:21:06 +1200
Dear Marc and Judy,
I hope you are both well. How is life in Maui?
We made it back to New Zealand safely, after a brilliant two
weeks in Hawaii, our families waiting patiently at the airport
for us to show our faces and our photos. I have to say that they
are brilliant! I absolutely hate looking at photos of me,
but you have done them so brilliantly, that I actually enjoy
looking at pictures of myself smiling out from the pages of our
album. The photos are absolutely gorgeous, and everyone has
commented on them. We would like to thank you both very much for
making our wedding on Makena Beach the most memorable and perfect
day of our lives! From the photographs, to the flowers and
Brent's lei, to the table with the cake and the champagne flutes,
to the ceremony, to the video (which we have watched several
times!) it was all perfect, and we will never forget a moment of
it.
Thank you for giving us such a special day
Heather Gordon and Brent Cutting Wellington, New Zealand
From:
"linden" <d.linden@attbi.com>
Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 18:47:51 -0700
Aloha
Marc! We received our wedding pictures - they are
BEAUTIFUL!!! THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH for such a special memory
of our honeymoon!!!
You are an excellent photographer... I will
definitely send people your way if they want special photographs
on the island.
Hope you're doing well. Take care -
and again - Maholo nui loa!
Loretta & Dan Linden
Date: Tue, 04 Jun
2002
From: LCantu245@aol.com
Aloha!
Just wanted to let you know we received the video. Thank
you so much! We had our own private viewing right away and
we loved it! Thank you so much for allowing us have the
wedding that we wanted. The music in the video is wonderful
also. You both are very much appreciated. All of our
friends are jealous that we had such an easy wedding, when theirs
were so stressful! Once again, thank you for all the work you did
for us!
Sincerely,
Chris and Lisa Cantu
From: Angela8275@cs.com Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001
18:53:49 EDT
Dear Judy & Marc,
Aloha. The video was very inspirational. Many of our friends and family commented on the video and said it looked like a Hollywood production. Thankyou for making our dreams come true and letting us share them with our friends and family. Many many mahalos Michael & Angela Nadock P.S. see you soon.
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From: "Roger and Cheryl Whitford"
<rclwhitford@worldnet.att.net> To: "Marc Grodan"
<grodan@maui.net>
Subject: Thank You! Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 09:37:19 -0700
Dear Marc & Judy,
Thank you so much
for making our day very special for us. I can't express
into words how great it was for all of us. The video was
fantastic and the music you had in it was perfect. We
decided that we'd keep it like it is and won't send the CD of the
music we were going to put in it. The music that was on the
video was beautiful..... (What were the name of the songs
and the album/artist that played them?) We watched it the
night we picked it up from you and we all had tears in our
eyes. We loved the pictures you took around the
Plantation! You did a wonderful job on the wedding and I
couldn't believe how easy it was for us to have you do it
all. You made us very relaxed and we had a great
time. The pictures turned out wonderful in the
album!! We had a great time one Maui, but
the time went to fast. We didn't get to do all the things
we wanted to. We would love to spend our first anniversary
back there. It was so wonderful to meet both of
you! Marc, I appreciate all you help and all your answers
to ALL the questions I asked before hand. You both are
terrific! Thank you for every thing!
Sincerely,
Roger and Cheryl
PS.....Happy
early birthday Judy! :)
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"Christi @ nerdsbyte.com"
<christi@nerdsbyte.com> To: "'Marc Grodan'" grodan@maui.net Date: Mon, 30
Apr 2001
Marc/Judy,
We
received the pictures and video and what can I say except I
am overwhelmed by how wonderful everything turned out.
