Allow me to compare your wedding to a symphony orchestra.  Intimate  (quartet) or extravagant (full orchestra), to conduct a wonderful wedding, you've got to ensure that everyone's playing from the same sheet of music (the schedule), or you'll get the effect of a grade school band.  Since you're the featured soloist, you  have a coordinator to conduct this symphony you've been working on for months.  You've got qualified specialists (officiant, florist, caterer, DJ, etc.), who know their parts but have never played together before.  Part of the orchestra (wedding party) gets one rehearsal minus the percussion and brass sections (your other vendors), and there's one chance to get it near perfect--your wedding, their one and only performance! --- Elise

A note to all brides considering a coordinator:

Stop thinking right now! There's nothing to think about; you need a coordinator.

There are about a million and one things going on the day before and the day of the wedding. You don't want to have to worry about those things.

Just enjoy your day and let Elise take care of  your details. It really scares me to think about how I would have decorated the ceremony and reception site in time for the wedding if I hadn't hired Elise.

She's a wealth of knowledge as far as wedding etiquette goes! There is more to it than you think. She has my vote of approval without a doubt. --Kim Daly

Elise Enloe, Master Bridal Consultant™ 
is a distinguished graduate of the Professional Development Courses of the Association of Bridal Consultants, with over 15 years of experience in planning/coordinating training and events in healthcare, the military, collegiate, and private sector. In addition to her background in health care management, Ms. Enloe has an M.A. in Education and Human Resource Development from George Washington University.  After retiring from the US Navy in 1998, she was the director of Medical Programs at City College, Casselberry, FL. 

In 2000, she began what she hopes to be her most cherished career as a wedding consultant, starting Attention to Details Weddings & Events.  She started ABC Central Florida East Local Networking Group, and is now the ABC State Coordinator.

When she's not working weddings or events,  she's   teaching event planning at UCF's Rosen College of Hospitality Management or co-hosting "It's Not Your Mother's Wedding," Saturday mornings on WAMT 1190 AM radio.

Attention to Details provides apprenticeship opportunities to ABC Novices to ensure you get professional services at a very reasonable cost.