My daughter will be getting married in an outdoor ceremony. We will have seating provided and can arrange however many chairs we want on each the bride's side and the groom's side. We are thinking of rows of 10 chairs on each side of the aisle.
Since these are chairs and not church pews, are we still to follow the tradition of only the parents in the first row? If so, do you put only 4 chairs (2 on each side) in the front row, or have all 10 chairs and leave the other 8 chairs empty (on each side)? Would it be oaky to place other family members in the front row to fill up the seats?
To complicate it further, the groom's parents are recently divorced and the groom's Mother is bringing a guest. Do we have the groom's father sit in the 3rd row by himself (there are no relatives of his attending) or can he sit in the front row separated by other family members?
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Weddings by Shayna
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Nov 12, 2007, 9:38 AM
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Re: [MOB07] Ceremony seating for outdoor wedding
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You are not restricted to only placing four chairs in the front row, but you may if you feel it looks appropriate. You may also leave the front chairs empty (if you decide to do more than four in that front row), or, if you have very close family & friends, you are free to fill the seats. Think of the chairs as a church pew - they don't make it shorter if there are fewer family members, and you are usually welcome to seat whomever you'd like there as long as you leave enough room for the immediate family.
As for the groom's parents, if they can sit in the same row amicably, divided by someone else, that is acceptable. If not, depending on the level of animosity, you may seat the father immediately behind the mother, or, if necessary, in the third row. It is entirely dictated by the state of the relationship between the former spouses and their ability to pull it together during the ceremony.
Ceremony seating for outdoor wedding
