Wedding etiquette
The etiquette of weddings is a strange affair, being as it is a mixture of customs retained, customs altered and customs newly developed.
Certain lines are usually followed though and in the hope it may help you plan you wedding just a little more smoothly,we offer the following.
We shall assume for these purposes that the reception has been arranged and all invitations issued. The trousseau is the responsibility of the bride's parents as are the clothes of the bridesmaids or attendants if they are to wear a style of dress chosen by the bride.
The groom should pay all
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the fees connected with the ceremony and any legal costs. He also supplies the flowers for his bride and her attendants plus any button-holes provided for the guests.
He should also buy small gifts for the bridesmaids and other attendants.
The bride's father provides the reception, the cake and the wine for the toast.
At a church wedding, the bride is usually conducted to the altar and given away by her father. If she does not have one, it is perfectly permissible for her brother, sister, or even her mother to give her away.
For all church weddings it is customary for the front pews on either side of the nave, to be reserved for the immediate relatives of the happy pair.
Those of the bride sit on the left, and those of the groom to the right.
The appointment of ushers to show guests to their places is a joint decision by both sides of the families. Not only is it a compliment to be appointed, it is essential to ensure to smooth running of the ceremony.
The ushers should be present at least half an hour before the ceremony is due to commence.
They then enter the main body of the church as the bridesmaids arrive or when the music commences.
But this procedure is not always strictly adhered to, and both men will take their place in the allotted pew, well before the official party begins to arrive.
The bride and her escort are
the last to arrive. When she arrives at the chancel steps, the groom should be waiting on the right with his best man beside him.
The bride stands beside the groom with whoever is to give her away, beside or behind her.
The bridesmaids and attendants will have followed her down the nave, having waited her arrival in the church porch.
On arrival at the chancel steps, they remain standing behind the bride and groom. The bride now removes her gloves and hands her bouquet, and the gloves, to the chief bridesmaid or matron of honour. If she has no attendants, these are handed to someone in the front row on her side.
The person giving the bride Continued on page 30
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