Celebrant (Australia) Celebrant (Australia) In Australia, celebrants are people who conduct formal ceremonies in the community, particularly weddings, which are the main ceremony of legal import conducted by celebrants. They may also conduct extra-legal ceremonies such as naming of babies, renewal of wedding vows and funerals. Officiating at a marriage requires that the celebrant be an authorised marriage celebrant under Australian law, but officiating at extra-legal ceremonies does not. Many Western nations permit celebrants who are not clergy to carry out basic, legal, marriage ceremonies. However Australia was the first nation whose government appointed non-clergy celebrants with the specific intention that they
Modern Times (song) Modern Times (song) "Modern Times" is the name of a 2004 song recorded by the californian singer J-five. Released in 2004 as the first single from his debut album "Sweet Little Nothing" on which it is the third track, "Modern Times" achieved a success in many European countries, topping the charts in France, traditionally a nation where Chaplin films are most popular. The song is a tribute to Charlie Chaplin, and particularly his film "Modern Times". The chorus of the song is the original recording of Chaplin's gibberish singing from the end of the film (the first time Chaplin's voice