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Wedding Tip of the Week – Seating Charts

It's always stressful creating a wedding seating chart. You're not allowed to place this cousin next to this cousin. Also, you're not allowed to place this family member close to another one. It's stressful. Well, here is a tip that may make this process a little less stressful.

The main thing to remember here is don't over think it. Really, think about it. Your guests don't sit for very long at their table. They are free to move around and mingle as much as they like. Don't stress over creating the most perfect tables.

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Wedding Tip of the Week – Wedding Seating

Q: Where do I sit everyone at the wedding ceremony?
A:

  •  First row – Reserved for parents
  • Second row – Grandparents & Great – Grandparents. Don't forget that siblings not in the wedding party are seated before grandparents.
  • Before Ceremony Starts – Intermediate family is seated.
  • MOB – The last person to be seated after groom's mother who are both escorted down the aisle.

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A Circular Wedding Trend

Do you look towards wedding trends in finding a trend that will suit your wedding? Trends come and go, especially within weddings. There are trends within wedding colors, wedding flowers, wedding venues and even how your wedding is setup. One of the trends emerging for wedding ceremonies is a circular wedding setup. Wedding and Party Network has a few tips, ideas and symbolic meanings behind this wedding setup.

First off, why have a wedding where the seating is setup in a circular pattern? There are many great reasons why, just take a look at the reasons below.

  • Circular Wedding Seating
    Breakaway from traditional seating and go with something unique.
  • Ideal for small, intimate weddings.
  • Can symbolize unity and eternity, it may also be a religious or spiritual symbol and even can represent the meaning of your family by having your close family within the inner circle. By having your family that close, they will feel as if they are truly apart of your wedding.
  • It doesn't necessarily have to be a circle, you can even create a unique spiral and again, put those closest to the inner circle and even create a memory timeline down the aisle.
  • It doesn't have to be chairs. If you're having an outdoor wedding, you can use hay bales or even crates. Get creative and make sure the seating goes with the style of your wedding.
  • Everyone gets a view. Instead of having some guests way back in the back trying to catch a glimpse over someone's head,  Setting up a 360 view, means less chairs have to go in the back.

There are many reasons on why to have a circular wedding set-up. Try incorporating this trend into your wedding to create a unique feature for your wedding ceremony.

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How Do I Seat A Single Grandfather At The Wedding?

Ask The Celebration Advisor: I am the Mistress of Ceremonies at an upcoming wedding, and I am having trouble finding the "proper" etiquette for seating a grandfather (grandmother not living).  The bride want's the other grandmother ushered in with her husband following; but in the case where there is just a grandfather and no grandmother, how does that work? Does he just follow the first set of grandparents down the aisle, or what? ~ Suzanne C.

The Celebration Advisor: Suzanne, this is (as you know) a rather interesting situation. In Christian ceremonies (different for Judaic), grandparents tend to be seated just before the processional begins. To ease the bride's concern, here are "proper" wedding etiquette options for seating her grandfather.

**Since the bride's grandmother will not be ushered by her husband, it is perfectly acceptable to have the single grandfather follow the others down the aisle. This will typically be the most acceptable and best regarded option.

**If the bride's grandmother and grandfather were to walk together, the bride should ask someone to usher her single grandfather. This could be a female family member not in the wedding party (an aunt, a close cousin, etc.). It should never be a member of the wedding party as this would cause them to have "double duty". Her grandfather may request to walk alone but the option should be provided just in case.

**Though it is less traditional to have a man walk first, you could seat the single grandfather first if he is the father of the mother of the bride. The matriarchal lineage dictates the order of the wedding processional, especially seating grandparents and stepparents. Even if his wife has passed, her grandfather may be seated before the set of grandparents. Again, this is a less traditional processional and should only be used if the grandfather or the bride is sensitive to having him walk alone.

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Seating Two Sets of Grandparents At The Wedding

Ask The Celebration Advisor: When you have two sets of grandparents for both the bride and groom, do you alternate seating the grandparents during the processional? or do you seat all the groom's grandparents first, and then all the bride's grandparents? ~ Erika M.

The Celebration Advisor: Great question, Erika! How lucky you both are to have both sets of grandparents at your wedding! According to traditional wedding etiquette, you have several good options depending on how quickly and politely you are trying to seat your guests.

Traditional Wedding Etiquette Seating Option: The general wedding etiquette rule of thumb with grandparents is to seat them as they arrive. This prevents them from having to stand longer than would be comfortable. This also prevents the hassle of figuring out who walks with whom, when and where they sit when they get there.

Modern Wedding Etiquette Seating Option: Seat your mother's parents first, then your groom's mother's parents, then your father's parents, then the groom's fathers parents. Wedding processionals and seating always favor the bride and then the maternal side of both families.

Polite and Modern Wedding Etiquette Seating Option: If you really want to have your grandparents walk before the wedding processional, a polite seating option would be to seat the your grandparents first (both sets) then seat both sets of the groom's grandparents. This is a spin off of the modern wedding etiquette option for seating that is very popular. However, this option is more in line with the traditional order of the processional and seating arrangements.

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Wedding Ceremony: Seating Divorced Parents and Grandparents

Wedding Etiquette Question: My parents are divorced and remarried and have been for the past 15 years. This means I have 4 sets of grandparents on my side of the family alone. I am getting married on 8/15/09 and need to know the proper wedding etiquette and traditional ways of walking down the isle. Who walks first…the grooms parents or the brides and in what order? Should grandparents walk the isle and in what order? Last year my brother got married and because of the order of walking down the isle some people were offended and have not spoken to each other since then. I do not want this to happen at my wedding. I have read many articles none of which coincide with my dilemma. Please help!! Luvetta

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