Wedding Day Timeline

lyss3210

Hi - do any of you have a sample wedding day timeline for a reform wedding?  Thanks

dmplz02

my timelime may help. our ceremony is in my conservative synagogue, but we aren't doing the formal bedeken or tisch before the ketubah signing. we can't have a real rehearsal on the saturday before our wedding due to shabbat timing/ a large bat mitzvah reception, so our rehearsal is before the wedding.

12:00-2:00 first look at hotel, pictures with bridal party around hotel
2:00 bus to synagogue from hotel (reception venue)
2:30 rehearsal at synagogue
3:00-4:00 family pictures under chuppah
4:00 break  to refresh, snacks for bridal party and family is served
4:30 ketubah signing
5:00 ceremony
-busses for family/friends leave for hotel immediately following ceremony
-bridal party bus leaves for hotel immeditately following yichud

i think our cocktail "hour" ends at 7 or 7:15. i hope that helps!

slbriz34

11:15-1:00  bride/groom portraits
1:00-2:00  family portraits
2:30-2:45  ketubah signing and bedeken
3:00  ceremony start
3:30-4:15/4:30  more photos
4:15-5:15  cocktail hour
5:15-5:25  seating in ballroom
5:25-5:45  hora and first dance

toasts will be during the first course (we are having three, plus dessert); mother-son dance will occur at the end of the dinner to usher in official dancing portion of the night

lyss3210

Thank you, I'll look at these as a start.