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Just Said Yes April 2014

ceremony and reception together, need help!

lauren, on October 24, 2013 at 8:58 PM Posted in Planning 0 7

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My wonderful fiance and i plan on having our ceremony and reception together, in a fire hall. it will all take place in one room, but i am just wondering how to make the transition from ceremony to reception. we want to have the ceremony around, lets say 5, and then have an hour for the "cocktail hour" and then eat by 630 (this is mostly because our wedding is on a friday and i know some people will not get out of work much earlier) but i am just concerned about making it awkward in between. any suggestions? at this point i am open to anything. our big day is only 5 months away, so this is one huge wrinkle we need to get ironed out!

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Latest activity by sarah, on October 24, 2013 at 11:47 PM

Master December 2013
Kate · on October 24, 2013 at 9:02 PM
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Is cocktail hour also in the same room? And is it big enough to have a separate area?

Assuming it's all in on spot you can have the guests sitting at their tables for the ceremony. You could also push the tables to the side of the room and set up the chairs into an aisle, and just move it around after the ceremony. I don't think that would take too long!
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Betho · on October 24, 2013 at 9:05 PM
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I've been to a wedding that the seating for ceremony was at the reception tables. Not as fancy but it doesn't get any simpler
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Just Said Yes April 2014
lauren · on October 24, 2013 at 9:05 PM
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Everything is all in the same room, and it is not large enough to separate it. the bad part about moving tables is that our centerpieces are fire based, we have a lantern and 3 candles on each table. and also for the cocktail hour we are having a smores bar which is also a huge obstacle to move around. thats why im not too sure. i didnt think it would be a big deal to just switch over, but usually for the cocktail hour the bride and groom arent there, and we will be....also another confusion...
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Kate · on October 24, 2013 at 9:23 PM
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Can you just eat dinner instead of doing cocktail hour and then do s'mores for dessert?
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Jason Laurain · on October 24, 2013 at 11:08 PM
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I photographed a wedding recently that had the guests seated at their tables for the reception during the ceremony. It was different but worked out really well !
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Katie · on October 24, 2013 at 11:17 PM
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At our venue, we are supposed to get married outside, but in case of rain, there's only one room. What they do is set up some chairs on the dance floor so that it mirrors a typical ceremony set up but have some people seated at the tables around the perimeter of the room. You could probably push tables to accommodate this type of set up, but I wouldn't want to set up tables during the cocktail hour. That's just too much to expect during that time.
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Expert April 2014
sarah · on October 24, 2013 at 11:47 PM
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We are doing our wedding and reception in the same room. its a very large venue and even though there is extra space to do the isle and tables we prefer to do just the table seating like a "dinner and a show" kinda thing with the isle markers tied with ribbons to mark off our lil path once the ceremony is over the isle markers will be moved to form a circular pattern to part off the center of the room for dancing.

the pics below are of my venue and the items i will be using. **girl featured isn't me, its our family friend**
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