Post ceremony not-a-send-off wording?

So let me just make sure I understand. You want to do the send off right after the ceremony, but then you are still having a reception after that?

That is correct... maybe I shouldn't call it a "send off" exactly but it is pretty much the same idea.

It seems a bit odd to me because these people are going to be seeing you again at the reception. I don't have any good ideas for you, but I definitely would not call it a send off.

Our ceremony and reception are in the same spot and we are spending the night there so we are not doing a send off.

Is the ceremony and reception at the same location? Edited, that didn't sound right. Was trying to get at maybe if there was an option to do something similar for when they announce you as Mr and Mrs and an entrance celebration instead of a "send off"?

I'd let them get up and run for their cars. It's not a send off if you're not leaving...

Basically I wanted to do it right after we were pronounced and walking back down the aisle together but my father is super concerned that someone will poke someone else's eye out with the ribbon wand stick. So our compromise was to get up and do it with everyone a little more spaced out.

I understand why i shouldn't call it a send off but I don't see why it's a bad idea? I want to walk through all the happy people and then look at the pretty pictures it makes afterwards!

@Duales that is not a bad alternative but I'm just not sure we would have the space to do it indoors. I wanted to do it at the ceremony for the sake of space and layout. The path leading from the parking lot around to the gazebo would be a perfect area to stage it.

Ok, I just had a different idea. We are doing fan programs so maybe I could just put a note on there with something to the effect of if you are happy for the new couple wave you fan in the air as they pass...? And then maybe I could find a way to bling out the programs a little so they look nice when they are waved.

Why not just skip it? "Send offs" or "Not send offs" are not required. You can just go to your spot while everyone else proceeds to the reception location without all the confusion.

No offense but it sounds ridiculous but to each his/her own; your wedding... Do it if you want.

Its the same concept as throwing rice or blowing bubbles, right? Can the bridal party be waiting at the entrance/exit of the ceremony to hand out the wands there? They can hand them out as guests exit the ceremony, and then coordinate the guests lining the path to wave, just as they would if it was rice, bubbles, etc. People are very familiar with that concept so I don't think it will be hard for people to grasp, and you won't need to put anything in the program about it.

We didn't do any kind of a send-off. It wasn't a big deal. Try not to make things more complicated then they need to be. You're just adding more stress for yourself..

I was thinking the exact same thing Annakay.

Can't they just throw rose petals at you as you walk back down the aisle after you're married? Or bubbles?

The "Fake send off" is weird to me.

We did this with bubbles. Our DOC coordinated it. It was very simple, no need to explain in a program. Do you have a DOC?

That's typically called a receiving line...

Hhmm... this post is three years old but... what was described here was not a receiving line. A receiving line is when you stand in one spot to greet/hug/handshake each guest as they arrive to your event.