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TOM + TYNA

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Program of The Day

Time Location Activity

3:00-3:30 pm 1: Welcome Guests Arrive

3:30-4:00 pm 2: Chapel Ceremony

4:00-4:05 pm 3: Chapel Congratulations

4:15-5:45 pm 4: Refreshments Photos

5:45-6:00 pm 6: Tent Getting Seated

6:00-7:00 pm 6: Tent Dinner

7:00-7:30 pm 6: Tent Cake-Cutting

7:30-8:00 pm 6: Tent First Dance

8:00-8:30 pm Park Soiree Begins

8:30-1:00 am Park Entertainment

Telephone for Taxi:Get the number!Shuttle Bus:Time: 12:30 am

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The King’s Feast

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On February 29th, 2008, Prime

Ministers Stephen Harper and

Milan Topolanek were meeting in

Toronto at the St. Wenceslas

Church. Tom was

catering the event

and Kristina just

h a p p e n e d t o b e

t h e r e t o h a v e

pictures taken with

the Prime Ministers.

They caught each

other’s eye early on

in the evening and,

after some harmless

flirting, exchanged

phone numbers .

Tom gave Kristina a

box of delicious pastries and won

her heart over.

A day later, Kristina went to The

Prague to ‘get some dumplings’

and see Tom again. Unfortunately,

both were seeing other people at

the time and it took a few months

before they saw each other again.

In early June, Kristina had a photo-

shoot nearby and stopped in at the

restaurant only to find out that she

and Tom were both going to Europe

on the same day!

Unfortunately, they

did not get to meet

up while they were

there. However, two

days after they got

back, they met up at

Czech and Slovak

C a n a d a D a y a t

Masaryktown on

J u n e 2 1 s t -

Midsummer Night.

Along with a large

b o n f i r e a n d a

spectacular full moon, love was in

the air. She and Tom spent the

whole night getting to know each

other. This was their first night as a

couple and although Kristina

moved to Ottawa two weeks later,

they made it through the long-

distance relationship. Six months

later, Kristina relocated back to

Toronto, and moved in with Tom. 9

Love at First Sight

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The Proposal

Tom chose the perfect time and

day to propose - the one day I

would not have expected him to do

so. It was a complete surprise.

Monday, June 21st, 2010, the day

after the Miss Czech

and Slovak Canada

Pageant where I won

as First Vice Miss, all

my thoughts were still

on the excitement of

the day before. It was a l s o

our two-year anniversary, so when

he came into the room with wine

and a present, I didn’t think

anything so big would be coming

my way. The present was a white

wedding garter, with which he

explained that he wanted me to

know that he was being serious

about proposing soon, ‘but he

couldn’t afford the ring yet’. I

laughed it off, put the garter aside,

and when I looked back, there he

was with the box, inside was the

ring. I was so shocked, and Tom is

such a joker, that I couldn’t believe

it was happening until

he actually spoke the

words. Of course I said

yes immediately. Then

a f t e r a s u d d e n

emotional burst of

laughing and crying, we

called up my family and shared the

exciting news - Tom’s family found

out in the morning.

That whole week was spent

celebrating. Tuesday we went for a

nice dinner together, Wednesday

and Thursday we met up with

friends, and on Friday, Tom took

me to see a ballet performance of

Onegin. 9

Quotes or some fun stuff.

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Walter Kral - FatherKveta Kral - Mother

Marie Pichlik - Paternal GrandmotherHelen Ninavaie - Sister

Barbara Hincapie - Sister

Cesar Hincapie - Brother-In-LawDaniel Buchar - Best Man

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Roger Tumminieri - Groom’s Man

Kees Schuller - Groom’s ManLenny Martin - Groom’s Man

Groom’s Family Bride’s Family

Jaroslav Kott - FatherAlena Kottova - Mother

Andrew Kott - BrotherAnna Kottova - Sister-In-Law,

Maid of Honour

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Dewa Amini - Bride’s Maid

Katerina Baloun - Bride’s MaidAurora Simmons - Bride’s Maid

The Wedding Party

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Future Plans

The future looks bright for Tom and

Kristina. After the wedding they plan on

moving to British Columbia as soon as

they can. They plan on settling down on

Vancouver Island, somewhere North of

Victoria, where they can build their

dream house, complete with a Food

Studio for Tom, and a Dance Studio for

Kristina. They look forward to having

children in the next year or two, so you

can look forward to seeing those little

faces soon enough - no need to pressure

this couple. Although it will be difficult to

leave family and friends in Toronto, Tom

and Kristina believe that the West Coast

will be best for the kind of life they want

to lead and raise their children in. All are

welcome to visit them in their new home,

once they find it - view it as just another

reason to go for a vacation in Beautiful

British Columbia.

