HOST: GOOD EVENING EVERYONE! WELCOME TO HOMITORI DAVAO!

WELCOME TO A
NIGHT OF PASTEL COLORS IN CELEBRATION OF A WONDERFUL LIFE FOR A GIRL WHO
IS NOW TURNING INTO A FINE LADY. ALL OF YOU WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT HAVE
WATCHED HER GROW OVER THE YEARS INTO THE WONDERFUL PERSON SHE IS NOW.
AS A JUMPSTART, LET US ALL WELCOME AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE EVER SUPPORTIVE
AND LOVING FAMILY OF OUR DEBUTANT:

FATHER: MR. MANUEL LAGUA, JR.

MOTHER: MRS. CYNTHIA LAGUA

ELDER SISTER: MS. THEA MACY LAGUA

ENTRANCE OF FAMILY

HOST: TO OPEN TONIGHT’S CELEBRATION, HERE’S A QUICK LOOK OF HOW THIS

LOVELY, YOUNG LADY CAME ABOUT. ROLL VTR, PLEASE.

AVP PLAYS, FEATURING CHAM’S COLLECTION OF PHOTO MEMORIES

HOST: TONIGHT IS A CELEBRATION OF ADULTHOOD AND A THANKSGIVING OF THE

LIFE GOD HAS GIVEN TO OUR LOVELY CELEBRANT. LET US PUT OUR HANDS TOGETHER,
AS WE WELCOME THE MAIN HIGHLIGHT OF THIS CELEBRATION, AND AS SHE STEPPED
INTO A HIGHER LEVEL OF LIFE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, OUR DEBUTANT, MONICA
CHAMANE LAGUA!

GRAND ENTRANCE OF DEBUTANT

HOST: WOW, BLOOMING AND LOVELY, INDEED! SAAN NGA BA SIYA NAGMANA? KAY
MOMMY BA? OR KAY DADDY? OR BAKA BOTH? EVIDENTLY, BEFORE TONIGHT, CHAM
HAS HAD HAPPY YEARS IN A VERY HAPPY HOME. THE LOVE OF A FAMILY WILL ALWAYS
BE GOD’S GREATEST BLESSING. SABI NGA NILA, IN LIFE WE CAN HAVE SEVERAL FRIENDS,
CLASSMATES, AND SOCIAL CIRCLES, BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE FAMILY WHO IS ALWAYS
WILLING AND READY TO WELCOME US NO MATTER WHAT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
TO ANSWER THE QUESTION KUNG SAAN NGA BA NAGMANA SI CHAM, HERE’S DADDY
MANUEL LAGUA, JR. TO WELCOME ALL OF US TO THEIR LOVELY DAUGHTER’S 18TH
BIRTHDAY PARTY.

WELCOME REMARKS – DADDY

HOST TO AD-LIB BASED ON THE PARENT’S MESSAGE

HOST: AT THIS MOMENT, I’D LIKE TO REQUEST EVERYBODY TO PLEASE STAND AS WE

SAY OUR PRAYER BEFORE MEALS TO BE LEAD BY TITA BELLE LIM.

PRAYER BEFORE MEALS

HOST: TO FILL THE ROOM WITH MUSIC WHILE WE ARE HAVING OUR DINNER, WE WILL
BE SERENADED BY CITY LIGHTS BAND. BON APPÉTIT!

MUSIC IN – CITY LIGHTS BAND

DINNER

HOST: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THAT WAS CITY LIGHTS BAND. (INTRODUCE
MEMBERS). TONIGHT IS DEFINITELY FILLED WITH A BUNDLE OF SURPRISES FOR OUR
DEAR CHAM. ADDING UP TO THE LIST, HERE’S A VIDEO GREETING FROM THE PEOPLE
FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD WHO ARE CLOSEST TO OUR DEAR DEBUTANT.

