My double Malolos wedding

During a wedding, we try to be in the church 2 hours before the scheduled ceremony time. If the church is one which allows lagare weddings (i.e., sunod-sunod without much time allowance in between), we would normally see the wedding before us.

Last Saturday, we had a wedding in Barasoain Church in Malolos. The ceremony (i.e., processional) was scheduled at 3:40pm.  We arrived around 130pm and learned that there was a 2pm wedding  so we just stayed in the pew nearest to the church doors and observed the other wedding’s preps.

When I saw the groom, I noticed that his boutonniere was pinned on his breast pocket! Syempre hindi ko napigilan ung sarili ko and I went up to him. I introduced myself then I unpinned the boutonniere from the pocket and pinned it on his coat’s lapel.

Around 210pm, the lineup has not been started yet. Wala kasing coordinator. Late naman yung coordinator ng church. Natatakot na kami kasi we knew kami ang maiipit. Eksakto, the church coordinator arrived. I went up to him and offered him help. He declined. We could hear the entourage asking themselves what was going to happen. Nakarinig pa ako ng isang ninang na nagsabi, “Aayusin nila yan.”

The coordinator then started the lineup. Sigaw siya, “Best Man, Groom, Magulang ng Groom, pila na dito.” Then “Mga ninong at ninang, pila na.” And, in our horror, nagpuntahan lang sa carpet yung mga ninong at ninang, not knowing what to do, and kung sino yung katabi nila, yun na!

The next 10 minutes went by so fast, parang military operation kasi ready lahat…  I asked for a copy of the invitation from an entourage member and proceeded to line them up, according to the invitation. After that, I ran to the start of the line and saw Au guiding the Principal Sponsors. I asked her to conduct the processional (church policy says the processional should be quick, the people marching should just be 4 pews apart so ang bilis bilis talaga!).  I instructed Jane to go to the bridal car to assist the bride in going down. Syempre ang Jane tinanong pa ako, “Ms. Clarice, hihintayin ko ba yung photographer o ibaba na yung bride?” Hahaha! Hindi na namin bride, concern pa rin namin ang pictures! So I ran to the front of the line again and asked the photog. Hindi naman daw siya magpapadala ng rep sa bridal car. By the time I got back to Jane, natapos niya nang ma-brief yung parents sa closed-door entrance. Lucre and Michael were in charge of the doors. Jane assisted the bride in going down and we laid out her train. When the bride’s parents were already in their place, halfway down the aisle, the music changed and Lucre and Michael slowly opened the doors.

We had a perfect bridal entrance!!!