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Wedding Party Responsibilities
Groom
- Help compile guest list. Present list to bride at least 3
months before the wedding.
- Purchase bride's engagement and wedding rings and arranges
engraving.
- Rent or purchase wedding attire.
- Choose all wedding attire and wedding accessories for the male bridal party members.
- Plan and pay for honeymoon.
- Get traveler's checks for honeymoon.
- Obtain all necessary travel documents for honeymoon (i.e.
passport, birth certificate, visa).
- Assist in any and all planning of ceremony and reception.
- Purchase wedding gift for bride.
- Pay for the bridal bouquet and all corsages and boutonnières
for wedding party.
- Scout out hotels for out-of-town guests.
- Send out rehearsal dinner invitations.
- Arrive at ceremony site at least 1 hour early.
- Bring marriage license to ceremony site.
- Make payments to officiate and musicians.
- Stand to the left of the bride in the receiving line.
Best Man
- Plan and host the bachelor party.
- Rent or purchase wedding attire that is the same as the groom's.
- Attend rehearsal and rehearsal dinner.
- Arrange for transportation to ceremony for self and groom.
- Arrange for transportation of the couple as well as self to
the reception.
- Arrives with the groom at least 1 hour before the ceremony.
- Helps keep the groom calm.
- Supervises groomsmen and ushers.
- Holds bride's wedding ring if not being carried by the ring
bearer.
- Escorts the Maid (Matron) of Honor during the recessional.
- Forwards payment to musicians and officiate from the groom.
- Stands to the right of the bride in the receiving line.
- Makes the first toast at the reception and reads congratulations
telegrams.
- Dances when the music starts and asks other guests to dance.
- Transport newlyweds to the honeymoon suite or airport after
the reception.
- Organize the return of any rented wedding attire for all men
in the wedding.
Groomsmen and Ushers
- Purchase or rent wedding attire.
- Assist in planning and financing the bachelor party.
- Attend the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner.
- Arrive dressed at least 1 hour before the wedding.
- Fold and distribute wedding
programs.
- Ensure that all family members have corsages/boutonnières
before being seated.
- Seat guests as follows:
- Single females are escorted on the right.
- Single males should walk along the left side.
- Escort the female of a couple on the right with her date
walking behind.
- Guests of the bride are seated on the left.
- Guests of the groom are seated on the right.
- Leave first few rows unseated to accommodate family members.
- Seat the mother of the groom.
- Seat the mother of the bride.
- Roll out the aisle runner.
- Light candelabras, as needed.
- Escort bridesmaids during the recessional.
- Check for any items left by guests at the ceremony site.
- Collect ceremony decorative items such as baskets, pew
bows, and aisle runner.
- Dance when music starts and ask other guests to dance.
- Decorate
the newlywed's car.
Father of the
Groom
- Assist in compiling guest list.
- Purchase or rent wedding attire.
- Pay for and host the rehearsal dinner.
- Propose the first toast at the rehearsal dinner.
- Arrive dressed 1 hour before the wedding.
- Stand to the left of the mother of the groom in the receiving
line.
- Pay for all beverages at the wedding reception.
Father of the
Bride
- Assist in preparing the guest list.
- Purchase or rent wedding attire that matches that of the groom
and other male wedding attendants.
- Ride with the bride to the ceremony.
- Escort bride down the aisle on left arm.
- Stands to the left of the mother of the bride in the receiving
line.
- Co-hosts the reception.
- Dances second dance with the bride at the reception.
- Helps gather gifts after the reception.
- Last to leave reception.
Ring Bearer
- Parents pay for attire that matches or complements the groom's
attire.
- Attends rehearsal and, depending on age, attends the rehearsal
dinner with her parents.
- Arrives dressed 1 hour before the ceremony. (If very young,
30 minute early may be more appropriate.)
- Precedes the flower girl in the processional carrying the
wedding rings
on a pillow.
- Attends the reception with parents.
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Flash Formals Ltd
3431 S. Broadway
Englewood, CO
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303-781-5577 |
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Mister Bs Formal Wear
2680 Youndfield St.
Lakewood CO 80215
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303-238-3332 |
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The Scotland Yard
Kilt Outfit Rental
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800-636-0116 |
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