The easy way to plan a wedding event for the wedding day is handled by wedding coordinators of Augustine Music and Events, doing it passionately to ease the couple's burden and their peace of mind is ours, too. It keeps us going.
The steps mentioned on the video clip explains how to do it from the very start of the job until the wrap-up job without blowing the celebration out in a manner displeasing. The expertise at hand is what we can offer to make a wedding day something to treasure and remember and the people behind the success of such wedding event marks a strong credit for us wedding suppliers here in Manila.
The fun of being a wedding coordinator is the chance to see places you only read or see on print or heard. Specially, if it is your first chance to see the place. More so when you are involved, then the curiosity rises. It was a privilege doing the work for a couple where we organized details of their wedding plan a week before the big day.
Our head coordinator did the rundown of everything to be done from where they were booked to the reception. Details were listed from small to the big ones where concerns are called for. Even the couple was given some sort of assignment to help out in making their wedding day something to remember by.
Hours before the ceremony, the coordinators were around where the bride and groom to be are to bring important materials to church. Of course, we have the wedding planning checklist not to forget anything.
Two hours before the ceremony, we are around to assist guests who came, especially the bridal entourage where they were to be assembled ready for the walk. We do this to make things unhurried. Rushing gives the nerves, as you know.
There is part where offerings are readied, so 10 minutes before that, it is set. And when the ceremony is done, two coordinators assist for the pictorials where a protocol is called. Two others will collect the paraphernalia used during the ceremony.
Before the couple walked through the church door, they were greeted with loose flower throwing and a burst of party popper creating sound and flying colors. Well, a photo of this is amazing with a video that hovered into a scene.
Reaching the reception venue, guests were attended by the wedding coordinators where they are supposed to sit following the seating arrangements prepared by the couple for us to implement. We see to it that everybody had their seats before commencing the wedding reception program approved by them to run.
As the program went, the wedding emcee or master of ceremonies was assisted by the head coordinator to get the timing for what was next to ready what was needed for the program flow while the rest of the coordinators were having their assigned tasks fulfilled.
We had such an experience at the Secret Garden, Philippines where we as wedding planners had fun at the same time easing a wedding burden as a great concern.
The wedding at Christ The King and reception at the Tivoli Royale was ably planned by wedding coordinators of Augustine Music and Events with the participation of outstanding wedding musicians of Philippines making the event worth remembering.
All activities at the church were managed by the wedding planners, attending, too to some guests need assisting and made sure that everything run the smoothest. When the ceremony was done, two planners were assigned to attend for the seating arrangements with another coordinator assisting guests were their tables were. Their were 250 guests to managed and with proper handling, the show was run right.
I hosted the wedding program with the wedding coordinators guiding me all the way to make my rituals follow the way the couple wanted to happen – bridal entourage were assembled to descend from the spiral stairs for the presentation, glasses with wine were ready when the ceremonial toast was about to happen, guests per table were assisted for the pictorial with the couple before going to the banquet table, single ladies and single guys were gathered for the game where next groom and bride in the future were chosen.
The music was carefully chosen by the couple that speaks of their taste and during their first dance, a popular old song was rendered. The lyrics speak of how much they love each other as they had their ceremonial wedding dance.
The tandem of the coordinators and musicians of Augustine Music and Evens will always be remembered because we see to it that our services are ably performed at par by dedicated wedding coordinators and planners with Philippine musicians who always stand out because of their passion for music.
Supposedly, it was a garden ceremony but the rain prevented the plan on December 19, 2011 scheduled for a 3:30 pm wedding. The ceremony took place at The Lounge where the reception was set. A little arrangement did the trick to do it inside the venue.
The wedding planner did a simple lay-out to make everybody comfortable because it is a small venue good for 100 guests without extra fixes for more movements. Also, the seat plan was organized so that after the ceremony they were there on the same spot where they were supposed to sit.
An improvised altar was done with the flowers all around for beauty and color and the wedding coordinator saw that they were placed properly.
The wedding musicians were positioned in a place where they could move easily for their performances and when the ceremony started did splendid musical expertise as expected from the members of AUGUSTINE MUSIC AND EVENTS for an American-Filipina Wedding.
Pressures are normal when preparing a wedding but a little help from an extended hand will ease the burden for the soon-to-be couple after all plans are made by both. Preparations are tantamount to accepting creative solutions from those who will be involved with your big day.
Wedding pressures will be nil if preparations are done. And when I address wedding preparations I mean every considerations are matted out, discussed and acted the very first instance when you feel it's right. Wedding preparations are more of the intuitive side because you know what is right for both of you and considering to go with it.
The very first that comes to mind for a husband and wife to be is the budget. From there after discussing how much this and that then you served the first step.
This determines how they will go about their wedding. There they will discuss the motif. There they will talk about guest list. They will talk about where the ceremony will take place. It is also paramount that they will consider food service whether catered or not. From there they will make a list of suppliers needed for their wedding.
It is worth considering the date and time of ceremony and when finalized there is no stopping you. You will then scout for reception venue considering the proximity from the ceremonial ground.
Then, I know you will be building your guest list. Of course, foremost on your minds will be the principal sponsors and members to form the wedding entourage. You will now think about the dress motif for your day. You will discuss if you will take care of the bridal entourage accouterments.
