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Autumn pm brides- what time is your ceremony/reception?

Original post by BillsBabe

I have to schedule times for my ceremony (about a 7 minute drive from here to venue) and my cocktail hour. The wedding is in Nov. and the clocks go back the week before. What time do you make the church for if you want to have some daylight pics, but a nighttime wedding? ( biggest dilemma with it is that we have a large majority of OOT guests and no where to put them if we schedule the times for say 3pm and 6pm).

rmsgirl Posted:

Re: Autumn pm brides- what time is your ceremony/reception?

I was a 11/07 bride. Here's the sunrise/sunset times for 11/08.



November 2008
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1

Sunrise: 7:26am
Sunset: 5:52pm
2 DST Ends

Sunrise: 6:27am
Sunset: 4:51pm 3

Sunrise: 6:28am
Sunset: 4:50pm 4

Sunrise: 6:29am
Sunset: 4:49pm 5

Sunrise: 6:31am
Sunset: 4:48pm 6

Sunrise: 6:32am
Sunset: 4:46pm 7

Sunrise: 6:33am
Sunset: 4:45pm 8

Sunrise: 6:34am
Sunset: 4:44pm
9

Sunrise: 6:35am
Sunset: 4:43pm 10

Sunrise: 6:37am
Sunset: 4:42pm 11

Sunrise: 6:38am
Sunset: 4:41pm 12

Sunrise: 6:39am
Sunset: 4:40pm 13

Sunrise: 6:40am
Sunset: 4:39pm 14

Sunrise: 6:41am
Sunset: 4:39pm 15

Sunrise: 6:43am
Sunset: 4:38pm
16

Sunrise: 6:44am
Sunset: 4:37pm 17

Sunrise: 6:45am
Sunset: 4:36pm 18

Sunrise: 6:46am
Sunset: 4:35pm 19

Sunrise: 6:47am
Sunset: 4:35pm 20

Sunrise: 6:48am
Sunset: 4:34pm 21

Sunrise: 6:49am
Sunset: 4:33pm 22

Sunrise: 6:51am
Sunset: 4:33pm
23

Sunrise: 6:52am
Sunset: 4:32pm 24

Sunrise: 6:53am
Sunset: 4:31pm 25

Sunrise: 6:54am
Sunset: 4:31pm 26

Sunrise: 6:55am
Sunset: 4:30pm 27

Sunrise: 6:56am
Sunset: 4:30pm 28

Sunrise: 6:57am
Sunset: 4:30pm 29

Sunrise: 6:58am
Sunset: 4:29pm
30

Sunrise: 6:59am
Sunset: 4:29pm
emomma17 Posted:

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My ceremony is at 4:30 and my cocktail hour is at 7:00

BillsBabe Posted:

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Wow! thank-you! Everyone is such a big help! i have a feeling i'm gonna go with 3 and 6. (watch it rain anyway!)
wundmoretime Posted:

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ceremony 6:30 and reception right after-on site

boulderbride08 Posted:

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ceremony at 5:30
reception at 7

we are taking pictures before the ceremony....is that why a lot of people having a gap between the ceremony and reception? its making me nervous
LoriBeth2728 Posted:

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My ceremony isn't until 7 We're hoping it'll be a tiny bit light. We're doing some pics before, some after.

Oh reception (CH) starts at 7:30.
ammie1016 Posted:

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Ceremony 3:30 and Coctail hour is 6:00pm.

Lucky0510 Posted:

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ceremony - 2pm
cocktail hour - 5pm
reception - 6:30pm

sunset is at approx 6:15 should be dark by 6:45. I thought it would be perfect to extend the CH long enough to see the sunset. I want it to be dark by the time the reception starts
pa56 Posted:

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Ceremony - 4pm
Cocktail - 6 :30pm
Reception - 8pm

All three events are in a hotel. For guests staying at the hotel, they can just got to their rooms for the 45 minutes between the ceremony's end and the cocktail hour's beginning. We don't know what to tell the guests who are local and aren't staying at the hotel. Do they just hang out at the lobby?

Any suggestions?
BillsBabe Posted:

Re: Autumn pm brides- what time is your ceremony/reception?

We have the same dilemma with not knowing what to do with the OOT'ers. My guests can't go to the hall til cocktail hour starts. That's what I'm worried about. 45 minutes doesn't seem too long though. people chat, etc. If you have a receiving line it will shorten the time too. Is there a bar in the hotel? They could maybe hang out there?

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