Interesting
Ideas for a Bride's Entrance
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| image courtesy Castaldo Studio |
On her wedding
day, a bride is the centre of attention. Her groom looks upon her as his very
own beautiful fairy-tale princess, and she is treated like a queen by all
guests. The spotlight is on the bride and her gorgeous outfit, her make-up and her
jewellery. With so much undivided attention, how can she let her admirers down
by making a conventional, boring and tepid entrance? Here are a few interesting
ideas to make a spectacular bridal entrance on that most special day!
- In India, our extended clan of
relatives is as important as the bride and groom on a wedding. They take
months to prepare their outfits, giving as much attention to detail as the
bride and bridegroom themselves! The first idea will give a select few the
chance to share the spotlight.
This is how it works – Before the bride makes her
entrance on the stage or podium where
her handsome groom is eagerly awaiting her arrival, she can be preceded
one-by-one by other married or engaged female relatives such as an aunt,
sister, sister-in-law and mother (in that order), with the announcement – “And
here comes the beautiful bride! Oh this lovely lady is already spoken for by
her handsome husband who is the bride’s uncle/ brother-in-law/ brother/ father!
Ok, no more suspense, finally our restless groom can claim his own as his bride
is finally here to relieve his heartache!”
(With the bride finally arriving after 4-5 lady
relatives it will provide a lot of fun and laughter for all, apart from
focussing all attention on her much anticipated entrance!)
- If the wedding budget permits, there
is no greater surprise than having the bride arrive in a spectacular gondola
from the roof above or in a moving decorated lift coming up from below the
stage! The usual entrance from the side of the podium will pale in
comparison.
- Another idea is to shine the spotlight
on the bride’s entrance point and play momentous music to build anticipation
of her entrance and then have a little girl in bridal outfit walk in, insisting
she is the one wanting to get married! She can playfully mourn that “didi”
has refused to get married! After a few moments of suspense as the drama
is unfolding on the stage, the actual bride can arrive from the other side
and playfully pull her groom away from the little girl! This is guaranteed
fun and laughter!
- An idea bound to make those present
misty-eyed is to have the bride’s father carry her to the podium in his
arms like a baby and give her into the arms of the groom, with the request
to care for her in the future like he has been doing all these years!
Sigh!
- If the bride is the adventurous sort
she can shock and awe her guests (including the groom!) by making an
entrance on a motorbike (she may ride it, if she can, or be a pillion
rider instead!). Similarly, she may choose to arrive on a horse or a
horse-drawn carriage to loud applause! While on the subject, how about
arriving on a royal elephant? Anyone?! Ok, we could easily settle for a
bridal entrance in an eye-popping limousine, vintage car, sports car or a
helicopter, right? Take your pick! Sky is the limit for a grand bridal
entrance.
Just remember that
the bridal entrance must be in accordance with the over-all theme of the
wedding, whether it is – royal, vintage, bollywood, beach-wedding, rajasthani,
western or any other. Even if a bride simply turns up in all her bridal
refinery and walks demurely to her groom for the jaimala (garlanding ceremony),
she will elicit oohs! and aahs! from all guests. That is the magic of an Indian
wedding.
