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| Seating Page
1- Ceremonies Section |
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| Ceremony Seating |
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| From the placement of guests
in the pews or seats to the entrance of the
bride and groom, any wedding ceremony requires
a fair amount of choreography in order to run
smoothly. Here are some traditional guidelines
for seating arrangements, procession, ceremony
formation, and recession. You can choose to
conduct your ceremony in a different way, but
be sure to ask the officiant if he or she is
amenable to changes before doing so. |
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Seating at a Christian Ceremony |
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| Christian Seating |
| At a traditional, formal
Christian wedding or a large civil ceremony,
the bride’s family and friends are seated on
the left, and the groom’s, on the right. Mark
off the first few rows with flowers or ribbon
as seating for immediate family and special
guests (such as the flower girl’s and ring bearer’s
parents, someone giving a reading, and close
relatives), as labeled below. Divorced parents
may sit together in the front row. If they are
remarried or not on good terms, the father and
his wife should sit in the third row. Ushers
seat guests as they arrive, from front rows
to back; the final guests to be seated are,
in this order: grandparents, mother of the groom
(with father walking just behind), and mother
of the bride. |
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Seating at a Jewish Ceremony |
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| Jewish Seating |
| At a traditional, formal
Jewish wedding, the bride’s side is on the right,
and the groom’s is on the left. The parents
stand under the huppah during the ceremony;
stepparents may sit in the aisle seats in the
second and third rows or stand under the huppah
if they are very close to the bride or groom. |
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