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Wedding this Saturday - have question on cake cutting

Speechie1970Speechie1970 member
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How does cutting the cake go?  Does the toast come before or after we cut the cake?  Help!
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Re: Wedding this Saturday - have question on cake cutting

  • palmettogirl924palmettogirl924
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    The wedding's i've been too.. it comes just before.
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  • kimp67kimp67 member
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    I think it would depend on what order you're doing things.  We're cutting our's before dinner so it can be served for dessert.  I'm guessing that we'll cut the cake, then dinner will start & once everyone is seated with their food (we're doing it buffet style) the toasts will take place.
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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] member
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    Yeah, ours was a little disorganized as well. We cut the cake after dinner and I believe we did the toast right before it.
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  • aerinpegadrakaerinpegadrak member
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    Our reception was cocktail style, so we did toast first and then cake cutting, with some downtime in between.  Do you have a DJ or DOC?  They'd probably be the ones organizing the timeline for you.
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  • LauraT25LauraT25
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    We apparently did it very differently than PPs.  The toasts were immediately following the first dance, and then dinner was served.  There was maybe an hour of dancing before the cake cutting, which worked well since people were too full to eat the cake immediately after.

    If you don't have a coordinator, ask someone at your vendor if they have a standard schedule that they can share with you.  They may already have a plan.  My DJ already had a schedule, and it happened to be almost identical to the one my coordinator gave me, so maybe people just do things differently in my area.
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  • ehathewaehathewa
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    Here is my approximate timeline of how it all went down:

    4:30-5 Ceremony
    5-6 Cocktials (Pics)
    6:10 Guest seated at tables
    6:15 Announcement of Newly Weds
    6:20 Toasts
    6:30 Dinner
    7:30 Cake Cutting
    7:45 first dance
    8:00 Par-tay
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  • kristinanddankristinanddan member
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_reception-ideas_wedding-this-saturday-question-cake-cutting?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:5Discussion:571bbf70-8eff-47ea-a5a2-0afa59699069Post:4854c8e1-5d02-4382-9263-9c370dc82fe3">Re: Wedding this Saturday - have question on cake cutting</a>:
    [QUOTE]We apparently did it very differently than PPs.  <strong>The toasts were immediately following the first dance, and then dinner was served.  There was maybe an hour of dancing before the cake cutting</strong>, which worked well since people were too full to eat the cake immediately after. If you don't have a coordinator, ask someone at your vendor if they have a standard schedule that they can share with you.  They may already have a plan.  My DJ already had a schedule, and it happened to be almost identical to the one my coordinator gave me, so maybe people just do things differently in my area.
    Posted by LauraT25[/QUOTE]

    This is how ours was as well - and also the only way I've ever seen it done.
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  • 2Bwed20112Bwed2011 member
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_reception-ideas_wedding-this-saturday-question-cake-cutting?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:5Discussion:571bbf70-8eff-47ea-a5a2-0afa59699069Post:c229c978-08ea-4b7f-81f4-d68f7304c065">Re: Wedding this Saturday - have question on cake cutting</a>:
    [QUOTE]Here is my approximate timeline of how it all went down: 4:30-5 Ceremony 5-6 Cocktials (Pics) 6:10 Guest seated at tables 6:15 Announcement of Newly Weds 6:20 Toasts 6:30 Dinner 7:30 Cake Cutting 7:45 first dance 8:00 Par-tay
    Posted by ehathewa[/QUOTE]

    Other than the actual times, this is exactly the order we are planning to do things.  In general though I would do the toasts before cutting the cake.
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  • dereaksgirl4everdereaksgirl4ever member
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    we are going to do it like this:

    5:00-5:30 ceremony
    5:30-6:30 cocktails( pictures)
    6:30 announcement of newly weds
    6:45 dinner
    7:30 toasts
    7:45 cake
    8:00 bouquet toss
    8:15 first dance/father, mother dance
    8:30-12am party!

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  • marissa_clairemarissa_claire member
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    Yeah, I would think your DJ or caterer will walk you through the timeline of the evening, as some PPs mentioned.
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