9 AM – Heidi arrives for decor set-up

12:00 PM – 3:00 PM – Caitlin & Party getting ready time

1:00 PM – Lunch delivered to Rembrandt by Rosetta Hall

1:00 PM – Florist arrives

1:00 PM – Photographer arrives

3:00 PM – 12:00 AM – Caterer arrives

3:30 – 4:30 PM – Hazel’s delivers beverages

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM – Photographer captures getting ready photos with Caitlin & party

3:30 PM – Second shooter captures groom getting ready & party photos. First shooter captures getting into dress shots, bridal moments.

3:45 PM – Family and/or bridesmaids first look

4:00 PM – Party photos

4:00 PM – DJ arrives

4:30 PM – String quartet arrives

4:50 PM – Couple staged in North room with parties for ceremony

5:00 PM – Ceremony begins

5:30 PM – Savory to have second floor set & ready for cocktail hour

5:45 PM – Ceremony ends, guests move downstairs to cocktail hour

5:50 PM – Couple recesses to North room for private moment and snacks/drinks, then heads downstairs for grand exit into photos

6:00 PM – Guests enjoy cocktail hour

6:00 PM – Family portraits

6:00 PM – 6:15 PM – Portraits with family & couple

6:15 PM – Couple heads off-site for photos with party

6:20 PM – Parties load into cars and head to Chautauqua for photos

7:05 PM – Guests invited upstairs by caterer & coordinator for dinner (buffet)

7:15 PM – Couple & party staged in North Room for Grand Entrance

7:15 PM – Guests are all seated

7:15 PM – Grand entrance

7:20 PM – Bride and Groom Thank You

Immediately following – Buffet opens for dinner service

8:00 PM – Speeches

8:15 PM – Cake cutting

Immediately following – First dances (couple)

Immediately following – Father/Daughter

Immediately following – Mother/Son

8:20 PM – Open Dancing

10:00 PM – Photographers depart

10:15 PM – Last call

10:30 PM – Bar closes

10:55 PM – Last song

11:00 PM – All guests depart

11:00 PM – Florist returns for strike

11:00 PM – 12:00 AM – Venue clean, all vendors depart