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BRIDAL PARTY RESPONSIBILITIES
THE COMPLETE WEDDING PLANNER
BRIDAL PARTY RESPONSIBILITIES
BRIDE AND GROOM : TOGETHER q Decide on your budget. Consult with your parents, if they are paying for or contributing to the wedding.
q Decide on and set the style, theme, date, time, and the place of ceremony and reception. Make the reservations and deposits.
q Meet with your wedding officiate and participate in any premarital counseling required.
q Order your Save-the-Date cards, wedding invitations, and thank you notes.
q Choose your attendants and their attire. q Purchase gifts to honor your Bridesmaids, Groomsmen, and children in the wedding party (flower girl and ring bearer). Present those gifts at the rehearsal dinner or at a private gathering with your wedding party prior to the wedding.
q Acknowledge all bridal shower and wedding gifts with a handwritten thank-you note from both of you.
q Purchase gifts for your parents. q Obtain your marriage license and any needed bloodtests. q Attends the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner. q Attend the ceremony and reception.
q Dance the first dance at the reception. q Greet everyone at the reception, either with a receiving line or by mingling.
BRIDE q Discuss your budget with parents and fiancé. q Choose your wedding gown and hair decor. q Select your wedding day jewelry (necklace, bracelet, and earrings)
q Book your coordinator, caterer, DJ, florist, photographer, videographer, wedding cake baker, and other wedding industry professional you need for your big day.
q Help compile guest list. q Address invitations. q Shop for trousseau. q Pack for honeymoon. q Obtain all necessary travel documents for honeymoon (i.e. passport, birth certificate, visa).
q Purchase groom's wedding ring and have it engraved. q Purchase wedding gift for groom. q Complete paperwork necessary for name change on bank accounts, credit cards, insurance, etc.
q Stand to the right of the groom during the receiving line. GROOM q Help compile guest list. Present list to bride at least 3 months before the wedding.
q Purchase bride's engagement and wedding rings and arranges engraving.
q Rent or purchase wedding attire. q Choose all wedding attire and accessories for the male bridal party members.
q Plan and pay for honeymoon. q Get traveler's checks for honeymoon. q Obtain all necessary travel documents for honeymoon (i.e. passport, birth certificate, visa).
q Assist in any and all planning of ceremony and reception.
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q Purchase wedding gift for bride. q Pay for the bridal bouquet and all corsages and boutonnieres for wedding party.
q Scout out hotels for out-of-town guests. q Send out rehearsal dinner invitations. q Arrive at ceremony site at least 1 hour early. q Bring marriage license to ceremony site. q Make payments to officiate and musicians. q Stand to the left of the bride in the receiving line. MAID (MATRON) OF HONOR q Assists bride in choosing a bridal gown as well as in choosing attendants' gowns and jewelry.
q Purchase gown and accessories that she will be wearing. q Helps bride address invitations. q Plan and host bridal shower. q Plan and host the bachelorette party. q Records gifts received at showers as well as collecting all ribbons and bows for making the rehearsal bouquets.
q Helps the bride assemble and decorate wedding favors. q Helps bride and bride's family decorate the reception hall, if necessary.
q Attend rehearsal and rehearsal dinner. q Arrive with at least 2 hours early to assist the bride in dressing. q Organize bridesmaids and their gowns. q Arrange bride's veil and train before and throughout the ceremony.
q Hold groom's ring during the ceremony if its not being carried by the ring bearer.
q Signs the wedding certificate as an official witness. q Stands to the left of the groom in the receiving line. q Dances when the music starts at the reception and asks other guests to dance.
q Be gracious and serve as an auxiliary hostess at the reception.
BEST MAN q Plan and host the bachelor party. q Rent or purchase wedding attire that is the same as the groom's.
q Attend rehearsal and rehearsal dinner. q Arrange for transportation to ceremony for self and groom.
q Arrange for transportation of the couple as well as self to the reception.
q Arrives with the groom at least 1 hour before the ceremony. q Helps keep the groom calm. q Supervises groomsmen and ushers. q Holds bride's wedding ring if not being carried by the ring bearer.
q Escorts the Maid (Matron) of Honor during the recessional. q Forwards payment to musicians and officiate from the groom. q Stands to the right of the bride in the receiving line. q Makes the first toast at the reception and reads congratulations telegrams.
q Dances when the music starts and asks other guests to dance.
q Transport newlyweds to the honeymoon suite or airport after the reception.
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