The officiant will then address the couple, emphasizing the significance of the responsibilities or marriage and vows in which the couple is about to take. The wedding vows provide the couple with a great opportunity to add a personal touch to the ceremony.
Couples may choose to write their own vows to each other, exchange how they first met and reflect on their relationship or use the traditional phrasing guided by the officiant. This is your opportunity to make a special promise to your love, so plan how you wish to express this feeling in advance. Right after the vows comes the ring exchange.
The officiant will prompt the ring bearer to present the rings. Once the rings have been properly placed, the officiant will pronounce you and your love husband and wife.
Next comes the most anticipated moment of the whole ceremony. Some grooms will choose to dip their bride as they kiss them or lift them off their feet in a warm embrace. Some couples opt to have a unity ceremony after the first kiss. Some unity ceremony ideas include the mixing of two different colors of sand or water to symbolize two becoming one or a candle lighting. Depending on your religion and the participants in the wedding, this order can be altered to best suit your needs. For more ideas, get tips on how to order wedding processionals for nontraditional families.
You can add your personal touches to different elements of the ceremony, such as music, vows, readings, and incorporating other cultural traditions. One thing you want to be sure to review with your officiant is the opening remarks. Make sure that you work on these remarks together with your officiant prior to the wedding day so that you are comfortable and at ease with what will be said. There are several moments throughout a ceremony when you can integrate personalized songs.
You can choose songs that have meaning to your relationship or have a solo performed by a friend or loved one with an amazing voice. You can even hire a professional writer to write a wedding song just for you. Music typically changes between the seating, the wedding processional , the interludes i. Many couples choose to alter the traditional wedding vows to suit them best. This is my suggestion if you want something different from the classic vows. By personalizing traditional vows you are beginning your marriage on a solid foundation, while incorporating your own feelings at the same time.
It is actually more traditional for a Protestant or secular wedding to have no readings at all, but many churches have abandoned that format in favor of a wedding ceremony that is more like a Sunday worship gathering.
The vows are followed by the exchange of rings. If the ceremony includes the officiant "pronouncing you husband and wife," he or she does so now, then you and your new spouse exchange a kiss. If you intend to light a unity candle-an excellent example of a "tradition" that is less than 20 years old-you do so after the kiss the side candles were lit during the processional, which means you would rearrange the order of entrances so that the mothers come first.
The officiant then introduces the two of you as husband and wife, you both look deliriously happy, and you process out. The bride and groom are followed by the adult attendants in pairs. You may now go take some more photos while the guests sort themselves out to go to the reception.
The reception starts with a receiving line consisting of both mothers, the bride and groom, and the female attendants. It is distinctly non-traditional to skip the receiving line or to hold it at the church. The "announcement" with special theme music of the wedding party and parents is also not a tradition from mainstream etiquette. Waiters can circulate with drinks and hors d'oeuvres while the receiving line is in progress.
The presence of the waiters raises the question of what sort of reception you're having. The most traditional reception in the northeast is a "wedding breakfast" held following a noon wedding, but evening weddings with dinner are now more popular. Parents and grandparents should be seated last.
For Christian ceremonies, grandparents are seated, then the father and mother of the groom, and then the mother of the bride. In Jewish tradition, the parents walk in with the bride. They stand under the chuppah during the ceremony.
The processional can be arranged in several ways. First, the officiant takes their place at the altar. Typically, the groom will stand to their left. The best man may come out at this point, or you may have him enter with the rest of the groomsmen. You may have all the groomsmen walk down first, followed by the bridesmaids. Or, groomsmen may escort bridesmaids. Either way, the wedding party will take their place on either side of the groom, facing guests. The maid or matron of honor is the last bridesmaid to take her place.
The ring bearer and flower girl are the last to proceed before the bride. Last, and certainly not least, is the bride.
Traditionally, Christian services have the bride escorted by her father on his left arm. Jewish parents both walk their daughter down the aisle. Brides of any religion may choose to have both parents walk her down the aisle. Or, same-sex couples might walk together or enter from opposite sides of the venue. They may or may not be escorted by a parent, or both. Once the bride reaches the altar, the groom will typically hug or shake hands with her parents.
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