Timeline!!!!

Usually after the father daughter mother son dance and the boquet garter toss can be done at the end of the event

I would do it sometime after dinner is served to give ppl time to finish eating

Get dances out of the way during dinner. Garter/bouquet tosses at the end of the night.

View Quoted Comment But when is that tho lol 😂
We not doing those dances we are doing a first dance and we will dance with his daughter. that’s IT! Lol

View Quoted Comment Ok ok just might do that

View Quoted Comment Before or after cake cutting 🤔

View Quoted Comment Whenever you choose. The cake cutting can be done toward the beginning so it can be served as dessert. Though many people see the cake cutting a signal that they can head out.

View Quoted Comment That’s what i was afraid of lol. Be like noooo don’t go yet lmaooo but at least we can make people keep eating cake lol

View Quoted Comment Can never go wrong with more cake. Lol Usually the early exit is more common with the older guests

View Quoted Comment Which is definitely fine ... go to bed!

This was the timeline from daughter's wedding. Ceremony began at 3:30; cocktail hour 4-5 pm; reception 5-10. They didn't do a garter toss, but it could have followed the bouquet toss.

5:10 PM Grand Entrance wedding party and B&G announced

5:20 PM First Dance
5:25 PM Welcome by Host (FOB on behalf of all 4 parents)
5:30 PM Toasts (MOHs, BM, B&G response)
5:45 PM Dinner served, followed by Table Visits from B&G
6:30 PM Father-Daughter Dance
6:35 PM Mother-Son Dance
6:40 PM Dancing
7:20 PM Anniversary Dance
7:30 PM Cut Cake
7:35 PM Bouquet Toss
7:40 PM Dancing
8:00 PM Cake Served (Timing Depends on venue Staff)
8:30 PM Dancing

9:45 PM Last Dance

10:00 PM Leave Venue

If you have a photographer or DJ I would consider asking them. My photographer had great suggestions for the timeline and we worked together to make the perfect timeline from getting ready all the way to the reception.

View Quoted Comment Super smart. I was thinking if we did it after cake cutting that it would give the chef time enough to cut it.! You help confirmed my vision you awesome! Thanks

View Quoted Comment You just reminded me. my photographer did send me some mock timelines. I can break down everything using their stuff!

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The timeline I shared was built in collaboration with daughter's venue director, photographer, and DJ. The DJ was the one who recommended putting the Anniversary dance, cake cutting, and bouquet toss all in a row, so the general dancing was only interrupted once. His concern was the more you break up the dancing portion of the evening, the more people & "room energy" you potentially lose each time. Also, the videographers were only staying through the bouquet toss, so daughter wanted that and the cake cutting done fairly early compared with the end of the party. Good luck!

Our photographer came up with our day of timeline (along with our planner/DOC). However, our photographer took the reigns on it. So I would suggest talking to your photographer about her/his timing for the day.

View Quoted Comment That’s soooo smart. Thanks for that

View Quoted Comment Perfect thanks Meghan

Do you have a DJ? I was worried about timelines too, but our DJ figures everything for us.

View Quoted Comment Yeah but it was legit so BASIC. But it gave us a starting point. I used this timeline from the knot that seems sooooooo detailed from pre-wedding to post-wedding. So I plan to do a combo of both. I never really paid attention to the flow of a wedding. I’ve been in a weeding as a MOH before and I don’t remember anything passed the ceremony. And no I wasn’t drunk lol there was no alcohol served. But I don’t remember even eating lol.