Hello everyone. It's summer here in the Philippines but since last week we experienced heavy rain falls. As of this time, it is still raining.

To my friends who were there in noise.cash I posted early in the morning that we are going somewhere for serenading. I don't know if all of you were familiar about. I don't know if you experienced to go with the serenading team or you experienced being serenaded.

Today I will share to you about it.

What is serenading?

Before anything else, I just want you to know that I will define it according to what we are doing. Serenading is an activity where a group of people who gathered together to a place of a birthday celebrant during the dawn and sung a series of songs outside the house accompanied with guitars.

The group will be singing until the celebrant will open the door,come out and invites the group to come in.

In our case we call our group as Team Harana or the serenading team.

What to do before serenading?

First and foremost, we identify the birthday celebrants of the month. We have a list of birthdays to know when we are going for serenading.

Next, we will point out a meet up place and time. Time should be as early as possible. Dawn is the best time. It was the group goal if possible to start singing when the celebrant is still sleeping and let the beautiful songs wakes him/her up.

After gathering, we will go straight to the celebrant's house and the singers will sing a series of songs.

What to do during serenading?

As i mentioned above, after singing the series of songs, the celebrant will go out and let the group come in.

When we are set inside, we will be having a short program. The program consists the following:

Opening song. A person or the group offers one song.

Opening prayer. A prayer to open the program.

Special song. Another person or the group will offer another song.

Message. This is one of the most important part of the program where a speaker will give a message. A message is usually came from the Bible. A Bible text that will remind how blessed everyone specially the celebrant to celebrate another year in life. A Bible text that will remind to be thankful for the gift of life. A Bible text that will encourage the listener to hold on and enjoy life with God, to have faith and trust in Him. A message will vary depending on the speaker.

Wishes and prayers. Everyone or might be a selected persons will give their well wishes and prayers for the celebrant. It will start from the group and the last to give their wishes and prayers are the family members.

I love the last part because here i can hear the messages from the family member. Sometimes I am teary eyed on this part as i will be touched in hearing the messages of a children to their parents, a parents to their children, a wife to her husband and vice versa. Sometimes kinikilig when hearing a message from a boyfriend to his girlfriend and vice versa.

Response. The celebrant will give his/her response. Usually a word of thanks and appreciation for the efforts given by the group or team.

Closing song. To sing a song to close the program.

Closing prayer. To offer a prayer for the celebrant and his/her family and to thank God for the success of the activity.

What will happen after serenading?

Most of the time, the food is being served. Oh kainan na! No more diet again lol. Food is not required though but most of the celebrant prepare or buy some food to offer for the serenading team.

Have you experienced being serenaded?

Me? yes! I experienced a lot of times and i really used to it. It seems that my birthday is incomplete without it. I love to hear them saying their wishes, their prayers and their messages in front of me. I can see their facial expressions, i can see how serious they were to give their messages for me.

When the pandemic strikes the world, our serenading was stopped and it makes us sad. You cannot even celebrate your birthday with the other family members who were far from you place. They can't visit and celebrate with you due to lockdowns.

If you weren't experienced it yet, you must try and experience a special feeling of happiness.

I think, that's all for today. I hope you enjoy reading and learn something.

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