I’m getting married!
What documents are required? Marriage licenses may be obtained at your county’s Register of Deeds office. To receive the license: • Both parties must be present. • A valid photo ID, such as a driver’s license, state ID or passport is required. • The fee is $40, and can be paid by cash and usually credit cards. Checks are not accepted. • There is no blood test or waiting period required. • The license may be used the same day, and it must be used within 20 days from issue. • The license may be used anywhere within the State of South Dakota. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 29
arrangements for it. 52 Select your wedding ring(s). Arrange for engraving. 53 Set a date with your photographer for a formal bridal portrait to be made four weeks before the wedding. 54 Discuss having a portrait of both of you done for the newspaper announcement. This is an alternative to the traditional formal newspaper photo. Or you may submit a wedding photo of the two of you taken on your wedding. 55 Check with your local newspaper for the form and timing of your weddingannouncement submission. 56 Select party favors to present to your guests to thank them for sharing your
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happiness. For this purpose, a groom’s 67 Check apparel for the wedding cake, in a traditional fruitcake or deep, party. Have bridesmaids’ gowns fitted. rich chocolate, may be ordered from Get swatches of material and have shoes your baker. Guests take a piece home in dyed to match. If any attendants live little boxes. out of town, send their dresses to them 57 Give thought to your cake top. to be fitted. Check mothers’ dresses and Porcelain figurines are beautiful and accessories. will be a lasting memento. A creative 68 Call the caterer and make a final baker will most likely have other ideas to decision on the reception menu. Be sure present to you. that the cake has been ordered. 58 Talk about ways to personalize your 69 Give your caterer a reliable estimate ceremony and then discuss your ideas of the number of guests expected at with the officiant. the wedding reception, 59 Check with so they can give you a the church sexton written confirmation of Recent trends in and manager of the cost per person with an wedding planning reception location itemized accounting - to indicate September and for accessibility the smallest detail - of October to be the to accommodate what they promise to most popular handicapped or elderly provide. months to get married. guests. Inform ushers 70 Confer with the of this. florist to be sure 60 Buy fake rings to everything is ordered. sew on your ring bearer’s pillow. The Confirm the time that flowers will best man carries the real ones. be delivered and decorations will be completed. 71 Arrange a transportation schedule 1 MONTH for those in the wedding party. BEFORE THE WEDDING 72 Select a special wedding gift to give each other. 61 Finalize plans with your 73 Go over all procedures of the photographer and draw up a list of wedding ceremony and receiving line pictures you definitely want taken during with each other. the ceremony and reception. 74 Make seating plans for the rehearsal 62 Ask a relative or friend who knows dinner, ceremony and reception. the family well to help the photographer 75 Write out place cards, if you plan identify the people to be included in to have a bride’s table and a parent’s your photos, especially if there is a table. Also complete table number cards divorce or remarriage, or any type of for guests if you’re hosting a sit-down sticky situation among the parents of the dinner. couple. 76 Decide which members of the 63 Develop an orderly system of wedding will be included in the receiving tracking guests’ responses and any line and plan their positions. special information you need to 77 Keep gift checklist up to date, and remember. write thank-you notes daily. 64 Discuss the bachelor party with your 78 Consult professional movers for fiancée. Suggest the event be scheduled estimates to move your gifts and at least a week before the wedding day personal belongings to another town, if so there’s plenty of time to recover from you’re relocating. the revelry. 79 Make certain you are insured against 65 Have a final fitting on your gown damage or loss in transit. and make certain it will be ready to take to your bridal-portrait sitting. 2 WEEKS 66 Make an appointment to have BEFORE THE WEDDING your hair styled just before your formal portrait is taken, and again the day 80 Set a date with your fiancée to get before or day of your wedding.
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