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Former MDLS now Mrs. K
Master October 2010

Wedding Day Timeline...Can you help me with this?

Former MDLS now Mrs. K, on July 9, 2010 at 4:39 AM Posted in Planning 0 16

According to our venue, the earliest we can start the ceremony is at 4:30 p.m. and we have to be finished by 9 p.m. I asked if this can be extended but reading between the lines I gather that the vineyard has had trouble with people getting rowdy if ceremony/recption is extended much past the four hour timeframe. I'm just wondering with the mock timeline (I'm still working on it) I made, when is there really going to be time for anyone to dance? Also, do I have the items in order such as first dance, toast, garter toss (the items during the reception). I'm not exactly sure in what order they go. TIA!


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Latest activity by Former MDLS now Mrs. K, on July 9, 2010 at 5:36 PM
  • Chris
    Devoted September 2010
    Chris ·
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    Sorry I can't offer any help, but I can't really read your picture. Maybe you can repost your timeline is text?

    I though my wedding was ending to early at 11pm (I want to dance all night!) It is too bad your place won't let you extend it for an hour or two. After party to keep dancing?

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  • Former MDLS now Mrs. K
    Master October 2010
    Former MDLS now Mrs. K ·
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    @Chris-sorry, let me write it out instead.

    0930 a.m.-Meet at Haak Winery

    10-1 p.m.-Hair and makeup

    2-4 p.m.-Photographs

    4:30-5 p.m.-Ceremony

    5:15-5:30 p.m.-First Dance

    5:30-5:45 p.m.-Toast

    6:00 p.m.-dinner begins

    7:30 p.m.-bouquet/garter toss

    8:00 p.m.-cake cutting

    9:00 p.m.-happily ever after! (leave the vineyard)

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  • Gemma
    Super May 2011
    Gemma ·
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    I love that picture by the way! Thats actually a really great idea. May I "borrow" that for my wedding website. Did you make that yourself?

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  • Former MDLS now Mrs. K
    Master October 2010
    Former MDLS now Mrs. K ·
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    @Gemma-yes, I made it myself. I really need to clean it up some (now I'm embarassed that I posted it looking like that) but yes you can use it. I had seen some really cute ones when doing a google search and kind of modeled mine after the ones I saw. I used Microsoft Publisher to make it.

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  • Nicci
    Master July 2010
    Nicci ·
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    Awwww "watch list"ing you ;-) haha

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  • Former MDLS now Mrs. K
    Master October 2010
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    @Nicci-you learn something new every day. I didn't even know we had the option to watch list, lol!

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  • Jaemi C. fka Jaemi S. :-)
    Master October 2010
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    Are you doing dancing for the guests? Would that be in between dinner and the garter toss?

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  • T
    Super August 2010
    T ·
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    Love the picture timer line...can you email me an example???

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  • Matt Potvin
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    The timeline sounds great. You *might* add some picture time for the two of you right around the Golden Hour - which is a half hour on either side of sunset. I love that you're doing the pictures before the services! Makes it much more relaxed and gives you more time with the guests.

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  • Nicole Keesler
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    You might be able to save some time with your first dance and toasts. The dance will probably not take 15 minutes and 15 minutes of toasts is probably too long for your guests. It is not much, but may help some. Otherwise it sounds great!

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  • Dan Paulish
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    Yes, you should have adequate time for dancing. I've tweaked your plan a little bit to get some more time for dancing (the 3 hour wedding receptions are a lot more difficult to fit everything in). But, I didn't see any parent dances. Did you forget to put those in or are you not doing F/B, M/G dances?

    Dan

    0930 a.m.-Meet at Haak Winery

    10-1 p.m.-Hair and makeup

    2-4 p.m.-Photographs

    4:30-5 p.m.-Ceremony

    5:15-5:20 p.m.-First Dance

    5:20-5:30 p.m.-Toast

    5:30 p.m.-dinner begins

    6:30 p.m.-cake cutting

    6:45 p.m.-dancing begins

    8:15 p.m.-bouquet/garter toss

    9:00 p.m.-happily ever after! (leave the vineyard)

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  • Lavonne
    VIP December 2010
    Lavonne ·
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    I like Dans tweak it deff gives you allot more time to have fun

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  • Sharon
    Master June 2010
    Sharon ·
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    Remember that the garter toss/bouquet, cake cooking shouldn't take more than 10 mins each right? I like Dan's timeline, leaves much more room for dancing Smiley smile

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  • Former MDLS now Mrs. K
    Master October 2010
    Former MDLS now Mrs. K ·
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    @Thank you so much everyone for your help! You all are great! I forgot about the dances for father/mother etc.

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  • Former MDLS now Mrs. K
    Master October 2010
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    @Jaemi-yes, we're going to have a DJ but it just seemed when I did my timeline there wasn't going to be much time for dancing.

    @Dan-thanks I love your timeline better, that's better!

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  • Former MDLS now Mrs. K
    Master October 2010
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    @Matt-I had forgotten that we could only be at the vineyard for four hours so when I looked over the paperwork and noticed that again I immediately called our photographer to ask what we could do. He recommended we have at least two hours before the wedding to do the pics to save time. Otherwise, we were going to take one hour after the ceremony and that would could precious time into our short reception. Yes, I'll make sure we take some time during sunset! Thanks for the suggestion, those will be some really pretty pics around that time.

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