New Orleans weddings are typically not seated dinners but cocktail-style receptions, which provide a highly dynamic and social atmosphere that allows guests to move freely about the reception space. There will be several stations and ample options for a full dinner at your own pace, and seating is left open for guests to choose their own seats and tables. After our first dance, the dance floor will be open for everyone!
Modern second lines are walking parades comprised of a "first" or "main line" (in this case, newlyweds and a brass band) and a "second line", which will be all the other participants that follow—you! With origins in Black mutual aid societies founded to support the New Orleans African American community at a time when they were denied many social services, the clubs and their parades have become one of the city’s defining cultural practices.