Ceremony/reception Timeline

Both our ceremony and reception are taking place in the same room. We rented our local VFW hall for 5 hours as we are on a tight budget. It works for us because we are very laid back, casual and not traditional. Ceremony will be at 5pm and will be short and sweet and the reception will follow immediately. This is the timeline I was thinking:


5pm - Ceremony

5:20pm - First Dance

5:30pm - BM & MOH Speeches

5:45pm - Cake Cutting

6:00pm - Dinner (Buffet)

6:45pm - Dancing

Would this work? A few notes - there will be no parent dances because both our moms do not like to be front and center and there are no dads, so we only need our first dance. As for the cake cutting, we are only having a small 6 inch cake for display (from a local supermarket) and a sheet cake for our guests. I figured cutting the cake before dinner would work out because I will have the sheet cake already cut and put out with the buffet for guests to grab with dinner.