mob and mog in processional?

I only plan on have 2 songs. 1 for my FH, and everyone except me to walk in on, then one to signal me walking. Sweet and simple.

I'm the same as Shelly! 1 song for everyone else, and then a different one for me!

View Quoted Comment Yeah our family is complicated 😂
Would the moms have the same song as the bridesmaids then?
I feel if there wasn’t a song it would just be real quiet 😅

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Well, for me the only parent walking down the aisle is my grandpa, who is escorting me. My dad, step mom, MIL and FIL are all going to be greeting guests and take a seat in the front row before the processional.

But I would imagine that they can all walk to the same song, unless you have a TON of people or a reallllly long walk where it would take more than 3 minutes to get everyone down the aisle.

Do you have an order for your processional? I could see some cases of switching songs depending on the order

I am crazy about my music so i have one song for the mothers to walk down to

another song for the pastor, groom, and best man and 2 groomsmen to walk to

a 3rd song for the maid of honor and bridesmaid

and a 4th for me and my dad

and then a recessional song for me and the groom

View Quoted Comment It’s not too bad of a walk the song is 4 minutes long.
My processional order
1)starts off with the officiant groom and groomsmen coming from the side first (they won’t have music) 2) stepmom and MOG escorted by best man3) MOB4) FG and RB (together)5) me my dad

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I think if the officiant/groom/groomsmen don't have a song then having 1 song for everyone else is perfect (and obviously a change of song for you if that is something you want!)

My personal opinion is that when you change songs a bunch of times it gets messy, especially when each one is played for like, 30 seconds-1min. There is also more room for error on when each song is played and for who. (my close friend had her cousin change the songs there were like 5 songs for the processional, each song only played for 30 seconds and it was super awkward sounding when one song would stop and another would start)

If it is important to you to have different songs for different people, it'll take either a lot of rehearsal with whoever is doing the music, or a pre-edited file that has all the songs already mixed and faded into each other, which means rehearsing how long each section of walking will take. Or I suppose a lot of hopes and prayers!

I'm pretty picky about how music sounds (ex pro dancer here! haha) so it bugs me when song changes are harsh and don't blend well together. But if you are more laid back than me then maybe it would work for you! But for me it would be a huge stressor.

I'm 100% sure that people make it work and it is wonderful, but I haven't seen it personally, and I think with your size processional it wouldn't be needed to have more than 1 or 2 songs.

For our wedding, the bridal party and moms walked down the aisle to the same song and I walked down to a separate song. Our DJ said he thought it would be too much having three different songs.

View Quoted Comment I’m used to be a dancer too! But yeah I feel the same way I didn’t want it to be choppy or awkward that’s why I asked lol!

Mothers are usually escorted in by a groomsman or the groom (with his mom) after the last of the guests are seated during the prelude. This is before any bridesmaids enter with their own music.

I had everyone walk to the same processional song

Yes I they are apart of the entrance usually they are the first to enter after Officiant. I had the parents enter to the same music as my bridal party.

I have close to a 20 person wedding party including mother’s, officiant, grandparent (and honorees) we are doing 3 songs. One for the groom, mother’s, officiant and groomsmen, one for bridesmaids and flower girls and one for me and my dad.