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Wedding Reception
Etiquette The
Receiving Line
The formal greeting for guests should be as follows:
- Bride's parents
- Groom's
parents
- Bride
- Groom
Wedding
Reception Toasts and Speeches
Following
the wedding breakfast the Best Man will announce the first speech The
Bride's Father
Proposes
a toast to the Bride and Groom and may give a small speech. The
Groom
Replies
on behalf of the Bride and Groom and thanks the parents of the bride for providing
the wedding, thank the guests for their gifts and toasts the bridesmaids. The
Best Man
Replies
for the bridesmaids, may read out their cards and toasts the bride and groom and
their parents. The
Top Table
The Bridal
party should be seated in the following order - Best
Man
- Groom's
Mother
- Bride's
Father
- Bride
- Groom
- Bride's
Mother
- Groom's
Father
- Chief
Bridesmaid
Text
supplied courtesy of St Leonards Hotel | 