Every single photo was perfect and the video was just
beautiful. I have paid a considerable amount for
professional photographers before and never, never have I
been so pleased with the outcome as I am today. My
husband says I am about the most particular person he knows (you
might even say I'm a perfectionist) and I could not have asked
for more. Everything was exactly that - perfect. Even
though I am sure you do this almost every day, you and your wife
made us feel so special. You are about the two kindest
people we have ever met and we are so lucky that you were
the ones to marry us. I could go on and on but words seem
so inadequate to express how lovely everything was. I would
highly recommend you to anyone I know and please feel free to use
our letter or photos on your website. Thanks to you and
your wife, our wedding was everything we had dreamed it would
be.Sincerely,Christi and Chris Diehl Married April 10, 2001
- Makena, Maui
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To: "Marc Grodan"
<grodan@maui.net>
Subject: Heidi and Doug Feb. 20/01
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 17:29:00 -0700
Aloha
Marc! Hope all is well
with you in beautiful Maui. Once again, thank you for an
incredible wedding day! Even though I knew what to expect,
I couldn't possibly have known how wonderfully special the
day would turn out to be! When we got home, we watched the
video - again just simply expecting to see on video, what we
remembered of the day. What a surpise to experience a
totally professional video with the most beautiful music. I
had tears in my eyes within the first 2 minutes of watching
it. We later watched it again with my family....and they
had tears in their eyes. I can honestly say that one of the
more special moments was walking onto the beach ....no people in
sight...waves crashing on the sand...whales breaching in the
ocean, and seeing the wedding cake table all beautifully
decorated and waiting just for us. HOW ROMANTIC IS
THAT! You and Judy were more than the officiants and
organizers of a ceremony.....you were a special part of the whole
experience - and I thank you for that. Thank you again so
very much.
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From: Lydia Reynolds
Subject: Perfect! Marc, When everyone here in Kentucky
heard that our minister was also going to be the photographer at
our ceremony, you should have heard the wise cracks! They ate
their words, however, when they saw the photographs and video at
our reception upon our return. We could never have imagined how
easy it could be to get married 9 air travel hours away! We
wanted to get married, not just have a wedding. You helped us
accomplish that and more. Thank you for choosing this profession.
You are a blessing to the lives you touch. Judy, we want to thank
you as well for your presence and input at our wedding. What a
team you two make! May our Lord richly bless your work and your
lives as you serve Him together. Being married is simply the
greatest! Tom & Lydia
Scharstein July 8, 2000
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Date August 8, 2000 Marc &
Judy - Thank you SO much for making our day absolutely perfect!
It was wonderful to have everything set up and ready to go! We
love our photos and our video. If you need an additional
reference, please feel free to use our name! Mark & Cheryl
Rendahl 805-577-0630 or Mark_Cher@msn.com
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Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 14:28:41 -0700
From: Austin Riddle
<riddler4@gte.net>
To: Marc Grodan <grodan@maui.net>
Subject: Wedding May 2,2000
Dear Marc & Judy,
We arrived back in the mainland and have viewedthe
pictures. We must
say that you did such a wonderful job! This will bring back
lovely
memories for a lifetime. We have alreadyviewed the video
twice and
will view it over and over again. Wedefinitely will
recommend your
company to anyone planning a wedding in Maui. Thanks for
giving us the
opportunity of being one of your many clients. It was all our
pleasure.
Thank you,
Austin & Dianne Riddle
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From: Rhonda Fea
Wilkinson <rhonda@coam.net>
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 00:00:32 -0700 (PDT)
To: grodan@maui.net
X-URL: http://www.coam.net/
Dear Marc,
I am so sorry that this e-mail took such a long time to get to
you. Every since we've arrived in Las Vegas from Maui, it seems
like we havebeen running non stop. Please forgive us? Let
me start off by saying,we were truly blessed to have had you as
our wedding cordinator, Pastor,and all of your other expertise
services for our wedding. Thank youfor going out of your
way to make time for us. Thanks for givingso freely and
putting our mind at ease. Thanks for being the kindand
generous person that you are. Who knows just how to make
othersfeel cared for and loved. The pictures and video tape
are asome...Weare very pleased with everything! (Family &
friends love everythingthat you've done for us.) With special
thanks to you, Mrs. Grodan, andeveryone who helped to make our
wedding day so beautiful and special. Thepleasure that you've
brought is more than you could ever know... May God bless you and
your family as you do for others.Thanks from thebottom of our
hearts for everything.
