Responsibilities at Wedding Events

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Bride: Her side of the family is in charge of compiling the wedding list. She chooses her attendants (maid and/or matron of honor, bridesmaids), making sure that one of her sisters and a sister of the groom are included. She selects their dresses. Before the wedding, she gives some sort of party for them. She also gives each one a gift.

Brides' parents: Traditionally, the wedding arrangements have been the province of the bride's mother. No matter who pays for the wedding, she is its official hostess. The father of the bride hosts the wedding. He escorts his daughter down the aisle.

Brides' attendants: The maid and/or matron of honor help the bride dress and perform other services when asked. During the wedding the attendants may hold the bride's bouquet, arrange her train, hand her the groom's ring.

Groom: He chooses his attendants (best man and ushers) making sure to include a brother or his own and a brother of the bride. He takes charge of the bachelor dinner, though he may leave the arrangements to someone else. He gives each attendant a gift.

Groom's Parents: The bridegroom's parents invite the bride's parents over. Then the bride's parents reciprocate. The bridegroom gives the bachelor dinner, and the bridegroom's family gives the rehearsal dinner.

Best Man: The best man may be the busiest individual of all at a wedding. He:

1. Supervises the activities of the ushers, including their apparel;


2. Makes sure the ushers' presents are wrapped in time;


3. Sees to it that the men's boutonnieres and bride's bouquet have been ordered;


4. Helps arrange for transportation for all wedding events;


5. Leads off toasts and assigns toasts at the bridal dinner and wedding reception (toasting the bride first), and takes charge of seeing that everyone who should be is toasted;


6. Makes sure that the groom is dressed (wedding license in pocket) and on time for the wedding;


7. Carries the ring and payments for clergyman and church;


8. Witnesses the signing of the wedding certificate;


9. Acts as a general problem solver.

Ushers: Ushers seat wedding guests, giving an arm to all women and escorting them down the aisle. The bride's friends and relatives are seated on the left, the groom's on the right except when there is a lopsided guest list-in which case, it is more important to even out the numbers of people sitting on each side of the church. Five minutes before the wedding ceremony is to begin an usher escorts the mother of the groom to her place (first row on the right), then an usher escorts the bride's mother to her place (first row on the left).

This article has been submitted in affiliation with http://www.Prye.Com/ which is a site for Wedding Invitations.