Toner Wedding, Wilmington DE

Toner Wedding, Wilmington DE

On Saturday, September 19, 2009, I filmed my first Philippino wedding of Bea Manuel to Chris Toner. The ceremony took place at St. Peter the Apostle, New Castle and the reception was held at Cavalier’s Country Club. There were about 150 guests with some coming from as far away as Michigan.

The ceremony was quite interesting. Immediately after the Exchange of Rings and before the lighting of the Unity Candle, there is a tradition in the Philippino culture to have 2 sponsors, man and woman, drape a veil around the bride and groom and then 2 other sponsors wrap a cord around them. These items were left on Bea and Chris for a few minutes then removed.