P.S.I have refered and given literture on A Promise Made in
Paradiseto over several people who were interested in getting
married in HawaiiMaui the same way our wedding was planned, and
with you as there cordinator/Pastor.
Remain blessed! With Love in Christ,
Herb & Rhonda Cromwell
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From: CSJOHNSON9@aol.com
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 23:42:59 EDT
Subject: re: Gary and Connie Chandler
To: grodan@maui.net
Gary and I just wanted to say Aloha, and
thank you and Judy for makingour
wedding day so very special. You both made it relaxing and
alotof fun.
Everyone has just been in awe of the pictures taken. The video
wasfantastic,
great job Judy. We almost cried when we watched the video at
yourhome, and
appreciate you taking the time to let us see it then. We
didn'thave to wait
until we got home to see what a wonderful job you did. We were
marriedon
March 25, the day the gods kissed our wedding and we had to
movethe wedding
site. I liked the new place much better, so the rain was a
blessingfor sure.
I don't know if you have a way of knowing what music was
editedinto our
video, it was perfect. Especially the first song, that starts
out,"There are
places I remember all my life, though some have changed. Some
forevernot for
better and some have gone and some remain. All these places
havetheir
moments with lovers and freinds, I still can recall. Some are
deadand some
are livng but in my life I love them all. That song had an
unknown meaning
to you, but very special meaning to us. Gary lost his 9 year
olddaughter 15
months prior to our wedding. This song touched us deeply. If
thereis anyway
you can let me know who recorded the song and the title, and
wherewe could
purchase a copy of the entire song would really mean alot to
us. Thanks
again for making our wonderful day more magical than I ever
imagined.Connie
Chandler
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From: "Steve Wiley"
<wileys@posdata.com>
To: "Marc Grodan" <grodan@maui.net>
Marc & Judy,
Amy and I both would like to Thank You for
the absolutely PERFECT
wedding!!!! When we received our pictures we could not believe
oureyes!!!!
When we got home and watched the video it brought tears to our
eye's!!!!Our
families and friends could not get over the ability you have
totruly
"Capture the Moment".... There was not one single
bad picture....We cannot
thank the both of you enough for making our wedding day so
special!It truly
was perfect in our eye's! If there is ever anything that we
cando, letter
to write for the internet, pictures, reference, anything!,
pleasedo not
hesitate to call or Email... Once again thank you both!!! You
areboth such
talented people and we wish you well....
Sincerely,
Steve & Amy Wiley
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Dear Marc and Judy,
It is hard to put into
words how truly happywe are with our wedding video. The
only thing that made us anxiousto return to Ohio was seeing it,
and we have to admit, every time we seeit, we cry. (Hard to
believe, huh?) Please, please, please tell Judywhat a great
job she did and if you were the one that edited it,
Marc,WOW! What amazed us the most was that you chose
Keali'i Reichel'smusic for the video. We bought his CD when
we were in Maui, becausewe loved him so much and in fact, had
wished that we had given you thatCD to add to our wedding
video! What kind of emotional energy isthat, Marc?
Can a minister explain that better than we laymen whothink it
happened because we all were truly tuned into each other? Another
wonderful thing about the video is that Kathy had wanted to filma
variety of tropical flowers before we left, and hadn't had the
chanceto film everything - you did it for us in the most
beautiful romantic way! Our many thanks, again, for providing us
with the most special day of ourlife - one that we will never
forget. Nor will we ever forget youand Judy. We will
keep in touch with you and if you'd like, feelfree to give our
e-mail address out to anyone who'd like a recent reference.
Mahalo!!!
Kathy and Rich Huff
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From: "Claudette
Sawyer" <csawyer@javanet.com>
To: "Marc Grodan"
<grodan@maui.net>
Subject: My Beautiful Maui Wedding
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 10:00:56 -0400
Aloha, Marc!!
This is Jayne Cormier (formerlyFitzgerald). I just wanted
to take a moment to thank you for my beautifulMaui wedding.
