Ring & Train Bearer Responsibilities

Selection

* Neither of these are required positions and may be boys or girls. Usually only one ring bearer is used, but two with one ring per pillow will work if you have and abundance of four or five year children. that you would like to have involved in the ceremony. Although the rings on the pillows are usually not he actual wedding rings, you could have two ring bearers if you are having a double ring ceremony, one for the bride and one for the groom. Train Bearers or pages usually walk in pairs but a single trainbearer can be used.


Advance Help

* If ring bearers and trainbearers are little boys they are not likely to be interested in any pre-wedding parties. If they are girls, they might want to attend the shower and some other parties.

* They attend the rehearsal and may attend the rehearsal dinner with their families.


At the Wedding

* The ring bearers (s) carries a pillow with a ring or rings sewn to it. (These are usually not the real wedding rings but symbolic ones for show only.)

* The ring bearer (s) walks either directly in front of or besides the flower girl (s) in the processional and the recessional.

* If real rings are tied to the pillow the ring bearer takes the pillow directly to the maid or honor and the best man who will remove the rings. The train bearers follows the bride in the processional and recessional, and carry the bridal train.

* During the ceremony, the ring and train bearers may stand near the ushers or sit with their families.

* They are in the formal Photographs of the bridal party.


At the Reception

* Ring and train Bearers do not usually stand in the reception line.

*Ring and trainbearers usually sit at a table of honor with their families.


Expenses

* Families of ring and train bearers are expected to pay for attire.

* If travel expenses are involved, the children's families pick up these costs.

* Ring and train bearers are not expected to bring gifts to any pre-wedding parties they may attend. If their parents attend gifts expectations would be the same as any other guest. If they attend more than one party, only one shower gift is expected.