NotesSeq. # Time Event Key Character Blocking Lights Sounds Remarks Materials to prepare

1 Coordinators / Ushers

2 Coordinators / Ushers Entrance area

5:00 to 5:45 PM 45 mins

Registration/Arrival of Guests/Receiving of

gifts/Cocktails

Registration area and Photobooth

lighted

cd of favorite songs of debutante or

some cocktail music

Coordinators to receive gifts, give place cards, inform them of their

seat number or ask ushers to take them to their seats. Coordinators could also inform guests to stay in

the receiving area for cocktails while waiting for the debutante's grand entrance. They may also have their pictures taken at the Photobooth located near the

entrance of the venue

Registration Table Seating Plan/Group Names/Place cards Gift Registration Pentel Pens/Ballpens List of 18s / Photobooth supplier / cocktails / pica pica foods / place cards

5:46 to 6:15 PM 30 mins

Settling of guests on their seats

Entrance area lighted,

reception area dim lights

Instrumental background

Coordinators will ask participants of the grand cotillion to form a line

at the entrance for their introduction and entrance. (optional) As soon as the program starts (the emcee

speaks) the photobooth will be asked to stop operation.

Emcee: "Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen. May we have your attention please. We are about to begin Jam's 18th Birthday Party Celebration so please find your seats or table numbers and make yourselves comfortable and enjoy the rest of the evening."

"A very good evening to each and everyone and welcome Jam's Debut Party. We would like to thank everyone for gracing this very momentous occasion because as they say, you only get to be 18 once."

Notes

3 Introduction by the emcee Coordinators/emcee lighted none

4

5 well-lighted

6

6:15 to 6:20 PM 5 mins

Centerstage /Program Area

Emcee to welcome all guests. Encourage guests to finish the

program. Guests are settled on their seats already.

Emcee: "We would like to acknowledge the presence of ____________ (VIP if there is any). Thank you very much for coming to Jam's 18th birthday party."

"Of course, this party would not have been possible without the parents of the debutante, so give it up for Mr. and Mrs. ___________. Let us give them a big round of applause." OR

"We would like to acknowledge the key persons who took a great part in making this joyous affair possible. Ladies and gentlemen, it is with great pleasure that I introduce to you the Parents of our lovely debutante, Mr. ______ and Mrs. _________. A big round of applause please. Thank you very much."

6:21 to 6:35 PM 15 mins

Acknowledgement of the Parents and other VIPs

Parents of debutante and VIP

Parents and family's table and

VIP table

dim lights, spotlight to the parents/family

and VIP

Instrumental background

Emcee to introduce the Parents of the debutante and other VIP.

Coordinators are starting to go from table to table for the guest

book.

Coordinators are also lining up participants of the cotillion near

the entrance.

Emcee: "And now, ladies and gentlemen without further adieu, let us now welcome the participants of the grand cotillion as they parade in all their glory."

6:36 to 6:50 PM 15 mins

Introduction and entrance of the grand cotillion

Grand cotillion participants

Entrance area up to the stage

Instrumental background or upbeat songs

Emcee introduces participants of the grand cotillion by pairs.

Coordinators give them confetti for grand entrance of debutante later

and asks them to position themselves at the sides of the red

carpet.

Coordinators are prepping the debutante for her grand entrance.

Coordinator makes sure that the sound engineer will be playing the

correct song for the grand entrance

List of names of grand cotillion participants / song for grand entrance

Emcee: "Tonight calls for a grand celebration and it is our distinct pleasure to introduce to you for the very first time, the reason why we are all gathered here tonight, ladies and gentlemen. So without further ado, let us all rise and give a warm round of applause, would you please welcome, our lovely debutante, Jam."

6:51 to 7:00 PM 10 mins

GRAND ENTRANCE OF THE DEBUTANTE and her escort (escort is optional)

DEBUTANTE and escort (optional)

Entrance area up to the stage

dim lights with spotlight to follow the debutante

GRAND ENTRANCE SONG

Emcee introduces the debutante and asks everyone to stand up

and clap.

Debutante will sit in the debutante's chair after applause thins, and guests will be signaled

to sit down.

spotlight / bubble machine / fog machine / confetti machine / poppers / fireworks / red carpet /

Emcee: "Such a spectacular grand entrance by our lovely debutante, I would say. And now to give a speech and a toast in honor of our beautiful debutante, we would like to ask Mr. and Mrs. __________ on the stage."

Notes

6 Parents Stage well-lighted

7 emcee projector area avp1 AVP

7:01 to 7:10 PM 10 mins

Welcome remarks and toast by the Parents

Emcee to call on the parents to make a speech or a welcome

remark or give a toast in honor of the debutante.

Emcee: "Some of us have been fortunate enough to see Jam grow

and blossom into a beautiful lady, but for others, here is a sneak peak of

her 18 years of existence in one very short AVP. Dim the lights and let us all enjoy this AVP that her sister has

prepared for her."

7:11 to 7:20 PM 10 mins

AVP of debutante (pictures from infancy to present)

lighted then dim

Emcee to introduce AVP (describe what it is, etc).

Coordinators make sure that the correct AVP will be played.

Coordinators will signal sound engineer to play AVP after introduction from emcee.

Meanwhile, coordinators are asking the participants of the

grand cotillion to go to the side of the stage.

Emcee: "For everyone's entertainment, our debutante and her friends have painstakingly prepared a

wonderful dance, a cotillion fit for a princess. So without further ado, let us welcome our debutante and her

cotillion court."

