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Bunn&Only
Beginner October 2019

Do the Grandparents walk in the wedding?

Bunn&Only, on September 11, 2019 at 8:13 PM

Posted in Wedding Ceremony 29

I am pretty confused on if the Grand parents are part of the bridal party, and if they also get a corsage, or boutonniere. I have my grandpa and grandpa on my moms side, my grandma on my dads side, my fiance's grandmothers. Would seem like too much? Do they just sit in the very front? -Dionna

I am pretty confused on if the Grand parents are part of the bridal party, and if they also get a corsage, or boutonniere. I have my grandpa and grandpa on my moms side, my grandma on my dads side, my fiance's grandmothers. Would seem like too much? Do they just sit in the very front?


-Dionna

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  • Bunn&Only
    Beginner October 2019
    Bunn&Only ·
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    Thank you!! and I am going with that option. It'll be a lot of corsages and boutonnieres!

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  • Aleaj
    Expert October 2019
    Aleaj ·
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    Grandparents are not usually apart of the bridal party. They usually get escorted in and sit it in a special reserved seat, after all of your guests are seated. They get special treatment but aren’t apart of your bridal party
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  • Aleaj
    Expert October 2019
    Aleaj ·
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    Oh yea also they do get boutonnières and corsages as well
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  • Devoted June 2020
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    How do you want to honor them? To have
    Grandparents is wonderful. They should
    be seated in front in reserve seating. 1st
    or 2nd row. Most weddings I've attended
    Had the elders escorted before the wedding party. But it's your wedding your choice.
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    Judith ·
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    Only the bride's escort, usually father, is a part of the wedding party. honored guests, like the mothers/ other parents , are the last guests to be seated. If you want , grandparents can be formally escorted to their seats, before parents. This is the seating portion, and there is often background music. But the actual traditional processional music and procession starts with the bridal party, not the family seating . Seating first, then processional. I know many a live musician and also person switching on electronic recording to make an error and upset the bride, because the bride said, start the processional music, at a certain time, as mothers or other parents were being seated. And so they played the actual processional music for the mothers. And we're in the middle, or sometimes the second playing, for the bridal party and bride.
    A lot of brides apparently do not realize that the seating is NOT part of the procession, traditionally, and people doing music, and many officiants, will be confused if you use the wrong term.
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  • L
    Lady ·
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    We had 3 grandmothers still around at our wedding and we did include them as part of the processional at the very beginning and we did get them all wrist corsages. There's no right or wrong answer to this though, so whatever you feel would be right is fine!

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  • Catherine
    VIP November 2019
    Catherine ·
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    God bless them! It will be nice to have them involved Smiley smile Congratulations and best of luck on your perfect day! Smiley heart

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  • NextChapterReady
    Super October 2019
    NextChapterReady ·
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    I'm having both FH and my grandmas walk down the aisle first!

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  • B
    Just Said Yes September 2024
    Barb ·
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    Does that make them part of the wedding party? I am willing to walk, but don't want to be considered as part of the wedding party?

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