An 18th birthday script

HOST: Good evening everyone! Welcome to ___________________________! Welcome to a

night of pastel colors in celebration of a wonderful life for a girl who is now turning into a fine
lady. All of you who are here tonight have watched her grow over the years into the wonderful
person she is now. As a jumpstart, let us all welcome and acknowledge the ever supportive and
loving family of our debutant:

FATHER: _____________________________            

MOTHER: ____________________________
SIBLINGS: _______________________________________________________

  Entrance of Family
(HOST: To open tonight’s celebration, here’s a quick look of how this lovely, young lady came
about. Roll VTR, please.

AVP plays, featuring debutant’s collection of photo memories)

HOST: Tonight is a celebration of adulthood and a thanksgiving of the life God has given to our
lovely celebrant. Let us put our hands together, as we welcome the main highlight of this
celebration, and as she stepped into a higher level of life, ladies and gentlemen, our
debutant, ___________________________________!
Grand Entrance of Debutant

HOST: Wow, blooming and lovely, indeed! Asa siya liwat? Kay Mama ba? Or kay Papa? Or
basig nila duha? Evidently, before tonight, ________ has had happy years in a very happy
home. The love of a family will always be God’s greatest blessing. As they say, in life we can
have several friends, classmates, and social circles, but there is only one family who is always
willing and ready to welcome us no matter what. Ladies and gentlemen, to answer the question
kung asa jud naliwat si ________, here’s Papa ______________________________ to welcome all
of us to their lovely daughter’s 18th birthday party.
Welcome Remarks – Daddy
Host to ad-lib based on the parent’s message

HOST: At this moment, I’d like to request everybody to please stand as we say our prayer
before meals to be lead by _________________________.
  Prayer before meals

HOST: To fill the room with music while we are having our dinner, we will be serenaded
by ___________________. Bon appétit!
Music In – City Lights Band
Dinner

HOST: Tonight is definitely filled with a bundle of surprises for our dear ____________. Like a
pretty flower that attracts bees and butterflies, _____________ will be surrounded by 18 equally
handsome gentlemen who will represent the debutant’s 18 roses. Starting off with:

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HOST: The last dance is of course reserved to the forever most handsome and most loving guy
in her life. To dance with our debutant, _______ 18 th rose, ladies and gentlemen, Papa
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Father and daughter dance

HOST: (In the middle of the father and daughter dance) The father and daughter dance is probably
one of the most loved traditions in any Filipino debut celebration. This signifies the daughter’s
first step to womanhood and the father’s acceptance of this period in his daughter’s life.
End of Dance

HOST: Ladies and gentlemen, sit back, and let’s groove, jive and enjoy the party with the band,
they’re back on stage, give it up for City Lights Band!
City Lights Band Performance

HOST: (Thank you, City Lights Band for filling the room with music and for jazzing up this party
with your playlist! Are you guys, still with me? More party-party later with City Lights Band.)
They say, memories are ways to hold on to the things that we love, and to the things that we
don’t want to lose. Sabi nga ni mareng Cynthia Ozick: “What we remember from childhood, we
remember forever.” Tonight we have 18 selected people who will share with us her
unforgettable memory with our lovely debutant. ___________, are you ready for the bukingan
time?
Host to call names one by one and maybe do ad-libs after every story.

HOST: Seems like our gorgeous debutant really enjoyed tonight. From the shared memories to
a game trivia, Cham has shared a part of her growing years with all of us. At sabi nga ni
mareng Willa Cather? “Where there is great love, there are always wishes.” Because birthdays
are always new beginnings, new endeavors with new set of goals, sending birthday messages
and wishes is a tradition especially in our country, where we give high value to family ties and
relationship. Tonight, ladies and gentlemen, I present to you these 18 Wishers for our debutant.
These are the people close to the heart of our celebrant, and whom she listens and confides to
for inspiring words and friendly advices. Starting off with the woman dearest to Cham’s heart,
representing the mother candle that will be a source of light for all the well-wishers for our dear
Cham, here’s Mama _____________________________
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HOST: Many ancient cultures believed that smoke carried their prayers to the heavens. So, at
the count of three, Mommy Cynthia and members of the 18 Wishes, let’s say “May all our
wishes come true” and blow our candles together. 1, 2, and 3…
Everybody blows the candle

HOST: Let me share another good-to-know trivia to everyone on how birthday cakes and
candles came about as a tradition during birthdays. Some believe that the tradition of birthday
candles began in Ancient Greece. Putting candles on a cake was a special way to pay tribute to
the Greek moon goddess, Artemis. They baked round cakes to symbolize the moon. Candles
were added to represent the reflected moonlight. Today’s tradition of making wishes before
blowing out the birthday candles may have started with that belief. Enough of all those did-you-
know trivia because at this part of the program, our lovely and stunning ____________ will blow
the candles on her birthday cake. And to complete that customary practice, let us all sing
joyfully a song I am very sure everybody is familiar with, the happy birthday song!
Debutant makes a wish and blows the candles.
HOST: Tonight’s celebration tells me that the best demonstration of gratitude in response to a
wonderful experience like this one can be contained in an overwhelming thank you. Maraming
salamat po for making me a part of this memorable occasion. And if there’s one person here
tonight who is more than grateful to see all of you, that would be our beloved celebrant,
________. I’m giving the floor to our dear debutant to give her message for all of us.

Thank you message from

  HOST: The night is young, and so are we, diba? Are you ready to party? We have just actually
started. Again, thank you for having me here to celebrate with all of you. Isang malakas na
“Happy birthday, _______! naman diyan. At the count of three…1, 2, 3, HAPPY BIRTHDAY,
This is your host, ROSEMARIE G. CELLAR, enjoy the rest of the night everyone!
Cham opens the party by a song number with City Lights Band