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The Wedding Progression

After finishing the planning for the rest of the wedding plans, you have come to scheduling of the itinerary and programs lineup for the wedding ceremony.  You could come up with a seating plan so that your guets know exactly where to sit but this is optional.

What should be first and what should be last? What should be the rough timings for each section? What are the areas to take extra care of?

In any wedding, there would be a receiving line, usually made up by the Mother of the Bride, Mother of the Groom, the bride and groom. However it is becoming increasing common to see fathers joining the line. Depending on the size of the guest list, without proper coordination, it might take a long time before the guests in the last row get to exit the site and congratulate the bride and groom.

Some guests had bad experiences in being long in the line and having to wait a long time for their turn. Such experiences are certainly unwanted as you would want you guests to leave good memories of your wedding.

If you are having a beach wedding, this problem is minimized as the number of guests are usually smaller. However proper coordination should be made so that the guests can exit properly to enjoy the food and refreshment lined up for them.

Some rough guide on the series of events for the wedding reception.

  • 2 hours prior to event

The necessary setup such as the music equipment, final touches to the wedding reception table decoration, centerpiece decoration etc. Depending on how warm the venue is, you might want to leave the wedding cake to be the last to be brought in, just in case it melts.

  • Wedding reception time

Events sequence

  1. Guests start to arrive. You can make use of the time to take pictures with the family members or with the guests. Serving of light refreshments.

  2. Start of wedding party

  3. Wedding ceremony.

  4. Wedding Music and First dance for the bride and groom.

  5. Cutting of cake and line up of dances.

  6. Serving of food.

  7. Throwing of bouquet.

  8. Last Dance for the bride and groom.

  9. Exit.

Of course, if you are having an evening reception, you could let your hair down and boogie the night away with your guests!

 

 


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