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[QUOTE]Originally posted by PM_Mama00
[B][color=deeppink]Italian weddings are so traditional that I don't even know what is tradition and what isn't (I've only been to one non-Italian wedding out of like 100 weddings in my life).
I like how my family in NY does it... not sure if everyone in NY does this. When the bridal party is announced at the reception, the girls line up on one side and the guys on the other, and make an archway for the bride and groom. I love that! I want it at my wedding.
Also at the weddings in NY, they have a cocktail hour in another room, while the bridal party and bride adn groom hang out in another. No one sees them until they are announced at the reception. I love that!
Most weddings I have gone to in NY do these things. A lot of the weddings I have gone to have been Italian though but I just think it is a trend that has caught on in general, especially the arch way thing with the bouquets which look pretty cool(I've seen it at other than Italian weddings). The last Italian wedding I went to, the bride had Sinatra's "The Way You Look Tonight" playing when she walked down the aisle. The groom's men all wore shades going down the aisle. When the bridal party entered for the reception, the bridesmaids wore the shades. The past several weddings I have gone to the brides wanted to be at their cocktail hour so they could get a lot of the "socializing" out of the way in the beginning of the reception. I think these are all cool things, just depends on your preference. One really cute thing I saw recently at a wedding was in the beginning of the reception, after the bride and groom were announced, the DJ asked for all the guests that loved these two people to please come onto the dance floor and form a circle around them. EVERYONE obviously got up from their seats. He then proceeded to play a dance song and this got everyone up dancing and mingling. You gotta love the Greeks though who throw money onto the dance floor at the couple throughout the wedding.
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