Procession HELP!!!

Re: Procession HELP!!!

• MairePoppy mod

  

  July 2012

  A freind of mine wanted to include a large number of small children in her wedding ceremony. They ranged in ages from 1 to 7. She asked the parents to dress the little girls in white dresses and provided pink sashes for them; the little boys in black slacks with vests and ties. The children that were able, walked down the aisle holding hands, no specific order, the smallest were carried by adults. The parents were seated on aisle seats, just in case their little ones wanted to sit out the ceremony. They were listed in the program as 'attendants.' They were adorable.

                     

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• milasclone26 member

  

  July 2012

  Hello,
  
  You could keep the 2 younger boys as ring bearers, and the little girl as the flower girl. Instead of holding banners, the 2 older boys can each hold one red rose (or other flower), or have it on a pillow or in a glass case. These roses can be used for the Sign of Peace, when you and your husband will give one to each set of parents. I don't know if that is part of your ceremony, but it would be perfect and more practical than having a banner. Or if you don't do the Sign of Peace, they could carry the roses for a tribute to a deceased love one, and you could place the flowers in a vase at some point during the ceremony. The boys would simply place the flowers on a small table when they got to the end of the aisle. The 2 boys could walk down together, but don't have to be near the other children.
  
  
  
  
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  [QUOTE]I have a few processional issues, but I'm going to try to tackle the issues in separate boards. The first is probably the least tricky to deal with so I'll see how this goes... We asked my youngest cousins (also siblings) girl age 3 and boy age 4 along with one of my fiance's nephews age 4 to be our flower girl and 2 ring bearers. Upon more thinking, I would actually like to include all of his nephews (they are all brothers and only 3 total) to be a part of the wedding. So now I will have 4 boys (the other 2 boys are 5 & 8/or 6 and 9, I'm a terrible almost aunt) and one girl. I'm trying to decide what to do with them all and don't want to hurt the feelings of the one we originally asked to be a ring bearer. I thought about having the 2 older boys carry a banner that says "Here Comes the Bride" but then they would have to be the last to proceed after the other 3, because "here comes the bride" followed by 3 other small children might seem strange. Then I thought that the 3 brothers could carry banners that had dates of our first date, engagement date and wedding date, then the siblings would be the actual ring bearer and flower girl. Would that hurt the others feelings? Then how do I get a "here comes the bride" sign? Does anyone out there have any ideas on how to incorporate these 5 children (4 boys, 1 girl-3 brothers and a brother/sister)? Thanks!
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• milasclone26 member

  

  July 2012

  Almost forgot! You could call them "Tribute Bearers" in the program.

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• milasclone26 member

  

  July 2012

  Sorry, last idea for now: If you don't want the boys to each carry a rose, you could have them each carry a taper candle for the Unity Candle. They could walk down the aisle either right before the mothers are seated, or right after the mothers, and present the taper candles for lighting.

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• KayK79 member

  

  July 2012

  I attended a wedding where 3 boys carried signs before the bride that read "Here" "Comes" "the Bride" it was so cute! They were triangle shaped, like flags, on wooden dowels.

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• Braut81 member

  

  August 2012

  1st possibility: all throw petals (typical in Middle and Northern Europe)
  other "jobs": let the elder boys carry two big candles (Ceremony candles, wedding candles). They will be proud and feel very "mature" (in contrast to the smaller children) or they could help you with the train or they could throw rice instead of petals (typical in Asia and in Europe) or you might have two ring bearers: one for the bride's ring and one for the bridegroom's ring (the ringbearers could come from two sides and meet at the centre, the altar etc.) or lets have four of the bunch form an espalier after "I do" and when you leave the altar, they might blow bubbles...

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• Vehige2012 member

  

  August 2012 edited August 2012

  Thank you all for your ideas. As of this moment, I still haven't decided. We are not having a church wedding (so no sign of peace), no unity candle (though we are planting a tree-perhaps the older boys could carry the sapling and a water piter???), I don't think any of them will actually be holding the rings (just in case), so I am still struggling on what the actual "ring bearers" will hold. I have made a book box to hold petals for the flower girl to throw (she's quite rambunctious so there is not telling if she'll even make it, but that's the beauty of kids in a ceremony!).
  
  Thanks again!

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• Vehige2012 member

  

  October 2012

  Thanks all! We ended up having the boys carry signs that read "hear comes the Bride" it was amazingly cute. Everyone loved it!

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