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Your Wedding Reception: Steps to Make it Great

September 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

One of the most important and cherished events of your life is going to be your wedding, so it’s safe to assume the event will be quite special and extravagant.  This includes everything, right down to the arrangements for the wedding reception.

If you want to host a reception, take a look at how they generally work.

Wedding receptions generally get underway less than a quarter of an hour after the ceremony, provided that the hall is onsite.  After the arrival of guests, they are received and asked to sit.In the event that there is a set seating arrangement, this should be followed. If the reception seating is not assigned, then guests are welcome to find their own places and sit by whomever they would like.

Following this, ensure that the parents and other significant guests are seated at the head table.

The entourage members excluding the primary sponsors and parents, once seated should assemble around the receiving area.  They all must get together at once.The order in which they are called is:  flower girls, ring bearers, secondary sponsors, groomsmen with the bridesmaids, and then the best man and maid of honor.

Making their grand entrance, the couple is accompanied with confetti, bubbles or other effects.

The parents of the bride and groom should be recognized after the couple has made their entrance. The duo can be asked to tend to the ceremony of the cutting of the cake at the spot reserved for this purpose.  This is where, if you choose, the doves would be released, as well as a formal champagne toast.Afterward, the maid of honor leads a prayer of thanks. Then there is the meal, and the guests are invited to take pictures with the newlyweds.  After this, they go to the buffet table to run things at the table. There are several types of unique wedding cakes.

The wedding singer starts performing once all the guest have ate their meal and are once again seated.    The audio-visual display will follow, if there is one.

Next, the best man offers up a celebratory toast, followed by congratulatory speeches for the couple.  You might only want a few of these.  Otherwise, things might get more bogged down than you want.Then the bride’s Father dances with her, followed by the first dance with the bride and groom.  This can be followed by other dances.

One of every single woman’s favorite feature of a wedding is next, the bouquet tossing ceremony, which is usually followed by the groom teasingly removing the brides garter and then tossing it into the crowd of single men. Dont ever forget candle wedding favors or wedding party favors!

There are many options for this.  Many receptions eschew live performers for a DJ, for example, and many couples have started including a mother-son dance for the groom as well as the bride’s traditional dance with her father.  By barely tweaking the standard program, your reception will offer originality to keep your guests engaged while maintaining tradition.

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