for the Sydney Wedding

of

MS YAN LI YAP

with

DR PAUL NICOLARAKIS

 6 December, 2014
4:00pm

Pirrama Park, Pyrmont, Sydney

The ceremony will be conducted by the Very Excellent LJ Loch

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ARRIVAL MUSIC

“Dr Paul & Yan Li, From Singapore to Sydney”

The Bride, together with her father Bill, will be accompanied by a piece of slow groove future disco composed specially by the couple’s dear friend Dr Drew Crawford and his new venture I DO MUSIC.

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THE TRADITIONAL CUSTODIANS OF THE LAND

The Gadigal People of the Eora Nation

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THE RING WARMING

The rings will be passed around and held by all those gathered.

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THE FIRST READING

“Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven“

by William Butler Yeats (1899)

Read by Paul Perry

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HAD I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,

Enwrought with golden and silver light,

The blue and the dim and the dark cloths

Of night and light and the half-light,

I would spread the cloths under your feet:

But I, being poor, have only my dreams;

I have spread my dreams under your feet;

Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

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THE SECOND READING

“I Carry Your Heart With Me”

by E.E. Cummings (1952)

Read by Minghan Lim & Sarah Tan

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i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart)

i am never without it (anywhere

i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done

by only me is your doing, my darling)

i fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) i want

no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)

and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant

and whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows

(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud

and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows

higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)

and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart

i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)

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THE VOWS

As soon as I met you, I knew it was going to be an adventure.

With this precious oath, and before our family, friends and ancestors,

We vow to honour each other’s cultures, as we stand together facing the world.

And with these rings, we unite our hearts in tenderness and devotion.

To form a strong and trusting relationship, spanning oceans and skies and all our days.

We will protect, support, and encourage each other through life’s joys and sorrows.

And try never to go to sleep angry with one another.

We will build a home for our family and make it a loving place.

Dedicated to providing an abundance of joy, love, grace and good fortune.

You will be my constant friend, my partner in crime and my one true love.

May our days be long, and may they be seasoned, with our love, understanding and respect.

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A TOAST

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AND NOW, LET US CELEBRATE…