Here is a wedding timetable guideline to help you plan your reception run smoothly.
The Wedding Reception Timetable.
The Bridal Party arrives
The main Bridal Party stands in line to welcome the guests. This can be as the guests arrive before collecting their ‘Welcoming Drink’ or to have the Receiving Line after the ‘Welcoming Drink’ and photographs but before entering the Wedding Breakfast.
The Wedding Breakfast
Speeches and Toasts
Cutting the Wedding Cake
The Bride and Groom – First Dance
Live band or DJ music and entertainment
Throwing the Bouquet
Going Away
Remember the above is just a guideline of how a timetable would run traditionally. It is quite popular now for the speeches and the cutting of the cake to be done before the meal. Doing it this way allows the Bride, Groom and especially those making a speech, to get their pressure done earlier on, so enabling them to enjoy the meal and have a few drinks!