Each of the members of your wedding party has specific responsibilities to perform at the wedding. Every member of the wedding party, including children, should be present at the wedding rehearsal.
Though, the children do not have to attend the rehearsal dinner. But if they are invited to the dinner, their parents should be invited also. All adult wedding party members and their spouses should be invited to the rehearsal dinner. If somebody in the party is engaged or seriously involved, their fiancé or significant other can be invited as well.
All wedding party members should be present when the wedding pictures are taken. It may be either before or after the ceremony, or both.
Look through the following general duties of the individual members of the wedding party.
Depending on the situation, the bride and groom may ask their attendants to assist in other ways as well.
Groomsmen
If the groomsmen are from out of town, they may be requested to pay for their own transportation to the wedding and for their lodging while there. Groomsmen over and over again serve as ushers, seating the guests before the ceremony. If they’re not serving as ushers, they should stay in their dressing room with the groom and best man after the pictures have been taken, out of sight of the arriving guests. This is tempting to mingle with the guests, but don't give in to temptation. Everyone can come together at the reception. Groomsmen also act as escorts for the bridesmaids and stand near the best man during the wedding ceremony. The groomsmen should be present at the reception and remain in their tuxedoes for a reasonable length of time before changing, preferably until most of the guests have left. After the changing, their tuxedos should be given to the best man, or another designated individual, who will see that the tuxes are returned to the rental shop. (If the groomsmen paid for the rental of their tuxes, rather than the groom, it is their responsibility to return them, not the best man's.) Groomsmen should help with clean-up and removal of decorations after the reception, if requested to do so. In a case the ceremony and reception are being held at the same location, the groomsmen may be asked to move chairs from one area to another, set up tables, and do anything else needed to quickly prepare for the reception. Groomsmen shouldn’t stand in the receiving line at the reception. Bridesmaids
During the ceremony, the bridesmaids walk down the aisle, either alone or with the groomsmen, and before the maid/matron of honor.
After the wedding ceremony, they will be escorted by a groomsman as they follow the maid/matron of honor and best man up the aisle and out of the sanctuary.
Then they proceed to the site of the reception as quickly as possible.
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