Most reception halls have a closing hour of 1 AM. Generally the guests arrive right after the wedding for drinks and finger foods while the bride, groom and the rest of the wedding part as well as the parents of the bride and groom get their pictures taken. Dinner can be at 6 or 7 PM. The toasts start and then the newly married couple start the first dance; the groom dancing with his mother; the bride dancing with her father, then the groom dances with his mother in law and the bride dances with her father law.
