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Usher does much more
than offer strong arm
It's your buddy's wedding and you've
agreed to be an usher. Piece of cafe? On-
ly if you are sure of what to do. The main
requirements: have your clothes ready
and pay attention during the rehearsal.
But even before the eve of the wedding, it
doesn't hurt to know what's in store for
you.
First, be prepared to arrive at the
church one hour before the ceremony.
Your 'boutonniere should be ready in the
vestry,or the coat room. For formal
daytime or informal weddings, the stem
of the boutonniere is put through the but-
tonhole and pinned from the back sd the
pin doesn't show.
Be sure to have a typed list of people
occupying reserved pews. Stand at the
door, and as each woman guest arrives,
ask if she is a friend of the bride or the
groom. Offer your right arm, giving
preference to the eldest if several arrive
at the same time — the prefer.
� youead
follow or wait as they
the woman to her seat, her escort should
trail behind you. A nate guest arriving
alone merely follows on your right.
Friends of thebride are seated on the
left, of the groom on the right (at a
Jewish wedding it is just the opposite). If
one side of the church appears to be fill-
ing faster than the other, try to achieve a
moderate balance.
A few minutes before the processional,
escort the groom's parents to the first
right pew facing the altar. After they
have been seated, roll the white carpet
down the aisle if one is to be used. Once
the runner has been set down, quietly
direct late arrivals to seats at the rear of
the church.
The mother of the bride is the last per-
son to enter the church before the bridal
party, and the first to tread the runner.
She should be escorted by the head usher
to the first left pew, second seat in. The
aisle seat is saved for the bride's father
after he gives his daughter away.
Divorced parents are not seated
together. Instead, the bride's mother and
her friends are seated in the first pew on
the left, while the father and his friends
occupy the third pew on the _left.
The bride is last to arrive, and at a
signal.from the back of the church that
she is ready, the clergyman enters from
the vestry, followed by the groom and
best man, who take their places at the
right -centre facing the altar. The ushers
then move to the front of the church and
take a position to the best man's right.
The processional and wedding ceremony
proceed.
In the recessional following the
ceremony, ushers escort bridesmaids on
their right arms until the entire wedding
party leaves the church.
At the reception, ushers are expected
to escort elderly guests to the receiving
line, introduce guests where possible,
dance with members of the wedding par-'
ty, arrange transportation fol guests if
necessary, and generally be helpful,
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