It is now your schedule to look for an imagined bridal gown to compare. Maybe you have vignette on mind and the chance for a creation is from the experts. It is your choice and taste that matters.
When your preparations are half-done, for sure you will take care of the requirements needed for a wedding. You need to get schedule for the family planning seminar which is a requirement before you can acquire your marriage license that expires after three months. Also, the needed banns to be posted on your parishes for 3 to 4 weeks prior to your wedding day. There is also the canonical interview from the church where you are going to be married. Normally, you have to schedule your availability.
When almost everything is half-through the rest of the suppliers come to play. You will then think of giveaways, musicians, if needs be, invites, flowers for the entourage.
Another aspect to consider are people who are going to help you carry out your preparations and a friend or a relative might help but if you are thinking otherwise then you need the expertise of a professional coordinator to carry all plans made by you. You can demand from your coordinator but not from your friend or relative. But a little help from a friend is a plus.
If you are resolved to have a seat plan then hand the details to your coordinator and have it followed to the T. That is your plan and it has to be complied the way you want it done.
At least, fifteen days before your wedding let all details attended by the coordinator and communicated to you every now and then. Just stay home and get lots of rest, pamper yourself and indulge into healthy food and get plenty of exercise so that radiance be yours on your wedding day.
It was a turnaround of schedule and a relative’s wedding was set for an afternoon outdoor Christian Wedding on an open field overlooking the famous Taal Lake in Tagaytay. This was a first experience where ceremony was held in huge tract of land and just few trees sprouting a distance afar looking like a safari but breathtaking nonetheless.
It was easy for me to manage the guests and activities for the wedding ceremony and reception of about 70 guests mostly coming from the north. Around 3:30 pm when everything was set and ready for the line-up of the bridal entourage for the wedding procession. Exactly 4 pm when we started. There were no wedding musicians around but a solo guitar player who is a close relative of the bride making do with a simple sound system of two speakers but he sounded good strumming his classical guitar for the piece Canon in D for the procession and for the bridal march, an original composition was rendered by him. Unfortunately, it crossed my mind to ask for the title.
The music during the wedding ceremony was very tame. It was so romantic just hearing a single instrumentalist doing favorite wedding music list from the couple. Everyone felt awed with solemnity of the affair amidst the soft hush of breeze so cool and invigorating as the couple exchanged their wedding vows with faint guitar sound doing the famous Filipino song, “Ikaw.”
When the ceremony was done, there was a cocktail set for everybody timely to do a little rearrangement of tables and chairs for the reception on the same ground. It was 6 pm when the wedding program started. All center tables were adorned with lighted candles and faint light coming from the distant road adding shiny reflections from the sea stream creating a fantastic environ, to me was the most fascinating reception I’ve attended. To my dismay, I wasn’t able to capture anything. Their wedding photographer was a relative of the bride and I guess she wasn’t charged like me because the groom is my close relative. The bride is from Cavite and the groom is an Ilocano from the north.
I didn’t have much time for myself because I hosted the wedding reception program and I was alone doing everything from the wedding planning till the wrap-up job. It took me a week for the preparations and everything turned just right with some help from the bride’s relatives.
It was an unforgettable Philippine wedding and I will always treasure the moments with Mr. and Mrs. Edward Pinto who conceptualized a simple budgeted wedding but turned into what we can call a dream wedding.
Wedding destination is a consideration for a couple to tie the knot when one is from our country, Philippines and another from a different country. A prospective client asked me how to prepare their wedding scheduled here. She has her wedding to do list and concerns need attending. I heard that some do this to spam but her emails come every now and then asking me how to be paid initially. I suggested that she will ask a favor from a relative here in the Philippines and from there will do the preparations.
Nonetheless, we want to help in any manner we can. A wedding coordinator or planner doesn't take the fee as the first consideration. I emailed her the basics she needs to consider so that when they are back here they'll have some guidelines to follow. A wedding checklist is a simple tool but it's a starter. It is similar to what to do wedding guide.
Wedding coordinators in the Philippines, I must say are dedicated ones and many are able to help. Others do this for fee as the primary concern to augment an income. Others do this for the passion to help a bride realize a dream wedding.
In other countries wedding coordination is considered a profession. Here in the Philippines, it is taken as an avocation. But seminars sprout every now and then discussing the rudiments of a professional wedding coordination having modules to follow and structured for practical implementations.
Even in the internet you can find vast ways to do the job, confusing they may seem but from there you get the idea. Event planning is common sense act. There is no fast rules to follow but artistry is called for to create something of the unusual. Imagination, too plays the role for its creation. Even wedding trends come every now and then. Some fade out others become novel and what is novel is something considered to be different.
Exploration is key to stand out in this field because every one imitates anyone. What differs is a certain approach not felt but present an extension for preparing a wedding worth cherishing for. What counts anyway is that during the big moment things are done exactly what the couple wants it to happen. In weddings, the word SMOOTH is always tagged in the minds of the groom-to-be and his bride and the wedding planner who honestly initiates the promise.
Philippine weddings are the same. What make it different is the theme, the feeling derived from the affair, the atmosphere it creates, the solemnity of the ceremony, the wedding reception program set-up devised by the couple, the diverse guests' personality, guest list (small or big), the sumptuous meal prepared especially for the guests, special gifts from guests.
But what makes a wedding celebration special are the presence of the important persons in the lives of the couple. That is the greatest gift on their wedding day.
