Are you planning to attend your Cocktail Hour? I know so many brides who skipped their cocktail hours to take pictures and regret not being at the CH.
I would feel bad making my guests wait for me since my church is in Queens and the reception will likely be in Nassau or Suffolk. However, I don't want to miss a moment of the partying!!!
If you are planning to attend your cocktail hour, do you have a sample timeline for your wedding day that you can post or FM?
Thanks!!!
mooncusp22
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Re: Planning to attend your Cocktail Hour???
I plan on going to the cocktail hour... Our ceremony ends at about 4:30, we should get to the reception site at 5 & take all our 'posed' pics then. CH starts at 7, so we should be done by then! (hopefully!!)
SomethingBlu
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Posted by trishandeli I would feel bad making my guests wait for me since my church is in Queens and the reception will likely be in Nassau or Suffolk. However, I don't want to miss a moment of the partying!!!
Hi! Welcome and congrats! My church was in Queens and the reception was in LI so I know about the 'guilt' that you speak of...it works out fine! As for attending the CH, I have posted this once before but I'll do it again...this is an email I received from one of my guests after the wedding... The reception was gorgeous! & the fact that you guys came out to mingle & greet the guests during the cocktail hour was really thoughtful & a nice surprise, since usually the bride & groom go into 'hiding' after the ceremony until the MC announces them at the reception. I LOVED the 'iced out' Martini bar during the cocktail hour... it was so elegant & really, really cool. =) That framed photo of you & Anthony that everybody got to write a little message on, was such a cute idea! The food during the cocktail hour was delish, but we were trying not to stuff ourselves before dinner! LOL..
My guests LOVED it that we attended the CH - they broke out into applause as we entered, totally unexpected. Plus we were able to mingle with some guests and get a lot of hello's out of the way...as for a timeline, this is what I did:
1) Ceremony from 3:00pm-3:45pm, take pictures outside church, leave at 4:00pm 2) Arrive at park for pictures 5:00pm take pictures until 6:00pm 3) Arrive at reception at 6:15pm, take pictures until 7:00pm 4) Attend CH at 7:00pm...dance, eat and mingle until 1:00am
