Wedding Announcing your wedding party...yes or no?

[emeraldlover1]

My finance doesn''t like introductions at weddings. He personally feels its cheesy but really I think he doesn''t like to be put in the spotlight. He did say that he hates when the bridal party participants do silly things like chest bumps, or twirls on their way in. He thinks the way to avoid this is to have everyone just stand up in their seats. I personally thing that way of announcing should be saved for coporate events, not weddings. Anyway, we are trying to figure out a non cheesy way to do some sort of introduction. I personally want to be introduced as husband and wife so I''ll probably convince him to do that but I''m intrested if anyone has any suggestions about bridal party intros?

 

[marchswallowbird]

Just my opinion, but I don''t see why the bridal party needs to be introduced. The new married couple, yes, but the rest of the bridal party...most people don''t know them even if they are introduced, so it''s kinda useless. You could put their names in your programs instead.

 

[neatfreak]

As a guest I''m not a huge fan of intros for anyone but the bride and groom, but that is just me. But I think the biggest factor about whether you should do it is whether your bridal party will be into it or not...have you asked them yet?

 

[oobiecoo]

I did not do one at my own wedding... we didn't even have ourselves introduced since we didn't have a DJ or anything. I don't think anyone missed it.

At my friend's wedding a few months ago, she and her wedding party come in to "Walk It Out" and the dance moves some of them did were INCREDIBLY distasteful for a wedding. Another friend of mine was in her "house party" and had to walk out to that music... she was very uncomfortable.

Personally, I think you should either do nothing to introduce the wedding party, or just have them do a nice wave from their seat or something similar.

 

[dani13]

Hi EM1!!!

We didnt do announcements at all (even us). MH and I just both agreed that its cheesy and we didnt want to do it at our wedding. We acknowledged our wedding party in the wedding program which was given out to all of our guests right before the ceremony. All of that info re: the bridal party was in there, so we felt that that was enough...

 

[Nocturnius]

We didn''t introduce ours because they were uneven and it was just easier to do the two of us.

 

[jstarfireb]

We''re only planning on announcing the two of us, and maybe not even that.

 

[kittybean]

Hmm, I was planning to announce the wedding party (no hip-hop music or crude dance moves, though), but I might reconsider. Maybe I''ll ask my girls whether they want to be announced. I don''t want anyone to be uncomfortable.

My mom thinks we should because the people that don''t know my friends or FI''s friends (OOT family and parents'' friends) will want to know who they are. My mom is always curious about that kind of stuff, and I could see why it would interest people. I know they''ll be in the program, but I guess announcing them might help people to put a face with a name.

 

[Clairitek]

Bridal party introductions (just the maids and groomsman- I''m not referring to the bride and groom) have always been my least favorite part of the reception. I was extremely grateful when at the last wedding I was in we just got saunter into the reception with the rest of the guests and didn''t have to endure 150 people who didn''t know me watching me walk arm in arm with a guy I had just met that day.

That being said, if the bride had really wanted to do introductions I would have gladly done it for her with a genuine smile on my face. Maybe you could do what Kittybean mentioned and ask them how they feel about it. Or just put their names and their relation to you and your FI in the program.

Love your engagement photos by the way. Your outfit was so gorgeous!

 

[palomablancabride]

We won''t be doing bridal party introductions. I''m all about avoiding any cheesiness at my wedding.

This past summer I was in a wedding and the bride and groom came in first and did personalized introductions of the wedding party. The groom introduced his GM and the bride her BMs. Each one shared a compliment or two about each person or a memory. It took up time, but it wasn''t cheesy.

 

[redfaerythinker]

Date: 10/22/2008 11:34:50 PM
Author: palomablancabride
We won''t be doing bridal party introductions. I''m all about avoiding any cheesiness at my wedding.


This past summer I was in a wedding and the bride and groom came in first and did personalized introductions of the wedding party. The groom introduced his GM and the bride her BMs. Each one shared a compliment or two about each person or a memory. It took up time, but it wasn''t cheesy.

I think if you really wanted to introduce your party this would be the best idea. I think it''s sweet. I had never even thought about whether or not to introduce the wedding party. hmmmm. I think that I might want to be introduced but I agree that announcing everyone else is a bit much.

I just went to a wedding where the parents, bride''s maids and groomsmen, and the newlyweds were ALL introduced to Bringin'' Sexy Back. .

It was unbelievably tacky.

 

[Haven]

As a member of the BP, I hate these introductions.
As a guest at the wedding, I just find them tedious.

We skipped this at our wedding.

 

[ang3199]

We introduced our party, along with our parents and grandparents. I actually wanted everyone to do something silly on the way in because that''s just our personalities! DH and I made our entrance to the theme from Rocky. It was a hella time!

But do you think that if you wanted to introduce the bridal party you could just ask them to walk in nicely and not do something silly? I would think they would respect your wishes in that aspect.

 

[CNOS128]

I don''t like the introductions.
We''ve given our band strict instructions not to make announcements of any kind, except perhaps for "dinner is now served" or something to that effect.

But I did attend a very large wedding where after the bride & groom''s first dance, the entire bridal party had a bridal party dance. They''d already announced them coming into the room, but you could announce your bridal party during a dance like this.

 

[LauraBabe08]

I never thought about this before. At a friends wedding this summer, they did introductions. It started with the parents, then the bridal party, then the bride and groom. Everyone introduced stood around the dance floor, then when the bride and groom came in, they had their first dance with the bridal party standing all around them.

A couple weeks ago FI and I attended his cousins wedding, and only the bride and groom were introduced. I thought that was a lot nicer and that is what I am going to do at my wedding.

 

[galvana]

Hi All
I guess im the opposite of most of you here because I LOVE the introductions. I love it when im a guest at a wedding, I love it when im a bridesmaid in a wedding and I am definitly doing it for my upcoming wedding! i think its the best way to start off the party!