order of events?

monique026 · May 2010

What order do the events at the reception typically happen? For instance, do they B/G have their first dance after the grand entrance or after dinner? And if we have our first dance before dinner, where do the dances with each of our parents come in? I was thinking first dance right after entrance, have dinner, then the special dances, but I'm afraid other people might start dancing before we get to do those. Any suggestions?

SaraAndrew2010 · May 2010

You'll find that people do all different orders and there is no one "right" order.

We are doing a low-key entrance ("Please welcome Andrew and Sara Lastname!" Applause. Sit down) and then sitting down for dinner. We will do first dance and parents dance after dinner to kick off the dancing.

girl2bewed · May 2010

It does differ depending on how you want the order to go.

Here's how we are doing it:
Grand Entrance
B/G Dance
Dinner
Open dancing
Toasts followed by cake cutting
Bouquet toss

bidge24 · May 2010

here's what we are doing:
grand entrance
cake cutting
dinner
toasts
b/g dance
bridal party dance
boquet/garter toss

brianabrad · May 2010

I was in a wedding last summer and they used this timeline:

Entrance
Cake Cutting
Dinner
Toast
Dances - B/G and parents
Bouquet and garter toss

Having the cake cutting right after the entrance might seem odd but it worked very well because the venue was able to cut the cake into pieces while everyone ate dinner and then guest were able to have cake as soon as they wanted after the meal.

I will likely use this timeline as well.

pandasquishy · May 2010

Here's what we did:

grand entrance
cake cutting

blessing
toasts
dinner

table visits

first dance, parent dances
bouquet/garter toss later in the night after some dancing

loop0406 · May 2010

I've been reading alot of wedding books and they suggest you do 1st dance right after announcement/entrance to get that out of the way. They suggest you do father/daughter dance after the dinner......

corri930 · May 2010

I would ask your DJ for some advice, also they can steer the timeline of events just by making sure to announce whatever is going to happen.

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