Coctail Hour

How many brides are going to attend their Cocktail Hour? I've been in 2 weddings and both times both the bride and the bridal party missed the coctail hour because they were taking pictures. At one wedding the bride waited in the bridal suite until cocktail hour was over then all the guests were moved to the main room and the bride was announced. I would like to attend my cocktail hour but I would also like to be announced. WHat is everyone doing?

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Me too, I just might make a quick stop just to see how everything is set up and how the people are doing, say hi to a few people. At least thats what I would like to do, who knows.

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same here...the hors deurvs are the best part of the food!! LOL

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we are definitely going to be at ours...I am stressing over what to have-I AM GOING TO BE THERE!!!

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I am not missing mine!!!!! Our church is at 3 and reception at 7 so that we have plenty of time in between to take picks

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We are having an 1.5 cocktail hour...ill prob miss the first half an hour....i would rathe rgo to my CH and say hi to everyone there...it will go faster then if i walk around to 25 tables during the reception.....I dont want to miss any dancing time

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I'm not missing mine either....our church is at 3:30 and cocktail hour starts at 7:30...we have plenty of time for pics.

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There isn't much time in between our Ceremony and the Cocktail hour so it's going to be a play it by ear whether we make it or not, depending on traffic and how long it takes to take our pics. I'd like to at least make it there for like 10 -15 min or so.. we'll see

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Posted by charliesbride

We are having an 1.5 cocktail hour...ill prob miss the first half an hour....i would rathe rgo to my CH and say hi to everyone there...it will go faster then if i walk around to 25 tables during the reception.....I dont want to miss any dancing time

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We have plenty of time to take pics inbetween. So therefore we'll be there.

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Dont' know if we'll have time. The church is 3:30pm and the CH starts at 6pm

If I miss it I don't mind, they'll bring us food in the bridal suite anyway.

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We will definitely attend the cocktail hour. We have a pretty big gap inbetween the church and the ch. We will also be announed in the main dining room.

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We're not sure. I want to attend but we'll see what happens.

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I am planning on attending at least half of it... If not more!

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I dont know if I want to attend ... I might hang out with the BP in the suite we have ... but I would love to see how all the food looks druing CH. maybe I'll just peek in for like 5 min - I want everyone to see me when Im announced.

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I'm going to attend my CH. My rationale is: I've paid for it, I'm going to it! Plus we have a huge guest list (big families) so I'm going to take that time to go around and greet everyone so once we go into the reception room I don't have to go from table to table and I can just relax and enjoy it!

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My chuch is at 3 and my cocktail is at 6 but the hall and church are 15 minutes apart so there is enough time for me to take pics before the cocktail hour. At least i think

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I would like to go at least to part of it. Maybe not the whole thing.

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There is no way I am going to walk around to 20 tables and miss out on all the dancing during the reception. Our ceremony is at 3 and the ch starts at 7. plenty of time to say hi, eat, drink and then get introduced and PARTY!

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I will probably miss the cocktail hour, or most of it anyway. Since we are having an out of town wedding we are having the cocktail hour directly after the church. We are going to be in a field somewhere taking pictures while everyone is sipping cocktails by a fire.

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I want to attend mine. I spoke with my photo guy and set up my times to leave plenty of time for photos. I told him I am done with pictures at 7:00pm!!

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we will have enough time between the church and cocktail hour for pictures so we are thinking about going. Part of me wants to stay hidden to make my grand entrance later on, but the other part of me would like to see the cocktail hour and be able to say hello to most people then and not have to do it all later on.

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We are taking pictures before the ceremony - well at least a majority of them. I want to be at some of the cocktail hour.

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We are definetely planning on attending our cocktail hour, that room was a big part of us choosing flowerfield- so we want to be there!

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we will not be attending our cocktail hour. i want everyone discussing, "what does she look like?" "I cant wait to see them" lol Im semi joking but since we are having a HUGE guest list we are extending the reception an extra hour.