This Is It Processional Song

You should walk in when it says walking down aisle.

You are not alone! My fiancé and I have been struggling with a processional song, but we seem pretty set on our resessional song.

View Quoted Comment Yes that's what I want to try to do. I'm just wondering if the 2:34 before that will be enough time for bridal party to get to altar. I have 5 bridesmaids and groomsmen

We used This Is It for our recessional. Whether or not it’s long enough really depends on the length of your aisle and number of people in your wedding party. If it’s important for you to have one song, you could partner the bridesmaids and groomsmen for the processional. Otherwise having two songs is a good idea.

View Quoted Comment What are you doing for recessional?

View Quoted Comment Making my dreams come true by hall and oats

View Quoted Comment I thought of using that or Celebration by Kool and the Gang

View Quoted Comment Oh that's a good one too!

This was the song my FH put my slideshow to the proposed to me with.


I will also be playing an instrumental version as the last song that plays before our ceremony starts. I am getting married in a church so our processional music must be liturgical and all music before the ceremony starts has to be instrumental.
I like the idea of your bridesmaids walking down to it and you start the walk at “Now your walking down the isle”.

Ok, I just checked my wedding video because this made me curious lol. The time from when the first person walked down the aisle up until the time the curtain opened and I stepped out, was 3:14. There were 11 people/sets of people who walked down before me (2 sets of grandparents, 4 groomsmen each waking individually, my husband & his dad/brother, 4 bridesmaids individually). Our aisle also was I think about 12 rows of chairs. Maybe 13? So that can give you an idea of the length of our aisle vs yours, maybe.


I am not sure you can rely on this alone because obviously I’m not sure how long your aisle is compared to ours, and how fast people will walk... I know my husband and his dad and brother all walked SO fast honestly I cringe every time I watch the video I’m like why did you walk so fast we barely saw you?! lol. And also I’m not sure how many people will be walking down before you. But maybe my experience can give you a good estimate. If you have fewer people than us it seems like 2:34 would definitely be possible.
I’d definitely make sure to practice the timing at your rehearsal too, if not sooner!

View Quoted Comment Okay!! Thank you for this information!!

View Quoted Comment So your groomsmen walked out before your husband? I was thinking of doing this. Was your officiant already at the altar?

View Quoted Comment Our order was:


Grandparents of the bride
Grandparents of the groom
Groomsmen (each one individually)
Best man
Groom with dad and brother
Bridesmaids (each one individually)
MOH
Bride with mom and brother

This is more or less the standard order for a Jewish processional... except my husband and I each had our brothers sub in for his absent mom and my absent dad. And we didn’t have a flower girl or ring bearer.

Regarding the officiant, THAT was a little untraditional for us since my brother was our officiant but i also wanted him to walk me down the aisle hahaha, so he just walked down with me and then at the alter he turned around to officiate :p

Assuming you don’t have the same situation with that, I’d say either have your officiant start at the front or you could have them walk down the aisle first.

View Quoted Comment Okay... usually at the weddings I've been to the officiant, groom, and best man walk in together. I was thinking let them walk in first after grandparents and parents, then groomsmen individually, and then bridesmaids individually and then me

View Quoted Comment That’s fine too! There’s no right way to do a processional, whatever you prefer is perfect!