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Duties of the Maid of Honor in Weddings
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Posted On :
Nov-19-2009
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Getting to the day for a bride’s “I do” customarily dictates a gargantuan list “to do” and getting a helping hand from key people in your entourage may be the blessing to wish for. This article discusses the traditional duties of the Maid Of Honor handed down through the ages which may point out how she may have a large hand in how a lot of “to do’s” can be done.
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The post of Maid of Honor is usually entitled to the Bride’s closest friend or family member apart from her mother. Originally in ancient times, the Maid of Honor is the most senior or the bridesmaids and is the person tasked to ensure that the bride is in her most presentable state. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder so nod of first approval is traditionally to her.
The task begins with accompanying the bride to be in choosing or designing the wedding dress and veil. Will it be what her mother wore during her betrothal or will be stitched and beaded from scratch? Even after this choice, ensuring that it actually fits and folds properly would truly be beneficial overall unforgettable imagery of the blushing bride.
Attending to the bridal shower also is a big task as the bride holds this to be one of the most precious celebrations she will have as a single woman with her friends and closest peers. Of course the perfect inspirational gifts at this event would energize the girl towards her big day.
Being closest to the bride also means knowing whom she personally wants to or even must invite during her nuptials. Helping the bride make this list and finding the proper format of the actual invitations is a big load off the pressure. Most weddings have themes so this representation almost always is begun with the choice of invitation design.
It is also no secret that a woman work is never done. This specially holds true when trying to bring out the how much beauty can be drawn out of every woman. Professional beauticians, manicurists and a vast array of limitless beauty regimens can be scheduled and be chosen with the Maid of Honors help. With the most lavish attention being given right on the very day of the marriage.
The Maid also a proper role in the processional and recessional, so knowing the proper sequencing of the entourage would be a big plus. Also know that the right to deliver the groom’s wedding ring to the altar is also given to the Maid.
Pictures can tell a thousand words, so the keen Maid of Honor also looks after how the wedding dress moves of positions when the bride walks, kneels and stands at all junctures of the passage. Prior to the bride she is even is the one hold the bouquet and sometimes helps choose among the many kinds of flowers available in the market will be used as the key decorating item during the big day. Not all roses are red and not all violets are blue.
As a standing witness before the Church, the Maid of Honor also signs on the wedding certificate and as traditions still holds her duties do not stop at the ceremony. This even extends during the actual reception; naturally the bride must never be caught at any untoward or awkward moment so a keen eye must still be trained on her as she trots through all the required wedding reception rituals.
Cheers will come, gifts will be laid out but dancing is always a big part of the pageantry involved in most celebrations. The Maid of Honor is always asked to the dance with the Best Man at a certain point of the day, so she better come prepared to be as equally elegant to give continuous elation to the happy couple.
Being the Maid of Honor is not bestowed on every girl out there, so if this it chanced upon you be as concerned as the bride with as much detail of the wedding preparations as possible.
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Article Source :
http://www.articleseen.com/Article_Duties of the Maid of Honor in Weddings_5686.aspx
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Author Resource :
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