Coctail Hour

What are your thoughts about brides attending the cocktail hour? I was always told you shouldn't let your guests see you before the formal introduction

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I plan on taking my pictures earlier so we are able to join our cocktail hour.

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that's the plan for me too, I thought I had to wait in the bridal suite till dinner

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We are paying for it, so we will be attending it :) We are planning to take pictures before the ceremony so we can enjoy cocktail hour with our friends and families, It is the ideal time to make sure you get to see everyone and thank them for attending.

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ooo see I didn't think of it that way. I really didn't want to miss the best food lol

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I don't want to miss all the food!!! Lol

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I was skeptic about it not sure if its proper

Coctail Hour - Long Island Weddings

I'm letting my bridal party attend but I don't necessarily want to attend my CH. I think it's a cool idea to attend for those who want to. I just know I will never really fully enjoy it my guests will stop me every minute and I'm allllllllll about FOOOOOOODDDDDDDDDDD lol.

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that's what im saying its all about the food LOL

Coctail Hour - Long Island Weddings

We are definitely attending our cocktail hour! We have an extended cocktail hour just for the simple fact that we want to be there. We probably won't be there the whole time, but definitely the majority of it. This way we can have some of the awesome food, and try and talk to as many people as possible. Once we are in the reception my butt will be in party mode. I want to make sure I talk to everyone before I start dancing, once I'm on the dance floor I am not coming off! lol

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We are going to our cocktail hour. We are taking pictures before the ceremony. I feel like we are paying for it, and the cocktail hour has the best food so we don't want to miss it!

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if we attend our CH do we still get announced at the main room?

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Posted by Ellinator

if we attend our CH do we still get announced at the main room?

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of course! I totally am lol that is your grand entrance!

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that's why I was ify on the CH haha, don't want to over do it with the announcements lol

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Posted by LibrarianJoyce724

We are going to our cocktail hour. We are taking pictures before the ceremony. I feel like we are paying for it, and the cocktail hour has the best food so we don't want to miss it!

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Heck yeah!!! This!!!

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We are going to ours too. With a 175 minimum we want extra time to say hi & thank people for coming so we have more time to enjoy the reception. Hopefully we can eat some food too but the bridal attendant will bring some in the bridal suite before we go to CH

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Yeah that's why I'm not attending I feel like my grand entrance won't be as grand if you saw me 15 minutes prior lol that's just my opinion though. I'm sure attending CH is amazing tho!

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My FH and I are extending cocktail hour to 1 1/2 hours so we can take pictures after the ceremony. Then we can make it to part of our cocktail hour and a half. I wouldn't miss it for the world. It's always the best food :) You shouldn't miss it either :)

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one of my best friends was married at the Sand Castle a few years ago.... they have an AMAZING cocktail hour. Make sure they bring you all the good stuff to the bridal suite so you're not missing out

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I originally didn't want guests to see us until our introductions but now I am hoping to get our pics done beforehand so we can attend at least some of the cocktail hour. I want the fooooood! :)