Hi everyone,
Can anyone share their order of the day so I can see if I'm on the right track. Our civil wedding ceremony starts at 3pm and the reception finishes at 11pm. We will have one reading at the ceremony which will also be translated into Chinese. We're doing everything in one place. It's a small wedding of only 50 guests. 3 course sit down meal. I'm about to book a photographer and thinking about the timings. I don't need them for the whole day which is usually 8 hours to start with bridal preparations through to first dance. I was thinking of booking them from just before the start of the wedding ceremony- to arrive half hour before to first dance, so about 6 hours. I'm worried about guests hanging about for too long after the ceremony or it being too rushed at dinner.
Here is my rough draft:
15:00 Wedding Ceremony
15:30 Drinks reception and photographs
17:30 Dinner
19:00 Speeches
19:30 Cutting of Cake
20:00 First Dance
23:00 Carriages
