The whole process of a Western-style wedding

Most couples think that the wedding ceremony is fine as long as it follows the traditions and don't put too much effort into the ceremony. In fact, with a little more thought, your ceremony can be equally unique.

Every bride wants her wedding to be personalized, so add a little personality to your ceremony!

1. Share your love story: Witnesses tell our most unforgettable love story during the ceremony, so that everyone can share our romance. --Andrea

2. Blowing bubbles: When the ceremony was over and we retired, little kids and friends blew colorful bubbles to bless us. --Kate

3. Special music: composing a special tune for our wedding and playing it during the ceremony. --Jessica

4. Choose a special place: We had our wedding ceremony at the park where we first met and where he proposed to you. --Michelle

5. Different styles of bridesmaid dresses: Choose different styles of dresses for bridesmaids that fit their body shape, so that they are all perfect for our wedding ceremony. --Mary

6. Special cocktail: According to the color tone of the wedding, we made a special cocktail for our guests, who were very impressed. --Alyson

7. Candle Lighting: Before the ceremony, family members from both sides light candles on two separate sides, and after the vows are read, the couple*** lights the unity candle together to symbolize that our lives will be one. --Susanna

But there are some traditional aspects of the ceremony that you need to know, such as: how do you choose the best wedding ceremony area for you? What is the order in which the couple enters? Will the vows or the veil be lifted first during the ceremony? All the questions that need to be solved in advance.

Ceremony location

The right location for your ceremony should be chosen as much as the wedding dress. Whether you choose a grand and traditional church wedding or a fresh and natural lawn wedding in the garden, it will be the most appropriate expression of your love for you and your fiancé.

The choice of the location of the wedding ceremony will affect the style and type of the ceremony, as your whole setup has to be appropriate to the surroundings.

If you have long dreamed of having your wedding in a small country church, then you will have to choose a cozy candlelight wedding, then the ceremony will be very simple, with natural simplicity in the arrangement of flowers and scenery. Then use fragrant bouquets and cozy candlelight to add a fairytale romantic atmosphere to the wedding.

If you love the sea, you can hold your wedding by the sea and let the sea witness for you. Pick a place where you can see the sea, or on the soft sandy beach. On a summer weekend, you and he walk through a canal paved with shells and make your sea vows together.

If you choose a hotel for your wedding, usually the hotel staff will introduce you to some venues where ceremonies are usually held, so if you don't want to be like everyone else, you can take a closer look and you may find a place that suits you better.

No matter where you choose to hold your wedding, every wedding ceremony location should have a center. The centerpiece of a church wedding is, of course, the altar. Choosing to hold the ceremony elsewhere, if the place has a small pavilion, then with a little decoration of the pavilion can be the center of the ceremony, or you can use an arch full of greenery and flowers, tents and parasols, and you can also choose shrubs potted plants and so on, as long as it looks creative, there is no special limit.

Bride tip: The most important thing for any kind of ceremony is to create an intimate atmosphere. If you choose a place that seats 300 and you have only 125 guests, you should encourage guests to sit up front. It's a good idea to arrange for ushers who can take your guests directly to the more forward seats.

Seating Arrangements

For a small wedding with only family and close friends, simply reserve a portion of the seats for your elders in advance. For a large wedding, you need to prepare seating cards to minimize the time your guests spend looking for their seats.

Traditionally, the bride's family sits on the left and the groom's family on the right. The closer the relationship the more they sit further forward, elders and siblings sit in the first row on the left, if the parents are divorced and wish to sit separately, it depends on which side of the family is closer to the parents, if the relationship with the father is better, you can have the father sit in the first row with his current wife and the mother in the second row.

For a large wedding, a seating card takes care of all the problems. On each seating card, write the names of the guests and place them on the seat or on the back of the chair. The design of the seating cards must be attention-grabbing, and you can hand-write your guests' names to show your respect for them.

Bride Tip: To make seating easier, place a seating chart in front of the check-in desk, guests will easily find their seats and ushers will bring them to their seats for those who need help.

Sound Equipment

The microphone can make some brides and grooms feel uncomfortable, but it is very important. Because with it, the guests present can hear your wedding vows.

Unless it's a particularly small wedding, always use a microphone. Especially a beautifully decorated outdoor wedding, if the wind happens to be blowing in the same direction as the guests' seats, no one will be able to hear the priest leading you in your vows.

If you feel that a stand-up microphone would detract from the photos, you can opt for a lavalier microphone. There's definitely no problem with a lavalier microphone for the groom and pastor, but it can be a challenge for the bride's dress. If you can't hide it, then you'll have to stand a microphone in front of the bride! Bride's Tip: Before the wedding, be sure to test the audio ahead of time to make sure that all the equipment in the ceremony is working properly, and to make sure that the sound can be heard by everyone in attendance without being too harsh.

Serve drinks to guests before the ceremony

Set up a bar near the ceremony site. When guests arrive at the ceremony site, waiters can offer them cool, non-alcoholic beverages, which can be garnished with fresh mint and lemon on top to make them more noticeable.

Drinks to choose from include:

1. Iced tea with fresh mint sprigs.

2. Soda water mixed with fresh lemonade.

3, A drink made by adding lavender or rosemary to fresh lemonade.

4, Carbonated drinks made by adding thin slices of lemon or lime.

5. Half iced tea and half lemonade mixed together with fresh mint.

6. Add mint leaves to lime juice.

7. Fruit juice squeezed from bilberries, lingonberries and passion fruit and garnished with fresh berries and fruit slices.

Bride Tip: If the ceremony is very short, you can prepare some alcoholic beverages for your guests, otherwise it's not so good if someone makes a joke in the middle of the ceremony due to drunkenness.

