Is sitting arrangements ahead of the cermony apporiate?
I am having a rather small wedding but our families are rather large even though we have agreed on a small wedding but , I am worried that many of our friends and bussiness friends may try and sit up front where our families are , I don't want to appear rude , because I am grateful to all those who join me for my big day but is there a way that I might be able to make sure that everyone seats according to how immediate our families are ? I find it rather rude and would hate for my Nana as well as my aunts and uncle , and other family members to be seated in the back while the others that are not so close to me and my finace are up front. Any suggestions on how I may make sure the sitting arrangement is proper without appearing rude?
Nancy Tucker
PRESIDENT - WEDDINGS BEAUTIFUL
Feb 4, 2005, 11:49 AM
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Dear Sitting Arrangements,
The seating for your family should be arranged by saving however many rows you think the family will need and the ushers instructed to seat behind that unless they are family. You can send pew cards to the family who should be in the designated rows, which they present to the ushers. Nancy Tucker President of Weddings Beautiful US http://www.weddingsbeautiful.com
RevSusanna
Interfaith Wedding Minister
Feb 4, 2005, 6:22 PM
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You can mark the reserved seats with little cards or sheets marked "reserved". Be sure to inform your family that those marked seats are allocated for them. What is often done is that those rows are "roped off" by a nicely decorated ribbon. The other option is to have ushers that sort of act as monitors.
Having said that, most people know that the first two tothree rows are for immediate family. The signs, the roping off, the users are really reminders.
Is sitting arrangements ahead of the cermony apporiate?
