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Do We Have to Have a Cocktail Hour?

A cocktail hour is a wonderful thing. Not only is it the perfect opportunity for the bride and groom to revel in the first moments of marriage in relative privacy, but it gives guests a sense of relaxation and guided transition before the reception.

“The stretch between your wedding ceremony and dinner is typically when guests are most eagerly anticipating festivities to begin,” says Taylor Doehrman of Taylor Dawn Design. “Therefore, holding a cocktail hour is crucial to the flow of your event. This ‘in-between’ time is obscured with tasty hors d’oeuvres and refreshing cocktails.”

Not to mention this is the ideal time for bride and groom photos, any venue-space transitions that might need to take place after the ceremony, and for guests to consult the seating chart without feeling rushed or crowded.

“Presenting your reception as a complete entity that all of your guests enter together to continue the evening’s festivities is a great way to highlight the prominence of your design in this area,” says Doehrman. Cheers to the cocktail hour!

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Brenna Lauren is a southern-born city girl with a particularly distinct caffeine addiction. She holds her MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University and pens romance novels in the small hours of the morning. She and her husband live out their very own love story in Historic Savannah, where ghost tours and horse-drawn carriages trot by at a pace you can set your watch to. Mint Juleps have been known to happen. Connect with Brenna and check out her upcoming novels at www.brennalauren.com and catch the latest episode of her #1 rated iTunes podcast, The Quickie, at www.newtalkradio.com

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