[Ying again!]
During the first part of the the lovely 8-course meal, we had four performances by some very important people in our lives. First, we had a certain friend of The Wife's together with her boyfriend, professional singers (!!), who serenaded us with a lovely song, For Always.
Look, even in stills, they look professional!
For the next item, we had a performance of a Chinese song, 給你們. A very dear old brother whom I hadn't seen in years, and who flew in all the way from Hong Kong (!!) with his family (!!!!) to attend our wedding, sang and was accompanied by my two (biological) brothers. The performance was really awesome! It not only featured a jazzy rhythm created by 1 biological brother and a guitar solo by another, it also reminded me of a time many years ago when it was I who accompanied the non-biological brother for a performance in Nottingham.
L-R: Non-bio bro, bio bro 1, bio bro 2
Then, my grandaunt took the stage for a rendition of the Cantonese classic, 萬水千山總是情. Not only was this a hit with the old folks (who formed a great number of attendees), even the younger guests were left humming the song long after the wedding reception! At some point, her grandson joined her on stage for a little dance.
Finally, the professional couple took the stage for a second time, singing Two Words. This was a song The Wife wanted to sing herself, but could not even get through a practice without tearing up! [Awww... so sweet right!]
Some of our favourite photos of the night- moments caught on camera!
Sister-in-law with my super adorable niece-in-law- Abigeloo
Sister-in-law's mother-in-law and my cutie nephew-in-law a.k.a. 'Little Nut'
Niece-in-law entertaining herself
My brother-in-law a.k.a. 'Brother from Another Mother'
The Wife and I
After the performances, we left for a change of dress/tie, while the guests were shown a slideshow of the photos from the earlier wedding ceremony. The photos wow-ed everyone literally: we had many 'wow's when we came back in after the change of outfit! Unfortunately we missed the slideshow, but have since watched it numerous times :)
Then was the champagne-pouring. I must say, for anyone contemplating whether or not to include this in their wedding reception, you must! It was calming and fun watching the champagne flow down the nicely stacked glasses. Simply a beautiful moment!
My bro, the emcee was brilliant at the toast. He rallied everyone and revolutionised toasting. Instead of the regular 'Yam Sengs', we did things a little differently. :) Our toast was 'Xin Hun Kuai Le!' (Happy Marriage!), replacing the word 'Nian' (in Happy New Year) with the word 'Hun' (Marriage). What a good idea and so meaningful for us.
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