{"id":191,"date":"2014-12-06T07:31:28","date_gmt":"2014-12-05T20:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicolarakis.com\/?page_id=191"},"modified":"2014-12-06T08:45:57","modified_gmt":"2014-12-05T21:45:57","slug":"the-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nicolarakis.com\/?page_id=191","title":{"rendered":"Order of Service"},"content":{"rendered":"

for the Sydney Wedding<\/strong><\/h2>\n

of<\/strong><\/h2>\n

MS YAN LI YAP<\/strong><\/h2>\n

with<\/strong><\/h2>\n

DR PAUL NICOLARAKIS<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u00a06 December, 2014
\n4:00pm<\/p>\n

Pirrama Park, Pyrmont, Sydney<\/p>\n

The\u00a0ceremony will be conducted by the Very Excellent LJ Loch<\/p>\n

\u2022\u2022<\/p>\n

ARRIVAL\u00a0MUSIC<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Dr Paul & Yan Li, From Singapore to Sydney”<\/p>\n

The Bride, together\u00a0with\u00a0her father Bill, will be accompanied by a piece of slow groove future disco\u00a0composed specially by the couple’s dear friend Dr Drew Crawford and\u00a0his new venture I DO MUSIC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u2022<\/p>\n

THE TRADITIONAL CUSTODIANS OF THE LAND<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Gadigal People of the Eora Nation<\/p>\n

\u2022\u2022<\/p>\n

THE RING WARMING<\/strong><\/p>\n

The rings will be passed around and held by all those gathered.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u2022<\/p>\n

THE FIRST READING<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven<\/b>“<\/p>\n

by William Butler Yeats\u00a0(1899)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read by Paul Perry<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/p>\n

HAD I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,<\/p>\n

Enwrought with golden and silver light,<\/p>\n

The blue and the dim and the dark cloths<\/p>\n

Of night and light and the half-light,<\/p>\n

I would spread the cloths under your feet:<\/p>\n

But I, being poor, have only my dreams;<\/p>\n

I have spread my dreams under your feet;<\/p>\n

Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u2022<\/p>\n

THE SECOND READING<\/strong><\/p>\n

“I Carry Your Heart With Me”<\/strong><\/p>\n

by E.E. Cummings (1952)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read by Minghan Lim & Sarah Tan<\/p>\n

\u2022<\/p>\n

i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart)<\/p>\n

i am never without it (anywhere<\/p>\n

i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done<\/p>\n

by only me is your doing, my darling)<\/p>\n

i fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) i want<\/p>\n

no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)<\/p>\n

and it\u2019s you are whatever a moon has always meant<\/p>\n

and whatever a sun will always sing is you<\/p>\n

here is the deepest secret nobody knows<\/p>\n

(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud<\/p>\n

and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows<\/p>\n

higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)<\/p>\n

and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart<\/p>\n

i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)<\/p>\n

\u2022\u2022<\/p>\n

THE VOWS<\/strong><\/p>\n

As soon as I met you, I knew it was going to be an adventure.<\/p>\n

With this precious oath, and before our family, friends and ancestors,<\/p>\n

We vow to honour each other\u2019s cultures, as we stand together facing the world.<\/p>\n

And with these rings, we unite our hearts in tenderness and devotion.<\/p>\n

To form a strong and trusting relationship, spanning oceans and skies and all our days.<\/p>\n

We will protect, support, and encourage each other through life’s joys and sorrows.<\/p>\n

And try\u00a0never to go to sleep angry with one another.<\/p>\n

We will build a home for our family and make it a loving place.<\/p>\n

Dedicated to providing an abundance of joy, love, grace and good fortune.<\/p>\n

You will be my constant friend, my partner in crime and my one true love.<\/p>\n

May our days be long, and may they be seasoned, with our love, understanding and respect.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u2022<\/p>\n

A\u00a0TOAST<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022\u2022<\/p>\n

AND NOW, LET US CELEBRATE…<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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