2008/03/21

Seating of the Grandmothers?

QUESTION???? My fiance and I are planning a wedding for June of next year and we have a couple of questions. As far as the seating of the mothers, what music do you recommend? Also, for the seating of the grandmothers - we have four - so who should be seated first? My two grandmothers? My fiance? Should they be seated by age? Also, what music do you recommend for that? Should their corsages be all the same, or should they vary? We're having a 2:00pm ceremony and I want the mothers to wear long dresses. Should the grandmothers be in long dresses too? Which grandmother should choose her dress/color first?



**********ADVICE *********** First of all, there is no such thing as "seating of the mothers". Your fiance's mother should be seated second to last, your mother should be seated last; to whatever music you are planning for the prelude, unless, of course, she accompanies you up the aisle. The words "Seating of the mothers", by the way, do not appear in the wedding program, or anywhere else for that matter. The "seating of the grandmothers"? Well, that's quite a novel concept - and also a non-event. What next? The "seating of the first cousins"? There is no rule as to which grandmother is seated first - nor should there be any jockeying for position - unseemly for any guest - much less for grandmothers. The very idea that any group of persons be seated at a wedding according to age is just too heinous to contemplate. The grandparents should be seated like any other guest, usually in one of the front two pews, depending of the size of your family (so to speak) and the size of the pews.

If you choose to give the grandmothers corsages, they may be made up of any flower you wish. I don't recommend giving corsages to anyone but the mothers , but if you choose to have these ladies wear them, it would be charming to incorporate each grandmothers' favorite flower. If you're having a two o'clock ceremony the mothers may not correctly wear long dresses. It stands to reason, therefore, that the grandmothers do not wear long dresses either, nor are they compelled to choose any color over another. They may not wear black or white, that is all. I don't doubt that by the time ones' grandchildren are of marrying age, one has a pretty good idea of what colors one likes or dislikes. Grandparents should be given their proper respect, not by being paraded up the aisle, but by being vigilantly introduced to guests at the reception and included in conversations during the same. Keep in mind that guests are only interested in one person's trip up the aisle, and that's the bride.

Attempting to make a ceremony of anyone else's progress is tedious.
 

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