Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen. May we have your attention please. We are about to begin Janine's 18th Birthday Party Celebration so please find your seats or table and make yourselves comfortable and enjoy the rest of the evening.
A very good evening to each and everyone and welcome Janine's 18th Bithday Party. We would like to thank everyone for gracing this very momentous occasion because as they say, you only get to be 18 once.
We would like to acknowledge the key persons who took a great part in making this joyous affair possible. Ladies and gentlemen, it is with great pleasure that I introduce to you the family of our lovely debutant (Jaymee Vista Santos, Richard Santos, RJ Santos, Jhoana and Michael Gatpayad and family, Lola Nene, Lolo Jaime and Tito Athan Vista, Tito Apeng and Tita Riza Meneses and Magno Family). A big round of applause please. Thank you very much.
Emcee: "Tonight calls for a grand celebration and it is our distinct pleasure to introduce to you for the very first time, the reason why we are all gathered here tonight, ladies and gentlemen. So without further ado, let us all rise and give a warm round of applause, would you please welcome, our lovely debutante, Janine Mei."
Emcee: Such a spectacular grand entrance by our lovely debutante, I would say. And now to give a speech and a toast in honor of our beautiful debutante, we would like to ask Ate Jame on the stage.
Emcee: Some of us have been fortunate enough to see Janine grow and blossom into a beautiful lady, but for others, I will tell you some information about her. (Autobiography)
Emcee: We are nearing the most awaited part of the evening, dinner… but before we partake of the sumptuous buffet that ____________ catering has provided for us, may we now call on Mrs. ____ to say grace.
Emcee: ""How is everybody doing so far? Is everybody happy? Is everyone also hungry? (Yes!) There you go. Don't worry folks, we wouldn't be delaying your delicious dinner any further.
Optional
(We will be calling on the table numbers. Once your table is called, please join Jam on stage for your photo session with her. Have your photo taken with her and then you can go directly to the buffet tables provided by ___ catering.)
Emcee: "While some of you are still feasting on the delicious buffet and the decadent dessert, We will now continue with our program
Emcee: The 18 roses signify the debutante's coming of age. We have now come to the part of our program that the guys have been waiting for. A chance to hold the hand of our lovely debutante for a short dance. so let us not keep them waiting. Ladies and gentlemen, the 18 roses with our beautiful debutante.
18 Roses
1. Jaime Vista
2. Carlo Barairo
3 . Aga Morales
4. Elmer Magno
5. Emil Velasco
6. Miguel Flores
7. Marco Rivera
8. Kenneth Fuentabella
9. Marwin Magno
10. Raffy Magno
11. Royce Samson
12. Angelo Barenas
13. Paolo Brosas
14. Ely Magno
15. Athan Vista
16. Michael Gatpayad
17. Richard Santos
18. Jirro Gatpayad
Emcee: The 18 treasure gifts signify the 18 person that she will treasure and this gifts will be her inspiration and armor in her journey towards fulfilling her dreams. Ladies and gentlemen, the 18 gifts
18 gifts/candles
1. Aika Militar
2. CJ Tañada
3. Cheska Rivera
4. Alexandra Ocampo
5. Cathleen Briones
6. Rheign Bacal
7. Meryl Magno
8. Hannah Santos
9. Aisha Barairo
10. Ayen Abache
11. Hannah Rivera
12. Casey Co
13. Janna Santos
14. Patricia Castillo
15. Aira Reyes
16. Eunice Meneses
17. Janine Dejamco
18. Eunice Estebar
Emcee: Happy birthday song. "Happy Birthday Jam! Let us give 18 claps for Jam.. Thank you very much. You can now blow your 18 candles and make a wish. It is now time to cut the cake. As Jam has reached the age of maturity, she will now cut the cake and give a portion to her parents as a symbol of her love and gratefulness to them."
Emcee: "And now a word from our lovely debutante, Jam."
And with that our program has officially concluded. We would like to thank Jam's suppliers who have made this momentous night a success. We would like to thank you all for making it to this wonderful celebration of Jam's 18th birthday. For those who are going home, may God bless you. Be safe everyone. And for those who are staying, the night is young and the floor is now open for dancing. This is your host, _____, signing off. Thank you and have a blessed night."
This is a script I wrote for an 18th birthday party.)
HOST: Good evening everyone! Welcome to Homitori Davao! 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: MR. MANUEL LAGUA, JR.
MOTHER: MRS. CYNTHIA LAGUA
ELDER SISTER: MS. THEA MACY LAGUA
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 Cham'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, MONICA CHAMANE LAGUA!
Grand Entrance of Debutant
HOST: Wow, blooming and lovely, indeed! Saan nga ba siya nagmana? Kay Mommy ba? Or kay Daddy? Or baka both? Evidently, before tonight, Cham has had happy years in a very happy home. The love of a family will always be God's greatest blessing. Sabi nga nila, 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 saan nga ba nagmana si Cham, here's Daddy Manuel Lagua, Jr.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 Tita Belle Lim.
