Veneration of Mary at the beginning of the Nuptial Mass?

My fiance and I will be married during an Episcopal mass and are including a veneration of Mary. We're leaning towards beginning our ceremony with it. At 3pm, Ave Maria begins to play and together, we walk down the side aisle to Mary's altar. We'll place our bouquet and kneel and our deacon will pray a prayer he's writing as a gift. Then we will stand up, return to the back of the church, and the Mass processional will begin with our first hymn, followed by the bridal party, and my father and I.

We love that this begins our ceremony with a time for adoration of Mary and that it serves as an opportunity for people to quiet down from talking and mingling together before the ceremony.

Our only concern is that the vast majority of my family is not religious and will likely be quite confused by why we're kneeling before a statue and feel like they've missed something. I plan to include a note in our service leaflet about the theology and personal significance behind our devotion and clarify that we will still have the traditional processional as well.

Any thoughts?