CIVIL CEREMONIES

• About 45 minutes before the ceremony is due to begin your guests will gather. It is always a good idea for the Groom to be present to greet your guests on arrival.
• The Bride and Groom may not wish to see each other before the ceremony. If so the Registrar will interview the Groom separately, about 30 minutes before it is due to begin.
• When the Bride arrives the guests and the Groom will be asked to take their seats for the ceremony. The Registrar will then interview the Bride.

The ceremony may then begin, which takes between 20 minutes and half an hour.

• You may have three pieces of music during the ceremony, which the registrar must approve.

• A greeting line up may take place as guests leave the ceremony, giving them an opportunity to formally congratulate you and allowing your photographer to take photographs with less interruption from guests.
• Your photographer will probably take you to the Castle with its fantastic grounds and river to take photos.

Upon your return to the hotel the format then follows the same as a church wedding, with the exception of the line up, which may have already taken place.

WEDDING BREAKFAST
We welcome you to the hotel following your photographs, which will probably have taken place in the splendid castle grounds, situated just a few hundred yards from the hotel.

• A reception drink may then be served
• The Best Man and Master of ceremonies gather the main wedding party together at the entrance to the suite, for a line up into the wedding breakfast; this is your opportunity to formally welcome all your guests, and for them to congratulate you.
• Your wedding breakfast is then announced and your guests take their places.
• We then announce you into the room – an opportunity for guests to show you their appreciation.
• Grace may then be said

The meal is then served and no further formalities take place until after the sweet.

• When the majority of the guests have finished their sweets the Bride and Groom would cut the cake
• Once coffee, cake and toasting wine has been served speeches begin, traditionally as follows.

Brides Father

Groom

Best Man

• We then announce the formalities are over and the Bride and Groom leave the room. This gives your guests an opportunity to relax prior to your evening arrangements.

EVENING PARTY
It is now time to relax; the only formality the Bride and Groom may choose is to have their first dance.