Wedding Detail - Page 2

Optimist Prime · #16 10-05-2002, 06:57 PM

I'm glad I'm a Yankee. At least part. Thanks MOM!

Wine&Blue · #17 10-13-2002, 05:21 PM

I just got married in May (in the South) and my reception was not at a church. In fact, I've been to very few church receptions. My reception was held at a country club and included an oldies band, lots of dancing, and a full meal. It wasn't all that different from every other wedding I've been to down here.

As far as the program attendant goes, I did not have one. I've done that for people before and it just really is a headache. Not an honor at all IMO. I had the ushers hand out programs as they sat the guests.

AOIIBrandi · #18 10-13-2002, 06:52 PM

Just wanted to add that I was married in the South too, and my wedding was complete with reception at a banquet room with dinner, dancing and *alcohol*

I will also add that most of the weddings that I have been to throughout North Florida and Georgia also had these things...

sororitygirl2 · #19 10-13-2002, 07:01 PM

Yes, the few Southern weddings I have been to have also included a full-course meal and alcohol!

Wine&Blue · #20 10-13-2002, 07:28 PM

Of course! How could I forget to mention that we also had alcohol - a full open bar. We had been warned about people getting out of hand if we provided that, but nobody got ridiculously drunk.

Munchkin03 · #21 10-13-2002, 09:33 PM

I've never attended a reception at a church.

AOIIsilver · #22 10-13-2002, 10:37 PM

All of the weddings that I have ever attended have had cake servers that were either family or friends. Where I was raised, it was considered an honor to be included in the wedding party as a cake server, program attendant, or punch server. As a cake server, program attendant, or punch server, you attended the rehearsal dinner, and were given wedding party flowers and were included some of the formal pictures.

On a personal note, I had a large wedding party including a cake server, program attendant, and a punch server plus the bridesmaids, groomsmen and ushers; I had 13 attendants and my husband had 11 groosmen and ushers. Everyone had a GREAT time.....
AOIIsilver

juniorgrrl · #23 10-13-2002, 11:58 PM

I've been to, and been in many southern weddings. And zero have had receptions in a church.

It must be a New Orleans thing, but we dispense with the sit-down dinner, and have a buffet and an open bar. We get right to the fun.

Another thing that I think is particular to New Orleans is the cake pull. The baker puts small silver charms on a ribbons between two layers of the cake. All the unmarried bridesmaids gather around the cake, choose a ribbon and pull. Each charm means a different thing - love, money, etc.

three2tango · #24 10-14-2002, 03:07 AM

I have never been to Louisiana but I have heard that it is like a whole different country. Is that true?

DigitalAngel126 · #25 10-14-2002, 04:07 AM

*Still bitter about "best" friend's wedding*...

Wanna talk about rudeness... I hadn't seen my best friend for nine years...I flew all the way from Indiana to New York on my spring break from college to go to her stinking wedding, because "I was the maide of honor"...At least that's what I was being told...The WONDERFUL *gag* story goes as follows...

Get to NY, start hanging out with Sally (name changed...I don't really know anyone named Sally)...I ask what I should wear to the wedding cuz I'm retarded and the dress I brought was black.. Good 'ol Sal tells me 'not to worry about it' because I 'have surprises coming to me that I don't know about'. This is after being told for months that I'm the maid of honor... What would you assume??

The wedding is getting near...All the bride's maid's are picking up their dresses, making appts for hair & nails, etc...."Hey Sally, what should I wear?? Should I make any appointments?? How should I do my hair??".... "Oh don't worry about it, I told you, you have surprises coming to you that you don't know about!!".

Rehearsal comes along...my dad and I are both told we have to come... Correct me if I'm wrong, but usually only people in the actually wedding party need to go to that (well, including I guess parents and the priest and whatnot, but yeah....). Mmmmhmmm, you guessed it, we get to sit and watch rehearsal... And not only do I get to MEET her real bridesmaid, I'm pretty sure that I wasn't thrilled about it... Yet I'm told that I have a reserved spot in the limo, which is reserved for the wedding party only... *Confused at this point*.

After rehearsal, we go to where we're having the reception to set it up...We're setting up the table up front for the bridal party... No spot for me. "But don't worry, there are things I don't know about"...

Next day we get all the jewelry, the altered dresses/suits, the rest of the shoes, and the bridesmaid's "gifts"....Alright...

Day of the wedding...Amy doesn't get her hair done, doesn't get her nails done, doesn't get her make-up done (they went all out), and had nothing to wear other than what I brought from home...

I know the suspense is killing you, right? What did I get to do at the wedding??... Well now you know: NOTHING!!! That's right, nada... In fact, THAT DAY I got designated to be THE DJ AT THE RECEPTION because 'they didn't want to pay for one'. Thanks Sal, 10-4 good buddy.

The capper on the whole situation was this... Sally and Jason were leaving from their reception to go on their honeymoon... So we're saying goodbye to them (my dad and I) and what happens?? I get a hug and all Sally says is "Don't make it another nine years kid".... That's IT...My dad is next in line.. Right, of course she starts crying, talking about how she can't wait to see him again even though he's not gone yet, how great it was to see him, etc etc etc....

Wonderful wedding I'd say...wouldn't you?

aephi alum · #26 10-14-2002, 10:06 AM

DigitalAngel... ouch!! I can see why you're bitter

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Originally posted by juniorgrrl
Another thing that I think is particular to New Orleans is the cake pull. The baker puts small silver charms on a ribbons between two layers of the cake. All the unmarried bridesmaids gather around the cake, choose a ribbon and pull. Each charm means a different thing - love, money, etc.

That sounds very similar to a British tradition for New Year's (I think - it might be Christmas). You bake a fruitcake with several little silver charms in it, and serve it to your guests. If you find a charm in your slice of cake, it indicates your fortune for the coming year - you'll find true love, receive a large sum of money, etc.

juniorgrrl · #27 10-14-2002, 10:50 AM

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Originally posted by three2tango
I have never been to Louisiana but I have heard that it is like a whole different country. Is that true?

It depends - if you get lost up in the bowels of cajun country near Lafayette, or up in North Louisiana (lower Arkansas) its like being in the Waterboy and Deliverance, respectively.

Life in New Orleans is "normal" I guess. I've never lived anywhere else, so I wouldn't know. We like to have fun, and find a way to make everything fun. That's probably the biggest difference. We've got festivals every weekend of the year.

And Mardi Gras is NOT like what you see on TV. Burbon St. is only a small part of the fun. Most of the city's residents don't do that scene too much - its touristy. Mardi Gras is about royalty and balls and parades and being with family and friends. Not ending up on the cover of Girls Gone Wild