AVP PLAYS – VIDEO GREETINGS

AD-LIB – AFTER DINNER TALKS

HOST: LIKE A PRETTY FLOWER THAT ATTRACTS BEES AND BUTTERFLIES, CHAM WILL BE
SURROUNDED BY 18 EQUALLY HANDSOME GENTLEMEN WHO WILL REPRESENT THE
DEBUTANT’S 18 CARNATIONS. THIS FLOWER EQUATES THE TRADITIONAL 18 ROSES
DURING DEBUTS. FOR A QUICK TRIVIA, CARNATION IS CHAM’S FAVORITE FLOWER.
STARTING OFF WITH:

18 CARNATIONS
NIL MARION BADILLES- COUSIN (FATHER SIDE)

JOSHUA CATOR– COUSIN (FATHER SIDE)

CHAMP ELORDE– COUSIN (FATHER SIDE)

NIL MARC BADILLES– COUSIN (FATHER SIDE)

JIROELORDE –COUSIN (FATHER SIDE)

XAVIOR RODRIGUEZ- COUSIN (MOTHER SIDE)

RESTYDELA CRUZ –COUSIN (MOTHER SIDE)

SAEL RODRIGUEZ– COUSIN (MOTHER SIDE)

GLENN MELENDEZ – COLLEGE FRIEND

CARL MANAJERO – HIGH SCHOOL FRIEND

MARK MILLARE – COLLEGE FRIEND

IVAN RICABO – HIGH SCHOOL FRIEND

ALFONSO FERNANDEZ – COMMUNITY FRIEND

CHRISTIAN SULLA – HIGH SCHOOL FRIEND

FRANZ CHAVEZ – HIGH SCHOOL FRIEND

VINNO SERRANO – HIGH SCHOOL FRIEND

BON SALAVER – COMMUNITY FRIEND

HOST: THE LAST DANCE IS OF COURSE RESERVED TO THE FOREVER MOST HANDSOME
AND MOST LOVING GUY IN HER LIFE. TO DANCE WITH OUR DEBUTANT, CHAM’S 18TH
CARNATION, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, DADDY MANUEL LAGUA, JR!
FATHER AND DAUGHTER DANCE

HOST: (IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FATHER AND DAUGHTER DANCE) THE FATHER AND
DAUGHTER DANCE IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST LOVED TRADITIONS IN ANY
FILIPINO DEBUT CELEBRATION. THIS SIGNIFIES THE DAUGHTER’S FIRST STEP TO
WOMANHOOD AND THE FATHER’S ACCEPTANCE OF THIS PERIOD IN HIS DAUGHTER’S
LIFE.

END OF DANCE

HOST: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, SIT BACK, AND LET’S GROOVE, JIVE AND ENJOY THE
PARTY WITH THE BAND, THEY’RE BACK ON STAGE, GIVE IT UP FOR CITY LIGHTS BAND!

CITY LIGHTS BAND PERFORMANCE

HOST: THANK YOU, CITY LIGHTS BAND FOR FILLING THE ROOM WITH MUSIC AND FOR
JAZZING UP THIS PARTY WITH YOUR PLAYLIST! ARE YOU GUYS, STILL WITH ME? MORE
PARTY-PARTY LATER WITH CITY LIGHTS BAND. THEY SAY, MEMORIES ARE WAYS TO
HOLD ON TO THE THINGS THAT WE LOVE, AND TO THE THINGS THAT WE DON’T WANT
TO LOSE. SABI NGA NI MARENG CYNTHIA OZICK: “WHAT WE REMEMBER FROM
CHILDHOOD, WE REMEMBER FOREVER.” TONIGHT WE HAVE 18 SELECTED PEOPLE WHO
WILL SHARE WITH US HER UNFORGETTABLE MEMORY WITH OUR LOVELY DEBUTANT.
CHAM, ARE YOU READY FOR THE BUKINGAN TIME?
HOST TO CALL NAMES ONE BY ONE AND MAYBE DO AD-LIBS AFTER EVERY STORY.

18 PIECES OF MEMORIES

THEA MACY LAGUA – SISTER

VALERIE BARROZO – HIGH SCHOOL FRIEND

JAYA MEDINA – COMMUNITY FRIEND

FAITH MACAVINTA – COMMUNITY FRIEND

NICOLE SAI – HIGH SCHOOL FRIEND

ALYANNA FERNANDEZ – COMMUNITY FRIEND

PRECIOUS LIM – COMMUNITY FRIEND

JOY OANDASAN – HIGH SCHOOL FRIEND

ALESSAWASAWAS – COLLEGE FRIEND

VERMARI DIGAL – COLLEGE FRIEND

ISABEL QUINSAY – CHILDHOOD FRIEND

MAYENMAYAO – COLLEGE FRIEND

NICOLE INGENTE – HIGH SCHOOL FRIEND

PATRICE ANGLIONGTO – HIGH SCHOOL FRIEND

ALICIA DIZON – ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS IN HIGH SCHOOL

MEAGAN WENCESLAO – HIGH SCHOOL KABARKADA

GEM ESPANTO – ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS IN HIGH SCHOOL

JUSTINE ALFONSO – BESTFRIEND SINCE GRADE 3

HOST: ALL OF YOU WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT ARE CLOSEST TO CHAM. SABI NGA NILA,
FRIENDSHIP IS A MILLION LITTLE THINGS. THIS TIME, I’D LIKE TO ASK CHAM’S DEAR
FRIENDS THIS QUESTION: “WHAT IS THAT ONE WORD THAT BEST DESCRIBES OUR
DEBUTANT, AND WHY?”

