Wedding Day Schedule

Wedding Day Schedule 

            I'll bet of all the things on your mind a wedding day schedule is not on  the top of your list,but it should be! And I'll show you why. 

            The wedding day schedule is the second most important  document  right behind your invitation that your wedding party and vendors will receive. 

            To the one planning an event, what to do and when to do it, is simple  and probably even memorized by that person, but to the players it is    sometimes like trying to read an unknown foreign language. So,    everything that is to be done, and  the names of the ones doing it will be   included in the wedding day schedule right down to when the vendors arrive  and who cleans up afterward. 

            Remember, whether you hire a wedding planner or not, the wedding  day schedule is a necessary document that will need to printed and sent to  all the wedding party including the parents of the bride and groom. It is also  comprehensive in that no detail be left to memory, that is a recipe for disaster  especially in a big wedding. If it's not on the schedule it won't happen at least  not in the way you want it to. Things like who will escort the mothers to their  seats, when the music starts, what is to be played, etc...  

            Don't let this boggle your mind. Just start thinking of the wedding in  segments. This will make it much easier to begin the schedule and keep in  mind it will be completed over a period of weeks or months. As you begin  thinking about your wedding, start with the parts you already have some  information. 

            Begin by taking a sheet of paper label it "Wedding Day Schedule". In  the upper right corner put the date as a header and each time you make an  entry or print it out (if you're doing this on your home computer) you can keep  up with the last time you made an entry or update. In the left hand margin  write  "Rehearsal" and leave some space name and address. Under that   write "Time" and "Phone number". Then at the top of the page in the center  write "Wedding Day Schedule". 

            Now in the left margin create a column for time and to the right of each  time slot will be a place to explain the activity for that specific time. Now   make a list of events, in the order they will occur, and write them in the right  column. The time slot will be filled in once you have contracted with each  vendor.  

            Now you have a place to write down the events in chronological   order. You should be well own your way to at least having a written record of  your entire wedding from Rehearsal to Reception and I hope that is a comforting place to be.     ? ? ? 

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