FAQs
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Attire
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Wedding party colors are green/mauve/navy blue and grey. Semi-formal is preferred but we'd still love you even if you came in sweatpants :)
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Parking
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Complimentary parking is available for our guests in a parking lot adjacent to the Van Dusen Mansion. Please access the lot on Pillsbury Avenue. Directional signage will be posted on street corners around the Mansion to assist.
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When should I get there?
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The ceremony will start promptly at 3:00 pm (CST). You are welcome to come into the mansion as early as 2:30 pm. We recommend you arrive by 2:45 pm in order to give you time to find a seat.
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Pictures
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We have paid for two professional photographers and a videographer to capture how the ceremony looks, we have invited you so you may capture how the ceremony feels. We ask you turn off your electronics during our ceremony to ensure you are in the moment and not in the way of our photographers. After the ceremony is complete and the wedding party has exited, you may turn on your devices and take pictures of whatever you wish!
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Social Hour
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After the ceremony the wedding party will step away for some pictures and there will be social hour in the mansion at 3:30
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Will alcohol be served?
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There will be a hosted bar for during social hour from 3:30-4:30 then a cash bar from 6:30pm - 10:00
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Dinner Time
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Guests will be invited to take their seat around 4:15 with Grand March beginning at 4:45 and dinner service beginning at 5:00
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Dessert/First Dance/DJ
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At 6:15 guests will be invited out to the courtyard for then dessert with the first dance starting at 6:30 then will be the open dance floor
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Closing Time
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Last song will be played around 10:25 with event ending at 10:30 and the venue closing