After Wedding Party Tips

A great dinner party shall be held after a wedding ceremony in most parts of the world in order to celebrate the marriage of the newlyweds as well as to appreciate the guests for their being present.

In some countries, newlyweds and all guests would drive to another location where the dinner is to be held after the ceremony in church. When they arrive at the wedding banquet hall, receiving lines should be made up instantly at the gate to welcome the guests. The bride’s mother should stand in the front of the line and keep greeting the guests and introduce them to the bridegroom’s mother one by one. The bridegroom’s mother should stand next to bidet’s mother and be followed by the newly married couple. Then main bridesmaids stand behind them and finally are the other bridesmaids. It will be perfect if the newlywed can stand in the position of host with their parents to welcome the guests while usually they are willing to stay among the guests. It is not appropriate for divorced parents to stand in the receiving line together. For instance, if the wedding ceremony is held by the bride’s mother and her step father, then as the hostess and host her mother and step father should stand in the receiving line while her biological father should not.

Usually there should be special staff to announce a guest’s name on a traditional formal wedding. The staff should stand beside the bride’s mother and enquire a guest’s name in a low voice and then announce it loudly.It is necessary as the bride’s mother may not know all the guests who are invited by the bridegroom’s family.

The bride’s mother takes the responsibility for introducing the guests to bridegroom’s parents as well as to the bride if necessary. The newly married couple should introduce the relatives and friends of their own to each other.. However, on such occasion brief introduction and a little chat will be enough. All the couple have to say is: ‘thank you’or ‘nice to meet you’ as extra courtsey will be too much. A formal greeting part lasts for a long period with strict rules and boring conversation or behavior, which makes people feel tired and restraint. So as time goes by, the receiving line is tending to be cancelled. This part almost disappears on small-scale wedding parties while still remains on large formal wedding ceremonies.Yet whether cancel the receiving line or not depends on the brides. She has to make sure that the bridegroom and his family know every guest attend. Even without a receicing line, the newlyweds and their parents should also stay close to the gate in order to greet the visitiors and to make instant introductions. Sometimes a visitor’s book will be laid on the desk beside the entrance so that every visitor can sigh their names on it then the book will be a perpetual memorial of the great day.