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Timing of wedding events- confused...

anselgreyanselgrey
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Our wedding is in Oct 2013. Sunset is at 7:08pm if that matters and the wedding is outdoors. We are planning to have a cake and punch reception after a short ceremony (same location). We do not plan to serve dinner. We also plan to have AFTER the family friendly cake and punch to have a DJ, bar, and appetizers for an adult party/reception (still in same location).

I am trying to figure out what time to start the ceremony so not to terribly impede on guests dinner hour (before they come to wedding) and be able to tell the DJ what time to begin.

Opinions would be greatly appreciated.
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Re: Timing of wedding events- confused...

  • AndreaJuliaAndreaJulia
    TheKnot ate my reply!

    Anyone invited to the ceremony should be invited to the whole party. I recommend moving the cake until later in the night, after the appetizers.

    Will there be enough appetizers to make a meal? If you are having an event that spans the dinner hours, apps are okay, but there needs to be enough of them to put together a meal.
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  • ViczaesarViczaesar
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_timing-of-wedding-events-confused?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:486c0e41-49b0-4730-8aec-1f94eb458cb0Post:ef05bf75-b06d-40a9-b7db-c8234ccd6d29">Timing of wedding events- confused...</a>:
    [QUOTE]Our wedding is in Oct 2013. Sunset is at 7:08pm if that matters and the wedding is outdoors. We are planning to have a cake and punch reception after a short ceremony (same location). We do not plan to serve dinner. We also plan to have AFTER the family friendly cake and punch to have a DJ, bar, and appetizers for an adult party/reception (still in same location). I am trying to figure out what time to start the ceremony so not to terribly impede on guests dinner hour (before they come to wedding) and be able to tell the DJ what time to begin. Opinions would be greatly appreciated.
    Posted by anselgrey[/QUOTE]
    If you're not serving dinner, you shouldn't start your ceremony until 8 pm.  I don't understand the afterparty thing.  Are you not inviting everyone to it?  It's rude to have a tiered reception.
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