6:30pm - Guests Arrive - Background
Music - Cocktails
7:00pm
- Bride and Groom arrive and are announced to the
guests (sometimes this is done by the Best Man)
7:15pm
- Cake Cutting Ceremony
7:30pm
- Dinner (usually this is announced by
the Father or parent of the Bride) [SIDE NOTE] - An
"Eat and Mingle" buffet style dinner is preferred
over a "sit down" dinner because a sit down dinner
tends to slow your party down and can make your
guests "sluggish".
8:15pm
- Toasts (Best Man, Maid of Honor, Parents, etc.)
8:30pm
- Bride and Grooom First Dance - (it is recommended
that the first dance be played on CD)
8:35pm
- Father of the Bride and Bride Dance - (optional)
8:40pm
- Mother of the Groom and Groom Dance - (optional)
8:45pm
- Entire Bridal Party Dance - CD (sometimes the
Bridal Party is asked to join during the Mother of
the Groom and Groom dance in the middle of the song
- this fits into a little trick explained below)
8:50pm
- Band Starts Immediately following the last of the
"dances". A good trick is to have the entire Bridal
Party on the dance floor when the band starts (see
above where we invited the entire Bridal Party to
join in the last dance) this way there's already
people on the dance floor having a good time from
the very first song the band plays making it more
comfortable for the rest of your reception guests to
join in. TRICKY!
9:45pm
- *Band Break - Now it's time for the Bouquet Toss /
Garter Toss (optional)
*Please note that most of our top variety bands
provide a CD player/iPod for band breaks and
cocktail music. This music should be selected by
you and can be a way to have some songs played that
you want that the band doesn't perform. Look at it
like you're getting a band AND a DJ in one. Most
receptions will need about 2 hours of
cocktail/dinner music, and about 1 hour of band
break music (2 breaks of 30 minutes). If you can't
decide what to use for cocktail/dinner music we
usually recommend either smooth Jazz or Frank
Sinatra, etc. and most of our bands have this music
on CD/iPod already.
10:15pm
- Band Continues until LAST CALL / CLOSE
Say
Goodnight and hear your friends and family tell you
that they just attended the BEST wedding reception
in history! |
