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What time does your Ceremony/Cocktail hour Start?

Spitzergirl Posted: May 05, 2004 05:50 PM+

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Posted: May 05, 2004 05:50 PM

What time does your Ceremony/Cocktail hour Start?

Church at 3pm. Located in Queens.

Cocktail hour starts at 6:30pm . Reception located in Nassau,LI.

My girlfriend keeps telling me that it is too long of a time inbetween & that people will eventually end up going home after the church.

What are you ladies times?

Thanks!!

Darcy Posted: May 05, 2004 05:53 PM+

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Posted: May 05, 2004 05:53 PM

Re: What time does your Ceremony/Cocktail hour Start?

My Ceremony is at 11:30am, cocktail hour is at 12pm, and dinner/lunch at 1pn-5pm. Everything is at the hall. But in my experiance with going to weddings, you don't want too much time in between, unless you have some sort of thing for them to do. 2 hours in between church and dinner was alittle long at my friends wedding.

Ladybug63 Posted: May 05, 2004 05:56 PM+

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Posted: May 05, 2004 05:56 PM

Re: What time does your Ceremony/Cocktail hour Start?

Cerm 4:30 pm C/H 7:00

lianemarie Posted: May 05, 2004 06:05 PM+

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Posted: May 05, 2004 06:05 PM

Re: What time does your Ceremony/Cocktail hour Start?

Church is at 5
CTH is at 8
Reception is from 9-1

molly25 Posted: May 05, 2004 06:06 PM+

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Posted: May 05, 2004 06:06 PM

Re: What time does your Ceremony/Cocktail hour Start?

Church-3pm
Cocktail hour- 6:30
Reception-8pm

RedHead Posted: May 05, 2004 06:33 PM+

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Posted: May 05, 2004 06:33 PM

Re: What time does your Ceremony/Cocktail hour Start?

Church... 11 am

CH..... 12:45

Murray Posted: May 05, 2004 06:38 PM+

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Posted: May 05, 2004 06:38 PM

Re: What time does your Ceremony/Cocktail hour Start?

I have a very large gap inbetween...my ceremony is at 2, and the cocktail hour starts at 6:30...nobody has given me a problem about it so far!!!

d&d05 Posted: May 05, 2004 06:41 PM+

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Posted: May 05, 2004 06:41 PM

Re: What time does your Ceremony/Cocktail hour Start?

Church is 11am. CH starts at 1:30

Spitzergirl Posted: May 05, 2004 06:43 PM+

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Posted: May 05, 2004 06:43 PM

Re: What time does your Ceremony/Cocktail hour Start?

Posted by Murray

I have a very large gap inbetween...my ceremony is at 2, and the cocktail hour starts at 6:30...nobody has given me a problem about it so far!!!

That is wonderful.....

I am more worried about the 2.5 hour gap. I am trying to tell my friend, what if someone gets a flat...or you never know what can happen to delay the wedding. I want time for things to go smoothly.

My mom insist on me showing up 15 mins late...or 20 mins late...to the church... I am not going to argue with her. I just want everyone to be happy including my guest.

Spitzergirl Posted: May 05, 2004 06:45 PM+

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Posted: May 05, 2004 06:45 PM

Re: What time does your Ceremony/Cocktail hour Start?

Posted by Darcy

My Ceremony is at 11:30am, cocktail hour is at 12pm, and dinner/lunch at 1pn-5pm. Everything is at the hall. But in my experiance with going to weddings, you don't want too much time in between, unless you have some sort of thing for them to do. 2 hours in between church and dinner was alittle long at my friends wedding.

I totally understand. But, I added an extra 1 hour for the guest to get to the next town over where the reception will be. Or if they hit traffic...and so forth..

JuneBride44 Posted: May 05, 2004 06:48 PM+

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Posted: May 05, 2004 06:48 PM

Re: What time does your Ceremony/Cocktail hour Start?

I have a long time in between also -
Church is at 2:30 and the cocktail starts at 7PM.

I am having a mass, so I think that there will wind up being about a 3 hour wait between the two.
Alot of people from out of town are getting a hotel room, so I figure that they can just go back to their room.
Also, I figure that people that live nearby will just go home and get dressed for the reception.
I am renting a conference room at the hotel and will have drinks and some snacks for anyone that doesn't have somewhere to go.
I feel bad having so much time between, but I really didn't have a choice. The church wouldn't do a mass later than 2:30.

jam1223 Posted: May 05, 2004 06:59 PM+

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Posted: May 05, 2004 06:59 PM

Re: What time does your Ceremony/Cocktail hour Start?

Church is at 4 (having the full mass)
CH starts at 7

Sweetness Posted: May 05, 2004 07:17 PM+

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Posted: May 05, 2004 07:17 PM

Re: What time does your Ceremony/Cocktail hour Start?

I don't think 3 ceremony and 6:30 cocktail hour is too much time..
I went to a wedding church never starts on time, 3:15 with readings, no communion 3:45 by the time the bridal party left it was 4:30. The church was in Queens, reception Nassau/Suffolk border, we had a 1/2 hour to spare to be there at 6:30 for pictures.

tinkerb30 Posted: May 05, 2004 07:29 PM+

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Posted: May 05, 2004 07:29 PM

Re: What time does your Ceremony/Cocktail hour Start?

ceremony 6:30pm
passed cocktails 7:00pm
cocktail reception 8:00pm-12:00am

LIPrincess00 Posted: May 05, 2004 08:41 PM+

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Posted: May 05, 2004 08:41 PM

Re: What time does your Ceremony/Cocktail hour Start?

I am having everything at the Meadow Club. My ceremony is 12:30 and my CH starts at 1:00pm.

JuneBride2005 Posted: May 05, 2004 08:43 PM+

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Posted: May 05, 2004 08:43 PM

Re: What time does your Ceremony/Cocktail hour Start?

church 5:00
cocktail 7:30
reception 8:30-12:30

MelTodd604 Posted: May 05, 2004 08:45 PM+

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Posted: May 05, 2004 08:45 PM

Re: What time does your Ceremony/Cocktail hour Start?

Church is at: 3:00pm
Cocktail HR: 6:00pm
Reception: 7:00pm
It takes about an hour to get to
Flowerfield so I need enough time in between the church and the reception.

itsbouttime Posted: May 05, 2004 08:48 PM+

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Posted: May 05, 2004 08:48 PM

Re: What time does your Ceremony/Cocktail hour Start?

ceremony at 10:30am
cocktail hour 1pm
reception 2pm

BriBri529 Posted: May 05, 2004 08:56 PM+

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Posted: May 05, 2004 08:56 PM

Re: What time does your Ceremony/Cocktail hour Start?

Ceremony 3:00
CH: 6:00
Dinner: 7-11

exotica776 Posted: May 05, 2004 09:05 PM+

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Posted: May 05, 2004 09:05 PM

Re: What time does your Ceremony/Cocktail hour Start?

My church is at 3:30, just a ceremony, not a full mass. The CH starts at 7! I love the time in between, people can have time to go home and get ready for the reception, and we can have time to take all of our pictures too because i want to enjoy our CH, that is the best part!!!!