How to use a linguistically diverse wedding MC and coordinator
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How to use a linguistically diverse wedding MC and coordinator

Often MCs act as the central point of contact and save you the headache, they are kinda like your spokesperson. The MC isn’t there to just make announcements either, s/he would take command of the space and ensure that you would receive the heads up to each formality so that you are never caught off guard or hurried into doing impromptu activities.

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Aviation Themed wedding at Curzon Hall Sydney
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Aviation Themed wedding at Curzon Hall Sydney

My best wishes goes to this lovely newlyweds and hope that they continue to aviate, navigate and communicate in this new chapter of their lives together. Their flight of love had successfully taken off, but the ground is where home is.

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Chinese Cultural Day at Balwyn Primary School
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Chinese Cultural Day at Balwyn Primary School

When designing the program, we wanted to make it fun, and interactive. Sometimes it meant that modifications were made to the original craft and culture, but it would mean that it would be easier to absorb for the children or friendly to learn. If this experience is something they’d share with others then I would say that I've done my job. And if this day has helped them realise that they can be an ambassador for their culture(s) or they can connect what they love and what they know together to make a living, then that's a cherry on top!

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Ellen and Kyle's romantic get away in Daylesford
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Ellen and Kyle's romantic get away in Daylesford

Winter wedding with warm colours, heart warming program and a hearty meal at Sault. The highlight was the newlyweds dancing to the song 'Love is an open door' from Disney animation Frozen, that was a first dance with great interaction between the two of them, was light hearted and full of joy. Congratulations to the newlyweds and also to the team behind the scenes. x

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Same sex marriage no longer just a dream in Australia

Very exciting news! The LGBTIQ community will now be able to legalise their relationships and enter into married statuses! And I certainly hope that marriages between the people in love is a status quo, and not a trend. I must say that I am pleased that our community is really supportive, especially the Victorians; some of my local friends have even registered to vote just so they can do their part in the postal vote. My parents also voted "yes".

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Chinese Wedding Tradition and Superstitions

Chinese Wedding Tradition and Superstitions

The groom rides either his horse or a green sedan chair that leads the bridal party back to his family home. In the bridal party, there are commonly a mix of musicians and flag holders, the loud music they play would drive the evil spirits away, in exchange for blessings from everyone in the village. The bride’s red sedan chair would follow in the rear.

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中式婚禮禮俗與禮儀

中式婚禮的講究很多, 在婚禮正式舉行之前, 要經過合婚、相親、放小定、擇吉日、放大定、送嫁妝等許多的禮節. 下面是以北京為例, 婚禮當日的程序.

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