RECEPTION

GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. WE ARE ABOUT TO BEGIN OUR

WEDDING RECEPTION, SO PLEASE LOCATE YOUR RESPECTIVE SEATS AND MAKE
YOURSELF COMFORTABLE.

TO OFFICIALLY START , LET US ALL STAND FOR THE OPENING PRAYER TO BE LED TO
US BY REV. _____

“A GREAT MARRIAGE DOESN’T HAPPEN WHEN THE PERFCT COUPLE GETS

TOGETHER, IT APPENS WHEN AN IMPERFECT COUPLE GETS TOGETHER AND LEARN
TO ENJOY EACH OTHER’S DIFFERENCES.”

“LOVING SOMEONE IS A LEAP OF FAITH. YOU ARE GIVING THEM YOUR HEART AND
TRUSTING THEM NOT TO BREAK IT. NO MATTER WHAT HAPPEN, YOU WILL STILL
NEVER REGRET MAKING THAT LEAP FOR THAT SOMEONE”

 A VERY WONDERFUL MORNING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FRIENDS AND LOVED

ONES, WELCOME TO DANTE AND MAE WEDDING RECEPTION.

 WE THANK YOU ALL FOR GRACING THIS JOYFUL OCCASION ESPECIALLY TO

THOSE WHO HAVE TRAVELLED MANY MILES JUST TO BE WITH US. IN BEHALF OF
DANTE AND MAE AND OFCOURSE THEIR PARENTS, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS
TJEIR HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR YOUR PRESENCE AT THIS MEMORANLE
OCCASION. IT IS INDEED A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU ALL TODAY!

GREETINGS:
I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR OFFICIATING MINISTER FOR THIS WEDDING
CEREMONY, REV. JAMES TABANGCURA.

AND OFCOURSE OUR VERY GRACIOUS AND GENEROUS PRINCIPAL SPONSORS

(THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US), SECONDARY SPONSORS, RELATIVES AND
FRIENDS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR AVAILABILITY IN GIVING YOURSELVES TO
THEM. LET’S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE PLEASE!

ACKNOWLEDGING THE PARENTS:

ONE OF THE PARENTS’ DREAM IS TO SEE TH WEDDING OF THEIR CHILDREN. I AM
SURE OUR COUPLE’S PARENTS ARE EXCITED AS THEM. ONCE AGAIN LET’S WELCOME
THEM WITH A BIG CLAP THE ACTING PARENTS OF THE BRIDE MR. EDDIE CABALO
AND MRS. CECILE CABALO. WE ARE TRULY HAPPY TO HAVE HERE WITH US THE
PARENTS OF THE GROOM, MR. DANTE ARAPOC SR. AND MRS. GEMMA ARAPOC.

BRIDE AND GROOM:

AND NOW! I ASSUME THAT EVERYONE IS READY TO WELCOME THE NEWLYWEDS.
THE MOMENT YOU’VE BEEN WAITING FOR HAS FINALLY COME. IT IS MY DISTINCT
PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME DANTE AND MAE AS
HUSBAND AND WIFE
LET US ALL STAND AND GIVE OUR WARMEST WELCOME TO MR. AND MRS. DANTE
ARAPOC JR. CONGRATULATIONS! WE WISH YOU TO BE BLESSED WITH A LONG AND
HAPPY LIFE TOGETHER WITH YOUR FUTURE CHILDREN.

FIRST DANCE:
TODAY IS INDEED A SPECIAL DAY AND WILL FOREVER BE ETCHED IN THE MEMORY
OF OUR BELOVED COUPLE. FOR TODAY MARKS THE BEGINNING OF THEIR NEW LIFE
TOGETHER. FROM THIS DAY FORWARD THEY SHALL BE ONE AND ON THIS JOYFUL
BEGINNING OF THEIR LIFE TOGETHER.

FROM THIS DAY FORWARD, THEY SHALL BE ONE, AND ON THIS JOYFUL BEGINNING
WHAT COULD BE MORE FITTING THAN TO CELEBRATE IT WITH THEIR FIRST DANCE.
THE FIRST DANCE IS THE SYMBOLIC OF THE CONSUMMATION OF THEIR WEDDING
VOWS. THIS DANCE IS THE WEDDING COUPLES’ FIRST COOPERATIVE ENGAGEMENT
AND JOINT ENDEAVOR. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS ONCE AGAIN

MY PRIVILEGE TO PRESENT TO YOU MR. AND MRS.DANTE ARAPOC JR. WITH THEIR
FIRST DANCE.
(SONGS: TILL I MET YOU )
PRAYER FOR LUNCH:
WELL I GUESS THE FOOD IS NOW READY AND LUNCH WILL COMMENCE SHORTLY.
MAY I CALL ON REV. ____________ TO SAY THE PRAYER FOR THE LUNCH.

