Many brides opt to continue wearing their Brooklyn bridal gowns during the wedding reception. The wedding reception follows the wedding ceremony.

During this event, the newly married couple, their parents and the whole wedding party welcome the guests. Eating and being merry is the usual happening during this time. Cutting of the wedding cake by the newly married couple also happens here.

Toasts and speeches in honor of the bride and groom are usually done by close friends and relatives at the height of the party.

The newly married couple starts the wedding dance or what is traditionally called the “Bridal Waltz”. It is usually nice to see the bride in her flowing Brooklyn bridal gown and the groom in his impeccable wedding suit dancing together in the middle of the dance floor. Waltz is not always the choice of dance. It is the couple’s option to choose to dance with their favorite love song.

Next on the dance floor is the bride with her father. The groom will then cut in halfway through because this symbolizes the bride leaving her father to join her husband. In some cultures, the groom will dance with his mother. Dances between the bride and the groom’s father and the groom and the bride’s mother are also popular in some cultures.

After the reception, the newly married couple will then set off to their honeymoon. Tin cans are usually tied to the bumper of the bridal car or spraying of shaving cream on the windows mark the sending-off of the couples by their guests.