Notes

8 Grand cotillion dance area well-lighted grand cotillion song grand cotillion song

9 Prayer Leader Stage well-lighted none Emcee to call on prayer leader.

10 Dinner and pictorials dining area well-lighted Music from the band

11 AVP of well-wishers projector area avp2 avp2

12 18 ROSES 18 roses dance floor area 18 roses dance song list / 18 roses

7:21 to 7:35 PM 15 mins

DEBUTANTE and her escort and participants of

the grand cotillion

Emcee to intro grand cotillion dance and call on participants to

take their place in the dance area.

Emcee: "Thank you very much for that very lovely dance. We are

nearing the most awaited part of the evening, dinner… but before we

partake of the sumptuous buffet that ____________ catering has provided for us, may we now call on Mrs. ____

to say grace.

7:36 to 7:40 PM 5 mins

Invocation/Prayer before Meal

Emcee: "How is everybody doing so far? Is everybody happy? Is

everyone also hungry? (Yes!) There you go. Don’t worry folks, we

wouldn’t be delaying your delicious dinner any further. However, Jam

asks that you guys oblige her with a picture first.

We will be calling on the table numbers. Once your table is called, please join Jam on stage for your

photo session with her. Have your photo taken with her and then you can go directly to the buffet tables

provided by ___ catering."

7:41 to 8:20 PM 40 mins

emcee / coordinators / ushers / caterer / waiters /

photobooth

Emcee to call on table numbers. Coordinators to cue guests to

proceed to the stage for pictorials and then head to the buffet tables.

Guests to proceed to the stage with the debutante for pictorials before proceeding to the buffet

area.

Emcee: "While some of you are still feasting on the delicious buffet and the decadent dessert, I would like to ask you to turn your attention to our projector for another AVP. So many

people would like to greet our birthday celebrant a happy birthday

and some of her friends have made a very special AVP just for her. So

Jam, watch this AVP and your friends hope you like it. Enjoy!"

8:11 to 8:20 PM 10 mins

emcee / coordinators / sound engineer

lighted then dim

Emcee to introduce AVP2 (describe what it is, etc).

Coordinators make sure that the correct AVP will be played.

Coordinators will signal sound engineer to play AVP after introduction from emcee.

Meanwhile, coordinators are asking the 18 roses to fall in line

near the stage

Emcee: "The 18 roses signify the debutante’s coming of age. We have now come to the part of our program that the guys have been waiting for.

A chance to hold the hand of our lovely debutante for a short dance... and then maybe... a kiss... so let us not keep them waiting. Ladies and gentlemen, the 18 roses with our

beautiful debutante."

8:21 to 8:40 PM 30 mins

well-lighted or dim with spotlight

18 roses dance songs

Emcee to introduce each 18 roses as they approach the debutante

for a dance.

Emcee: "And now ladies and gentlemen, the most important man

in Jam's life will dance with her. May I now present Mr _________ and our lovely debutante, Jam for their Father

and Daughter dance.

Notes

13 dance floor area

14 18 CANDLES 18 candles Stage instrumental songs 18 candles

15 DEBUTANTE cake area well-lighted happy birthday song

16 well-lighted would depend on the game

17 DEBUTANTE's SPEECH DEBUTANTE stage well-lighted debutante's speech

8:41 to 8:45 PM 5 mins

FATHER AND DAUGHTER DANCE

DEBUTANTE and her father

well-lighted or dim with spotlight

father and daughter dance song

Emcee to ask the father of the debutante to take his daughter for their father and daughter dance.

father and daughter dance song / spotlight / bubble machine

Emcee: "The 18 candles signify the 18 women that will be her guiding

light in her journey towards fulfilling her dreams. Ladies and gentlemen,

the 18 candles."

8:46 to 9:25 PM 30-40 mins

well-lighted or slightly dim for the candles to

be seen

Emcee to call on 18 candles to the stage.

Emcee: Happy birthday song. "Happy Birthday Jam! Let us give 18

claps for Jam.. Thank you very much. You can now blow your 18

candles and make a wish. It is now time to cut the cake. As Jam has

reached the age of maturity, she will now cut the cake and give a portion

to her parents as a symbol of her love and gratefulness to them."

9:26 to 9:40 PM 15 mins

SINGING OF BIRTHDAY SONG, BLOWING OF 18 CANDLES AND CUTTING OF THE BIRTHDAY CAKE

Coordinators will cue in Happy Birthday song as everybody joins in the singing. Debutante stands up to acknowledge the greeting

and after the song, goes to the 18 candles to blow them one by one.

Emcee will now call on the debutante to approach the cake area for the cutting of the cake.

birthday song / 18 candles / cake / cake cutter

9:41 to 10:10 pm 30 mins

GAMES (can be insterspersed within the

program)

emcee / ushers / game participants

stage or dance floor

would depend on the game

Debutante is seated on her debutante's chair. Emcee will

introduce the game, describe how it is played and pick participants among the guests. Coordinators will usher participants to go to the

stage

Emcee: "And now a word from our lovely debutante, Jam."

10:11 to 10:15 pm 5 mins

none or some instrumental background

Debutante thanks everybody for coming and asks them to party with her for the rest of the night.

And with that our program has officially concluded. We would like to

thank Jam's suppliers who have made this momentous night a

success. We would like to thank you all for making it to this wonderful

celebration of Jam's 18th birthday. For those who are going home, may God bless you. Be safe everyone. And for those who are staying, the night is young and the floor is now

open for dancing. This is your host, _____, signing off. Thank you and

have a blessed night."