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Tiffany
Dedicated October 2020

Ceremony Rehearsal

Tiffany, on August 11, 2020 at 11:02 AM Posted in Wedding Ceremony 0 5

Has anyone had two rehearsals where some people came the first day and the others came a different day?

My wedding is 10/3.

I have 6 Bridesmaids, 1 Jr, He has 6 Groomsmen, 1 Jr, A flower girl, Two ring bearers, one of the bridesmaid's fiance's is walking with the ring bearers since one is borderline autistic and the other one is only 2, my parents, his mom and step dad, officiant...

One bridesmaid is my cousin who lives in another state and isn't flying in until Friday 10/2 in the afternoon. My mom works in Accounting and the 2nd is her major day for month end closing and will be the busiest so she requested to do the rehearsal the 1st. Fiance's mom is in HR and the 1st is her big day for month end closing and so is the 2nd but she'd be more likely to be able to make the rehearsal if it was on the 2nd. One bridesmaid is my fiance's sister who works with their mom and is the only one in charge of her department and there's no way possible she can get off early on the 1st or 2nd and she's the ring bearer's mom and her fiance is the one walking with the boys.

My plan was to have as many people show up on the 1st and then take whoever couldn't make it thru on the 2nd but I expected only my cousin to need to be taken through on the 2nd. With so many pieces missing on the 1st when everyone else can make it, I'm nervous it'll just screw everything up on the day of.

Please tell me someone has had this happen to them and everything went ok!

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Latest activity by Kayla, on August 11, 2020 at 2:39 PM
  • Margaret
    Master October 2020
    Margaret ·
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    We're not even having a rehearsal. Our officiant doesn't really do them and we found it's not really necessary. Sounds like your plan will work.

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  • Tiffany
    Dedicated October 2020
    Tiffany ·
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    I thought with such a big bridal party it would be necessary and the venue and planner recommended it. What did you find was not necessary about it?

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  • Margaret
    Master October 2020
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    We don't have a big party - Our officiant is a pro and just didn't recommend it. I have a timeline and believe we'll be just fine.

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  • MOB So Cal
    January 2019
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    Depending on the timing of your wedding, could you do a simple walk through the morning of? I've seen several posts from couples who did it that way because of conflicting schedules of wedding party members and/or the venue. As pp mentioned, it's not that complicated, especially if you'll have a day of coordinator or someone else who can help line the group up and send people down the aisle. I'd probably try to avoid doing 2 separate rehearsals because it's just more to coordinate and doesn't achieve the goal of everyone seeing how it's all supposed to come together at the same time. Good luck!

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  • Kayla
    Devoted November 2020
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    Our venue isn't available the couple nights prior to the wedding. So we are actually planning on doing a small rehearsal Friday morning with just our officiant (my grandpa), me, FH, and the MOH/BM that way we all know what will be happening during the ceremony. Other than that, we will be doing an actual walk through at the venue day of at about 12:30 (ceremony at 4) where everyone but me will be present. I'm a little hesitant, but my venue insists that they've never had any issues doing it that way.

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