Prayer before meals
HOST: To fill the room with music while we are having our dinner, we will be serenaded byCity Lights Band. Bon appétit!
Music In – City Lights Band
Dinner
HOST: Ladies and gentlemen, that was City Lights Band. (Introduce members). Tonight is definitely filled with a bundle of surprises for our dear Cham. Adding up to the list, here's a video greeting from the people from all over the world who are closest to our dear debutant.
AVP plays – Video Greetings
Ad-lib – after dinner talks
HOST: Like a pretty flower that attracts bees and butterflies, Cham will be surrounded by 18 equally handsome gentlemen who will represent the debutant's 18 carnations. This flower equates the traditional 18 roses during debuts. For a quick trivia, carnation is Cham's favorite flower. Starting off with:
18 Carnations
Nil Marion Badilles- Cousin (Father Side)
Joshua Cator– Cousin (Father Side)
Champ Elorde– Cousin (Father Side)
Nil Marc Badilles– Cousin (Father Side)
JiroElorde –Cousin (Father Side)
Xavior Rodriguez- Cousin (Mother Side)
RestyDela Cruz –Cousin (Mother Side)
Sael Rodriguez– Cousin (Mother Side)
Glenn Melendez – College Friend
Carl Manajero – High School Friend
Mark Millare – College Friend
Ivan Ricabo – High School Friend
Alfonso Fernandez – Community Friend
Christian Sulla – High School Friend
Franz Chavez – High School Friend
Vinno Serrano – High School Friend
Bon Salaver – Community friend
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, Cham's 18th carnation, ladies and gentlemen,Daddy Manuel Lagua, Jr!
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. Cham, are you ready for the bukingan time?
Host to call names one by one and maybe do ad-libs after every story.
18 Pieces of Memories
Thea Macy Lagua – Sister
Valerie Barrozo – High School Friend
Jaya Medina – Community Friend
Faith Macavinta – Community Friend
Nicole Sai – High School Friend
Alyanna Fernandez – Community Friend
Precious Lim – Community Friend
Joy Oandasan – High School Friend
AlessaWasawas – College Friend
Vermari Digal – College Friend
Isabel Quinsay – Childhood Friend
MayenMayao – College Friend
Nicole Ingente – High School friend
Patrice Angliongto – High School friend
Alicia Dizon – One of my best friends in high school
Meagan Wenceslao – High School kabarkada
Gem Espanto – One of my best friends in high school
Justine Alfonso – bestfriend since grade 3
HOST: All of you who are here tonight are closest to Cham. Sabi nga nila, friendship is a million little things. This time, I'd like to ask Cham's dear friends this question: "What is that one word that best describes our debutant, and why?"
Cham to change wardrobe in preparation for the dance number
HOST: Earlier, we were serenaded by the very talented City Lights Band. At this moment, are we ready to move and groove? I can't here you, are we ready to move and groove? Ladies and gentlemen, here's a dance number from our debutant herself! Let's put our hands together for Cham and friends!
Cham and Friends – Dance Number
(Ad-lib on the dance number.)
HOST: Matapos tayong pakiligin ng City Lights Band at napasayaw with Cham and friends, let's do some ice breaker! Let's call this "How well do you know Cham?" Gaano niyo nga ba kakilala ang ating lovely debutant? I have with me a list of trivia or questions about tonight's fine lady. The mechanics is just simple. I will read the trivia and if you know the answer, stand up from your seat. Alright, let's keep the ball rolling!
Trivia, trivia, trivia – While Cham changes wardrobe: From hiphop outfit to cocktail dress
HOST: Grabeh ang bukingan ngayong gabi! Nag enjoy ba tayong lahat? 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 Mommy Cynthia Lagua!
18 Wishes
Helen Mozar- Tita from the Community
Welinda Elorde – Cousin of my Dad ( Aunt)
Joy Cator – Sister of my Dad ( Aunt)
Allan Fernandez – Tito from the Community
Fred Medina – Tito from the Community
Mariza Jaugan- Tita (My mom's kabarkada in college)
Rod Aque- Tito from the community
Francis Rizon- Tito from the community
Roy Sazon- Tito from the community
Joan Salaver – Tita from the community
Marvin Caballero – Tito from the community
Belen Quinsay – Tita (Mommy's kabarkada in college)
June Adriatico – Tito from the community
Paul Garcia – Tito from the community
Jun Lim – Tito from the community
Nicol Fernandez – Tito from the community
Melinda Lagua – Dad's sister (Aunt)
Malinda Lagua – Dad's eldest sister ( Aunt )
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 Cham 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, Cham. I'm giving the floor to our dear debutant to give her message for all of us.
Thank you message from Cham
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, Cham! naman diyan. At the count of three…1, 2, 3, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHAM! Our debutant is not just a pretty face but also a very talented lady. To get the party started, throw your hands up in the air for CHAM with the City Lights Band! This is your host, John Irene Del Campo, enjoy the rest of the night everyone!
Cham opens the party by a song number with City Lights Band
