Naming ceremony contribution

[justadad]

We've been asked to be "oddparents" for a friend's baby daughter and are required to do "a turn" as part of the event. Could be a reading / song etc, but am totally blank as to what would be appropriate. The thing itself can be reasonably light-hearted, but we'll need to conclude it with a message of commitment and support.

Any suggestions?

Quite like the sound of that Californifrau, as junior will have an odd assortment of Oddparents!

We would have gone with Oddparents if we'd not had a ceremony, I think -- but I don't think any of our guests had ever attended a naming ceremonyt before and so we were trying to give some context. Also one of the oddparents is actually faintly religious (in belief although not in terms of regular church attendance) and I think feels more comfortable with the "godfather" title.

In your position though, suejonez, I'd go for oddparents....

sorry justadad I've hijacked your thread. Think I'll sound out the more staid members of the family - may go for a mixture of both Godparents for any formal commitment statement but Oddparents for everything else.

Did you use a formal celebrant LeahE?

Yes, we thought having an actual celebrant made the whole thing seem more official and like a "proper" event. We went for a British Humanist Association celebrant (\link{http://www.humanism.org.uk/custom/ceremonies/search.asp\here), though, rather than a local authority registrar, because it's a lot more flexible. With the BHA you work with the celebrant to write your own ceremony and can have it wherever you want and include whatever you want, while the local authority is much more restrictive and prescriptive.