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Wedding Day Schedule

JoshAbbi22JoshAbbi22 member
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Okay Ladies I need some help. I'm having a full Catholic wedding and not only do I not have the SLIGHTEST idea what a REGULAR wedding day schedule looks like, I HAVE NO CLUE what a Catholic wedding day schedule looks like.
I know that somethings are specific to MY WEDDING, but can someone please send me a rudementary copy of a schedule.
I just need to know where to fit in everything. What time the dj should arrive, how long photos AFTER the wedding usually take, all of that stuff.
Thanks.
Abbi
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Re: Wedding Day Schedule

  • Calypso1977Calypso1977 member
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    edited December 2011
    ours was simple, so it probably wont be much help.

    530 - rise and shine
    600 - hairdresser arrived
    800 - leave for church
    830 - arrive at church for photos (2 hours for photos - we did all of them during thus time)
    1030 - groom and best man greet guests
    1100 - walk down the aisle
    1215 - mass/ceremony ends, head to reception
    1230-400 - reception
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  • ring_popring_pop member
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    edited December 2011
    10:00 Get ready
    12:00 Lunch
    1:00 Pictures
    3:00 Tea ceremony (Chinese tradition)
    5:00 Wedding ceremony
    6:30 Cocktail hour
    7:30 First dance, cake cutting, dinner, speeches

    You only need to tell your vendors what time certain events are happening and they can tell you what time they need to arrive.

    We also did all the pictures before the wedding.
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  • JoshAbbi22JoshAbbi22 member
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    edited December 2011
    NO this totally helped. The only difference is my wedding starts at 1030a. What time did your photographer get there? What do you mean by all the pictures were taken then? Oh my gosh this is awesome thank you :)
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  • ring_popring_pop member
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    edited December 2011
    The photographer arrived at 10:00 to capture us getting ready. When I refer to "pictures" in my schedule at 1:00, I mean formal pictures with the family and bridal party. We both have big families so the family photos took about an hour, and then pictures with the BP and just ourselves took close to an hour.

    HTH!

    ETA: Your photographer will also be able to tell you how long he or she usually takes for the pictures. Some are faster, some are slower.
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  • Hope61Hope61 member
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    edited December 2011
    Mine will be something like this...
    7:30am breakfast
    8-10am hair and make up w/ bridemaids and mom
    10-12:30 relax, eat, get ready
    12:30 photographer arrives at church, does pics with groom and groomsmen
    1:00 bride and bridesmaids arrive at church, pics with photographer (I'm not seeing FI before the ceremony)
    1:30 We get married!!
    3:15 ceremony ends (we're having a traditional Latin Mass)
    3:15-4:45 pics at church and at the art museum
    4:45-5:10 Drive to reception, stop at hotel to get room key
    5:10 grand entrance (reception began at 5)
    5-10 reception

    Ditto ring pop, your photographer will be able to give you a better idea of how long pictures will take, when to do them, etc. Our photography package begins 1 hour prior to the ceremony start time.
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  • Calypso1977Calypso1977 member
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    edited December 2011
    our photog met us at the church at 830.  he probably arrive dat 8 because he was ready to shoot when we got there.  we did EVERYTHING.  so our parents and siblings all arrived at 830.  in fact we all met at our house and caravaned to the church together.  i cant recommend enough doing pics before - we were all fresh, no tears, wrinkles and all of the flowers were crisp (i carried hydrangeas and by the time the reception rolled around they were starting to look a tad tired).
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  • karenszymanskikarenszymanski
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    does anyone have a wedding day template 
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