The ceremony surpassed anything I could have imaginedfor my
wedding.You and your wife did an incredible job on the video!
Everyone that watches it laughs and almost cries (especially our
familythat was present). The editing was
unbelievable. I did notexpect it! The quality was so
professional. I can almost smellthe flowers, feel the ocean
breeze and feel the sand beneath my feet. The music was very
moving, too. I absolutely love the first song. I think it's
a remake of a Beatles song. That version is very pretty.
When we had our reception, here in Massachusetts, we played the
video continuously.Our guests enjoyed it. It was nice for
them to be able to see it. They understood, after watching the
video, why we got married in Hawaiiwith just our immediate family
instead of a large, expensive wedding athome! It was the
chance of a lifetime. We'll treasure it always. Many of
them wished they had done it. As for the photos . . . what canI
say? AMAZING!! I never thought of myself as
photogenic. Boy, did you guys change my mind!! There is
quite a demand for picturesof our ceremony. We've already
had several copies made. Thosepictures are
some of the best wedding photos I have
everseen. EVERYONE looks good! How often does that
happen? Pleasethank Lenny for us as well. He brought the
ambiance to the ceremony. My husband, Steve, thought he was
great! My mother was glad she addedhim to the
ceremony. I would also like to thank you for your
flexibilityregarding the beach location. It really made
things much easier. My grandparents did not have to go far.
I got to get ready and justwalk a short distance down to the
beach. Plus the whole rest of ourvacation we got to be
reminded every time we went down to the beach. That location
ended up being quite nice. I hope you thought so, too.I
would like to add one more thing. My mother was soooooo
pleased. I think the whole time she was worried that something -
anything wouldgo wrong. Absolutely nothing did. She
took everything on herself,and you gave her peace of mind.
It's nice to be able to take a riskand try something different
and have it work out beyond your expectations.Once again, sincere
thanks and gratitude to you and your lovely wife formaking our
dreams come true.
Best wishes,
Jayne Cormier
(Happily Maui'd Bride)
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From: "Shawn
Jarvis" <snk22097@teleport.com>
To: <grodan@maui.net>
Subject: Testimonial of our loving
wedding
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 11:01:36 -0700
Aloha Marc,
Just wanted to let you know that now
thatwe are back to the mainland what a wonderful
wedding day that you provided for both
meand Kurt. You made everything about our day
relaxing and romantic. We both
justwanted to thank you very much for the beautiful
pictures and video. We couldn't
waitto show everyone here at home in Oregon. Everyone
was in awe at the pictures. You
madeeverything happen with ease. The video was
beautifully put together with the music
andeveryone shed a few tears viewing it seeing
the beautiful landscape and the
romanticismit portrayed. We have both watched the video
and looked at the pictures everyday
sincewe arrived home. The day you planned for us
will be etched in our memories forever.
Thanks to you and Judy again for a very memorable
day in our lives. We will
definitelybe back for our anniversary in July of 2000.
Mahalo, Shawn Jarvis and Kurt Vandervort
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From:Barbara Creaghe
<bcreaghe@agris.com>
Aloha! Mark, and I just
wantedto let you both know how wonderful you are. Our
wedding was perfect - just
theway we wanted it. We were also simply blown
away by the pictures and
thevideo! You both have a rare talent for
capturing people's souls onfilm
"
Mahalo,
Mark and Barbara
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Date: Thu, 03
Jun 1999 01:07:20-0700
From: Jennifer Aquino
<jaquino@earthlink.net>
Subject: mahalo!
Hi Marc!
We just wanted to thank
youagainour wedding ceremony on Makena beach was amazing
it was so special to us to
haveit small & intimate with our families and the pictures
came out sobeautiful! thank you again
Jennifer & Kipp Shiotani
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From: "Michael &
Carissa"<skibums@cmc.net>
To: "Marc Grodan"
<grodan@maui.net>
Subject: Remember me?
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999
12:24:26-0800
Hello Marc!
