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ED: “I bless you now in this way:

            Now you will feel no rain,  
            For each of you will be a shelter to the other.

            Now you will feel no cold,  
            For each of you will be warmth to the other.

            Now there is no loneliness for you;  
            Now there is no more loneliness.

            Now you are two bodies,  
            But there is only one life before you.

            Go now to your dwelling place  
            To enter into your days together.

            And may your days be good and long upon the earth.”

                        - Apache Song

<ED SOUNDS GONG>

ED:  “And so it begins!”

<ED SOUNDS ALL 8 BELLS>

<AUDIENCE RINGS BELLS>

ED: “You are now all invited to enjoy life.  Please follow me if you wish to do so, and do not forget to carry your prayer flag if you have made one.”

<CUE MUSIC: Loreena McKennit, The Mummer’s Dance>

<ED PICKS UP HIS PRAYER FLAG AND WALKS OUT SLOWLY.  FOLLOWED BY PARENTS, SOUNDS, ELEMENTS, AND THEN EVERYONE ELSE.>  

<CURTAIN>

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