I learned that a wedding... ...is the first major test of your marriage. It will either break you or make you. Jaycee (married to Gil) 09.may.2009
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this blog by Abet ♥ Benz Rana husband & wife tag team behind WeddingsAtWork.com (W@W). friends since '91 • married in '98
built W@W & turned parents by '99
been blogging here since 2004
stuck with each other forever! ;)
The W@Wies have spoken. Over 180 wedding suppliers were nominated. Everything tallied and tabulated.
Emerging at the the Top 10 are two wedding planners (both are former W@Wies!), two caterers, two photographers, two videographers, a florist, and a lights & sounds company. Among them, five were nominees in previous W@Wie Awards, while the other five are first-timers in the magic circle.
Without further ado, here are the Top 10 Wedding Suppliers for The 2010 W@Wie Awards! (more…)
Raymond is part of the Top Ten (actually 11 for there was a tie in one slot) wedding suppliers for 2009. They were formally introduced via video presentations especially done for us by Chug Cadiogan. The production of the video took several days for Chug and his team did not just interview the awardees; but followed each of them while at work, and even shot ‘mini-me’ versions of each supplier complete with props and costume!
We’re presenting these clips here in the same order the were presented last night.
Way before our announcement of the Top 10 wedding suppliers for 2009, photorapher Erron Ocampo approached us and volunteered to do a pictorial of the nominees with his fiancé, Jesy Alto doing the makeup and styling. Due to a tie in the rankings, we have eleven names this year.
“Hotseat” was their concept and even brought a country-style La-Z-Boy recliner to the studio by fitting it in the backseat of their car! Erron then had each wedding supplier pose near the furniture without actually letting them sit on it.
So who will take the seat and be named the 2009 Supplier of the Year?
The W@Wies have already decided. For the second time in The W@Wie Awards history, eleven wedding suppliers landed in our Top 10 for 2009. For the first time, three caterers and three videographers are included in the magic list. Also included are three photographers, a florist, and a mobile (lights & sounds) provider.Here they are in alphabetical order:
The Top 10 are all on equal footing as the W@Wies will vote anew to determine our Top 5, and ultimately, the 2009 W@W Supplier of the Year.
Winners will be formally announced during the awarding ceremonies cum Christmas Party to be held on November 27 (Friday), with Blue Leaf Events Pavillion hosting this annual event.
From up the stage, we could see Cecilio Abad as his name was announced. We saw how all the girls he dressed-up went around him to kiss, hug and wipe his tears away (parang Miss U!). We also saw how all the photographers aimed their lenses to that table to capture the moment.
Cecil was still in tears as he made his acceptance speech. What made it more touching was that he brought his whole staff with him up the stage. He also made mention of how Veluz (2005 Supplier of the Year) helped him in running his couture business. Truly, a testament of the industry’s community spirit which is essentially the “theme” of the whole event.
We asked Bob Nicolas to do the W@Wie Awards AVP for this year. To say that Bob simply delivered is a great disservice to the guy. He (with his wife Lette) rented a state-of-the-art studio for the interview of the Top 10, and even went to actual weddings (not his clients’) just to capture clips of these suppliers at work. Really, the guy is always all about pushing the limit.
Below, we present The 2008 W@Wie Awards video in order they appeared in the program.
But before we announced the 2008 Supplier of the Year (SOTY), we called up on stage the past SOTY winners (from 2003 to 2007) to elevate them to the Hall of Fame. A video was shown to honor them especially done for us by Threelogy. It’s basically a montage of photos and text. Boring right? But not when it’s made by these guys. See what I mean…
Immediately after that, the winner was announced through this video and this humble guy from Ormoc went up the to join the Hall of Famers. Same surrealism. Same stage. Same trophy.
