Friday Weddings...

JmJBride Posted: Mar 15, 2005 05:58 PM

Friday Weddings...

For those of you getting married on a Friday and having a church ceremony, are you worried about attendance?

ladybug78 Posted: Mar 15, 2005 05:58 PM

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Not at all...Mine is the day after Thanksgiving so most people are off!!!

Kim51103 Posted: Mar 15, 2005 06:00 PM

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Nope....
The people who are important to me will show up at the ceremony....
% goes that people RARLY show up at the church/ceremony on Fri OR sat!

Marcie Posted: Mar 15, 2005 06:00 PM

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In the beginning I was - then I said to myself, if they want to be there they will. Lets just say that my church was packed. We had a 3:30 ceremony. Even the priest commented that we had more people then he has ever seen for a Friday.

shellnroc Posted: Mar 15, 2005 06:44 PM

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I also thought about it in the beginning but if people want to be there they will be there. I have enough to worry about I don't want to think about that too.

CC59 Posted: Mar 15, 2005 06:52 PM

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We'rehaving a 3:30 ceremony on a Friday . YesI would love for everyone to be there but I know my close family and friends will be there so I'm happy with that. People don't always come to a Saturday reception either so I try not to let it worry me :)

DanielleBride Posted: Mar 15, 2005 06:55 PM

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Everyone has told me if they want to come to the ceremony they will come....a saturday wedding doesn't gaurantee people will come to the ceremony. I was also wondering what time would your CH begin for a friday wedding? Ours is 7pm....I thought it was a little late but FH says its perfect.

nov2004bride Posted: Mar 15, 2005 11:19 PM

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We had a Friday wedding at 3:30pm. I thought there were a lot of people there. I was soooo excited It is true that the people that matter will be there. Honestly, you are so preoccupied, you don't even realize how many people are there

shamrock12472 Posted: Mar 15, 2005 11:21 PM

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I had a Friday night wedding and my cermony was full to capacity. The cocktail hour started at 7 and it was not too late.

Azrael27 Posted: Mar 15, 2005 11:33 PM

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Our ceremony is going to be at 4pm. The people that really want to be there, will be and those that can't wont. As long as I have the people closest to me there - I don't care that much. As long as those that couldnt be there for the ceremony come to the reception - that's fine with me

Danielle2207 Posted: Mar 16, 2005 06:07 AM

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Our ceremony is at 4:00. I don't expect anyone to leave work early so I will not get my hopes up on a big turn out. But I know the people that are important to me will be there.

kissy27 Posted: Mar 16, 2005 08:03 AM

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Posted by Kim51103

Nope....
The people who are important to me will show up at the ceremony....
% goes that people RARLY show up at the church/ceremony on Fri OR sat!

my feelings exactly!!

PrincessConsuela Posted: Mar 16, 2005 08:45 AM

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my ceremony is at 7:30 at my reception hall and my ch is from 8-9 then reception is from 9-1. im sure i will get everyone there.

and if they dont come because it is a friday in february that is fine with me as long as my fh and i and the person who is marrying us is going to be there. That is all that matters to me.

mrsmeri1104 Posted: Mar 16, 2005 08:46 AM

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Our ceremony was at 5:30 and Cocktail hour started at 7:30 we had i like 90% of our guests attend the church I was shocked and out of 200 invited we had 160 yes'.

dpli Posted: Mar 16, 2005 09:49 AM

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I posted this yesterday on another thread:

'sometimes it is said that people won't come to the ceremony if you do it Fri. night. My wedding was on a Sunday afternoon and there were plenty of people who STILL didn't make it to the ceremony (I mean, come on, if you can't make it at 3:30 PM on a Sunday, you didn't really want to make it....) The people who are important will be there and those who use Fri. night as an excuse might not come to the ceremony anyway. Do what works best for you and your FH.'

I will add here that most people did make it to the church and I think the people who are close to you will be sure to make it there. I found it interesting to see who was at the church and who wasn't (including some family members!)

amstellitelady Posted: Mar 16, 2005 09:58 AM

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not really. our ceremony is at 4pm. if friends make it they make it. i have a big family i they all said they would take off work that day.

hbradio Posted: Mar 16, 2005 10:02 AM

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Nope - whoever is important will be there!

AndreaES Posted: Mar 16, 2005 10:08 AM

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I'm a little worried. But we're getting married the Friday of Labor Day weekend. So I figure alot of people have off or at least leave work early. The thing that really worries me about attendance at the church is that our ceremony is at 5:30pm but our cocktail hour doesn't start until 8:30pm. We did that so we could take picts after the wedding but still make it to the cocktail hour. But who ever shows up, shows up!! I'd love alot of people to come but it will be nice either way.

o17range Posted: Mar 16, 2005 10:09 AM

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Nah, I figured the important people will be there, and the rest I'll see at the reception! My ceremony begins at 4pm and the cocktail hour starts at 6:30