Master/Mistress of Ceremony?

Never heard of such!

@jazmin yes that's exactly what I think of!

No one likes being a glitter covered slave. Hire a DOC to do this. Its their job

I wouldn't be surprised if this is a new thing-- it fits in so well with the Honeyfunds and all the people who say, 'I'm going to DIY-- my family is happy to help!' etc. I totally agree-- be a grown up, hire a DOC, and let your nearest and dearest enjoy the day.

@brooke haha glitter covered slave. I like that. Nope. No glitter covered slaves here.

The owner of our venue acts as the DOC. Greeting vendors. & overseeing the day. She charges an extra $200 to set up & tear down our decor. Which I will be opting for !

So its a DOC(Day of coordinator) kind of??

@queendavis it's basically enlisting one of your friends/family as the DOC instead of hiring one

That's what DOC are for. What year is this?

I've served in this role for several weddings, I'm good at it and love to be of help! It's common in IL.

Around where I live, (and I am a wedding planner) Master & Mistress of Ceremony (M/MoC) is very common! Saying they are slaves of the wedding is a bad way to put it. Normally Master & Mistress of Ceremonies LOVE helping out! For mistress you pick a person who is very organized and someone who was going to help out with your wedding anyways. For my wedding, I chose my best friends mother. She is the most organized person I know! (and she loves to take charge) She helped with decorations (which she would have anyways), she helped the bridal party get down the isle smoothly, made sure the photographer got the pictures we wanted and helped guests get to the reception! For the Master of Ceremony he helps out the mistress and he announces the bridal party when they come into the reception and keeps the reception timeline rolling! Being a Master & Mistress is a lot of work but if you have a really good friend who loves stuff like this they are going to be stoked to do this for your wedding! I think this is a great way to save money. My husband is in the Marines and our wedding budget was $1,000 since we were moving to a different country shortly after being married. Theres no sense in ordering a DOC if you no not have the money and are not high maintenance! You don't give the M/MoC so many things to do, just a few that they want to do! You also give them a nice present afterwards or you can pay them, either way! They get to enjoy the wedding while also doing what they love - helping!

I am from Michigan. Every wedding I have been to has an MC and it's usually an aunt/uncle. My cousins are my MC's for my wedding. My cousin is very organized and I know she will do a good job helping keep things on time. She's going to make sure all the final details are in place before the wedding so I can just get ready and she's going to make sure we get the pictures taken in a timely manner. Then her husband will do any announcements at the reception. My mom and dad were MC's at their wedding. From what they've told me, being an MC doesn't make you miss anything and you don't enjoy the wedding less.

I don't have a huge list of things for my cousin to worry about - she's honestly more worried that the list I gave her is so small, to be honest lol

My mother was talking about this to me- but she honestly told me to look it up on what exactly they do (traditionally). She knew that it is a couple that helps out with the wedding. Not sure if I will be doing this or not. It sounds like the bridal party would be helping with things running smoothly anyways.