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Based on Mrs. Bee’s program, I have finally written up a draft. I have been feeling guilty about not doing this for the past week, and it feels good to actually start on it.
Cover
Ms. Butterfly
and
Mr. Butterfly
November xx, 2006
(image of double happiness from the invitation)
Twenty Four Fifth
New York City
Page 1
The Marriage Ceremony
Uniting
Ms. Butterfly
and
Mr. Butterfly
on Saturday
xxxxxx of November
Two Thousand and Six
at xx O’Clock
Order of Service
Processional - Cello Suite No. 1 in G: Prelude by J. S. Bach
Bride’s Entrance - Wedding March by R. Wagner (Here Comes the Bride)
Wedding Message - Rev. Jim Covington
Exchanging of Vows
Exchanging of Rings
Pronouncement of Marriage
Presentation of the Couple
Recessional - Wedding March by F. Mendelssohn
Page 2
The Wedding Party
Parents of the Bride
Brother of the Bride
Parents of the Groom
Brother of the Groom
(insert calligraphy from invitation)
Maid of Honor
Bridesmaid
Honor Attendant
Junior Bridesmaid
(insert calligraphy from invitation)
Best Man
Groomsmen
Ushers
Ring Bearer
Page 3
Paebaek Tea Ceremony
In Korean tradition, the marriage between a man and a woman represents the joining of two families, rather than the joining of two individuals. This ceremony was originally intended as a way for the bride to pay her respects to the groom’s family, with whom she traditionally lived with after the wedding.
The bride and groom will enter together dressed in ceremonial Korean wedding attire. Their parents, the honorees, will be seated in front of a table laden with various edibles and tea. The bride and groom will bow deeply to the honorees, then kneel as one pours tea. Once each honoree drinks the tea, they impart wisdom, advice or a wish for the bride and groom’s future.
Finally, the honorees will throw dates (symbolizing girls) and chestnuts (symbolizing boys) which the bride will try to catch in her skirt. According to legend, the number of dates and chestnuts caught signifies how many children she will bear. Later in the evening, the bride and groom are supposed to eat the dates and chestnuts that were caught.
The paebaek ceremony was originally a way to pay respect to the groom’s family but since brides no longer live with the groom’s parents after the wedding, many couples have modernized the tradition. Relatives on both sides of the family are often invited to participate and offer blessings to the couple.
Page 4
The bride and groom would like to thank:
Officiant - Rev. Jim Covington
Coordinator - Mrs. Bee
Makeup - Ms. Snail
Hair - Hidy II Hair Studio
Floral Designer - Flowers of the World
Photographer/Videographer - 5 West Studios
Venue - Twenty Four Fifth Ballroom
Paebaek Ceremony - Rose something…
Ceremony Musicians - X - violin, X - violin, X - viola, X - cello
DJ - Manhattan City Music
(insert calligraphy from invitation)
We would especially like to thank our families and friends for their love and support. A special thanks to all of the girls at Weddingbee.com for allowing me to share this special time in our lives.
What do you think? And if there are any mistakes, please point them out to me! Had it not been for a reader, my invitation would have said “Room have been reserved…” The horror! 
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Looks great! I don’t see any typos.
Hidy Hair is a great salon. Jay Sung did my TR a couple of years ago and it turned out better than I expected. He is the person to go to in NYC/NJ to get your hair TR-ed.
There is one miniscule typo in the description of the Paebaek ceremony: at the end of the first paragraph, you have “with whom she traditionally lived with after the wedding.” You only need one “with” here, either “with whom she traditionally lived after the wedding” or “whom she traditionally lived with after the wedding.” Also, it seems a little bit odd to refer to the parents as “the honorees” all the time, but maybe that’s just me. There’s certainly nothing wrong with doing it though! Other than that the program looks lovely! I can’t wait to see the final design!
hey! is mrs. bee now doing wedding planning? that would be awesome!
Looks great Miss Butterfly! And thanks for the Korean tradition tips, I’m so clueless =)
I think page 4 is a little impersonal and it’s like how you thank a cast of a film. I think for a wedding, it should be a little more personal. I wrote a small note to our guests thanking everyone personally. If you want to thank certain vendors individually, I would do it with notes to them later or if they are friends and family, at the rehearsal dinner.
I also think that using the ceremony program to thank the vendors is a little odd. Of course, it’s thoughtful to thank family and friends who helped (like Mrs. Ladybug’s programs http://www.weddingbee.com/2006/07/28/our-programs/) and your guests. But I don’t think the ceremony program is a place to thank vendors, especially ones whose names you don’t even know yet… (X violin player?)
yeah for mrs. bee & ms. snail 
one thing i regret is not having a paebaek tea ceremony… but then we would have had to have a tea ceremony, red dress, etc… that’s a lot of additionals… (i’m korean & the hubbs taiwanese)
Agree w/above - don’t like the list-off of vendors.
Nothing as obvious as last time. The ‘with’ problem as detailed above (we talk that way all the time, though), and this sentence: “The bride and groom will bow deeply to the honorees, then kneel as one pours tea.” The ‘one pours’ is not in keeping with ‘the bride and groom’ or ‘the honorees’ (and two groups is one reason ‘they’ would be ambiguous). Try “The bride and groom will first bow deeply to the honorees, then kneel to pour tea.”
The biggie that I see: are you pouring tea during your ceremony? It isn’t on your order of service.
Alright, so should ‘paebaek’ be capitalized in the sentence? Okay, so I found a pesky punctuation thing. Choose one:
1) The paebaek ceremony was originally a way to pay respect to the groom’s family, but, since brides no longer live with the groom’s parents after the wedding, many couples have modernized the tradition.
2) (The first part of this is repeated from the first paragraph)
Although the paebaek ceremony was originally a way to pay respect to the groom’s family, brides no longer live with the groom’s parents after the wedding; therefore, many couples have modernized the tradition.
3)
The paebaek ceremony was originally a way to pay respect to the groom’s family. Since brides no longer live with the groom’s parents after the wedding, many couples have modernized the tradition.
4)
Like most modern couples, we will not be living with the grooms parents after the wedding, and will use a modernized version of the paebeck ceremony to honor both of our families.
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Mrs. Butterfly, New York
Age and Occupation in 06: 27, Bridezilla in training
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 30, Making me happy by saying "yes dear" to everything related to wedding planning.
Engagement Date: February 3, 2006
Wedding Date: November 18, 2006
Venue: Twenty-Four Fifth
About Me: Our wedding will be small but fun. I want a whole range of music including cheesy 80's music! But we'll see how that works out��‚��
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