Remember
Michael and CarissaHull from 11/17/98? Just a quick hello
and an
update...we had our
weddingreception the week after we returned and
everyone just loved our
photosand video! People seemed to be amazed that
we got the negatives with
thephotos, that was a big deal apparently. How
are you and your lovely
wifedoing? I had friends of mine (already
married, sorry) come to
Mauilast week, how was the weather? I have not
heard back from them yet.
Anyhow, just another Mahalofor
the best day of our lives! Take care and
God bless!!!
Carissa Hull
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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 10:46:56-0800
Aloha Marc
from the snowy greatwhite north. Thank you from all of our
friends and us for the
mostperfect relaxed wedding. We had a great time -
the weather cooperated for
usand we couldn't imagine a better sunset. You
made us feel very
comfortableand relaxed - I didn't even need to use the
ball of Kleenex I held justin
case. We received the photos just a few days
after we got home and are
veryhappy with them. I love showing them to our
friends that didn't make
thetrip and of course our family. Everyone thinks
they're amazing - we may
haveconvinced a few to get married the same way.
We're already planning to
goback to Maui for our anniversary, November
14th, 1999.
Thank-youagain, Jessica & Chad Breitenstein.
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Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998
14:08:25 -0500
Subject: Re: Wedding - Krueger/Sabio
Marc:
Thanks again for everything - you did a
greatjob!!! We are very pleased
with the way everything came out - from
thepictures, video, the sites,
flowers, leis, cake/champagne, etc...
andyour work and your quick
turn-around time! - all at a reasonable
rate! You made the event very
special for us and nicely preserved our
memories! We greatly appreciate
your job well done!
Hopefully we can contact you sometime in
thefuture for a renewal of our
vows someday - whenever we can get back
toMaui.
Thank you,
William Krueger
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-----Original Message-----
From: James Miller <j-miller@clear.net.nz>
Date: Tuesday, 15 December 1998 20:15
Dear Marc,
It is now just over one month since you
married us on Makena Beach. Now
it's back at work here in New Zealand, and very happily
married! We have
been so very thrilled with everything, we want to Thank you
again. We have
played the video, shown off our photos, and have wonderful
memoriesto
treasure of our special day. It was all we had hoped
for,and more, thanks
to you. Everyone agrees that you did a wonderful job!
I have also been back to the travel agent here in New
Zealand,and
recommended you, for others planning to marry on Maui.
Knowingyou get such
a lot of business from the Internet, please feel free to give
oure-mail
address to anyone who might like to talk others who have
experienceda
sunset beach wedding. We would be only to happy to share
ourmemories!
We do have one request. The video has some lovely shots
ofthe table
setting you had organised, but we don't have a photograph of
it. It was so
beautifully done, we wondered if you might possibly be able to
takeone and
fill that wee gap for us. We would be only too happy to
reimbursecosts. If
it is not too much trouble, our postal address is :
21 Muritai Terrace
Christchurch, 8
New Zealand.
Once again, we are truly grateful for the time and effort you
putin, to
make our day such a special and never-to-be-forgotten day!!
We wish you all the very best for Christmas and the New Year.
Kindest regards,
Jan & James Miller
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To: grodan@maui.net
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 21:41:20 -0700
From: Brian C Tanko <btanko.home@juno.com>
Dear Marc and anyone else who reads this:
Want the PERFECT wedding without the
headaches? This is it! Marc Grodan
does it all. My wife and I had the best wedding and Marc
deliveredon
everything he said he would. From the location, to the
cake,to the
champagne, to the pictures, and the video -- the list goes on!
Thank
you, Marc, for everything. We have received compliment
aftercompliment
regarding the video and we have nothing but praise to spread
onyour
behalf. To everyone else out there, if you're looking
forthe perfect,
intimate wedding, on beautiful Maui, you can't go wrong with
Marc. He
literally takes care of everything and it is gauranteed to be
betterthan
you expected.
