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Have you ever attended a theatrical production in your city? Chances are, upon handing the usher your tickets, you were given a program to serve as a guide, of sorts, throughout the play. Usually, it begins with a small synopsis of the play, includes a few pages dedicated to giving background information on the director, actors and musicians and also shows a breakdown of the play in acts. A wedding program is not much different, as a matter of fact. After all, a wedding is much like a production in that it has players (wedding party) and definitive acts (different parts of the ceremony). If you want to design and produce your own ceremony programs for your wedding, here is the information that you may want to include. Remember that you can include as much or as little information as you desire on your own wedding program; the following is simply a guideline of information you may choose to use.
Introduction
The introduction of the wedding program is essentially a reiteration of the information included in the wedding invitation. While the guests know whose wedding they are attending, it lists the bride and groom¡¯s names as well as the date of the wedding, the location and the time. Here is an example of an introduction you may wish to use:
Welcome to the wedding uniting
Sophia Rose Plath
and
Martin Joseph Hernandez
on Sunday, September 11, 2005
at eleven o¡¯clock in the morning
First Baptist Church
Corpus Christi, Texas
Breakdown of Ceremony Sections
The second part of your program will be a breakdown of your wedding ceremony. Many couples often get married in a church and include several significant songs, different scripture readings and important prayers. You will definitely want to include the different songs used once the wedding begins. For example, there may a significant song that is sung or played when the groom walks in or when the mothers and grandparents are being seated. There may also be different songs playing when the wedding party walks down the aisle and when the bride and her father eventually walk down the aisle. For example, you could break down the different events and songs like this:
Seating of the Mothers.......Beethoven¡¯s ¡°Ode To Joy ¡°
Wedding Party Processional.................Pachelbel's ¡°Canon in D¡±
Bride Processional...........Bach¡¯s ¡°Ave Maria¡±
You will also want to list any significant parts of the wedding that some of your guests may be unfamiliar with. If you wish, especially if there are two different cultures being represented by the bride and groom, you can include a brief explanation of the different ceremony traditions. For instance, in the Catholic tradition, there is something called the lighting of the Unity candle. Since many people may be unfamiliar with this, you can devote an entire page of your program listing the different traditions and their symbolic meanings.
Wedding Party
Those friends and family members you have asked to stand beside you in your wedding (bridesmaids and groomsmen) should also be acknowledged in your wedding program, as well as parents and grandparents. Here is a small sample of how the list should look:
Parents of the Bride........Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Plath
Parents of the Groom........Mr. And Mrs. Hector Hernandez
After this, you would list the grandparents of the bride and groom and any other relatives you wish. At this point, you will list your wedding party, beginning with the bridal party:
Matron of Honor..............Sylvia Jackson
Bridesmaids..................Janice Hilburn
Cynthia Niles
Flower Girl..................Sally Higgins
Best Man.....................Arthur Smith
You will follow this list with the groomsmen, the ring bearer, officiant and any musicians that may have sung or played at your wedding.
Page of Thanks
If you wish, you can also include a page where you thank those friends and family members who helped you tremendously in the planning of your wedding. If you have any relatives or friends who you would like to pay tribute to (a deceased grandparent or family member), you can also do this here. |
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