Our team of Town Criers are not actors with a costume - each one has been officially appointed by their community to represent their Mayor. You can be assured that you and your guests will be treated like royalty.

We have created standards and procedures to allow you to feel confident that your wedding will be handled in a professional and friendly manner.

A note from our founder - John Webster

John Webster founded the company at the turn of the last century, after seeing disappointed bridal couples when their reception was less than they'd hoped for.

The pageantry and elegance of the wedding ceremony was lost in the details of the reception.

John has successfully been involved in hundreds of wedding and has hand picked the best Town Criers in Ontario to be able to provide the enchanting wedding reception you've always dreamed of.

Meet our Team

John Webster

John was appointed the Official Town Crier for the Town of Markham in 1987. He is a member in good standing in The Ontario Guild of Town Criers, and was the president of The Guild for 5 years. John has been honoured to be declared The Honorary Town Crier of The Town of Edlinton, in England, by Lord William Haydon Gordon-Smith. At the turn of the century, he was appointed as the Official Town of East Gwillimbury and in 2004, was appointed Town Crier for Cary, North Carolina, USA. In 2012 he was appointed by the Council of his Father’s home town of Aurora, to be the Town Crier of Aurora. In 1993 he was Host Crier for the World Town Crier Championships, as well as Host Crier in 2002 for The Queen’s Golden Jubilee Town Crier Championship to mark, the 50-year reign of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. One of the highlights of the year was formally introducing Her Majesty and Prince Philip when they arrived in Toronto. Read More

Bruce Kruger

Bruce Kruger is the official Town Crier of Bracebridge, the Town of South Bruce Peninsula and Crier of the Emancipation in Owen. Bruce has won first place in a world competition, champion of North America and won first in the Ontario Provincial Competition.

Daniel Richer dit LaFleche

Daniel Richer dit LaFleche is a fully bilingual Official Town Crier. He was appointed in 1985 and is a full member in the Ontario Guild of Town Criers.

Chris Wyman

The Official Town Crier

David Vollick

Crier David Vollick represents the two Museums of Burlington, Ireland House and Joseph Brant House, in addition to the City of Burlington. David has won first place at an international crier competition in Easton, Pa, and 2nd place at the Tulip Time Festival in Holland Mi. David is a past President of the Ontario Guild of Town Criers. David participates in other volunteer activities in Burlington including sitting on the Board of Directors for the Friends of Freeman Station, a group restoring a 1906 Grand Trunk Railway Station.

Bill Mckee

Bill McKee was appointed the Official Town Crier for Uxbridge in 1999, Scugog in 2002 and Oshawa in 2004 and the unofficial Town Crier of Loyalist Township since 2017. He has been the Provincial Champion 6 times, won the North American Championship three consecutive times and has place 3rd in the World Town Crier Championship. Bill was a member of the Canadian Opera Company in 1972 and is a retired Toronto Police Service officer.

David McKee

David is proud to be appointed the Official Town Crier of Brantford in 1991. In 2004, he was awarded the Ontario Guild of Town Criers Exemplary Service Medal. His greatest honour has been receiving the Queen’s Golden and Diamond Jubilee Medals in 2002 and 2012 and the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Pin in 2022. In the competitive arena, David placed 2nd at the 2001 Town Crier World Championships and the 2002 North Americans and, 2nd and 3rd, respectively, at the 2001 and 2004 Lord Mayor of Chester’s Invitational World Tournaments. From 1997 to 2003, he was the World's Top Ranking North American Town Crier! In 2015, he received the coveted Ambassador Award from Central Otago World Town Crier Tournament in New Zealand. He is also seven times Ontario Provincial Champion and current Canadian Champion.

Les Whiting

Les Whiting is the Official Town Crier of the Town of Petrolia. He has was appointed over a decade ago and just recently earned the Bronze trophy at the Ingersoll Harvest Festival

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