From: Peter Fraley
<pfraley@ciprico.com>
To: Marc Grodan <grodan@maui.net>
Cc: "..Beth Fraley"
<tiggerfraley@earthlink.net>
Subject: RE: Wedding on January 30th
Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 10:54:16 -0500
Aloha, Marc,
Everything is going very well. Beth and I are in our 4th
blissfulmonth of
marriage. We look at the wedding pictures you took,
often. I scanned in some of them at work and Beth has been
emailing them to friends. You did a fantastic job, not only
with the pictures, but with the entirewedding. We had
looked at many other wedding coordinators, but I'mso glad
we went with you. The guitarist (Moku?) was perfect, and
Carl'svideo was extremely well done. We sent a copy of the
video down toBeth's Grandmother in Florida and she watched it
many times. Bethis about the most important person in the
world to her Grandmother, andit meant a lot for her to actually
be able to see the wedding and the vows.The rest of the honeymoon
was wonderful as well. We saw whales, wentscuba diving
through a jungle gym of lava tubes on Lanai and with
majesticmanta rays on the Big Island, took a helicopter ride over
an active volcano,ate the best desert we've ever had...twice (the
chocolate souffléat Roy's), snorkeled with several pods of wild
spinner dolphins in Cook'sbay, and hiked through a bamboo forest
to the isolated waterfall at theHana sacred pools. It was a
magical time, and if Beth had her way,we'd have moved to Hawaii a
couple of months ago. Well, maybe someday.Wedid receive the
replacement flutes a while back, thanks, and we jus receivedthe
marriage certificate this week as well. Beth has been
anxiouslyawaiting it so she could get all her work and legal
documentation straightenedout. Marc, thanks so much for
everything! Feel free to use us asa reference anytime.
To: "Marc Grodan"
Subject: Testimonial
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998
Dear Marc:
After being home for a couple days, we have had plenty of time
tolook over our photos and video, as well as share them with our
family andfriends. We, along with every one else who has seen
them, are so very impressed.The photos are lovely, we look good I
must say!!! The video is fun andthe music is so romantic! Michael
and I are very happy with all the effortand time you put into
making our wedding special. We could not have askedfor a better
sunset, could we?? I just want you to know that you are
appreciatedand many, many Mahalo's are coming your way for a long
time! God blessyou!!
Michael and Carissa Hull Married on November 17, 1998
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Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998
To: grodan@maui.net
From: Judi K Nielsen
Marc,
Thank you so much for an absolutely beautiful wedding! We are
sopleased about everything! We enjoyed looking through our
wedding albumon our flights back to Iowa, and we relived every
precious moment. Thepictures are wonderful! The ceremony was very
touching and meaningful.....andfun! We sincerely appreciate all
of your help getting us in touch withMary (license), Elly
(tuxedo), and Marcie (hair). We appreciated your
phonecallstouching base with us and for giving us such great
directions. Mostly,we appreciated your calm demeanor which
allowed us to truly enjoy our specialday. We were so relaxed, and
you made everthing so easy for us. Thank youagain and again. You
do an outstanding job, and we really appreciate thecare you put
into your services. Our wedding was very special because ofyou.
Our experience was the best, and we thank you from the bottom of
ourhappy little hearts. You are the best!
Mahalo!
Judi and Gary Eyles
Urbandale, Iowa
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From: "JOYCE F KIRKPATRICK"
GIZMO69@prodigy.net
To: "Marc Grodan"
Subject: MAHALO
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1998 20:20:41 -0500
Marc,
There is no way I can ever pay you what the wedding was worth
tous. We arrived home today about 3:15 and just finished watching
the videoand I am stilling crying. They are tears of happiness
not sadness..I havelooked at the pictures on numerous occasions
since the day we picked themup. Each time they mean more to me
than the time before. I have alwaysthought that I was ugly and
have never liked pictures to be taken of mebut I think these are
all wonderful. I am ready to return to Maui, butthat is not
possible at this time (we will have to try and get this trippaid
for first:-) :-)). You and Judy are two very wonderful people
andwill always have a special place in our hearts. I hope it is
GOD'S willthat we meet again one day because I felt very close to
both of you. IfI knew how to say "THANK YOU" in every
language in the world I would. Whensomeone contacts you about a
wedding and wants references, PLEASE, feelfree to give them our
name and e-mail address. This day will always holda special place
in our hearts along with our first vows and the birth ofour
children. MAHALO and THANK YOU again. Please give Judy a hug for
meand tell her we will meet again one day. We are looking forward
to anothertrip to Maui but do not care anything about going back
to Kauai. Pleasekeep in touch, and may GOD BLESS your home each
and every day of your life.
