General flow of events for your Cape Cod Wedding Ceremony & Reception
Feel free to modify this order to suit your own preference
- Guests arrive and are seated for your wedding ceremony
- Wedding ceremony – woo hoo!
- Wedding reception begins with a cocktail hour
- Arrival of your guests at the reception site
- Introduction of the Bride and Groom (usually into their first dance)
- Bride and Groom’s First Dance
- Toast
- Blessing
- Dinner
- Cake cutting
- Special parent dance – Bride and her father
- 2nd Special parent dance (optional) – Groom and his mother
- Invite everyone to begin dancing (dance floor officially opens)
- Dancing usually starts with slower songs, then the tempo builds
- Last Dance (farewell song) – Let the DJ know if you want guests to make a circle around the Bride and Groom
- Wedding Planner Sheets (3 Pages – pdf) Print this out and use to organize and outline the flow of your reception