My husband and I eloped (just the two of us) to the courthouse in November 2006. We are planning a reception for all of our friends and family to celebrate in August 2007. The party will have a western theme on a friend's small horse farm. I'm wearing a white sundress and fun western boots, and my hubby is wearing jeans and also boots. We are having a Southern/Cajun BBQ buffet dinner and assorted pies and ice cream for dessert. How do we accomodate anyone who might want to make a toast (we don't know if anyone will)? Since it's not a wedding, we don't have a best man to "emcee." We are also planning to start the party by leading off the dancing with a two-step to our song, a fast country classic. Is all of this okay etiquette-wise?
We'd also like to incorporate a small ceremony to renew our vows, since not even our parents were present when we married...but we're unsure how to do this. We don't want to walk down an aisle, don't want attendants, etc. so we don't know what kind of ceremony to plan. I've been to I Do Take Two.com, but the site doesn't really help us with structuring a ceremony. Since we didn't have one the first time around, we're clueless. Can you help?
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WEDDING ETIQUETTE EXPERT
Jun 7, 2007, 6:47 PM
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Re: [Zorina33] Help for Vow Renewal!
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Dear Zorina,
There isn't any real stated structure to the vow renewal. It is very open to interpretation. It just shouldn't appear to be a wedding. So, you make it up as you go.
You two could walk in from the side of the area of the vow renewal toward your facilitator. You could then state how happy this last few months have been and that you are looking forward to many decades more of the same. Whatever you wish to say is great as long as it doesn't appear to be wedding vows. Have fun with it.
Your reception sounds like a lot of fun and is exactly what I feel the belated reception should be--fun.
Help for Vow Renewal!
