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Moms walking down the aisle recommendations

Chris, on August 16, 2017 at 08:37 Posted in Wedding ceremony 0 3

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It's been many years since I attended a wedding or stood.
We are having a small 50 ppl - destination wedding.
We have a husband and wife standing as our maid of honour and best man.
We have a husband and wife standing as our groomsmen and bridesmaid and their toddler 2 1/2 as our ring bearer.
Grooms father is not attending - he has never attended his other 3 children's weddings so we are not offended.
Grooms mother is atending.
My father is walking me down the aisle .
How does this work? I know there is no set rule.
I would like to incorporate our moms somehow . Is the groom at the alter standing their already? Does he walk down the aisle to music.
Are you having best man and groomsmen seat people? As it will be 36C should people sit themselves?
The ring bearer is 2 1/2 how should this work I know kids are unpredictable so I don't care does he walk alone toward his parents?
My mom and his mom should they walk together with my groom in the middle?
Should the groom walk alone? Should my groom walk with his mom and my mom walk alone ? Should my mom walk with the ring bearer?
What are you doing?
We have music picked out and violinists playing but trying to decide who walks with who.
Thanks

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Latest activity by Lynnie, on August 17, 2017 at 11:43

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Lynnie · On August 17, 2017 at 11:43
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Like Maegan said, you can do whatever you want! Don't feel tied to a traditional processional, and do what feels right for both of you!
Here is the traditional processional order:
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I would have the officiant already up front so they don't need to do anything, then have the grandparents process in first (if you're having them).
Next up is the mother of the groom! She can process in alone, or together with your mom, or escorted by a male family member, friend, or groomsman. Totally up to you, but it's worth asking your future mother in law what she would like to do!
If the mother of the bride doesn't walk down the with mother of the groom, then she's next up for the processional. Again she can walk alone or escorted.
Next is the groom and groomsmen! They can process in down the center aisle, or enter in a single-file line from the side of the ceremony set-up and line up at the altar. My husband and his groomsmen chose to walk in quickly from the side like this. Or you could have the groom process down the aisle, or escort his mom, or have the groomsmen paired up with the bridesmaids for the processional. Whatever you want!
Ushers - you don't need to have ushers or to have groomsmen seat your guests, it's up to you! Guests can certainly seat themselves If you plan on having ceremony programs it might be nice to have the wedding party passing them out at the entrance.
Ring Bearer - your call again I'd ask the ring bearer's parents if you think he'll be comfortable walking on his own or if he needs to walk with someone. I would absolutely have someone seated in the first rows to sit with and watch over the ring bearer during the ceremony so they aren't all over their parents up front!
You can be as flexible and creative with your processional as you want, but don't stress yourself out over it!

Also check out 6 Ways to Shake Up Your Wedding Processional
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Maegan · On August 16, 2017 at 11:01
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You can really do anything you feel like. More and more people are going non-traditional so its not put of place to change it up My FHs father passed away a couple of years ago so we wanted to include his mom in our ceremony. Our wedding will go like this:*music*Groomsmen walk Groom walks with his motherBridesmaids walk*new music*Bride walks with mother and father
I was also just at a wedding last weekend where the groom walked the brides mother out and seated her. Then went back for his mother and seated her. Then went back for his groomsmen. It was actually really cute!
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Erin · On August 16, 2017 at 09:29
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Our ring bearers are just going to walk with each other down the aisle. I'm not really sure what my groom is doing but I know that my mum is walking me down the aisle and everyone else will already be in place. I think that whichever way you want to do and feels right is how you should go.
Maybe you could have both your mums walk the ring bearer down the aisle. Everyone else seems to be paired up already. Just a thought.
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