Nikolai
Vladimir clears his throat letting us know he's starting, "Good morning and welcome, Nikolai and Lydia are so glad to have you here on this beautiful spring day. Before we begin I'd like to ask you to put all your electronic devices on silent. Love is a miraculous gift, and wedding is a celebration of that magic, and that is why we are here today. We are gathered together to be overjoyed for, and with, Nikolai and Lydia, who are so wonderfully suited to one another that is pure delight for the rest of us to see how happy two people can be. They are the example of the love that in its light heartedness dissolves the notion of love as hard as work. They are the promise of possibility, the expectation of joyful surprise. We are here to celebrate, witness, honor, dance, laugh, sing,
