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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1990. PAGE 19.
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Careful planning makes wedding dag run smoothly
YOUR WEDDING DAY DINNER
•Have hair and makeup done.
•Arrange to have going-away
clothes delivered to reception loca
tion. Lock suitcases in trunk of your
car.
•Bridal party and parents should
be dressed in good time for
pre-wedding photography session.
(Allow 1 Vi hours before ceremony
time).
•Groom's wedding band given to
maid of honour.
TO THE CHURCH ON TIME
•When guests are seated, the
bridal party lines up according to
the head table seating plan and
walks in a single file processional
through the dining area to stand
behind their appointed chairs.
Grace is said.
•The head table could be intro
duced at this time, if desired.
•Dinner is served.
•At the end of the meal, the
master of ceremonies will call the
guests’ attention to the cake cutt-
•Ushers leave for church (arriv
ing 3/4-hour before ceremony
time).
•Groom and best man leave for
the ceremony (arriving 15 minutes
before ceremony time). Best man
has bride’s ring and clergy’s fee.
•Groom’s parents leave for the
ceremony (arriving 10 minutes
early).
•Bride’s mother leaves for the
ceremony (arriving 10 minutes
early).
•Bridesmaids leave for the cere
mony (arriving after the bride’s
mother).
•Bride and her father leave for
the ceremony five minutes early.
•Groom’s parents seated (front
row, right aisle) - five minutes
before the ceremony.
•Bridal party lines up for proces
sional.
•Head usher seats bride’s moth
er (front row, left aisle).
•No late guests are admitted
after the bride’s mother is seated.
They should be asked to wait at the
back of the church until the bride
has reached the altar, at which time
they may slip quietly into a back
pew.
•When the bride’s mother is
seated, the groom, best man and
clergyman take their places at the
front of the church and the proces
sional begins.
•Signing of the register.
•Recessional.
•Picture taking (allow 20 min
utes).
ing. She holds the knife and he
places his right hand over hers and
together they cut the first piece,
which they share.
•The cake is then removed to the
kitchen for cutting.
•This ceremony may be followed
by the wedding toasts.
•Hostess or friend should see
that all members of bridal party are
ready.
•The first dance is announced.
•Bride and groom start the
dancing and they are joined by
their parents.
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•Next, the bride’s father dances
a few bars with bride while groom
dances with the bride’s mother.
•The groom’s father dances with
bride while groom dances with his
mother.
•Maid of honour and best man
join the dance.
•Bridesmaids and ushers follow.
•Then all guests are invited to
join.
•Bride throws bouquet over her
shoulder to single female guests.
•Groom removes bride’s garter
(which she wears just below the
knee) and throw it over his shoul
der to single male guests.
•Bride and groom change.
LAST DANCE
•Arrange for an attendant to
signal the orchestra leader or disc
jockey that the bride and groom are
ready for their last dance. This
person will ask guests to gather
around to watch.
•Bride and groom say thank you
and good-bye to parents and wave
a quick good-bye to guests and
leave for honeymoon.
A WARM RECEPTION
•Receiving line: Allow at least
1/2-hour to receive 100 guests.
•First in line is the mother of the
bride, followed by the groom’s
father, groom’s mother, bride’s
father, bride, groom, maid of
honour, best man, bridesmaids and
ushers.
•Your guest book should be set
up on a table near the end of the
receiving line. Appoint a friend to
see that all guests sign the book.
•And have a punch bowl ready
for the guests when they have been
through the line. This gives them
something to do when you’re off
having pictures taken (Allow 3/4-
hour).
•A photo session will take at
least 3/4-hour. After the group and
family pictures, the photographer
will probably take a picture of the
bride and groom cutting the cake.
This is done ahead of time to avoid
glare from friends’ flashbulbs.Lingerie & Gifts
A happy marriage has in it all the
pleasures of friendship, all the
enjoyments of sense and reason
and, indeed, all the sweets of life.
-Joseph Addison.
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