For actress Ina Feleo, the highlight of Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera’s wedding was when the bride’s estranged parents marched to the altar side by side for their daughter. “It was a touching moment because I saw that Marian was really happy to see them together,” Feleo told the Inquirer.
Ina’s sister Ana agreed. She said “the march was so meaningful because I knew how important it was for Yan (Rivera’s nickname), her family and Dingdong.”
Stress-free
Ana is one of Rivera’s three maids of honor. She said it was neither stressful nor tiring. “This was because we had ‘superwoman’ and wedding wizard Teena Barretto as coordinator. Everything was a breeze,” she recalled. “The night before the wedding was memorable. We got to sleep…probably for only an hour.”
For singer-comedienne Tuesday Vargas, the showing of the wedding video, made by film and television director Joyce Bernal, was the most moving. “It was shown during the reception program. It told Dingdong and Marian’s love story. It was very touching and warm,” Vargas recounted.
Ina concurred: “It showed how much they love each other.”
KC Concepcion, who was tasked, with Sen. Bam Aquino, to tie the cord, posted this comment on her Instagram account: “More than ‘glowing’ or ‘radiant,’ I described Yanny as luminous—as every bride should be.”
Concepcion also reported that a “classical” version of Eraserheads’ “Ang Huling El Bimbo” filled the Immaculate Conception Cathedral when the newlyweds finally kissed.
Bianca Gonzalez, one of Marian’s 18 bridesmaids, said she hoped for the couple to “enjoy the high of marital bliss; and cheers to…future gorgeous babies.”
Principal sponsor Kris Aquino posted on her Instagram account a photo of the newlyweds with brother President Benigno Aquino III, who served as witness of honor. The caption: “Our family will forever be grateful for the support Dingdong and Marian gave us during the 2009-2010 Presidential campaign…Friends for life.”
John Lapus said the wedding ceremony was most memorable because there were so many guests from both politics and show business, as well as the two actors’ respective supporters, “and yet the solemnity of the ceremony was maintained. I also liked that all the women wore red, and the men, black. They were all so beautiful to look at.”
(E-mail mcruz@inquirer.com.ph)
THE GROOM gives the bride a piece of wedding cake. JILSON SECKLER TIU
SHALL we? Newlyweds take to the dance floor. RICHARD REYES
MORE than a thousand relatives and friends were at the reception. JILSON SECKLER TIU
RELAXED at the reception, Dingdong and Marian take a selfie. JILSON SECKLER TIU
AT THE RECEPTION: Cameras of all shapes and sizes welcome husband and wife at the entrance to Mall of Asia Arena. JILSON SECKLER TIU
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