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Helen's Speech
Thank you
Good evening everyone
First of all, we would like to thank Father Rendy for marring us
and always making himself available to answer any questions we had with
his welcoming cheerful smile and great sense of humour. It is always a
great pleasure to speak with you Father.
Secondly, we would like to thank our Mom and Dad for putting on
this beautiful wedding for us. I know, Mom and Dad, you have waited for
this day. We are both very happy that you can be here today to celebrate
with us.
i appreciate everything you have given me - your love, support,
encouragement and understanding. You played a large part in who I am
today. I will always remember the sacrifices that you have made for me.
I love you both very much.
Thirdly, thank you Mr. and Mrs. Leitch for taking the time to join
us for several wonderful lunches at the Glencoe and making it possible
for us to have our wedding here today.
We also appreciate the wedding rehearsal dinner you prepared for
us at your home. It certainly was lovely and it means a lot to us.
fourthly, we would like to thank our brother Bob, sister Nadia,
sister-in-law Eunice and our niece Ashley for all their help.
We would also like to express our appreciation to our usherettes
and good friends Clara and Milcha and our niece Murielle for the
uplifting reading.
Thank you Aunt Olga for taking the time to bake the beautiful
korvi - the Ukrainian Wedding cake - for us. It is greatly appreciated.
We genuinely thank our friends Wilbur Adams for making my
engagement and our wedding rings. We appreciate your time, effort and
patience. During the whole process, we certainly enjoyed getting to know
you better.
We would like to extend our gratitude to our friend Sara Banke and
her Quartet by creating a lovely ensemble at our reception, playing such
wonderful music. In advance, we would like to thank Dave Grimstead's
band and Phil's DJ Service for agreeing to play for our wedding today.
We are looking forward to hearing your great tunes.
We would like to thank my friend Carrie Chupnik and our
cousin-in-law Marika Stimac for doing the bridal party's hair and making
us look lovely for this day. Thank you Alan Brooker for the time and
effort you put into taking photographs of our wedding
We also greatly appreciate Mike Kevis and Ray Mcray's willingness
and efforts to make videos for us of our wedding day.
We would like to thank Alphonse and Jack Botros for allowing us to
have our "Day After" in the Comedy Cave. We appreciate your warm
generosity in going out of your way to opening up the club for us.
We sincerely thank the Glencoe Club's event coordinators and chefs
for decorating the hall beautifully and for preparing an exquisite
supper for our guests
We would like to extend our gratefulness to the Masters of
Ceremony - my cousin Walter Garbeara and our friend Don Beaudin - for
all their efforts and preparations for this day. You certainly were very
entertaining.
We would also like to extend our appreciation and gratefulness for
our family and friends. We are certainly blessed to have you in our
lives. It is wonderful to have some of you here today celebrating with
us. You all mean a lot to us and play a special part in our lives.
In addition to today's celebration, we have many other things to
be thankful for and to celebrate such as the Christmas season and the
upcoming New Year. All the best to all of you and may you have a
wonderful year
We love you all. God Bless!
Philip's Speech
dobryvechir
Good Evening
Helen and I now speak as one voice, so the thanks to our family
and friends comes from both of us.
We are sharing our responsibilities, so no one wares the pants in
this family, as you can plainly see.
I have a couple of "thanks" that only I can do.
Helen's family welcomed me, right from the start of our
relationship. Anna and Peter are now Mama and Tat. Bobby and Eunice,
Nadia and the girls always made me feel welcome in their homes. On our
trips to Edmonton for Weddings and Christenings, Helen's extended family
made a real effort to make me feel welcome.
I could also tell I was becoming one of the family, when my truck
I were invited to several furniture and heavy appliance relocations.
I am sorry that my Mom and Dad, Mr. and Mrs. Stobo and sister
Annette could not have met Helen. But I don't think it was a coincidence
that shortly after Annette joined my Mon and Dad, that Heaven sent me
this Angel. I know they would have loved her as much as I do and that
they are happy for us.
I feel like a man who wins the lottery every day. Helen is a joy
to have in my life. I not only love her, I like her. Helen has
integrity. I respect her intelligence, her dedication as a very hard
working teacher. She lifts my spirit. This relationship has not been an
effort for me, it has buoyed me up. I find Helen to be exceptionally
beautiful and I know that beauty comes from inside her.
But what I love most about Helen is her innocence. She is not
jaded, she sees humour, happiness and beauty everywhere. She is full of
joy and happiness. If she is left alone while she is working, she will
start to sing, if music is playing, she starts to dance. And anyone that
has seen Helen dance, knows that in with the happiness, there is a lot
of sensuality too.
I have one last thing to share with you. I hope that it will help
you with your relationship, or will help you when you find that special
person. I have been to hundreds of weddings, because I own a Disk Jockey
company. They are all very wonderful. But out in a field, on a glorious
sunny July afternoon, I heard a JP giving the following advice to the
newly weds.
He said the secret to having a wonderful relationship is simple.
Each partner must take on the responsibility for the needs and desires
of their partner. You must always ask the question, what will make my
partner happy? This means that you will always have someone looking our
for your best interests, you will not have to ask for things, they will
already be yours. It also means that you do not feel selfish, because
you are looking out for another's wants and desires.
Helen and I have talked about this, and we will try to live our
lives this way.
Welcome
to Helen and Philip's wedding album. 