Brand New MOH With Questions
I was hoping people on the board could give me some pointers on helping to plan my sister’s wedding. She lives on the opposite coast and has asked me to be her maid of honor. I’m very excited about this and of course want to make it wonderful for her. But at this stage, it’s so hard to contact the necessary parties – florists, seamstresses, etc. – Because they’re all located where my sister is and not all of them have websites. What are the best ways of contacting all these important people without completely wiping out the minutes on my cell plan? And who am I supposed to contact exactly? What are the MOH’s main responsibilities other than keeping the bride from freaking out?
Posted by cehelvie; updated 07/18/05
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Cehelvie, Yes it would be hard for you to do, but that is not one of your responsibilities. The bride and mother take care of those things, or planner if she has one. Your duty is to, host shower with the mother and br.maids. Helping the bride with shopping and help her make decisions, help address envelopes, make favors. In charge of BM`s being on time for all events and fittings. Help the bride get dressed. Arrange brides dress and veil before ceremony and reception. Signs the wedding certificate, Dance with the best man . You are the right arm of the bride to assist with what she wants. Has she ask you to do the items that you had in your post? I hope that helps, let me know if i can assist you more. Sandy
Posted by Sandy; updated 07/18/05
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Hi. I have been the MOH at three weddings and have been hired to assist at a couple others. As far as your main concerns go, dealing with vendors should be fairly low on your priority list. Those are the responsibilities of your sister, her FH and maybe your parents. As the MOH, your duties are to show up for rehearsals and fittings as well as ensure all the other attendants in the party will be on time. Also, on the day of the wedding, you are supposed to help the bride get dressed. You can coordinate the gifts for the bride’s shower unless all the people present decide to give individual presents. But all these things should not involve anymore calling to people than what you were probably already prepared to do. At the very least, you can do a web search about appropriate places to hold your sister’s shower and bachelorette party and then call them using a cheap phone service such as OneSuite to book reservations.
Posted by Rhia; updated 07/20/05
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Posted by Michael Tobian; updated 07/21/05
