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Wedding Procession - Timing and Songs

mrswinteriscoming, on June 18, 2020 at 8:53 PM Posted in Wedding Ceremony 0 5

In my bridal party is myself and FH, his best man, my 2 bridesmaids, 2 flower girls, and one page boy. I am a little lost as to how to structure the procession and how to time it with music?

Our ceremony begins at 5:30pm (my groom will be there early though), so I was imagining he and his best man would walk down the aisle to the altar to commence everything. The BMs, flower girls and page boys will all be travelling with me. In what order should they walk down the aisle before me? (note: since our flower girls are little, I'm planning to have the page boy walk down the aisle with them, holding their hands)

and, how do we time it to music? should I just choose one long track to play to allow everyone (not including Groom and best man) to come down the aisle including me, or should it be structured so that when Groom and best man are at the altar, I have 1 song playing during which the BMs, page boy + flower girls come down, song continues to finish, and then 2nd song begins (for the purposes of this, lets call it the Bridal March) and I come down the aisle with my parents?

The other thing is, once I'm down the aisle, should the background music stop straight away or should they continue playing until the end of the song?

Sorry for all the questions, no clue what to do with this!

5 Comments

Latest activity by Hanna, on June 19, 2020 at 11:47 AM
  • M
    Legend June 2019
    Melle ·
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    You don’t have to have a song finish in order to start another one. And normally the songs don’t fully play til the end cause that’s a long time aha it just cuts off
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  • J
    Master October 2022
    Jana ·
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    Typically the flower girls come in last, between the maid of honor and you (other bridesmaids enter before her). The bride's entrance is whatever the starting time on the invite is. Most ceremonies don't have the groom or his attendants walk down the aisle as they enter with the officiant. But that's not set in stone.


    The timing and order is gone over at the rehearsal, as many times as you need, with music.
    As far as songs, that's entirely your choice. You can have multiple pieces of songs or one long song. Typically, the bride has her own entrance song for spotlight. Depending on the length of the aisle, you may not even need the full song. When you reach the altar area, the song continues a few seconds and stops for the ceremony to begin.
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  • Mrs. S
    Super November 2019
    Mrs. S ·
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    I would do groom and best man, then bridesmaids, then page boy, then flower girls, then you. You can do one long song. Since you have a small wedding party I would do one song for them, then it can fade out or stop and then a song for you. Or if you like you can walk to the same song as them to make it even smoother. It will not take long at all so pick your favorite part of the song whether it’s the beginning or the chorus etc. no more than a minute. I don’t recommend letting the song finish unless it’s already close to the end. 2-3 minutes is super awkward when you are just standing there. Tell your musicians or dj what your thoughts are and let them time it for you, don’t even worry about it the day of.
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  • Lynnie
    WeddingWire Administrator October 2016
    Lynnie ·
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    It's all up to you! But as others have said, it can definitely be awkward waiting for full songs to finish!

    I'd either choose one song for the entire processional, or have someone fade out the first song to transition to your bridal entrance! I always think that instrumental songs work really well for short processionals, because it's less noticeable when you're fading out or cutting off the song mid-stanza!

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  • Hanna
    VIP June 2019
    Hanna ·
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    All up to you. We did: officiant, grandparents with ushers, groom with mother and father, flower girls, bridesmaids and groomsmen, best man and MOH, bride with mother and father. We did the same song for everyone else and switched to a new song when I came out. We had live musicians so they were pros with timing the song change, but I imagine this is something you can discuss with whoever is doing the music

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