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    Santa Barbara Courthouse

    We are very happy in which Kitty performed our ceremony. She was quick to respond to our needs. The ceremony which she conducted was emotionally moving. We highly recommend Kitty!

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    Emily K.

    We were so happy with our choice of Kitty for our officiant! She was incredibly supportive during the rehearsal and ceremony. She allows you to see the speech she has drafted well ahead of time so you can make edits and suggestions. Neither my partner nor I are religious, and Kitty provided thoughtful readings and quotes from non-religious text that were powerful and meaningful.

    Taylor C.

    Kitty was our wedding officiant for a 50-person wedding in Los Alamos. We reached out to several officiants and Kitty was incredibly responsive and professional. She hopped on the phone to learn about our story and what we wanted out of our ceremony. The ceremony she wrote weaved in sentiments of adventure, music, travel, friendship, and love - all things that bond us and make our relationship special. She did a heartfelt delivery on the day of the wedding. She also brought tissues for me which I desperately needed (ha!). And after the wedding, she made a donation to the charity of our choice. I can't recommend Kitty's services enough to anyone looking for a genuine, heartfelt, customized ceremony!

    My husband and I with our officiant Kitty!
    Lianna S.

    If you're looking for an officiant in Santa Barbara - take my word for it and look no further. You've found her. From the moment I contacted Kitty, we knew we had found our dream officiant. She was prompt to respond throughout the entire process. We had a phone call shortly after I reached out to her on yelp and she asked us all kinds of questions to get to know us. When she sent us our first draft for the ceremony, she incorporated our favorite anime characters into it and I seriously cried as my husband and I were reading it together. In that one phone call we had, she was able to deeply understand that anime played such a vital role in our lives and relationship - so much so that she compared us to our favorite anime characters in our ceremony!!! I couldn't believe it. She tailored our ceremony exactly to our personalities in so many other ways as well, adding a few quotes from Lord of the Rings and Naruto. She was able to make it to our (totally chaotic) rehearsal dinner and lead my gigantic party through it TWICE without ripping any of our heads off and with a smile on her face throughout. As if that wasn't enough, to top it all off, she donated on our behalf to a foundation of our choice. I really cannot say enough good things about Kitty. She is such a warm, friendly human being and that good energy totally radiates off of her. She was the perfect addition to our wedding. Thank you Kitty, you are absolutely fantastic.

    This review is way over due Kitty was our officiant for our wedding. Found Kitty Yelp and loved her reviews she was always very responsive and the day of the wedding she was absolutely wonderful even though we were running a little behind schedule. She made some fabulous recommendations for our wedding vows and made our wedding feel so special. She gave us a very nice plastic envelope with our vows neatly printed and easy to read during the ceremony. Thank you for being our officiant at our wedding

    K W.

    I am so grateful I stumbled across this page on Yelp and found our officiant, Kitty Ryan. I had contacted a handful of officiants, a few of whom responded, a couple I spoke with, and I couldn't be happier with Choosing Kitty as our officiant. Our first phone call was fairly lengthy but she took the time to truly understand me, my (now) spouse, and our story. She held zero judgement with us, was extremely responsive and took the careful time to answer any questions or calm my nerves. She was very interactive and took her energy into catering our ceremony to how we wanted it (which was actually fairly simple with some old family traditions tied in). The day of the wedding, she greeted us with a great warm hug, and was as kind and genuine as could be. She was extremely well spoken and I feel as though she could have been part of our family, with her gentleness and abilities. A sentimental bonus for me- she donates to a charity organization of our choice... a huge selfless act. Thank you Kitty, for being You and guiding us through on our special day.

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    Thank you so much, Robby! You and Kate were a pleasure to work with!

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    Thank you, Momena!

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    Thank you so much for your thoughtful comments!

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    Thank you again, Emily, for your thoughtful comments!

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    Thank you so much, Dawn! You two are a very cute couple!

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    Thank you so much, Taylor! It was a pleasure performing your wedding!

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    Oh my gosh, thank you Lianna! You were a delight to work with!

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    Thank you so much, Allie!

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    What a wonderful day Kitty was so patient with me, I would highly recommend her, she is a real pro, so glad we chose her!!

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    Shelly! Thank you! That's very sweet of you.

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    Thank you so much Brian! Gorgeous picture of you both!

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    Thank you so much, Stephanie! I'm glad everyone was happy!

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    Thanks so much, Anna!

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    Thanks so much, Nicole! You and Kyle were so cute during the ceremony!

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    That's so sweet, Karina! Thank you!

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    Thank you so much, Missy! You were a pleasure to work with!

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