CAKE CUTTING:
AT THIS POINT, I HOPE EVERYONES ATTENTION IS IN THE COUPLE AS THEY DO THE
CAKE CUTTING TRADITION. THE CAKE CUTTING SYMBOLIZES THE COUPLE’S UNITY,
THEIR SHARED FUTURE AND THEIR LIFE TOGETHER AS ONE.

LET ME NOW CALL ON DANTE AND MAE TO COME FORWARD FOR THE SLICING OF
THE WEDDING CAKE AND OUR GROOM IS REQUESTED TO LET THE BRIDE TASTE IT
LUSCIOUSLY.

TOSSING OF WINE:
THIS TIME LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LET US OBSERVE THE TOSSING OF WINE BY THE
COUPLE. MAY I REQUEST EVERYONE TO STAND AND LET’S FILL OUR GLASSES WITH
ANY DRINK THAT WE COULD GET. PLEASE ENJOIN ME IN SAYING THIS LINE. “WE’RE
WISHING BOTH OF YOU GOOD HEALTH, HAPPINESS, GOOD LUCK AND PROSPERITY.
CHEERS!!”

MONEY DANCE:
WEDDING WILL NOT BE COMPLETE WITHOUT THIS KIND OF TRADITION. LET’S HAVE
MONEY DANCE.

REMEMBER THE ENVELOPES THAT WERE GIVEN TO YOU TODAY WILL BE USED FOR
THE MONEY DANCE THAT TO BE HANG OVER THE TREE THEY CALLED “TREE OF A
NEW LIFE”. MONEY DANCE HAS BEEN A TRADITIONAL WEDDING PRACTICE AMONG
FILIPINOS. LET ME CALL ON THE NEWLY WED COUPLE TO COME FORWARD MR. AND
MRS. DANTE ARAPOC JR.
(SONGS: THE GIFT)

TABLE HOPPING FOR THE SOUVENIR PICTURE

AT THIS JUNCTURE, DANTE AND MAE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO
THANK EVERYONE FOR YOUR PRESENCE. THE NEWLYWEDS WILL NOW GO FROM
ONE TABLE TO ANOTHER TO GREET EACH AND EVERYONE TO HAVE A SOUVENIR
PICTURE TAKING WITH THEIR GUESTS.

AT THE SAME TIME, THE COUPLE WILL DISTRIBUTE THE GIVE-A WAYS AND I WOULD
LIKE TO REQUEST THE MAID OF HONOR AND BEST MAN TO HELP THE COUPLE
DISTRIBUTING THE GIVE-A WAY. STAY PUT WHERE YOU ARE WHILE WAITING FOR
THEM.

BOUQUET THROW

NOW LET US ALL HAVE SOME FUN AND IT'S TIME FOR MODERN BOUQUET. IT IS SAID
THAT WHOEVER WILL CATCH THE BOUQUET WILL SOON BE THE NEXT BRIDE.
READY WHEN YOU ARE AT THE COUNT OF THREE THE BRIDE WILL THROW THE
FLOWERS. MAY | ALSO REQUEST THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE
COUNTING.

WELL WISHES FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS

AT THIS POINT, LET US HEAR SOME WORDS OF WISDOM TRULY EXPERIENCED BY
THE WELL WISHERS TO BE INSTILL IN THE MINDS OF THE COUPLE. WHAT THEIR
PARENTS AND GODPARENTS WOULD SAY ABOUT THE NEWLYWEDS, WELL, LET’S
HEAR IT PERSONALLY FROM THE CHOSEN PEOPLE. LET US CALL………………

 I AM PRETTY SURE THAT THE COUPLE WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO REAP IN YOUR
BREWING GROUND OF EXPERIENCES.
 FOR SURE DANTE AND MAE WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO RECKON AS THEIR
JOURNEY LIFE TOGETHER AND BEYOND.

MESSAGE OF THANKS FROM THE COUPLE:

THIS MOMENTOUS CELEBRATION HAS ALMOST COME TO AN END BUT TO THE
NEWLYWEDS IT SIGNALS A NEW LIFE, A NEW BEGINNING AND NEW HOPE. MAY THIS
MOMENT BE A A MOMENT OF WONDERMENT AND HAPPINESS AS THE TWO, DANTE
AND MAE, WILL START LIVING TOGETHER AS WHAT WAS ASCRIBE IN WHAT A
CHRISTIAN FAMILY EXPECTS TO MANIFEST. IT WILL NOT BE COMPLETE WITHOUT
LISTENING THE WORDS OF GRATITUDE COMING FROM THEM. LET US HAVE THE
NEWLYWEDS TO SAY SOME WORDS OF GRATITUDE.

CLOSING REMARKS:
WELL I GUESS THAT’S ABOUT EVERYTHING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE
FINALLY COME TO THE END OF THE PROGRAM. IT HAS BEEN A GREAT AND
WONDERFUL DAY WITH YOU ALL . AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRESENCE.
GODBLESS!