CHAM TO CHANGE WARDROBE IN PREPARATION FOR THE DANCE NUMBER

HOST: EARLIER, WE WERE SERENADED BY THE VERY TALENTED CITY LIGHTS BAND. AT
THIS MOMENT, ARE WE READY TO MOVE AND GROOVE? I CAN’T HERE YOU, ARE WE
READY TO MOVE AND GROOVE? LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HERE’S A DANCE NUMBER
FROM OUR DEBUTANT HERSELF! LET’S PUT OUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR CHAM AND
FRIENDS!

CHAM AND FRIENDS – DANCE NUMBER

(AD-LIB ON THE DANCE NUMBER.)

HOST: MATAPOS TAYONG PAKILIGIN NG CITY LIGHTS BAND AT NAPASAYAW WITH

CHAM AND FRIENDS, LET’S DO SOME ICE BREAKER! LET’S CALL THIS “HOW WELL DO
YOU KNOW CHAM?” GAANO NIYO NGA BA KAKILALA ANG ATING LOVELY DEBUTANT?
I HAVE WITH ME A LIST OF TRIVIA OR QUESTIONS ABOUT TONIGHT’S FINE LADY. THE
MECHANICS IS JUST SIMPLE. I WILL READ THE TRIVIA AND IF YOU KNOW THE ANSWER,
STAND UP FROM YOUR SEAT. ALRIGHT, LET’S KEEP THE BALL ROLLING!
TRIVIA, TRIVIA, TRIVIA – WHILE CHAM CHANGES WARDROBE: FROM HIPHOP OUTFIT TO
COCKTAIL DRESS

HOST: GRABEH ANG BUKINGAN NGAYONG GABI! NAG ENJOY BA TAYONG LAHAT?
SEEMS LIKE OUR GORGEOUS DEBUTANT REALLY ENJOYED TONIGHT. FROM THE
SHARED MEMORIES TO A GAME TRIVIA, CHAM HAS SHARED A PART OF HER GROWING
YEARS WITH ALL OF US. AT SABI NGA NI MARENG WILLA CATHER? “WHERE THERE IS
GREAT LOVE, THERE ARE ALWAYS WISHES.” BECAUSE BIRTHDAYS ARE ALWAYS NEW
BEGINNINGS, NEW ENDEAVORS WITH NEW SET OF GOALS, SENDING BIRTHDAY
MESSAGES AND WISHES IS A TRADITION ESPECIALLY IN OUR COUNTRY, WHERE WE
GIVE HIGH VALUE TO FAMILY TIES AND RELATIONSHIP. TONIGHT, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, I PRESENT TO YOU THESE 18 WISHERS FOR OUR DEBUTANT. THESE ARE
THE PEOPLE CLOSE TO THE HEART OF OUR CELEBRANT, AND WHOM SHE LISTENS AND
CONFIDES TO FOR INSPIRING WORDS AND FRIENDLY ADVICES. STARTING OFF WITH
THE WOMAN DEAREST TO CHAM’S HEART, REPRESENTING THE MOTHER CANDLE THAT
WILL BE A SOURCE OF LIGHT FOR ALL THE WELL-WISHERS FOR OUR DEAR CHAM,
HERE’S MOMMY CYNTHIA LAGUA!

