The Reception

Adam and Natalia's Indonesian reception was on September 21, 2008 from 6pm-9pm. It was a beautiful event and very different than what we are used to. Here are the details...

The outside of the reception hall was decorated with 5 or 6 signs on easels from friends and family members that read "Happy Wedding".

The car Adam and Natalia rode in to the reception.

A welcome sign in Indonesian.

Note: The following pictures were taken from inside of the reception. Please do not forget to click on the last picture. It is video footage of the reception hall. It gives you an idea of how big this place was!

You would not believe how much food they had. They were expecting 1,400 people... so you can imagine how much there was. Different types of food, decorated beautifully, throughout the entire room! Take a look...

Natalia had 10 of her cousins welcoming guests and handing out notepads with Adam and Natalia's names and wedding date on them. Grace had all of their dresses custom made!

Lee and I stood at the front and welcomed guests. Lots of hand shaking going on! As you can tell in the picture... I didn't realize how conservative everyone dresses at receptions... and in Jakarta period :) I was showing a lot more skin than everyone else.

Adam and Natalia with their nieces, Katherine and Celine, before the reception.

There was a grand entrance ... first Grace & Berthis were announced and they walked the red carpet... next Mom and Dad ... next Natalia's sister, Jane, and her husband, Heromin ... and then Lee and I.

Next, Adam and Natalia were announced and the walked the red carpet with their entourage of cousins. This was really cool! The two girls in front were dressed as ballerinas and they lead the pack very slowly and very deliberately, dragging their feet like ballerinas do. Mom and Dad said it reminded them of "The King and I".

They had to stop and kiss under the hanging flowers on their way up the red carpet.

You can tell in this picture how many guests were there. And they continued to come throughout the evening!

Mom, Dad, Grace, Berthis, Adam and Natalia stood on the stage and shook hands with guests the entire evening... 6pm - 9pm. That is what you do at Indonesian receptions! Eat and congratulate the family.

Check out this cake. It is as big as they are!

And they got to cut it with a samurai sword!!

They fed Grace, Berthis, Mom and Dad a piece of cake.

Next they poured a grape juice fountain. (There is no alcohol at Indonesian receptions.)

Adam and Natalia's first dance... the only dance of the night.

This was interesting... Adam and Natalia threw the bouquet together to all the bachelorettes AND bachelors!

This is the GUY who caught the bouquet. He had to come up on stage and congratulate them.

Please click on the play button below for you tour of the reception room.