I'm having a Sunday wedding, so we're planning to start around 3-3:30. We'll be done with the ceremony by 4. An hour or so for cocktails and then dinner around 5. The whole shebang should be over by 8:30-9.
Sunset during that time of the year is around 6:30 and while it'd make for a beautiful wedding, the sun would be setting behind the officiant meaning no one who came to watch us get married would be able to see anything! I'd rather how a daytime ceremony and then watch the sky change from day to night as the reception progresses.
Ya we were thinking of having the ceremony at 4 then the reception start at like 6 so we have enough time for pictures. there will be stuff for our guest to snack on so its not like they have to sit with no food. we are gonna try and get most of the pictures done before the wedding except for the bride and groom ones together. so Im sure that will help
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May 2011
Kiera ·
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I'm having a Sunday wedding and ours will start at 5. Reception 5:30-9.30.
We are getting married the night before thanksgiving.... As it is the biggest part night of the year .. We r having ceremony start at 8pm and dinner around 9:00 or 9:30 and everything is over at 2 am
My daughter got married on a Saturday at 4:30PM. The reception was held at the same place (a hotel) and ended around 11PM.
When I got married, the ceremony began at 7PM on a Friday. We didn't want anyones kids at our wedding, so 7PM seemed to work well. It was late November, so it was dark and the little kiddies were quite happy to stay home.
Our church has two spots for weddings: One at 11:00 A.M. and one at 1:30 P.M. It depends on what we decide to do for the reception--if we want to serve a meal, we'll go for the 11:00 slot and serve lunch. If we decide just to do cake and hors d'ouvres (I have no clue how to spell that LOL), we'll take the 1:30 slot and have the reception around 3:00.
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March 2011
STB Mrs Van Blargan ·
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Our ceremony is for 4:00.
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October 2014
Teapot Bride ·
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Our ceremony can only start at 6:30pm as our venue is a museum and they won't start an event until the museum is cleared out and they have a chance to set up.