Bridal Party Introduction

I think it’s fine to skip that. A lot of people say they did not enjoy being announced as an attendant. Ask them all what their opinions and comfort levels are and respect that.

Once when I was a bridesmaid, we were introduced along with the person we walked in the recessional with (like "introducing Marianne and So-and-So," then next pair, etc.). I agree with Michelle to ask your wedding party what they'd prefer - I don't like the spotlight, so I'd be relieved to enter with a general wedding party announcement.

For mine i just wrote all their names out in the order they were walking for the ceremony on our programs.

when i was a bridesmaid, we paired up and got introduced during the reception entrance

As a BM this kind of thing is so awkward I think. I hate it so much. Especially if i'm already at the cocktail hour. So personally, I would skip it, especially if you're not even introducing them individually (which I agree would take too long).

We have the same wedding party makeup (9 people on my side and 9 people on my fiancé's side) and we chose to skip the big intro.

I have been to a good number of weddings where the bridal party intro is just... awkward. For the BM/GM and for the rest of the guests.

I really don't want all my friends to have to re-line-up after enjoying cocktail hour for a big entrance where they feel obligated to "perform." We're not even doing a grand entrance for ourselves. Maybe it's because I work in the wedding industry, but I've seen so many of these entrances, they literally make me wince now.

If you'd really like to do something, and everyone in your wedding party is all for it, I'd say what Marianne said could be the best option. Don't leave a bunch of room between pairs, and just basically have them all come in and wave to everyone, and either go straight to their seats, to the dance floor, however you have it structured.

So like, "Introducing, the wedding party! Sarah and Adam (1 second pause), Courtney and Jason (1 second pause), Jordan and Riley (1 second pause)..."

I only had a maid of honor.


I feel like I would say do a poll with the 18 and see what they want. I think it be drawn out and people wouldn’t even pay attention.

18 people? Yes, definitely have them introduced all together. Don’t put your guests through the pain of having 18 people introduced individually.

I’m having each one of my wedding parties come in separately on different skit of different songs

It depends on your bridal party. We introduced the bridal party each to a different song as they walked out in pairs. It was fairly quick and people enjoyed the songs and the way each couple decided to enter. We told them their songs ahead of time and even let them chose from a list.

I think it depends on your wedding party members and their personalities. Personally, I love the intros because it gives us a chance to meet your party members and I especially like it when the DJ has a little blurb about them and how they know the couple (DJ says this as the member(s) are walking into the reception area). All of the ones I've seen have been pretty quick, and the members got to choose a song of their choice to walk out to. A lot of the members come up with cute and fun moves to do when they get introduced, which I like because it shows off their personality!!

I've seen one wedding where the bridesmaids and groomsmen split and did a dance off, which was REALLY fun to watch hahaha! The DJ announced each 'couple' and they would come up and do a little battle. That works really well with wedding parties of any size.

Ours is 14 (7 bridesmaids/men, 7 groomsmen) and they chose to be introduced as bridesmaids and groomsmen with a song playing for each group and their first names being said as they all come out. The dj promised it would go smoothly & not too long and since all of our pics will be taken after our First Look, hopefully none of us will miss cocktail hour and it won’t appear weird or rushed