Tom and Kristina will continue to keep in

touch with family and friends, but if you

ever need to contact them, you can

always email them at:

tomandtyna@gmail.com

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The Crest

The vines that surround the

crest form a heart shape, which

was completely devised by

Claire, but now that I think

about it, it can be very symbolic

of our joint love for nature.

The banner, ‘Per aspera ad a s t r a ’ m e a n s ‘ T h r o u g h hardships to the Stars’ in Latin. Since its a medievally inspired themed wedding, we felt this was fitting. It is our way of realizing that life is difficult, but as long as we have each other we’ll get through whatever difficulties come our way.

The bunny and the kitty cat have a

particularly special meaning. Some

of you might know that the root of

my last name, Kott, means ‘tomcat’

in Old Slavic. The bunny on the

other hand might have some of you

confused. Let me tell you the

fairytale of ‘The Rabbit King’. It is

a story similar to the very popular

‘Frog Prince’ however this one

‘actually’ happened. One day a

king came to the castle of a noble

family, having been invited for

dinner. The mother of the princess

was a very clever (however,

def inite ly good) witch. She

particularly mastered in the arts of

words. All she wanted was the best

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for her daughter. The king,

unawares, came to the dinner party.

Within seconds, the princesses

mother added a diminutive to the

king’s name, turning him from Kral

into Kralíček (little king) which

subsequently turned into Kralik

(rabbit). Since Czechs eat rabbits,

the palace immediately put knives

to the poor rabbit king’s throat.

However, the good princess saw

how handsome the rabbit king was,

and so she saved him from his fate,

easily turning him back into his

original form with true love’s kiss.

And this is why Tom has become

known as ‘bunny’ and therefore the

tasty animal graces on our crest. 9

The crown signifies Tom’s last name, Kral, which means ‘king’ in Czech (also one of the reasons for the medievally-inspired theme).

The mountains on the crest symbolize two things: originally, my family has a coat of arms that depicts White Mountain from Czech Republic, and apart from this it also symbolizes our move to the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia.

The scales on the top of the crest,

and the arrow holding the scales

up, symbolize our astrological

signs, Libra and Sagittarius.

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Photography Info List

- All Wedding Guests

- Wedding Party

- Bride & Groom with his family

- Bride & Groom with Flower

Girls

- Bride with Flower Girls

- Bride & Groom with his parents

- Groom with his parents

- Bride & Groom with both

parents

- Bride & Groom with her parents

- Bride with her parents

- Bride & Groom with her family

- Bride & Groom with Maid of

Honour and Best Man

- Bride & Maid of Honour

- Groom with Best Man

- Groom with Groom’s Men

- Bride with Bride’s Maids

- Bride & Groom

Request Based photos begin

at 4:45 pm

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SPECIAL THANKS TO PEOPLE WHO’VE HELPED

- Kveta and Walter Kral, for having Tom, and helping with the planning of the wedding

- Alena and Jerry Kott, for having Kristina, and helping with the planning of the wedding

- Suzanne Peters for officiating the wedding- Sean and Richard for photographs- Kid C for the music- Andre for the live violin. - Anna Kottova and Dan Buchar, for all their help as maid of honour and

best man- Aurora Simmons, for making the wedding bands and being one of the

bridesmaids- Dewa Amini and Katerina Baloun with all their help as bridesmaids- Roger Tumminieri, for helping with this magazine and agreeing to be the

master of ceremonies, as well as a groomsman- Kees Schuller and Lenny Martin, for all their help as grooms men- Yasneen Schuller and Mellissa Gorecka for planning the bachelorette

party, and looking out for the bride- Frankie Solarik and Kees Schuller for planning the bachelor party- Claire for designing the beautiful crest- Christian Cameron and Aurora Simmons for the entertainment- Magdalena Vokac and Eliot and others for serving the food and drinks- For all the staff at The Prague for helping with the cooking, baking, and

preparation of the food leading up to the wedding- And to everyone else for coming and

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