HOST: Good evening everyone! Welcome to Tagaylo’s Humble Abode!
Welcome
to a night of white-pink-gold-black 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: _____________________________
MOTHER: _____________________________
SISTER: _____________________________
Entrance of Family and 18 roses and treasures
There you have it ladies and gentlemen, I know everyone is titillated to see our
lovely debutant, before that let’s welcome our dashing debonair, the 18 roses and
treasures. (Adlib)
HOST: To open tonight’s celebration, here’s a quick look of how this lovely, young
lady came about. Roll VTR, please.
Grand Entrance of Debutant
AVP plays, featuring Queen’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, Queen Marie Tagaylo!
HOST: Wow, blooming and lovely, indeed! Saan nga ba siya nagmana? Kay
Mommy ba? Or kay Daddy? Or baka both? Evidently, before tonight, Queen 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 Queen, here’s Daddy ______________ to welcome all of us to
their lovely daughter’s 18th birthday party.
Welcome Remarks – Daddy
Host to adlib based on the parent’s message
HOST: Thank you, Technical Team 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 our music here. 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 Manang
Cynthia Ozick: “What we remember from childhood, we remember forever.”
Tonight we have selected people who will share with us her unforgettable
memory with our lovely debutant. Queen, are you ready for the bukingan time?
(Host to call names one by one and maybe do adlibs after every story.)
Trivia, trivia, trivia
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, Queen 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 pieces of advice. Starting off with the woman
dearest to Queen’s heart, representing the mother candle that will be a source of
light for all the well-wishers for our dear Queen, here’s Mommy ________________!
And of course our 18 Wishers/treasures. Everybody blows the candle
HOST: Many ancient cultures believed that smoke carried their prayers to the
heavens. So, at the count of three, Mommy ___________ and members of the 18
Wishes, let’s say “May all our wishes come true” and blow our candles together.
1, 2, and 3…
HOST: Like a pretty flower that attracts bees and butterflies, Queen will be
surrounded by 18 equally handsome gentlemen who will represent the
debutant’s 18 roses. This flower equates the traditional 18 roses during debuts.
For a quick trivia, rose is Queen’s favorite flower. Starting off with: 18 Roses
and Father and daughter dance
HOST: 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. The last dance is of course reserved to the forever most handsome and most
loving guy in her life. To dance with our debutant, Queen’s 18 th Roses, ladies and
gentlemen, Daddy ________________!
(adlib after the dance)
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 Roman moon goddess, Diana. 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
Queen 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.)
We shall now proceed to the slicing of the birthday cake. May I invite the parents
of our debutant to join us here and help Queen to slice the cake. (Adlib)
At this juncture, may I request the parents of our debutant to stay for the wine
toasting and drinking. To officially welcome our debutant, in this kind of social
gathering, it is important that a fine lady like you Queen must asked permission
from your parents to drink and have fun with family and friends. (Adlib)
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, Queen. I’m giving
the floor to our dear debutant to give her message for all of us.
Thank you message from Queen
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, Queen! naman diyan. At the count of
three…1, 2, 3, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, QUEEN! 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 QUEEN with Technical and Sound Committee! This is your host, Em-em
Lachica, enjoy the rest of the night everyone!
HOST: At this moment, I’d like to request everybody to please stand as we say
our prayer before meals.
Prayer before meals