Ceremony Preview

Unless your wedding ceremony is only 5 minutes long, you'll want to schedule a preview, and remember that all the people walking down the aisle must attend the preview.

The rehearsal is usually on the day of the wedding or the night before, and the ceremony rehearsal is immediately followed by the rehearsal dinner.

The number of people attending the rehearsal, including: the groom, the bride, the best man, the bridesmaids, the father of the groom, the pastor, the flower girl and the ring bearer.

Clearly define the location of the ceremony table and aisle. When everyone arrives at the ceremony site, first tell them where the altar or ceremony table is located, and the location of the aisle should be marked with a ribbon or something else colorful so that it is clearly visible to those attending the preceptor.

Clearly define the order and location of everyone's entrance. Usually the groom stands at the front of the ceremony desk and waits, then the best man and maid of honor come out, with the best man standing to the right of the groom and the maid of honor standing to the left of the bride. As the best man and maid of honor walk to the front of the ceremony desk, the ring bearer comes out, and as the ring bearer walks to the middle of the aisle, the flower girl throws petals onto the carpet, and then the bride walks down the aisle accompanied by her father. Then the bride walks down the aisle accompanied by her father. Note that the speed of marching should be slower than the usual walking speed.

Number of rehearsals. Depending on the complexity of the ceremony, you can rehearse it 2-3 times or even more until everyone is comfortable in their roles, especially for the very young flower girls and ring bearers.

After the rehearsal, tell each person one last time exactly when and where they will arrive at the wedding.

Bride Tip: For the wedding rehearsal, it is recommended that the photographer and videographer should also attend. On the one hand, the photographer can choose in advance to shoot the location. On the other hand also at the same time to specify the location can be photographed, otherwise the photographer's photos will affect the order of the ceremony. Ceremony Procedures

Today there are a lot of cross-cultural weddings of different races and religions, and formally because of these reasons, many couples nowadays seldom choose the traditional religious ceremonies, but more often choose wedding ceremonies with a religious feel.

Declaration

PASTOR: Ladies and gentlemen, we are gathered here today to come together for the wedding of _____ and _____. Marriage is the sublimation of love and mutual trust. It requires not only a lifetime of love between two parties, but also a lifetime of mutual trust. Today _____ and _____ will be here to solemnly declare to everyone their promise of love and trust to each other.

Pastor: _____ and _____, now please declare your wish to marry to those here. Pastor: _____ Do you take _____ to be your wife? Do you take it that in good times and in bad, in riches and in poverty, in health and in sickness, in joy and in sorrow, you will love her unreservedly and be faithful to her for ever and ever?

Groom: I do.

Pastor: _____ Do you wish to marry _____ as his wife, and do you wish that whether in good times or in bad, in wealth or in poverty, in health or in sickness, in joy or in sorrow, you will love him unreservedly, and be faithful to him for ever and ever?

Bride: I do.

Vows

Pastor: _____ and _____, now please face each other, hold each other's hands and declare your vows to each other as wife and husband. (The bride hands the hand bouquet to the maid of honor.)

Pastor: _____ Please talk to me. I - _____ wholeheartedly take you to be my wife, whether in good times or bad, for richer or poorer, in health or sickness, in joy or sorrow, I will love you unreservedly, and I will endeavor to understand you and trust you completely. We will become one, a part of each other, and we will face everything in life together, to share our dreams, and to spend the rest of our lives as equal and faithful companions.

Pastor: _____ Please repeat after me. I marry you as your wife with all my heart, in good times and bad, for richer and poorer, in health and sickness, in joy and sorrow, I will love you without reservation, I will try to understand you, trust you completely, we will be one, part of each other, we will face everything in life together, share our dreams, and spend the rest of our lives together as equal and faithful partners.

Exchange of Rings

PASTOR: Here now are two rings, which are the symbols of marriage, their perfect circles representing life and love, symbolizing eternal love.

Pastor: now please _____ put the ring on the bride's hand. (The primary best man removes the ring from the ring pillow in the ring bearer's hand and hands it to the groom. The groom places the ring on the ring finger of the bride's left hand, and then cups the bride's left hand with both hands.)

Pastor: ____ Repeat after me, you are my life, my love, my dear friend. I take you as my wife today, and this ring will forever bear witness to my great love for you and my solemn promise to you today.

Pastor: Now please _____ put the ring on the groom's hand. (The primary best man removes the ring from the ring pillow in the ring bearer's hand and hands it to the bride. The bride places the ring on the ring finger of the bride's left hand and then cups the groom's left hand with both hands.)

Pastor: _____ Repeat after me, you are my life, my love, my dear friend. I marry you today, and this ring will forever bear witness to my great love for you and my solemn promise to you today.

Pastor: Now,_____, you may lift the veil and kiss your bride.

PASTOR: From now on, you will no longer be drenched by the cold, wet rain, for you are each other's guarantee of shelter.

From now on, you no longer feel the cold, for you warm each other's hearts.

From now on, there will be no more loneliness.

From now on, you are still two people, but only one life.

Only may your days be good every day until the end of time.

Pastor: Now let me introduce to you: this is _____ and his wife _____, let's bless them together. (Crowd applauds.)　Declaration of consummation of marriage

Pastor: the wedding ceremony ceremony, please the new couple retired.

(Amidst a standing ovation from the observing guests, the bride and groom turn in place, retrace their steps down the aisle and out of the ceremony area. Next, the ring bearer takes the flower girl's hand, the primary best man and primary maid of honor follow, and the secondary best man and secondary maid of honor then follow, exiting one after the other. Guests can throw petals if it's an outdoor wedding, or if it's in a church, someone can wait outside to throw petals as the couple walks out of the church.)