Hi everyone!
My husband and I had to cancel our 10/10/2020 wedding last year. We were supposed to have around 150 guests in an art gallery in DC-- not very Covid friendly! We ended up having a small ceremony with our parents on our original date, but moved the reception to October 2021.
My mom and I have been going back and forth on the flow of the event for this October. She thinks we need to either re-do our ceremony in front of all of our guests or do some type of vow renewal. My husband and I feel a little funny about doing another ceremony, because we already had the perfect one! But, I completely understanding the need to address the fact that this is a wedding and not just a party. Everyone I've talked to says we can do whatever we want, but I'm trying to gather ideas and figure out what it is that we want to do.
All of our guests are aware that we already got married and are supportive and understanding of this. However, I have lots of family, including my own brother and sister, who weren't able to attend our small ceremony last year.
I would really love to hear any ideas you have regarding the flow of the event. For example, if there is no ceremony, do we start with the cocktail hour? How do we address that this is a wedding reception without having the ceremony? And are there any other ideas that we could tie in the fact that we got married without doing the whole- walking down the aisle- again?
If helpful, our venue has two large rooms connected to one another. Our original plan was to have the ceremony in one room, cocktail hour in the other, and then back to the original room for dinner and dancing.
Thank you!
