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Thursday September 25th Itinerary
7:00pm
Come dressed up for the Rehearsal Dinner at the restaurant High Cotton.
9:30pm
I’m going to steal Olivia to help with bouquets and boutonnieres so you might want to make plans with the guys or have an early night.
Friday September 26th Itinerary
9:00am
Arrive at Cottonwood Barn wearing normal clothes.
9:10am
Join us for the ceremony rehearsal.
10:00am
I’m putting you and Olivia in charge of picking up the wedding cakes. Once we are wrapped up with the rehearsal, I am going to set up one of the table settings so the rest of the team can recreate it for the other seats. Once I’m done with that, I’ll show you and Olivia where to put the cakes once you have them. They will be ready and waiting at A Piece of Cake, 1205 Clarksville St, Paris, TX 75460. Just say it’s for Julia Alexander and they should bring it out to you. There will be 2, a two tiered white cake, and a two tiered chocolate cake. If anything looks funky with them please give me a call. I’ll be helping with decorations so my phone will be on me. When you get back to the venue, please carefully place them in the fridges in the back kitchen.
11:30am
Once you’re back we should be just about wrapped up with everything but if not, I’ll pull you in to help finish things out.
12:00pm
The bridesmaids and groomsmen will now split off to the different getting ready areas. You are off the hook for a bit and can head back to your hotel room or goof around for a bit. Just be dressed and ready to go back at the venue by 3:00pm
3:00pm
The photographer will arrive at this time. Her priority is to get a first look shot with you and Jack so be dressed and ready to go!
4:15pm
Everyone needs to meet in the reception hall soon for the ceremony.
4:30pm
The ceremony is starting and you and I will be ready to walk down the isle!
4:45pm
The ceremony is over and it is time for pictures and cocktail hour! Our photographer will walk us through this so just stay relatively close to her.
6:00pm
It’s time for the grand entrances! We would like to include you and Olivia in this and you will go out after the wedding party does their entrance.
7:15pm
This isn’t an exact time but around here is when we will start doing toasts, so be ready!
7:30pm
You’re off the hook now and can enjoy the party.
10:30pm
At this point, Holland and I have just done our grand exit and we’ll need to get the place cleaned up. Here is the checklist that needs to be completed in the next hour:
All trash from the facility (inside and outside) must be collected and taken to the dumpster.
Cardboard boxes must be broken down before being placed in the dumpster.
No cigarette butts should be left on the property.
Nothing broken (all items, property, and rentals must be intact).
No cans/bottles left behind (fees apply for each found).
All décor and rentals removed the same day (setup and takedown must happen within venue hours).
No doors left open leading outside (to protect AC)
Flower petals must be picked up and thrown away
11:30pm
Wedding complete, we did it! Thank you so much for all of your help, we couldn’t have done this without you!