8.

FIRST DANCE OF THE COUPLE

TONIGHT IS INDEED A SPECIAL NIGHT, AND WILL BE FOREVER ETCHED IN THE MEMORY
OF OUR BELOVED COUPLE. ON THIS JOYFUL BEGINNING WHAT COULD BE MORE FITTING
THAN TO CELEBRATE IT WITH THEIR FIRST DANCE.
THE FIRST DANCE IS 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. _______ WITH THEIR FIRST DANCE.

9. MONEY DANCE
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN…. FIND YOUR PURSES AND WALLETS … IT’S NOW TIME FOR OUR
MONEY DANCE WHERE YOU WILL GET YOUR CHANCE TO FINANCIALLY BLESS OUR
COUPLE.
OUR MAID OF HONOR, BEST MAN AND COORDINATORS … WILL BE STANDING HERE TO
PUT THE SASH ON THE COUPLE… YOU MAY APPROACH THEM AND THEY WILL HAND YOU
ENVELOPES AND SAFETY PINS WHERE YOU CAN PUT 500 BILLS AND 1000 PESO BILLS…
AND YOU CAN ATTACH THE ENVELOPS TO THE SASH THEY ARE WEARING.”
(when finished) THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR GENEROSITY THAT WILL INDEED GO A LONG
WAY FOR THE COUPLE.

10. CAKE CUTTING CEREMONY

MAY WE REQUEST THE COUPLE TO PROCEED TO THE CAKE’S TABLE… LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, PLEASE DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE CAKE CUTTING TRADITION…
THE HUSBAND AND WIFE WILL PUT THEIR HANDS TOGETHER TO SLICE THE CAKE.
THE TWO HANDS MOVING AS ONE WITH ONE PURPOSE, SYMBOLIZES THAT THE TWO WILL
WORK IN UNITY TO REACH COMMON GOALS FOR THEIR SHARED FUTURE AND THEIR LIFE
TOGETHER AS ONE.
THE SHARING OF THIS FOOD SYMBOLIZES THE COUPLE’S WILLINGNESS TO FULFILL EACH
OTHER’S NEEDS, CREATING A BOND SO SIMPLE AND YET SO STRONG…

11. WINE CEREMONY

TO SYMBOLIZE AND CELEBRATE THE BLENDING OF YOUR TWO LIVES INTO ONE, I INVITE
YOU TO PERFORM THE WINE CEREMONY.
THE ARMS OF THE COUPLE WILL INTERTWINE AS THEY DRINK WINE.
THIS CEREMONY REPRESENTS YOUR TWO INDIVIDUAL LIVES, NOW INTERTWINED;
COMBINED LIKE THE TWO GLASSES WINE INTO ONE SINGLE LIFE. THE DRINKING OF THE
COMBINED WINE SIGNIFIES THE COMMITMENT YOU NOW MAKE TO LIVE YOUR LIVES AS
ONE FAMILY. MAY YOU REMEMBER THIS DAY OF COMMITMENT YOU HAVE SEALED WITH
DRINKING OF THE NEW WINE JOINING YOUR LIVES AS ONE.
(OPTIONAL: IN THE GLASS ARE THE FRUITS OF CREATION, MANKIND AND MOTHER EARTH.
THE YEARS OF OUR LIVES ARE LIKE A CUP OF WINE THAT IS POURED OUT FOR THE SAKE
OF LABOR, HONOR AND LOVE. MANY DAYS YOU WILL SIT AT THE SAME TABLE AND EAT
AND DRINK TOGETHER. MANY ARE THE EXPERIENCES YOU WILL SHARE.)
(OPTIONAL: AS WITH A GLASS OF WINE, ONE OF YOU MAY FIND IT SWEET, THE OTHER
PERHAPS DRY OR SOMEHOW DIFFERENT. LET THE DRINK YOU SHARE TODAY SERVE AS A
REMINDER THAT ALTHOUGH YOU MAY PERCEIVE THINGS VERY DIFFERENTLY, BEING
RIGHT IS NEVER MORE IMPORTANT THAN BEING HAPPY. WITH THIS SPACE THAT YOU GIVE
EACH OTHER, ALWAYS PUTTING YOUR COMMITMENT TO LOVE AND HONOR ONE ANOTHER
FIRST, YOUR LIVES TOGETHER WILL GROW DEEPER, RICHER AND GREATLY SATISFYING,
LIKE A RARE AND FINE WINE.)

12. PRAYER
IT IS SAID THAT A SUCCESSFUL MARRIAGE INVOLVES THREE HEARTS BECOMING ONE.
THE HEARTS OF THE HUSBAND, THE WIFE, AND GOD AT THE CENTER. SO LET US GIVE
THANKS TO THE ONE WHO MADE THIS ALL POSSIBLE, THE AUTHOR OF LIFE, LOVE AND
RELATIONSHIPS. OUR ONE TRUE GOD. TO LEAD US INTO PRAYER, AND ALSO TO SAY
GRACE BEFORE MEALS, LET US WELCOME ________ .