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X-Sender: suttons@mail.arkansas.net
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 13:50:15
To: grodan@maui.net (Marc Grodan)
From: Ann & Jeremy
Subject: Maholo nui loa!!!!!!
Aloha Marc!
I wish there was some way for us to appropriately thank you
forthe wonderful, romantic Maui wedding you gave us. It was
PERFECT!! We couldn'thave asked for, or dreamed for anything
better. The ceremony was beautiful!!You were so helpful in
everything from all our wedding arrangements togeneral
information about Maui for the rest of our stay. The bouquet
wasabsolutely gorgeous!!! The pictures, beautiful!!! Everyone
that has seenthem just LOVE them. The cake and champagne table
was very, very nice!!YUMMY!! :-) You and Judy were so nice, and
made us feel very comfortable.Everyone keeps asking us if we
regret doing it so far from home, with nofamily or close friends
around, and we say a VERY BIG..... NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!We wouldn't
change it for the world. The locations were beautiful...
thewaterfall, the beach, the sunset.... who could ask for
anything more perfect???And please give a big "Maholo"
to the musician who played for us. He hada wonderful voice, and
sang some beautiful songs. Well worth it!!!!! Andthe video....
GREAT!!! We are so glad we have that to watch again and again.The
editing on the video is very good, we love the music added in. My
mothercried when she watched! It was also very nice, sitting with
you both afterthe ceremony and talking. We enjoyed every second,
every moment of thatday... June 8, 1998. We are planning on
coming back to Maui again, andnext time staying on the other side
of the island (your side). We lookforward to running into you
then. We wish you both the very best, and again,THANK YOU for
making our wedding day so special and absolutely perfect.The very
happily married,
Ann & Jeremy Sutton
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From: "Richard Anderson"
huminbyrd@email.msn.com
To: "Marc Grodan"
Subject: Re: Wedding
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 04:09:45 -0700
Aloha Marc,
Just wanted to thankyou again for
making our Wedding Day sucha beautiful one. Amy and I enjoyed
your gentle manner with us and the photographsare just lovely. I
will certainly recommend you to anyone looking for sucha pleasant
wedding experience.
Our Sincerest Mahalo,
Rick and Amy
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Date: Mon, 6 Oct 97 11:58:06
Aloha & Hello there Marc.
Well, I am now back at work after our
lovely trip to Maui.I can't believe that I was just there
yesterday! I wanted to write youa note to say THANKS A MILLION
for everything you did to make our Mauiwedding a memorable event.
I have been showing all of my friends and co-workersthe photos
and they are all extremely impressed. I couldn't have done
abetter job myself! I also wanted to thank you for helping to
arrange forthe lovely flowers - they were exactly what I wanted
and more beautifulthan I could have ever imagined (be sure to
thank your florist for me too).Lastly, I wanted to thank you for
making Bruce & me feel so calm onour wedding day - we were
both very nervous and your calm demeanor helpedto make our
nervousness go away. We ended up having a lot of fun and weforgot
to be self-conscious. We are one of the only married couples
thatI know who, when asked if they would do it all over the same
way, wouldabsolutely say YES! Thanks once again for all of your
help....we couldn'thave done it without you. Sincerely,
Methanie Dempsay Binder and Bruce Binder
PS Saw your webpage this AM and have to say that we look good
there!
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Date: Tue, 02 Sep 97 10:14:07 PST From:
maree@mailgate.northland.ac.nz(maree) To: grodan@maui.net
Subject: Our Wedding
Aloha Marc and Judy,
Our feet have barely touched the ground
since we left you both onthe beach in Makena.Words are hard to
find to describe how happy and delightedwe are with our wedding.
