The Manor girls: Did anyone get married there (or is anyone planning to get married there)?

peaches85 · October 2010

I was looking through some papers from The Manor today and I saw something that said you can only do rehearsals there on Mondays (any time) or Tuesday through Friday up until 4:00.

Do they really adhere to that or do they make the occasional exception for something like a Saturday morning rehearsal if they have availability?

jrgoogrl · October 2010

The last time I was there I did ask Rolf about it. For me, my wedding is a Saturday evening so to do a rehearsal on Thursday afternoon isn't too bad. I don't know how open they would be to doing a rehearsal on a Saturday afternoon especially if it's a summer wedding?! But I guess it doesn't hurt to ask.

goaliegirl · October 2010

I would call them and ask yourself. Somebody else may have been able to get fit in if there were no other events going on, but your weekend might be filled with events. I would doubt you would be able to do a Saturday morning at a venue like that, which always has events going on, but it can't hurt to ask.

uppereastgirl · October 2010

I think this is fairly common at venues -- they can't have the rehearsals when they're busy setting up the ceremony area for another wedding or when the afternoon wedding couple is having pre-ceremony photos taken.

One of my best friends got married at Valley Regency and didn't have a rehearsal because it would have to be during the week or too early -- she just had a rehearsal dinner. It worked out fine. Walking down an aisle isn't rocket science

goaliegirl · October 2010

I agree with Uppereast..don't stress about it too much, the rehearsal really isn't necessary. If it works out then do one, but if not, it is not something you NEED to practice!

peaches85 · October 2010

Uppereast and Goaliegirl, that makes sense, thanks.

Regardless of where the "rehearsal" takes place, is it necessary to have the officiant there?

goaliegirl · October 2010

My officiant does not attend rehearsals unless we paid him more. he wasn't even there, we did a rehearsal just so people could see where we would have the ceremony and we went over what order everyone would walk in. Funny thing is, we practiced outside and the ceremony ended up being inside because of rain.

The day of the ceremony was FINE! I gave our maitre d the order in which everyone walked in and he organized everything and it ended up going great.

So, with no officiant at the rehearsal our ceremony went fine. i don't think it is necessary.

uppereastgirl · October 2010

At the wedding I was talking about above, the officiant and venue coordinator got us all together before the ceremony (we had gathered for photos before the ceremony and had those had wrapped up anyway, so we had plenty of time) and explained everything to us. We didn't do a practice walk or anything but that's usually a waste of time anyway. Everything went perfectly when we walked down.

(And honestly, it probably went more smoothly than my wedding ceremony -- my church had a weird layout and the lady who went over how we were to walk in gave us such complicated but your-life-depends-on-it instructions about walking to a certain point, turning, turning again, and then walking down the aisle that we all were confused and scared about doing it wrong because she had made it seem SO important, but it was hard to remember on the wedding day what she had told us 20 hours earlier so we probably all did it wrong anyway.)

peaches85 · October 2010

Should the readers be at a rehearsal/rehearsal dinner?

goaliegirl · October 2010

IMO not necessary unless you would really like them at the rehearsal dinner. one of our readers was a bm so she was there anyhow, but the other was not and she was fine.

uppereastgirl · October 2010

I think they should be. That way they'll have a better sense of when they'll be needed, and I think they should be at the rehearsal dinner as a thanks for participating in your wedding.

peaches85 · October 2010

Alright, thanks so much for all your help (both of you)!

Now the only issue is figuring out a place to have the rehearsal dinner that won't break the bank since FI and I will be paying for that as well.

uppereastgirl · October 2010

If you're willing to go casual, Star Tavern is cheap and delicious!

peaches85 · October 2010

Ugh... I would LOVE to go for pizza or Italian (we're definitely going casual for the rehearsal dinner), but I'm allergic to tomatoes and pizza is hit or miss with me. Sometimes I get canker sores from it and sometimes I don't... and I don't want to chance it right before the wedding and honeymoon.

I just checked out the website. How are their sandwiches and their non-pizza and non-tomato sauce entrees?

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