Dinner and Dance Party
The dinner and dance party was held at De Witte Meren in Keerbergen, from 18:00 until the morning hours.
Before dinner, "Les Lacs du Connemara", a song by Michel Sardou, was played, and we all waved our napkins in the air. This was very special indeed and we have never seen so many smiling faces!
Ann's dad, Roger, gave a speech in which he expressed his approval of Freddie as Ann's husband and as a new member of the family! We know that Ann's mom, Francine, helped in writing that speech. Thank you!
Freddie also gave a short speech, it only lasted 20 minutes!!!!! The speech was titled "Gratitude" in which he expressed how grateful he was for this special day and how much every person who attended the wedding meant to him and to us.
The best men(s), Craig Sim and John Batten, also gave (more funny) speeches - they were perfect! Thank you guys! Friends forever! And we would also like to thank Julia Gale for her improvised speech, which made Ann blush.
After dinner, we had our first dance on a compiled Dutch and English version of "Ik hou van jou" and "In love with you" by Danna Winner. Our friend James mixed the songs for us for which we would like to thank him as it meant and will always mean a lot to us.
We also need to thank Teone for teaching us to dance to this romantic slow, very slow, song. Thanks Teone, for your patience, we know that we were your most challenging students ever!
The cake moment, prelude to the opening of the dessert buffet, was also somewhat spectacular as Mieke really surprised us with a sailing boat made of ice cream! Mieke, you are a very special person - thank you!
And people enjoyed the food, and the drinks, and the music, and they danced, talked, and laughed, and they had another drink and before we knew it, it was 3 o'clock in the morning when we all went to bed.
What a day - we will never ever forget any second of it! Thank you all! You made our day!