Wedding and Order of Events

That’s exactly what we did


Cocktail hr ->bridal party introductions -> mr & Mrs -> first dance -> dads welcome speech ->dinner.
After dinner I did a dance with my dad. Husband did his dance with his mom. Then the DJ had everyone come on the dance floor to officially open it for dancing. Bridal party speeches came sometime after that and then we did cake cutting about an hr to an hr and 20 minutes before the reception was scheduled to end. Anniversary dance was also in there somewhere before the cake cutting, lol. The flow worked well and the DJ kept it on track and moving along.

Oh and for your second question we ate with our guests but at a sweetheart table. It was nice and everyone pretty much left us alone. I don’t see the point of inviting guests to not eat with them.

Same here! Went right into first dance, then blessing, salads served, toasts, main meal served, dinner finished, cut the cake, father/daughter dance, mother/son dance. We also had a sweet heart table and ate the same time as guests. I really enjoyed watching our guests eat, mingle at their tables and watch all our hard work unfold during that moment ❤️

We’re eating with our guests.
Between our photographer & our DJ were given our timeline. Grand entrance, introductions, speeches than dinner. While they’re setting up the cake cutting we’re mingling with our guests as they’re finishing up their dinners. Cake cutting/eating then first dances. Our photographer will pull us away for sunset pics then back to the dancing. Do a few games, bouquet & garter toss. Back to dancing- we’re going to do a fake grand exit with sparklers at 830 (we have our photographer till that time). We’re not announcing that part as guests will think it’s time to go. Back to dancing! We leave at 10!

We're doing our first dance after introductions and father/daughter and mother/son after dinner, maybe an anniversary dance after those to help get people on the dance floor. We're definitely eating with our guests! Most likely doing a sweetheart table and not worried about being interrupted or anything.

Our plan is: ceremony - cocktail hour - guests seated - introductions - first dance - dinner (speeches between courses) - father/daughter dance - mother/son dance - anniversary dance - dancing - cake cutting - more dancing - last dance and/or grand exit

We will have all pictures before the ceremony. Cocktail hour. No introduction of couple or wedding party since it's the same guests and we will have been introduced at the end of the ceremony. After cocktail hour is dinner with guests. It's very rude to eat alone. Then dancing.

No toasts. No need for announcements because we are having only those 3 major things and letting the evening flow naturally. We do plan to cut the cake before dancing but that doesn't need an audience.

We had an "East Coast style" wedding, which is common in my area for formal and black tie weddings with live bands. It meant that we had dancing in between the cocktail hour and first course, and more dancing in between the first course and the entree. We had a sweetheart table, but we ate at the same time as our guests.

Cocktail hour. Grand entrance for bride & groom. Welcome speech. The rest of the speeches. Toast. Blessing of the food. Dinner. Right at the end of dinner mother son & father daughter dance. Cut the cake. Money dance & open floor for dancing.

I think we're going to do:

Cocktail hour. Introduction of Bridal Party. Bride & Groom Entrance. First Song. Blessing of the food. Dinner. Best Man/MOH toasts. Dance with our sons. Cake cutting near the end and our Grand Exit with sparklers.