 Wedding Party Tips & Responsibilites
General Tips
* The maximum number of bridesmaids and groomsmen should be seven. Any number above that gets unmanageable.
* Flower girls and ring bearers should be at least 4 years old, any younger, they are just too unpredictable.
* Your wedding planning should include at least three ushers for every 100 guests.
* Candle lighters light the candelabras and the unity candles (if the mothers don’t do this function). This is a good way to include special friends. There are two candle lighters.
* Another way to include someone special in your wedding is to ask them to read a poem or the scripture.
* Include all of your guests and wedding party in the fun
with a rose petal toss after the ceremony, at the reception or during the first dance.
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Specific Duties
Responsibilities of the maid of honor include:
· Helps select bridesmaids' attire and wedding dress
· Helps address invitations
· Host a shower, but not mandatory
· Organizes bridesmaids' gifts
· Pays for own wedding attire
· Attends the wedding rehearsal and rehearsal dinner
· Ensures all bridesmaids, flower girls & ring bearers are at the rehearsal and the ceremony on time
· Walks in processional and recessional
· Carries the groom's wedding ring
· Helps with the bride's gown, veil & train, especially
before she walks down the isle
· Holds the bride's bouquet during the ceremony
· Witness to marriage certificate signing
· Makes sure the bride is on schedule
· Helps the bride change into other outfits
· Responsible for the bride's gown and accessories after the reception
· Pays for own dress and transportation
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The traditional duties of a bridesmaid include:
· Assists the bride and maid of honor
· Responsible for own dress fittings
· Assists with a shower for the bride
· Helps the bride with other tasks
· Contributes to bridesmaids' gift to the bride and usually gives an individual gift to the couple
· Attends the wedding rehearsal and rehearsal dinner
· Walks in processional and recessional
· Assists to gather guests for the first dance, cake
cutting, and bouquet toss
· Pays for own dress and transportation
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Duties of the best man include:
· Organizes pre-wedding parties or events for the groom
· Coordinates the ushers' gift to the groom
· Attends the wedding rehearsal and rehearsal dinner
· Helps get the groom dressed and to the ceremony on time
· Responsible for making sure the groom has the marriage
license
· Delivers payments to the officiant, sexton, and ceremony
musicians
· Enters the ceremony location with the groom
· Holds the bride's ring during the ceremony until vows are
said
· Ensures ushers are properly dressed and in place on time
· Walks in the recessional
· Witnesses signing of the marriage certificate
· Welcomes all guests at the wedding reception
· Announces first toast to the couple at the wedding
reception
· Dances with the bride, maid of honor, bridesmaids,
mothers and other guests
· Responsible for the groom's wedding clothes after the
reception
· Has transportation ready for the bride and groom after the reception
· Pays for own wedding attire and transportation
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Duties of an usher include:
· Gives a ushers' gift for the groom and gives an
individual gift to the couple
· Attends the wedding rehearsal and rehearsal dinner
· Ensures people who are suppose to receive flowers or
corsages do
· Greets guests as they arrive to the ceremony
· Asks guests if they’d like to be seated on the bride's
side or the groom's side
· Follows any special seating arrangement for guests
· Hands out the programs & rose petals
· Puts out the aisle runner after guests are seated and before the processional begins
· Memorizes the order for seating of the couple's family members
· Be available to direct guests to the wedding reception site
· Helps elderly guests
· Pays for own wedding attire and transportation
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Naturally, this is your special day & you can choose to
do it much differntly than outlined here. This is a very
general list of tips that you may or may not wish to follow.
Whatever you do decide...Enjoy every moment.
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