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Just Said Yes September 2013

Uneven wedding party - grand entrance

Stephanie, on August 17, 2013 at 10:15 AM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 7

We will be having an uneven bridal party - 7 groomsmen and 3 bridesmaids. I'm not sure what to do for the grand entrance into the reception since there's no good way to pair everyone up. My options are:

1- skip the grand entrance

2 - just introduce the best man and maid of honor

3 - have the wedding party walk in all together as a group

4 - have everyone walk in individually

5 - have the maid of honor and best man walk in together, then have remaining each remaining bridesmaid "double up" and be escorted by two groomsmen. The remaining two groomsmen could: a) be escorted by our unofficial flower girls (they are going to be carrying a sign during the ceremony, not actually tossing petals) or b) be escorted by their girlfriends who aren't in the wedding party

Does anyone have any advice or opinions? Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance Smiley smile

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Latest activity by IrishLove™, on August 17, 2013 at 12:41 PM
  • Elaine
    Expert October 2013
    Elaine ·
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    I'm in the same dilemma but my wedding party is not as big (Best Man, Maid of Honor, 2 Bridesmaids).

    I like your #3 or #4 option the best.

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  • M
    Devoted November 2013
    mrsmom3moos ·
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    Have them walk in how they walked down the aisle

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  • Sabrina
    Super October 2014
    Sabrina ·
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    I like options 3 and 5 the best with them escorting the "flower" girls

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  • Taylor
    Devoted August 2013
    Taylor ·
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    We had 4 groomsmen, I had 2 bridesmaids, 1 maid of honor and 1 man if honor. The groomsmen walked down single file before seating of the parents, my 2 bridesmaids walked down by themselves, staggered, and man of honor walked maid of honor and my daughter down. Do you have a wedding coordinator? If you don't want the ceremony to be too long, just have the groomsmen walk down single file, have your girls walk down by themselves and have best man and maid of honor be the only ones paired up.

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  • S
    Just Said Yes September 2013
    Stephanie ·
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    Thanks for the advice, everyone! We have decided what to do for the ceremony already. The groomsmen aren't going to be part of the processional and for the recessional, we're going to have the 2 bridesmaids double up with 2 groomsmen each, and have the remaining 2 groomsmen either escort our mothers or our 2 grandmothers. This won't really work for the grand entrance though because our grandmothers want to be introduced while seated and not be part of the entrance, and our mothers will be introduced with our fathers.

    I'm leaning toward Sabrina's choices, either having two of the groomsmen walk in with the flower girls/attendants or just having them all come in as a group.

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  • Soon 2 Be Mrs. Rene
    Dedicated August 2014
    Soon 2 Be Mrs. Rene ·
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    I like option #4. I have 8 bridesmaids & 6 groomsmen. 1 matron of honor, 1 maid of honor. The 6 remaining girls will double up with the groomsmen. The groomsmen will not be apart of the grand entrance they will walk in from the side. I will have one of the best men walk my mother & grandmother down since she is single, my other grandmother is married so her husband can walk along with her & the bridesmaids will walk by themseleves. When the ceremony is over they are going to be doubled up & the Matron of honor & maid of honor will walk indivdually with the 2 best men.

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  • IrishLove™
    Master October 2013
    IrishLove™ ·
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    I think 5. I have 7 BM (5 BM 2 JR) The two JR will be walking in together, and then everyone else paired up.

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