🌸 Annalynn’s Fabulous 60th Birthday Plan 🌸 - Run Sheet & MC Notes
10:30am – Set-Up Crew Assemble
Set dining tables
Cake proudly displayed on the cake table 🎂
Nathan to set up playlist 🎶
Gifts table ready
Test speaker and microphones
(Because nothing says “60th birthday” like a sudden feedback squeal 🎤😄)
11:30am – Guests Arrive
Greet guests
Quick word with Sharleen re: photos and videos 📸🎥
11:50am – Welcome & Housekeeping - (Ring bell / tap glass)
MC Script:
“Ladies and gentlemen, friends, family… and anyone who just followed the crowd in—
can I please have your attention.
Welcome to Annalynn’s 60th Birthday Celebration! 🎉🥂
Sixty years young—and still looking fabulous.
Just a little housekeeping before the banquet is served:
• On the tables you’ll find red wine, white wine, and lemon squash. If your thirst goes beyond that, the bar is open—please feel free to support the local economy.
• Toilets are located near the bar 🚻
• The exit is back through the entrance 🚪—useful information after a couple of wines.
• And for safety reasons, life jackets are under your seats… Relax—there’s no water, but it felt official to say that 😄
• Menus are on the tables, and some guests will be receiving special meals.
Lunch will be served shortly.
After lunch we’ll cut the cake, followed by dessert—which is Cake with Nepali tea, tea, or coffee ☕🍰. Staff will come around during the meal to take your coffee/tea orders for dessert.
Just a heads-up—we’ll be leaving at 2:50pm, so we’ll start packing up around 2:30pm.
And now, before we eat… we’ll say grace.”
🙏 Grace Before the Meal (Birthday Edition)
“Loving God,
Today we give thanks for food, friendship, and especially for Annalynn on her 60th birthday.
Thank you for 37 years of marriage filled with love, laughter, resilience, adventure—and the occasional surprise.
For the ups and downs, the good times and the hard ones, and for a partnership grounded in patience, kindness, and unwavering support.
Thank you for Annalynn’s generous heart, her strength, and the love she gives so freely—
especially as a wonderful mother and grandmother to Ellen, Alyse, Shireen, Nathan, and Jasmine.
Bless this meal, bless everyone gathered here today,
and bless the many happy memories still to come.
Amen.”
12:00pm – Entrée Served
12:20pm – Main Course Served
1:00pm – Staff take orders for Nepali tea, tea, or coffee to be served with cake
1:20pm – Speeches & Cake Time
(Bell / mic)
Tea/coffee orders should already have been given to staff.
MC Script:
“Can I please have everyone’s attention once again.
We’re now moving into the speeches and the cutting of the cake—the emotional part 💕
Could I please ask everyone to make sure your glasses are filled, as we’ll be raising a toast very shortly.
It gives me great pleasure to invite Annalynn’s four children:
Ellen, Alyse, Shireen, and Nathan to come up and say a few words about their mum.”
(Speeches)
“Thank you, Ellen, Alyse, Shireen, and Nathan—beautifully said… and nothing too embarrassing, which is impressive.
Nathan will now raise the toast.” (Toast)
“Annalynn, would you like to respond?”
🎂 Cake & Birthday Song
Guests gather around
Candles lit 🕯️
Everyone standing
🎶 Sing “Happy Birthday” 🎶
Annalynn cuts the cake
Ellen cuts cake into smaller pieces
Shireen & Alyse serve cake to guests
Tea, coffee & Nepali tea served ☕🍰
2:30pm – Start Packing Up
Gentle wrap-up
Final hugs, photos, and leftover cake negotiations 😉
Gifts into car
Equipment packed into car