18 WISHES

HELEN MOZAR- TITA FROM THE COMMUNITY

WELINDA ELORDE – COUSIN OF MY DAD ( AUNT)

JOY CATOR – SISTER OF MY DAD ( AUNT)

ALLAN FERNANDEZ – TITO FROM THE COMMUNITY

FRED MEDINA – TITO FROM THE COMMUNITY

MARIZA JAUGAN- TITA (MY MOM’S KABARKADA IN COLLEGE)

ROD AQUE- TITO FROM THE COMMUNITY

FRANCIS RIZON- TITO FROM THE COMMUNITY

ROY SAZON- TITO FROM THE COMMUNITY

JOAN SALAVER – TITA FROM THE COMMUNITY

MARVIN CABALLERO – TITO FROM THE COMMUNITY

BELEN QUINSAY – TITA (MOMMY’S KABARKADA IN COLLEGE)

JUNE ADRIATICO – TITO FROM THE COMMUNITY

PAUL GARCIA – TITO FROM THE COMMUNITY

JUN LIM – TITO FROM THE COMMUNITY

NICOL FERNANDEZ – TITO FROM THE COMMUNITY

MELINDA LAGUA – DAD’S SISTER (AUNT)

MALINDA LAGUA – DAD’S ELDEST SISTER ( AUNT )

HOST: MANY ANCIENT CULTURES BELIEVED THAT SMOKE CARRIED THEIR PRAYERS TO
THE HEAVENS. SO, AT THE COUNT OF THREE, MOMMY CYNTHIA AND MEMBERS OF THE
18 WISHES, LET’S SAY “MAY ALL OUR WISHES COME TRUE” AND BLOW OUR CANDLES
TOGETHER. 1, 2, AND 3…

EVERYBODY BLOWS THE CANDLE

HOST: LET ME SHARE ANOTHER GOOD-TO-KNOW TRIVIA TO EVERYONE ON HOW
BIRTHDAY CAKES AND CANDLES CAME ABOUT AS A TRADITION DURING BIRTHDAYS.
SOME BELIEVE THAT THE TRADITION OF BIRTHDAY CANDLES BEGAN IN ANCIENT
GREECE. PUTTING CANDLES ON A CAKE WAS A SPECIAL WAY TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE
GREEK MOON GODDESS, ARTEMIS. THEY BAKED ROUND CAKES TO SYMBOLIZE THE
MOON. CANDLES WERE ADDED TO REPRESENT THE REFLECTED MOONLIGHT. TODAY’S
TRADITION OF MAKING WISHES BEFORE BLOWING OUT THE BIRTHDAY CANDLES MAY
HAVE STARTED WITH THAT BELIEF. ENOUGH OF ALL THOSE DID-YOU-KNOW TRIVIA
BECAUSE AT THIS PART OF THE PROGRAM, OUR LOVELY AND STUNNING CHAM WILL
BLOW THE CANDLES ON HER BIRTHDAY CAKE. AND TO COMPLETE THAT CUSTOMARY
PRACTICE, LET US ALL SING JOYFULLY A SONG I AM VERY SURE EVERYBODY IS FAMILIAR
WITH, THE HAPPY BIRTHDAY SONG!

DEBUTANT MAKES A WISH AND BLOWS THE CANDLES.

HOST: TONIGHT’S CELEBRATION TELLS ME THAT THE BEST DEMONSTRATION OF

GRATITUDE IN RESPONSE TO A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE LIKE THIS ONE CAN BE
CONTAINED IN AN OVERWHELMING THANK YOU. MARAMING SALAMAT PO FOR
MAKING ME A PART OF THIS MEMORABLE OCCASION. AND IF THERE’S ONE PERSON
HERE TONIGHT WHO IS MORE THAN GRATEFUL TO SEE ALL OF YOU, THAT WOULD BE
OUR BELOVED CELEBRANT, CHAM. I’M GIVING THE FLOOR TO OUR DEAR DEBUTANT
TO GIVE HER MESSAGE FOR ALL OF US.

THANK YOU MESSAGE FROM CHAM

HOST: THE NIGHT IS YOUNG, AND SO ARE WE, DIBA? ARE YOU READY TO PARTY? WE
HAVE JUST ACTUALLY STARTED. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TO
CELEBRATE WITH ALL OF YOU. ISANG MALAKAS NA “HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHAM! NAMAN
DIYAN. AT THE COUNT OF THREE…1, 2, 3, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHAM! OUR DEBUTANT IS
NOT JUST A PRETTY FACE BUT ALSO A VERY TALENTED LADY. TO GET THE PARTY
STARTED, THROW YOUR HANDS UP IN THE AIR FOR CHAM WITH THE CITY LIGHTS
BAND! THIS IS YOUR HOST, JOHN IRENE DEL CAMPO, ENJOY THE REST OF THE NIGHT
EVERYONE!

CHAM OPENS THE PARTY BY A SONG NUMBER WITH CITY LIGHTS BAND