Marc you were 100% on the spot with all of ourarrangements. Leon
and I are truly ecstatic with our wedding service, MakenaBeach,
our flowers, our video and photographs. Our whole day was
perfect.Ourphotos and video arrived the same day we arrived home,
much to our delight.Needless to say they are both circulating
amongst our family and friendsso they too can enjoy our special
day. All have expressed their delightfor the outstanding photos
and video footage.To you both our sincere thanksfor making our
day just perfect. We look forward to catching you when youcome to
New Zealand to visit our little piece of paradise.
Our love and best wishes
Mahalo Maree and Leon Walters
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From: Rachel Berg
To: "'Marc Grodan'"
Subject: Thank You
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 11:46:13 -0700
Marc:
We just wanted to send a very belated
thank you for our verymagical wedding on March 22nd.Leaving all
the arrangements in your handswas the best decision we made. We
were able to relax all the way throughthe pre-wedding process and
enjoy ourselves.The day of the wedding wasspent at the beach,
followed by our sunset wedding and we took incrediblydelightful
memories home with us.The site was perfect, the flowers
wereperfect, the harpist was perfect, the minister was perfect,
the cake andchampagne were perfect, the limo was perfect (our
14-year old nephew stilltalks about Tina, our driver). We think
you even arranged for the weather,gorgeous sunset, and the full
moon.The pictures and video you took havebeen enjoyed by all our
friends and family who didn't come with us to Mauiand they have
all ooooh'd and aaaahh'd. Thank you for the most magicalwedding
we have ever attended (as guests, bride or groom).
David and Rachel Berg Rachel Berg Administrative Assistant to
RussellWeiss, General Manager---
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From: CapJef@aol.com
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 1997 19:02:05 -0400 (EDT) To:
grodan@maui.net
Subject: Mahalo !!! Dear Marc,
Conjetta and I would like to thank you
for making our weddingday a spectacular success!! From your
"Aloha Spirit" to the beach location,to the flowers, to
the vows, to the photos, to the video... you exceededour
expectations. Your wife Judy and our driver Rich are also to be
commendedfor adding to our magical day !!! Mahalo,
Jeff and Connie
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From: JŸrg SchŠdler
To: "'Marc Allan Grodan'"
Subject: The Happy Liechtenstein-Couple
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 10:39:47 +0200
Aloha Marc
Back in the reality and already at work since more than two weeks,we realize that we miss the paradise of Maui very much! It's very surethat we see Maui once more one day.There is not one day that we didn'tremember the beautiful ceremony or that we didn't watch the photos.Forthese photos we want to thank you once more. They are so beautiful andgive us a good remember of the beginning of our life together. At the 6thseptember 1997 we will marry in the church here in Liechtenstein. We willsend you some photos of this day. For now we want to say once more MAHALOand ALOHA. Sibilla and JŸrg---
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From: "Wallace, Ruth@EDD"
To: "'grodan@maui.net'"
Subject: THANK YOU
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 1997 09:22:59 -070
Dear Marc,
Darrell and I wanted to tell you thank you very much for providingthe wedding services. We are very happy with the way everything turnedout. We were really happy with what you said during the ceremony, the guitarist,the video, the album and the location of the wedding. We couldn't havehad a more stress free wedding. Today is our first day back at work. Itwas very sad leaving Maui. Thank you again for everything.---
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Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 20:02:49 -0500 (CDT)
From: samira@ix.netcom.com (David A. Blair)
Subject: Re: Lizanne & David's wedding
To: grodan@maui.net (Marc Grodan)
Aloha Marc,
Got the FDX today - and were just thrilled! Love the photos and thevideo!! Thanks to you and Judy! I hope that you are as pleased as I amabout the B&W photos! I thought they turned out really super! ReallyMarc, everything turned out so lovely - my mother cried whilst watchingthe video - she was touched (me too!) I can't thank you enough for keepingyour promise - everything was truly lovely! Lizanne Blair
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