Order of events

You can literally do this anyway you want but here is my order:

Dinner Served

Toasts MOHs/BM only

Bride and Groom First Dance

Father Daughter Dance

Mother Son Dance

Cake Cutting

Bouquet Toss

Garter Retrieval and Toss

Open Floor Dancing

For my cousins wedding she did the bridal party announcement went right up to the cake for the cutting dances her first dance and fdd. We proceeded to eat dinner right after all this.

I think it went wonderfully and smooth and allowed people to leave as they chose throughout the night without the fear of missing something

Here's our tentative timeline. Hopefully the pic isn't too grainy.

There is no order that "should" be followed. You can do (or not do) anything you want at the reception, and in any order.

You can do what you want but here's what we did-

-First dance right after entering reception

-went around to tables during dinner to greet everyone

- towards end of dinner we did speeches, father daughter dance, mother son dance.

-cake cutting

Partied for a couple hours

- bouquet toss and garter toss

More partying!

Ous is similar to Erins.

@erin did you have time to eat? We think we wont lol

-grand entrance

-first dance, father/daughter, mother/son

-dinner ( quick sunset photos for us), then go around table by table.

-speeches at the end of dinner

-cake

- garter/ bouquet toss

Thanks ladies. This is perfect. I wanted to make sure I do as much as possible so we can party the rest of the night!!

Here's most of mine. There is no set order you must follow. I've seen plenty of cake cutting before dinner and special dances:

Your venue may be able to help. This is the sample timeline my venue provided me:

Timeline:

9:30 AM - Client arrives

11:00 AM - Ceremony Begins

11:30 AM - Cocktail Hour, Bar and Beverage Stations Open

12:15 PM - Guests Invited to be Seated

Wedding Party Lines up for Introductions

12:30 PM - Introductions

Bride and Groom First Dance

Blessing

12:45 PM - Meal Served

1:30 PM - Special Dances (Father/Daughter, Mother/Groom)

2:30 PM - Toasts (no champagne poured)

Cake Cutting

Bouquet Toss

3:30 PM - Bar Closes

4:00 PM - Event Ends - Last Song or Formal Exit

Obviously, change the times based on when your stuff starts. Mine was a day time affair and had a firm end time.

I've seen some people do all the special dances at the same time as the first dance. There's really a ton of flexibility.

I can't add to this. In my region/social circle we have open dancing between served courses, to work off all the calories. No one tosses anything.