July 27, 2010

Teacher Eyes World Record for Most Bridesmaids in Wedding


Bridesmaids have become significant in Philippine weddings. Aside from looking good wearing traditional Filipino wedding gowns, they support the maid of honor and help with the numerous pre-wedding tasks like wedding planning and organizing a bridal shower. On the wedding day, they likewise double as usherettes.

Philippine wedding tradition does not limit the number of bridesmaids in a wedding. But one bride from Ohio, USA decided to do more out of her bridesmaids. Dance teacher Jill Stapleton aimed to set a record in the Guinness World Records for the most number of bridesmaids in a wedding - 110. The last unrecognized attempt to set the said record was 90.

The dance school teacher tied the knot withChad Greenhill, a cheerleader from Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia last July 10, 2010.

She asked her students -- all 110 of them -- to be her bridesmaids and walk down the aisle at her wedding. The now-Mrs. Greenhill asked her students to choose their own dress. Unlike Philippine wedding tradition, she allowed her bridesmaids to wear gowns with different designs. Her only requirement was that they wore teal or purple, the dance studio's color. In lieu of traditional bridal bouquets, each bridesmaid carried a rose as she marched down the aisle.

As of press time, there has been no confirmation if the said attempt has been recognized by the records organization.


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Kasal.com thanks the following sources for this article:
Niles-Carnes, Elyna, NBC Action News. Ohio woman gives new meaning to huge wedding party (Posted July 14, 2010) Retrieved July 26, 2010 from
http://www.nbcactionnews.com/dpp/news/local_news/water_cooler/ohio-woman-gives-new-meaning-to-huge-wedding-party

Cook, Wendy, The National Ledger. Most Bridesmaids Record - 110 Students Help Jill Stapleton Make News (Posted June 16, 2010) Retrieved July 26, 2010 from
http://www.nationalledger.com/lifestyle/article_272632441.shtml

The universal Record Database. World Record: Most Bridesmaids In A Wedding. Retrieved July 26, 2010 from
http://urdb.org/wr/bridesmaids-wedding

July 23, 2010

Bride-to-be Receives Winning Lottery Ticket from Groom-to-Be


A bride-to-be from Ballwin, Missouri, USA received probably the best gift in the world from her groom-to-be: a $250,000 winning lottery ticket.

Thirty-three year old Rob Russell bought his fiancee, 29-year old Tracy Rogers a "$250,000 Payout" scratchers ticket at the local QuikTrip convenience store. When they opened the scratch-off lottery ticket, they soon realized that they have just bagged the top prize.

In an interview with the local press, Ms. Rogers said that she thought the ticket was fake. To verify, she went to the store and showed it to the clerk to confirm its authenticity. True enough, the ticket was real and she received a high-five from the attending clerk.

Ms. Rogers and Russell have been together 12 years and got engaged in 2007. They have not yet set a date for the wedding. Currently the two have been unemployed for quite a while. However, the bride-to-be said that they don't think it was right to use the money on a big wedding. Instead, they would like to pay off the mortgage on their house first - one big burden they won't have to think about in their upcoming married life.

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Kasal.com thanks the following sources for this article:
GMANews.TV (content originally from Associate Press) Wedding Gift: Groom gives bride-to-be $250K ticket (Posted July 17, 2010) Retrieved July 19, 2010 from
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http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/article_c4a4326e-902f-11df-9db6-0017a4a78c22.html

July 2, 2010

Philippines Tourism Sustained Growth – DOT Report


Close to four million tourists visited the Philippines from January to May of this year, a 5.37% growth compared to last year's period, Department of Tourism (DoT) report said recently.

Based from the latest statistics from the DoT, Metro Manila is the most visited destination in the Philippines, with 848,518 foreign tourists staying in accomodation facilities found in the area, followed by Cebu which posted a 4.34% growth for the first five months of 2010. RP's famed beach destination, Boracay Island, landed third with 378,694 visitors from January to May, posting a 12.15% growth rate. Boracay is followed by Camarines Sur, Baguio, and Davao City.

Puerto Princesa City in Palawan posted the biggest growth rate in all provincial tourist destination with 35.12 percent. For the first five months of 2010, nearly 74,000 tourist have visited the city, primarily to see the Puerto Princesa Underground River, a consistent top candidate in the New 7 Wonders of Nature campaign.

The DoT reports also stated that a total of 80 new accomodation facilities are expected to be opened by the end of 2010 to accommodate the growing number of local and foreign tourist visiting various destinations in the country. By 2012, 57 more will be added to the total accomodation facilities in the Philippines.

In a statement, DoT Secretary Joseph 'Ace' Durano said, “The DoT has laid down the foundations for sustained growth in tourist arrivals and investments in select destinations over the past years, creating opportunities for increased local employment and harnessing entrepreneurial capabilities of local government units and the private sector to venture into and create new tourism products and services.”

Sec. Durano added that the full implementation of the Tourism Act of 2009 will strengthen the power of DoT and spearhead the development, promotion, and conservation of the tourism areas in the country.

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Kasal.com thanks the following sources for this article:
Department of Tourism. First Five Months Report – Philippine Tourism: Sustaining Growth Momentum for the Future. (Posted June 23, 2010) Retrieved June 28, 2010 from
http://www.tourism.gov.ph/Pages/IndustryPerformance.aspx

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