SHAHANA & FIDEL’S WEDDING RECEPTION PROGRAM
03 September 2022 I Koronadal City
Program Flow
PRELIMINARIES
 Guests outside the pavilion
 Newly-wed’s photoshoot at the reception
venue
SONG NUMBER
INTRODUCTION OF THE HOSTS
PROCESSSIONAL (WEDDING ENTOURAGE)
INTRODUCTION OF THE NEWLY-WED (WITH THEIR
SONG NUMBER)
Script
JIMMY: GOOD EVENING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
MAY WE HAVE YOUR ATTENTION, PLEASE. WE ARE
ABOUT TO BEGIN OUR DINNER RECEPTION SO
PLEASE LOCATE YOUR RESPECTIVE SEATS AND
MAKE YOURSELF COMFORTABLE.
ELLY: PLEASE USE THE HASHTAG #__________
WHEN POSTING PICTURES ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
LITO: AT THIS POINT, WHILE WAITING FOR OUR
NEWLY-WED, WE WILL BE SERENADED BY ONE OF
HER CLOSED FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES, MS. LEAN
BOLONGON. LET’S GIVE HER A ROUND OF
APPLAUSE, PLEASE.
 OPTIONAL -
JIMMY: AND NOW, MAY WE REQUEST EVERYONE
TO TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PARADE OF
THE WEDDING ENTOURAGE.
LITO: (CANDLE SPONSORS)
MR. ________ & MS.________
THE PAIR THAT LIT THE PATHS OF GROOM AND
BRIDE
ELLY: (VEIL SPONSORS)
MR. ________ & MS.________
THE PAIR THAT CLOTHED GROOM AND BRIDE
JIMMY: (CHORD SPONSORS)
MR. ________ & MS.________
THE PAIR THAT BOUND GROOM AND BRIDE
LITO/ELLY: THE GROOMSMEN AND BRIDESMAIDS:
MR. ________ & MS.________
MR. ________ & MS.________
MR. ________ & MS.________
JIMMY: THE HANDSOME BEST MAN AND THE
BEAUTIFUL MAID OF HONOR WHO ASSISTED THE
COUPLE IN THEIR NEEDS:
THE BEST MAN: ________
THE MAID OF HONOR: ________
JIMMY: TODAY CALLS FOR A GRAND CELEBRATION
AND IT IS OUR MY JOYFUL PLEASURE TO
INTRODUCE THEM TO YOU TONIGHT 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
___ ____ _____.

LITO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET’S ALL BE

SEATED NOW. TRULY, THIS MOMENTOUS EVENT
MARKS A MILESTONE OF TWO HEARTS BEGINNING
A BEAUTIFUL LIFELONG COMMITMENT.

CAKE CUTTING CEREMONY

TRADITIONS
ELLY: AT THIS POINT, 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.

JIMMY: THE TWO HANDS MOVING AS ONE WITH

ONE PURPOSE, SYMBOLIZES THAT THE TWO WILL
WORK IN UNITY AND AS ONE TO REACH COMMON
GOALS FOR THEIR SHARED FUTURE.

LITO: THE SHARING OF THIS FOOD ALSO

SYMBOLIZES THE COUPLE’S WILLINGNESS TO
FULFILL EACH OTHER’S NEEDS, CREATING A BOND
SO SIMPLE AND YET SO STRONG.

WINE TOASTING CEREMONY

ELLY: TO SYMBOLIZE AND CELEBRATE THE

BLENDING OF YOUR TWO LIVES INTO ONE, WE
INVITE YOU TO PERFORM THE WINE CEREMONY.
THE ARMS OF THE COUPLE WILL INTERTWINE AS
THEY DRINK WINE.

LITO: THIS CEREMONY REPRESENTS YOUR TWO

INDIVIDUAL LIVES, NOW INTERTWINED;
COMBINED LIKE THE TWO GLASSES OF WINE INTO
ONE SINGLE LIFE.

JIMMY: 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 WHERE
YOU HAVE SEALED YOUR LIVE AS ONE WITH
DRINKING OF THE NEW WINE.

FIRST/MONEY DANCE OR GAME (SONG C/O LEAN) LITO: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FIND YOUR
PURSES AND WALLETS. IT’S NOW TIME FOR OUR
FIRST DANCE WHERE YOU WILL GET YOUR
CHANCE TO FINANCIALLY BLESS OUR COUPLE.

OPTIONAL
JIMMY: 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.

ELLY: THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR GENEROSITY

THAT WILL INDEED GO A LONG WAY FOR THE
COUPLE.

MESSAGES LITO: AT THIS POINT, WE WILL LISTEN TO

MESSAGES FOR OUR NEWLY-WED COUPLE, AND I
WILL PERSONALLY START THIS WITH ELLY PAUL
SHARING BRIEFLY SOME OF THE DETAILS DURING
THE PROPOSAL.

 BRIDE’S FAMILY – MRS. SHATILLA NAE

DUERME-BENTO (SISTER OF THE BRIDE)
 GROOM’S FAMILY – MR. DARELL MANGASAR
(BROTHER OF THE GROOM)
 NINONG – MR. JOSEPH LATORZA/MRS. LYN
LATORZA
 NINANG – MRS. LOLITA TOMAS
 MAID OF HONOR – ENGR. JENNY DE EYOY
 BEST MAN – ENGR. VINCENT BALONGKIT
 FRIEND OF THE BRIDE – MR. ARJOHN
GANGOSO
 FRIEND OF THE GROOM – MR. MARK CABILAO
 ANYONE WHO WANTS TO GIVE A MESSAGE

NEWLY-WED’S MESSAGE OF THANKS JIMMY: TO PERSONALLY CONVEY THEIR

HEARTFELT GRATITUDE, LET US NOW LEND AN
EAR TO THE NEWLYWEDS’ MESSAGE OF THANKS.

PRAYER BEFORE MEAL LITO: AT THIS POINT, LET US GIVE THANKS TO THE
ONE WHO MADE THIS WEDDING 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 REV. ZENRAD KHAN GEPTE.

ELLY: WHILE WE’RE HAVING THE DINNER, WE WILL

DINNER AND GIVING OF WEDDING SOUVENIRS BE ENTERTAINED BY A SONG NUMBER FROM ONE
PICTORIALS (OPTIONAL) OF THE BRIDE’S NEPHEWS. LET’S WELCOME,
WEHTTAM VIC FREDERICK FLORITA.

FIND YOUR SHOE

GAME FOR THE ENTOURAGE GULAY GAME
MIMIC THE COUPLE GAME

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE FINALLY

END OF THE RECEPTION 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.