Parents 50th Wedding Anniversary Toasts

A fantastically exciting year–and it's only June!

Time is truly the most precious commodity of our generation. I can’t believe half of 2011 is almost gone!

This hyperspace half-year has seen me travel to new destinations, run more miles than ever, wear new costumes and hats, including a feathered one that guests of the Royal Wedding would envy, start the taping of a new reality series on TV5, and best of all, star in my first big-screen movie.

To say that it’s been a fantastically exciting year so far is a bit of an understatement.

This whirlwind of a pace makes me feel like Manny Pangilinan on an average day. MVP is well-known for his hectic and unrelenting pace, and it was exciting to see the taipan up close and personal at the 30th anniversary of First Pacific.

From investments in telcos, water and power, plus toll roads and hospitals, First Pacific is now thinking of buying an NBA basketball team. If it pushes through, it will be the first Asian company to own an NBA team. I gathered all this as I sat in the luxurious ballroom of the Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong, feeling proud to be Filipino as I listened to MVP’s speech.

To say that MVP has grown First Pacific by leaps and bounds is a bit of an understatement.

The après-dinner entertainment top-billed Lea Salonga, Lani Misalucha and Sarah Geronimo on the distaff side, and Martin Nievera, Christian Bautista and Jed Madela on the spear side. Their brilliant repertoire ranged from musical theater to Top 40, from jazz to ’70s hits, and from OPM to Michael Jackson.

Smart Infinity’s Julie Carceller and her team worked closely with director Rowell Santiago and musical director Louie Ocampo to deliver the highly entertaining program in spite of the busy schedules of the artists. In fact, Lani flew in from Las Vegas just for the occasion. With just a couple of days for rehearsal, she and Jed did an amazing, tongue-twisting mash-up of “Rondo” and “Tonight.” Lea was as always at her astounding best, and in harmonious combination with Martin and the rest.

Hosts Ruffa Gutierrez and Mo Twister, who now have a show on TV5, both looked great. Ruffa and the rest of the ladies wore Rajo Laurel designs while the men wore Randy Ortiz suits. I wore a Queen Victoria-inspired gown created by Albert Andrada. The talented, Dubai-based designer also loaned me more of his designs for my pictorial with Metro Society.

Birthday girl

The next day, I had high tea at the Peninsula Hotel with birthday girl Virgie Ramos. Christian and his manager Carlo Orosa joined us as well, and later both escorted me back to the Four Seasons.

Examples of Toasts for Parents' 50th Wedding Anniversary | Wedding ...

You have to admit that a 50 year old marriage is quite an experience that deserves more than a simple intimate celebration. This should be done with the whole shebang: people coming over for the party, champagne glasses cheering and parents 50th wedding anniversary toasts to be heard all over the party table. It seems only natural for children and grandchildren to come over and celebrate the event along with the closest friends and maybe the long time neighbors. It is now the time for you to show your appreciation for the job well done of your parents and through the speech when everyone can hear it to express your own gratitude and wishful thoughts for a worriless and happily ever after life.

But not all the people are a natural born public speaker and more than this not many of you can easily come up with a toast when the moment comes to say those special words. This is quite an emotional event and many people might have problems with expressing these words in a less emotional manner. This is why it is suggested to get the parents 50th wedding anniversary toast well prepared in due time to act and behave more natural when the right time comes to utter these special words.

But where to start from? First of all, remember to make the speech as personal as you can, leaving aside the informal speech, but rather put in it emotions and joy and gratitude. When considering the words for the toast, have in mind all the representative moments of their marriage, the birth of their children, their raising up, the marriage of their children and the birth of their grandchildren. Have these in mind whenever you want to write the speech.

In front of a piece of paper or in front of your computer, start writing everything that comes to your mind randomly that relates to your parents’ life and after that order them chronologically. When these facts are already there on the paper, start looking online for various love quotes, family quotes, marriage quotes, education quotes and so on. Think of everything that your parents like and have passionately loved throughout their lives and introduce this into your wording of parents 50th wedding anniversary toast .

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