EAST CEREMONY AREA

East Ceremony Area is available for brides & grooms
who have rented the Raisin River or Henry Ford Rooms

• TIMING OF YOUR OUTDOOR CEREMONY
  Ceremonies on West Grounds and East Grounds must be timed at least one hour apart. You will need to know your ceremony time when you sign your contract at Wellers. We will check our ceremony calendar to make sure that your ceremony time does not conflict with other ceremonies that may be scheduled the same day.
  
  
• CEREMONY REHEARSALS
  You may rehearse on Thursdays. We do not charge nor schedule rehearsals. Ceremony Worksheet
  
  
• OUTDOOR GARDEN CEREMONIES AND WEATHER
  Please note on your invitations that your ceremony will be performed outdoors so guests will dress appropriately.  There is no chapel at Wellers
  
  

  RAIN PLANS:
  
  1. If you have rented the Carriage House, your ceremony may be moved into the gazebo. If Wellers is given a 24-hour notice, chairs may be set up to create an aisle. However, if you make a last minute "rain-decision" it is moved into the gazebo and guests stand for the ceremony.
  
  2. If you have rented the Raisin River Room or Henry Ford Room, with a 24-hour notice, we can set up, in the room itself, 4 rowsof 4 chairs each for family (32 guests).. This creates a wedding aisle.  We also have floor candlelabras that may be rented for indoor ceremonies.   If it is a last minute, day-of, "rain" call, we simply move tables slightly to create a space in the center of the room for the bride, groom and officiant and guests sit at their tables.
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• MUSIC FOR OUTDOOR CEREMONIES
  There are electrical outlets on the back posts of the garden structures for musicians. Please let musicians and DJs know that they must bring their own extension cords & dollies. Check with your DJ before you book them to see if they provide music for ceremonies. Delivery vehicles may not drive on the grounds. A 10X10 Tent may be rented for musicians.
  
  
• MICROPHONE/PODIUM RENTAL
  Podium/microphone rental ($100) includes podium, audio panel/speaker and one hand-held microphone. If you need lapel microphones you must rent from a rental company. There are three jacks for microphones on the audio control box located on the back of the lectern. Your minister/rabbi must get the microphone from the Banquet Manager upon arrival and turn it back in when the ceremony is completed to avoid possible charges.

• DECORATING FOR OUTDOOR CEREMONIES
  1. The garden structures have three hooks on the top face board to hang garlands & fabric.
  2. No other nails or attachments may be made in the garden structures.
  3. Please let your florist know they must bring their own ladder if they aredecorating the garden structure.
  4. Wellers opens the room three hours prior to your dinner service for florist, cake,
     DJ/band set-up, table set-ups & decorations.
  5. There are no coolers available for storage of cakes or flowers.
  6. Flower arrangements, vases, decorations, and cake parts must be taken at the close of your event.
  7. Wellers provides silk floral arrangements for buffet tables.
     If you do not want them used let us know.
  8. Birdseed may be thrown outdoors after ceremony. No rice is allowed to be thrown as it harms birds.

   

• MUSIC FOR YOUR CEREMONY - IDEAS: The Prelude

  This is music that is played while guests congregate and wait for the bride to arrive. The music sets the mood for the ceremony to come and should be positive and joyous. Unless you have particular music in mind, the organist will usually play a selection while your guests assemble. Popular music played during the prelude include

  1. Canon in D by Pachelbel
  2. Holsworthy Church Bells by Wesley
  3. Voce Sapete by Mozart
  4. Nimrod from Enigma Variations by Elgar
  5. Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring by Bach
  6. Greensleeves by Vaughan-Williams
  7. Sheep May Safely Graze by Bach
  8. Ava Maria by Schubert
  9. Ave Maria by Gounod
  10. The Swan by Saint Saens

The Processional
This is music played for the bride's arrival and the bridal party's procession down the aisle. One piece of music is chosen, which should be stately and regal and last the duration of the bridal party's journey to the groom at the altar.
Wedding March from Lohengrin (aka Here Comes The Bride) by Wagner

1. Arrival of the Queen of Sheba by Handel
2. Trumpet Voluntary (Prince of Denmark's March) by Clarke
3. Grand March from Aida by Verdi
4. Trumpet Voluntary by Stanley
5. Trumpet Minuet by Hollins
6. Trumpet Tune by Purcell
   Trumpet Tune by Charpentier
7. I Was Glad by Parry
8. Hornpipe from the Water Music by Handel
9. The Rejoicing from Music for the Royal Fireworks by Handel
10. Morning from Peer Gynt by Grieg
11. Spring from the Four Seasons by Vivaldi
12. Winter from the Four Seasons by Vivaldi

More Wedding Music Ideas

1. Ave Maria by Gounod
2. Air on the G String by Bach
3. Sheep May Safely Graze by Bach
4. Canon in D by Pachelbel
5. Ave Verum Corpus by Mozart
6. Flower Duet from Lakmé by Delibes
7. Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring by Bach
8. Exultate Jubilate by Mozart
9. Three Clock Pieces by Haydn
10. Clair De Lune by Debussy
11. Air from the Water Music by Hande
12. The Lord Bless You And Keep You by Rutter
13. Ave Verum Corpus by Mozart

The Recessional
As you leave the registry and walk arm-in-arm down the aisle as husband and wife, you will want the organ to bellow out music that is triumphant, joyful and celebratory. Wedding March from a Midsummer

1. Night's Dream by Mendelssohn
2. Toccata from Symphony No 5 by Widor
3. Trumpet Voluntary (Prince of Denmark's March) by Clarke
4. Overture from The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart
5. Pomp and Circumstance March No 4 by Elgar
6. The Rejoicing from Music for the Royal Fireworks by Handel
7. Bridal March by Hollins
8. Hornpipe from the Water Music by Handel
9. Carillion De Westminster by Vierne