DMBFiredancer
Brilliant_Rock
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We are getting married on the beach right outside the restaurant where the reception is.
We are doing pictures before the ceremony and participating in cocktail hour.
I''m stuck on things like when the dances should be...when do people typically do the first dance and toasts?
Right now the the timeline lists:
cocktails 11:00-11:45
everyone seated 11:45-11:55
grand entrance 11:55 (now i see this as silly even here since we will have been in there for cocktail hour already)
toasts 12:00-12:15
lunch 12:15-1:30
1st dance 1:45
father daughter dance
mother son dance
cake cutting
party --->end
it seems to me that lunch is served pretty close to cocktail hour- according to the timeline they gave us, cocktails end at 11:45, then lunch is at 12:15 - there will be lots of food at cocktail hour so i want people to actually be hungry for lunch.
would it be ok to do it this way:
everyone seated
1st dance
bride / father dance
groom/ mother
lunch
then do toasts right before cake cutting?
or should we stretch more time before lunch and do the toasts before lunch, too?
i''m so torn....any input would be appreciated.
thanks so much!
We are doing pictures before the ceremony and participating in cocktail hour.
I''m stuck on things like when the dances should be...when do people typically do the first dance and toasts?
Right now the the timeline lists:
cocktails 11:00-11:45
everyone seated 11:45-11:55
grand entrance 11:55 (now i see this as silly even here since we will have been in there for cocktail hour already)
toasts 12:00-12:15
lunch 12:15-1:30
1st dance 1:45
father daughter dance
mother son dance
cake cutting
party --->end
it seems to me that lunch is served pretty close to cocktail hour- according to the timeline they gave us, cocktails end at 11:45, then lunch is at 12:15 - there will be lots of food at cocktail hour so i want people to actually be hungry for lunch.
would it be ok to do it this way:
everyone seated
1st dance
bride / father dance
groom/ mother
lunch
then do toasts right before cake cutting?
or should we stretch more time before lunch and do the toasts before lunch, too?
i''m so torn....any input would be appreciated.
thanks so much!