WEDDING PARTY PROGRAM

Re: WEDDING PARTY PROGRAM

• duckie1905 member

  

  December 2009

  Are you talking about a reception timelime?
  
  Here was ours (loosely)
  
  2:00-3:00: formals of WP, bride, groom, and families
  3:00-3:30: ceremony
  3:30-4: receiving line
  4:30-6 pics for WP and bride/groom and families, cocktails for guests
  6:00-WP, parents, and bride/groom intro followed immediately by cake cutting and toasts
  6:20-7:40: dinner and first dance
  7:40-9:00-dancing
  9:00-tosses
  9:00-11:00-dancing
  11:00: reception ends

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• MyNameIsNot member

  

  December 2009

  I don't understand what you are asking.  A program is usually for the ceremony, lists the important people and the highlights of the ceremony. 
  
  Are you talking about a timeline?  That has nothing to do with the wedding party or the program.

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• blackfire5th

  

  December 2009

  i can send you a copy of my timeline for the reception if you e-mail me at blackfire5th at yahoo.com

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  Repeat this to your self: My Wedding Party is made of my family and friends and I should treat them as such.

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• Zheka

  

  December 2009

  Thanks! I didn't know it's called timeline (English is not my first language). That's what I need!

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• MyNameIsNot member

  

  December 2009

  Our timeline went like:
  
  12:30-1:00: Girls' pre-ceremony pics, bride formals w/family
  1:00-1:30-Guys' pre-ceremony pics, groom formals w/fam
  1:30-2:00-everyone get to church, get where you're supposed to be
  2:00-3:00-ceremony
  3:00-5:00-travel time & cocktail hour for guests; WP photos and travel
  5:00-5:15-WP introduction, B&G 1st dance
  5:15-6:00 dinner buffet, B&G do table visits
  then I lost track of time, but we did
  parent dances
  open dance floor
  Cut cake, toasts, tosses
  Open dance floor
  Sparkler exit
  
  Once you get to the reception, you have a lot of flexibility.  If you are doing photos after the ceremony, you'll want your guests to do some sort of cocktail hour while they are waiting for you.  But you can cut the cake early or late, do the toasts during dinner or dessert or later, you can get everything done in the beginning so you don't have to stop the dance floor or space it all out. 

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• aerinpegadrak member

  

  December 2009

  We're sort of fitting a lot into one day...
  
  12:00pm: "Rehearsal" lunch
  2:15: "Rehearsal" with WP
  2:30: Start getting ready
  4:30: B&G first look, leave for photo tour with WP
  6:30: Return from photo tour, freshen up and get something to eat
  7:30: Ceremony
  7:45: Post-ceremony pictures, cocktails served to guests
  8:15: Reception begins
  10:00: Reception ends
  
  We're only doing heavy appetizers and cocktails, not a full meal, and no dancing, so our reception is structured a bit differently than most.  But I know once you get into the reception itself, you don't need a strict timeline as long as you have a DJ, MC, or coordinator making the appropriate announcements and making sure that everyone is where they need to be.

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  This is a belated married bio, with no reviews yet because I'm lazy.
  
  
  Sometimes I feel like people think that brides are delicate little flower princesses who get all dressed up and pretty for one special moment of their dreams, when really they're just normal people who just happen to be getting married. Things shouldn't have to be sugar-coated for grown-ass women. -mstar284

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