Ceremony Music Timing Help during Processional!

newfoundglry1123

My plan is that the parents will walk down first (which is 3 sets of parents) Then the attendants will walk down (2 Maids of honors will walk by themselves and the rest will walk down with groomsmen, which is 3 sets as well). The aisle is pretty long and the bridesmaids will be coming from a stairs on the side of the country club and meeting the groomsmen right before the aisle. I was wondering if I should pick separate songs for the parents to walk down to? Or could I fit it into 1 song? (The plan was for everyone to walk down to Vitamin String Quartet's "Wonderful Tonight" which is 3 minutes and 17 seconds long.)

Thanks!

Robyn5298

Honestly, it sounds like 3:17 not be enough time for everyone if you include parents. 

At my wedding, the Mothers of the Bride and Groom were seated to 1 song, then a different song was played for the 4 bridesmaids, then Here Comes The Bride for my Dad and I.  My venue had stairs and a long aisle too so it really helped to break things up like that.

The only way to know for sure is to walk the aisle yourself and time it.  Do you live near your venue where you could swing by some day and time it?  Just make sure you walk slowly to make sure you get an accurate time.  It took my processional forever to get down the stairs because everyone was so nervous about tripping!