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No announcing of the bride and groom

kkanouff7kkanouff7 member
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Instead of having your guests in the reception for an hour without you then being "announced" in - we were thinking of just walking in and starting to mingle with the guests as soon as we arrive before dinner.  We would then do our first dance as people are finishing up their food...  Everyone already knows us and if they are a guest of someone who knows us they can still figure it out and they usually don't care who the bridesmaids/groomsmen are (at least that was what my mom said when I mentioned it)...  I have been to wedding and others have been to wedding where they never got to talk to the bride/groom during the reception since when B/G aren't eating they are dancing or in my case freaking out because someone caught my (will be 3 1/2) daughter sneaking out with a group of people who have been drinking and aren't paying any attention to her and she lost the designated sober person who is supposed to looking after her...  Anyway, what do you think? 
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  • AddieCakeAddieCake member
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    We weren't announced. We just walked in. In fact, we didn't even walk in at the same time b/c we got pulled in different directions for things. 
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  • flojo973flojo973 member
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    Do your guests have to be in the reception for an hour without you?  We'll be walking in without our guests at the same time.  You can do whatever makes you most comfortable.
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  • daria24daria24 member
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    We didn't do an entrance/announcement. We finished the photos after about 30 minutes and then just hung out at cocktail hour and walked into the reception with the crowd.
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  • lyndausvilyndausvi mod
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    Ha.  we did both. We attended part of the cocktail hour (still annoyed I missed the sushi) and then got annouced.  

    You do not have to be annouced at all. NBD.






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  • MrsGandthebeagMrsGandthebeag member
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    Ditto Lynda.  We joined cocktail hour when we were done with photos and then got announced formally when everyone sat down for dinner.
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  • JoanE2012JoanE2012 member
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    Ditto PPs.  We went to cocktail hour and then announced after everyone sat down for dinner.   In addition to us being announced....I was proud to have our parents announced and acknowledged.
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  • melb2013melb2013 member
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    We will be at our cocktail hour and will not be announced.  I think announcements are silly- all your guests know who you are and you were just announced at the end of your ceremony as husband and wife.  I think it's redundant.

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  • itzMSitzMS member
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    No announcements for us.

    Any bridal party I've been in that did announcements it was annoying. We had to miss a lot of the party to wait in the hallway for the DJ to get everyone seated and get his act together.
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  • kkanouff7kkanouff7 member
    First Anniversary First Comment
    Thanks for the posts. 

    @JoanE2012 - Its not that I am not proud of my family (my dad has his moments)... it's that as others have the same opinion - it seems redundant.  

    Everyone you personally invited knows who you are and if they don't know (if they are a guest and the person who brought them didn't tell them) then they can easily figure it out.  Your parents are more difficult and I had read somewhere that if you don't get announced in they it wouldn't be a bad idea to have the DJ give a shout out and thanks to them for helping...  so far only my mom and step-father are willing to help us financially.  Who knows with my father who will probably use the excuse that he can't afford it but every other month they go on vacation some where or to a NASCAR race - I haven't had a real vacation in at least 5 years.  Grooms parents can't really afford to help right now so we aren't asking them too.  My soon to be mother-in-law watches our young daughter for free whenever we ask (usually 2-3 days a week when she isn't in daycare - too keep our expenses down but she still has the interaction with the other kids).. 
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  • firsttimersluckfirsttimersluck member
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    We did all of our photos before the wedding, so we didn't bother with a cocktail hour. We had drinks and mingling while the ceremony space was being converted (it took a total of 15) so it just wasn't necessary. For this reason, we didn't bother with introductions. We just walked in with our guests:) 
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