Hi Nami/tannabee,
My march-in was the L-shaped one. I think I had 4 pairs of swordbearers in total, so 4 sabos. The first pair was right at the beginning of the L-curve, so they are not exactly in straight line. Then the next three spread out all the way till the stage.
Rose-petal throwing: that happened before we reached the swordbearers. The guests at the part where the SBs are will be entertained enough by the sabos!
tannabee, maybe can tell your hubby my points and try to explain to him that visually it'd look a bit weird lor. Alternatively you can have the kids walk in with you at 2nd march-in instead.
Guestbook: I used the hotel one. You can actually ask your coordinator to let you have a look at a sample. Found it quite nice actually, and of better quality than some other hotels' guestbooks. We did not bother spending more buying another guestbook, because we reasoned that no one was going to care about it anyway and it'd be buried underneath a lot of stuff in your drawer before long (true enough, I dun really think I know where my guestbook is now!) But remember that if you want guests to sign you muist put the guestbook in a prominent place and ideally have someone watching over it, so that he/she can invite people over to sign it. otherwise most people will not bother.
Anyway, in summary the sequence of SB march-ins:
1) SBs march in to march-in music first.
2) Door opens, smoke effect, etc. Couple marches in. (remember to do this SLOWLY!) Guests stationed at aisle to throw rose petals.
3) Couple stops at first pair of SBs. Sabo begins. First sabo ends. Couple moves on.
4) Couple stops at second pair of SBs. And so on, till the last pair. I think it's nice if the last sabo is for the groom to carry the bride up the stage (happened to me, and to a couple of other military weddings I've been to as well).
5) Cake-cutting. Then dinner begins.
Other notes of caution: Do advise your SBs if there is anything that you strictly would not do. It would be embarassing if your SBs suggest something that is too outrageous to do, or something that would make your FH sick (e.g. if your FH cannot stand durian and they force your FH to eat it and he pukes on the spot). This is meant to be fun and memorable, not traumatizing.
Don't underestimate what your SBs could come up with!
My march-in was the L-shaped one. I think I had 4 pairs of swordbearers in total, so 4 sabos. The first pair was right at the beginning of the L-curve, so they are not exactly in straight line. Then the next three spread out all the way till the stage.
Rose-petal throwing: that happened before we reached the swordbearers. The guests at the part where the SBs are will be entertained enough by the sabos!
tannabee, maybe can tell your hubby my points and try to explain to him that visually it'd look a bit weird lor. Alternatively you can have the kids walk in with you at 2nd march-in instead.
Guestbook: I used the hotel one. You can actually ask your coordinator to let you have a look at a sample. Found it quite nice actually, and of better quality than some other hotels' guestbooks. We did not bother spending more buying another guestbook, because we reasoned that no one was going to care about it anyway and it'd be buried underneath a lot of stuff in your drawer before long (true enough, I dun really think I know where my guestbook is now!) But remember that if you want guests to sign you muist put the guestbook in a prominent place and ideally have someone watching over it, so that he/she can invite people over to sign it. otherwise most people will not bother.
Anyway, in summary the sequence of SB march-ins:
1) SBs march in to march-in music first.
2) Door opens, smoke effect, etc. Couple marches in. (remember to do this SLOWLY!) Guests stationed at aisle to throw rose petals.
3) Couple stops at first pair of SBs. Sabo begins. First sabo ends. Couple moves on.
4) Couple stops at second pair of SBs. And so on, till the last pair. I think it's nice if the last sabo is for the groom to carry the bride up the stage (happened to me, and to a couple of other military weddings I've been to as well).
5) Cake-cutting. Then dinner begins.
Other notes of caution: Do advise your SBs if there is anything that you strictly would not do. It would be embarassing if your SBs suggest something that is too outrageous to do, or something that would make your FH sick (e.g. if your FH cannot stand durian and they force your FH to eat it and he pukes on the spot). This is meant to be fun and memorable, not traumatizing.
But i did visit ask Steffi to email me samples of their decor and looks quite sad.. so will be taking a look at June maybe next week.