SAMPLE WEDDING PROGRAM

1. CALL TO ORDER
2. HOST’S WELCOME REMARKS
3. INTRODUCTION OF PRINCIPAL SPONSORS AND PARENTS
4. MARCH OF THE ENTOURAGE
5. ENTRANCE OF COUPLE
6. FIRST DANCE OF THE COUPLE
7. MONEY DANCE
8. PRAYER
9. DINNER INSTRUCTIONS
10. MESSAGE (HILE HAVING DINNER)
11. CAKE CUTTING CEREMONY
12. WINE CEREMONY
13. BOUQUET THROW
14. GIVING OF TOKENS
15. MESSAGE FROM COUPLE
16. CLOSING

CALL TO ORDER

GOOD MORNING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. MAY I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE. WE ARE ABOUT TO
BEGIN OUR WEDDING RECEPTION SO PLEASE LOCATE YOUR RESPECTIVE SEATS AND MAKE
YOURSELF COMFORTABLE. DURING THIS PERIOD, YOU MAY ENJOY HAVING YOUR PICTURES TAKEN
BUT DO NOT FORGET TO PLEASE USE THE HASHTAG #_______________ WHEN POSTING PICTURES ON
SOCIAL MEDIA.

1. HOST’S WELCOME REMARKS

A VERY GOOD MORNING ONCE AGAIN AND WELCOME TO _________ AND ___________ WEDDING
RECEPTION. WE ARE DONE WITH THE SOLEMN PART OF THE CELEBRATION AND WE THANK THOSE
PEOPLE WHO WERE WITH US, WHO ARE STILL WITH US, AND FOR THOSE WHO JUST JOIN IN, WELCOME!
AND SO, HERE WE ARE ON THIS LOVELY PLACE AT ________________ FOR THE MOST EXCITING PART -
THE WEDDING RECEPTION FOR OUR NEWLYWEDS IN CELEBRATION OF THE BEGINNING OF THEIR NEW
LIFE TOGETHER. WE THANK YOU ALL FOR GRACING THIS JOYFUL OCCASION ESPECIALLY TO THOSE
WHO HAVE TRAVELED FROM AFAR JUST TO BE WITH US. THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME TO BE PART OF
THIS JOURNEY OF LOVE. LADIES, GENTLEMEN, FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES, THE NEWLY WEDS EXTEND
THEIR HEARTFELT GRATITUDE TO ALL OF YOU TO CELEBRATE THEIR NEW LIFE AS A COUPLE. SO SIT
DOWN, RELAX AND ENJOY THE REST OF THE MOMENT.

BY THE WAY I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE MYSELF, I’M MISS JANE, AND I WILL BE THE HOST FOR
TODAY.

2. INTRODUCTION OF PARENTS AND PRINCIPAL SPONSORS

MOVING ON, BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE, WE WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE KEY PERSONS WHO
TOOK A GREAT PART OF THIS JOYOUS AFFAIR. FOR WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORT, THIS EVENT WOULD
NOT BE MADE POSSIBLE. NOW THE ENTRANCE OF THE ENTOURAGE.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU THE PARENTS OF THE
BRIDE.

AND OF COURSE, WE ARE TRULY HAPPY TO HAVE HERE WITH US THE PARENTS OF THE GROOM.

AND NOW WITH GREAT HONOR AND GRATITUDE THAT WE INTRODUCE TO YOU THE YOUNG AT HEART
AND SPIRIT, THE GRACIOUS AND GENEROUS, THE PRINCIPAL SPONSORS:

LET’S START OFF WITH

SO THERE YOU HAVE IT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, OUR MOST DISTINGUISHED SET OF PRINCIPAL
SPONSORS. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT. LET US ONCE AGAIN GIVE THEM A BIG ROUND
OF APPLAUSE.

NEXT IN LINE ARE THE SECONDARY SPONSORS.

3. ENTRANCE OF COUPLE
AT THIS POINT I ASSUME THAT EVERYONE HAS SETTLED DOWN AND WE ARE ALL READY TO WELCOME
THE NEWLYWEDS.

TODAY CALLS FOR A GRAND CELEBRATION AND IT IS MY DISTINCT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THEM TO
YOU FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME AS HUSBAND AND WIFE. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, LET US ALL RISE
AND GIVE OUR WARMEST WELCOME TO MR AND MRS ____________________________.

CONGRATULATIONS ___________ AND ____________ AND BEST WISHES TO BOTH OF YOU. WE WISH
YOU TO BE BLESSED WITH A LONG AND HAPPY LIFE TOGETHER WITH YOUR FUTURE CHILDREN. LET US
AGAIN GIVE THEM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH…LET’S ALL BE SEATED
EXCEPT FOR THE BRIDE AND GROOM BECAUSE AS THIS IS JOYFUL BEGINNING, IT IS FITTING TO
CELEBRATE IT WITH THEIR FIRST DANCE. MAESTRO, PLEASE PLAY THE SWETEST SONG FOR OUR
LOVELY COUPLE.

THE FIRST DANCE IS SYMBOLIC OF THE CONSUMMATION OF THEIR WEDDING VOWS. THIS DANCE IS
THE WEDDING COUPLES' FIRST COOPERATIVE ENGAGEMENT AND JOINT ENDEAVOR. AS THE SAYING
GOES, “IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO.” LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS ONCE AGAIN MY PRIVILEGE TO
PRESENT TO YOU MR. AND MRS. FREDELUCES WITH THEIR FIRST DANCE.

