As we mentioned, everyone has their own unique preferences, so feel free to make your ceremony order your own. We recommend starting with one of the standard wedding processional or recessional orders, and then customizing it to suit your own tastes and styles.

Here Are Some Suggestions For Customization:

• For shorter ceremonies, have your bridesmaids & groomsmen, maid of honour & best man, and flower girls & ringbearers walk down the aisle in pairs.
• Don’t want to leave your siblings out? Incorporate them into your wedding, even though they’re not part of the official wedding party. For example, have a sibling walk the mother of the bride down instead of an usher.
• Even if you are following a Christian or Catholic ceremony, we think it’s great when both parents walk you down the aisle. So, don’t be afraid to adapt concepts from other cultures if you like them.

Here Are Some Extra Ceremony Order Pointers:

• For traditional processionals at Christian or Catholic weddings, the officiant, groom, and best man usually walk in from the side and not the aisle. Similarly, the Rabbi and Cantor at Jewish weddings are already at the front at the start of the ceremony.
• The order of the groomsmen and bridesmaids during a procession begin with those standing furthest from the bride. Likewise, the groomsmen enter with those standing furthest from the groom.
• The bride’s guests sit on the left and the grooms’s guests sit on the right at Christian or Catholic weddings. It is reversed for Jewish weddings with the groom’s guests on the left and the brides’s guests on the right.
• After the grandparents and parents come in, they are typically seated by ushers in the first row on their respective bride’s or groom’s side.