ENTOURAGE

The Entourage

BEST MAN

Mr. Jan-Argy Y. Tolentino

The Best Man is the groom’s best friend who is tasked to do the ff:

• Organizes the bachelor party
• Helps in ensuring that the groom is dressed on time during the wedding day
• Welcomes guests as they arrive in the church or wedding chapel
• Holds the wedding ring of the bride
• Witnesses the signing of the marriage certificate
• Offers the first toast to the bride and groom at the reception
• Have a short speech during the reception
• Participates in the garter toss (if single).

MAID OF HONOR

Dr. Catherine C. Tolentino

MATRON OF HONOR

Mrs. Ma. Gerty Dizon-Pagaran

The Maid of Honour/Matron of Honour is usually the bride’s best friend or closest sister who is tasked to do the ff:

• Organizes the bachelorette’s party
• Helps in RSVP brigade of wedding guests
• Hosts or co-hosts the bridal shower
• Helps arrange and address the wedding invitation
• Helps the bride to prepare and get dressed on her the wedding day.
• Acts like as an errand girl for the bride during her wedding day
• Arranges the bride’s veil and train during the wedding ceremony
• Holds the wedding ring of the groom
• Holds the bride’s bouquet during the exchanging of rings
• Witnesses the signing of the marriage certificate
• Have a speech during the reception.
• Participates during the bridal toss (or if married, encourage the single women to participate on the bridal toss)

GROOMSMEN

Dr. Christian C. Tolentino

Mr. Dante V. Lacsina

Mr. Jerome C. Robles

Attending all prewedding festivities (engagement party, couple shower, bachelor party, rehearsal dinner). Perks: Free vittles and drinks.

Helping the best man plan the groom's bachelor party. Perks: Good food, drinks, and perhaps some insights into female anatomy.

You'll conspire with the best man -- and the bridesmaids -- to decorate the honeymoon getaway car in style.

Before the ceremony, you may be asked to usher guests to their seats. At traditional Christian ceremonies, guests of the bride's family sit on the left, and guests of the groom's family sit on the right. At Jewish ceremonies, it's the opposite. When a couple arrives, take the woman's arm and escort her to her seat; her escort will follow you. Always seat the oldest woman first if several guests arrive together. You should arrive at the ceremony site at least 45 minutes early to review special seating requirements.

Be prepared to serve as information central and direct guests to restroom facilities and the reception site.

Purchase a wedding present, perhaps with one of the other groomsmen. You'll have more buying power, and two heads are often better than one when it comes to gift ideas. Sometimes the entire groomsmen gang pitches in for one knock-them-off-their-feet wedding gift.

At the reception, you may be introduced with the bridesmaid you escorted during the recessional. You may also be asked to dance with bridesmaids or single female guests during the evening.

BRIDESMAIDS

Ms. Krizia L. Benedicto

Atty. Andrea A. Tan

Ms. Katrina Camille S. Castro

Help her gather resource materials such as advertisements for florists, bakeries, travel agencies and bridal stores. Keep a record of color swatches to give to guests who want to know the brides color scheme.

Attend bridal fairs together, be sure to collect information for her as you go, carry bags and fill out all the ballots for giveaways, this allows the bride more time to look around.

Assist her with addressing labels and placing stamps on the envelopes for wedding invitations and thank you notes.

On the wedding day, be sure to pack some light snack for you both as she may have been too busy to eat.

Don’t forget your camera, tasteful candid shots of the Bride getting ready can be really fun.

Its your job to ensure that the bride looks her best for photos by straightening out her dress, puffing up her bouquet and touching up her make-up.

It’s a really extra nice gesture when a bridesmaid goes the extra mile and instead of just giving a speech at the reception she have made a slide show of pictures of the bride and groom with a special song or has even just collected pictures and made a display.

It’s also the Bridesmaid’s job to help at the reception. Talk with guests while the bride and groom are busy and dance with the brides brother who may have come alone.

Sorry the bridesmaid cannot leave early. She needs to stay and help cleanup, unless someone has been hired to do so, even then she must make sure that some mementos are saved for the bride, such as the centerpiece, part of the wedding cake, and a few wedding favors.

The Bridesmaid makes sure the bride gets off okay, that she can get into the vehicle with her dress and veil and that her personal belonging are not left behind. I also think that the bridesmaid should arrange a special treat for the bride and groom either in their car, where they are going to stay the evening or at their home when they return such as a bottle of champagne, basket of fruit, or a nice gift basket.

TO CLOTHE US AS ONE

Mr. Rodney A. Vencio

Ms. Beverly T. Quinto

TO BIND OUR HEARTS TOGETHER

Mr. Jayrold A. Pingco

Ms. Glorivy-Nysa Y. Tolentino

TO LIGHT OUR PATH

Mr. Glenn Mark B. Miranda

Ms. Rachel Ann C. Bersamera

Attend pre-wedding parties, if feasible

· Welcome guests to their seats before the wedding ceremony

· Usher guests to their seats by:

First asking if they are guests of the bride or groom. If they are with the bride, they should be seated at the left side of the church (facing the altar). If with the groom, then they should be seated to the right.

Seating the eldest guests first if a large group arrives.

Escorting female guests with his right arm with her escort walking behind, or leading a couple to their seat

Distributing programs to guests after they have been seated.

Balancing out the guests by asking arriving guests if they wouldn’t mind sitting on the other (less filled) side.

· After the guests have been seated, escort special guests to their seats in this order (unless otherwise directed by the bridal couple):

general special guests

grandmothers of the bride and groom

groom’s mother

bride’s mother

· Position the aisle runner in place before the processional is ready to begin

· Collect discarded programs and articles from the pews after the ceremony

· Direct guests to the reception and hand out preprinted maps and directions to those who need them

· Assist in gathering the wedding party for photographs

· Additionally, a head usher should be designated to coordinate the ushers, make sure they know their duties, know how to carry them out, know the proper seating of special guests, and know the order in which they should be seated. This role should not be taken on by the Best Man, however, since he will be too busy attending to the groom.

TO CARRY OUR RINGS

Yusuf Alec C. Silverio

TO CARRY OUR COINS

Rusty Paul O. Alquero

TO CARRY OUR BIBLE

Lar Sebastian C. Galvez

TO CARRY OUR CANDLES

Raj Darwin C. Valderas

Precedes the flower girl down the aisle or can walk beside her. Carries a pillow or a tray with symbolic rings, arrhae, bible and candles for show.

TO SHOWER OUR PATH WITH PETALS OF JOY

Yeshua Maria D. Pagaran

Chelsea A. Ocampo

Luisa Mikylah M. Encabo

Jan Anabela A. Ocampo

Rosben Monica O. Alquero

The Flower Girls are the nieces, young (below 7 years old) sisters or daughters of the couple’s close friends who are tasked to simply carry a small basket full of flowers down the aisle and throw flower petals before the bride walks on the aisle.