4. MONEY DANCE

AT THIS POINT 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. YOU MAY
NOW START PINNING PAPER BILLS ON THE COUPLE. AGAIN, CALLING THE ATTENTION OF OUR NINONGS
AND NINANGS, TITO AND TITA, FRIENDS, GUESTS TO PIN YOUR PAPER BILLS AS A SUPPORT AND GIFT
FOR OUR COUPLE.

5. PRAYER

WE ARE NOW AT THE PEAK OF OUR CELEBRATION. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST AWAITED PART I GUESS.
WE WILL JUST PAUSE FOR A WHILE FROM THESE ENTERTAINMENTS AND SAVOUR THE FOOD THAT
WILL BE SERVED. TO LEAD US INTO PRAYER, AND ALSO TO SAY GRACE BEFORE MEALS, LET US
WELCOME ________

LORD, BEHOLD OUR FAMILY HERE ASSEMBLED,

WE THANK YOU FOR THIS PLACE, IN WHICH WE DWELL,
FOR THE LOVE THAT UNITE US,
FOR THE PEACE ACCORDED US THIS DAY
FOR THE HOPE WITH WHICH EXPECT FOR TOMORROW,
FOR THE HEALTH, THE WORK, THE FOOD, AND THE BRIGHT SKIES THAT MAKE OURSELVES
DELIGHTFUL,
FOR OUR IN ALL PARTS OF THE EARTH, AMEN!

6. MEAL INSTRUCTIONS

THE FOOD IS NOW READY AND LUNCH WILL COMMENCE SHORTLY. AT THIS POINT TO MAINTAIN ORDER,
THE COORDINATORS WILL APPROACH YOUR TABLE BEGINNING AND THE GUESTS FROM THAT TABLE
WILL BE REQUESTED TO PROCEED TO THE LOCATION OF THE COUPLE FOR PICTORIAL. RIGHT AFTER
THAT, THEY CAN LINE UP AT THE BUFFET COUNTER TO GET THEIR DINNER. PLEASE WAIT FOR THE
COORDINATORS TO APPROACH YOUR TABLE.

7. MESSAGE (DURING DINNER)

8. 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…
9. 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.

(DOVE CEREMONY)

THE WHITE DOVE REPRESENTS THE BRIDE AND GROOM AS THEY BEGIN THEIR LIFE’S TOGETHER IN
PURITY AND WITH NO REGRETS OF THEIR PAST. THIS BEGINS TP LIVES WORKING TOGETHER FOR
LIFE’S HAPPINESS.

10. BOUQUET THROW

OK NOW LET US ALL HAVE SOME FUN AND IT’S TIME FOR THE TRADITIONAL BOUQUET THROW. AT THIS
POINT WE WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST ALL THE SINGLE LADIES TO PLEASE COME FORWARD FOR THE
BOUQUET THROW. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REQUEST THE BRIDE TO COME FORWARD AND TAKE HER
PLACE CENTER STAGE. LADIES KINDLY TAKE YOUR PLACE BEHIND THE BRIDE AND BE PREPARED TO
CATCH THE BOUQUET. IT IS SAID THAT WHOEVER WILL CATCH THE BOUQUET WILL SOON BE THE NEXT
BRIDE. SO IS EVERYONE IN? READY WHEN YOU ARE - AT THE COUNT OF THREE THE BRIDE WILL
THROW HER BOUQUET. MAY I ALSO REQUEST THE AUDIENCE TO PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE COUNTING.
READY WHEN YOU ARE LADIES. LET US NOW DO THE COUNTDOWN. ONE…TWO….THREE……AND
THERE IT GOES.

11. GIVING OF TOKENS

WE ARE TRULY GRATEFUL NOT ONLY FOR THE PRESENCE BUT ALSO THE WONDERFUL COOPERATION
OF OUR PRINCIPAL AND SECONDARY SPONSORS AS WELL AS THE MEMBERS OF THE ENTOURAGE.

____________ AND ____________ AND THEIR PARENTS WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS THEIR SINCEREST
GRATITUDE FOR ALL THEIR HELP AND SUPPORT AND FOR MAKING THIS MEMORABLE OCCASION A
GREAT SUCCESS.

WE WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST OUR MATRON OF HONOR, MS. __________________ TO DISTRIBUTE OUR
TOKENS OF GRATITUDE TO BOTH OUR PRINCIPAL AND SECONDARY SPONSORS AND TO OUR GUESTS.

12. MESSAGE OF THANKS FROM THE NEWLYWEDS

THE DAY AND THIS CELEBRATION HAS ALMOST COME TO AN END BUT FOR OUR NEWLYWEDS IT IS
JUST A START OF THEIR NEW LIFE TOGETHER. AS WE EACH GO HOME, MAY THIS DAY BE MEMORABLE
FOR ALL OF US AS IT IS TO THEM. TO PERSONALLY CONVEY THEIR HEARTFELT GRATITUDE LET US
NOW LEND AN EAR TO JOY AND DIANE.

(COUPLE DELIVERS THEIR MESSAGE OF GRATITUDE.)

13. CLOSING

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WE HAVE FINALLY COME TO THE END OF OUR PROGRAM. IT HAS BEEN A
GREAT DAY AND A WONDERFUL EVENING WITH YOU ALL. AGAIN THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRESENCE.
GOD BLESS AND GOODNIGHT TO EACH AND EVERYONE.