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Check my timeline?

How does this sound to all of you? We don't have an exact length for the ceremony, but it should be between 30-45 minutes. No receiving line but I'm sure there will be some greetings/hugs down the aisle to eat up any spare minutes. Ceremony and reception are at the same place (ceremony on golf course lawn; cocktail hour on patio/2 inside rooms; dinner in ballroom). We'll be doing hair and makeup at the hotel, and just getting dressed/final details at the venue. We have our photographer booked for 8 hours (2-10) and the entertainment for cocktail hour plus 4 hours of "dance party" from 7-11. We have use of the venue until midnight.

·         2:00 Wedding party/photographer arrive at venue to get dressed/take separate pictures

·         3:30-4:00 Guests arrive/are seated

·         4:00-4:45 Ceremony

·         4:45-5:45 Cocktails/hors d’oeuvres; remaining pictures

·         5:45 Wedding party entrance/introductions/cake cutting

·         6:00-7:00 Plated dinner; toasts during salad course; table visits after we're finished eating and continued after spotlight dances

·         7:00 Serve cake (one main dessert table with cookies, not passed individually)

·         7:00-11:00 Dancing 

·         9:30 Serve late night snacks




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Re: Check my timeline?

  • Your timeline looks great!  I would do the spotlight dances after the grand entrance, but that's just my preference.  This way, if dinner is wrapping up guests aren't stuck waiting for the dance floor to open up.  We also opened up the dance floor between courses.

    Otherwise, this would be my ideal wedding to attend!  No gap, no waiting around, ceremony and reception at the same place, properly hosted.
  • Whoop whoop! Thanks.

    We talked about doing the dances right away, but FI doesn't like the idea of walking right into a dance. He has an opinion on very few details so I gave him that one! :)

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  • Looks great but I also recommend doing First Dance as you walk in with intro. My photographer & dj both recommended this as all the guests will be seated and paying attention so you will have few people standing around in the background of your photos. We did the parent dances right after dinner as not to drag out when dinner would be started.
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