Atmosphere Productions: 10 Things a Maid of Honor Should Expect to Do


If you took a fashion consultant, party planner, therapist, press secretary, cheerleader, department manager and witness and rolled them all into one person, then dressed her in satin with matching heels and shoved a bouquet into her hand, you’d have yourself a maid (or matron) of honor.  

It’s a big job, as anyone who’s ever held it knows, but if managed properly, it should be a big source of joy, not of stress—for both the bride and the MOH.

For both parties, communication is the key to a good experience; brides need to share their wishes (note: wishes are not orders), and maids of honor should ask what the bride wants or needs them to do. 

Here are ten things a maid of honor should expect to do for her bride:
  • Help the bride select her gown and the bridesmaid’s gowns.
  • Host a shower for the bride (perhaps with the bridesmaids) and let people know where the bride and groom are registered.
  • Serve as an enthusiastic sounding board for wedding decisions , while recognizing that she many not have a deciding vote.
  • Coordinate the bridesmaids, introducing them if they don’t already know each other, making sure they are going for fittings, possibly arranging a group gift.
  • Help with those tasks the bride would find tedious if she had to do by herself, but much more fun if done with a friend: address invitations, assemble favors, make a seating chart for the reception.
  • Attend any pre-wedding parties.
  • Help during the ceremony: make sure the bride’s train is arranged neatly when she is at the altar, hold the groom’s ring during the ceremony, hold the bride’s bouquet during the exchange of vows.
  • Be ready for emergencies at the reception: stash a sewing kit, makeup kit, feminine supplies at the reception site, in case the bride or a bridesmaid needs any of the above. Program the names and emergency contact info of all wedding vendors into the maid-of-honor’s phone.  The bride and groom will be grateful if a vendor needs to be reached.
  • Give a heartfelt (maybe funny, but never raunchy) toast at the reception, usually after the best man gives his toast.
  • Be there to listen to and support the bride. Long after the wedding cake is eaten and the bouquets have faded, these memories will deepen and enrich the friendship between a bride and her closest attendant. 



Atmosphere Productions LLC is a CT Wedding DJ, providing professional mobile entertainment service, Music, Reception Entertainment Directors, MC and DJ's primarily for Weddings in the Greater Hartford area but throughout Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island and in the New England area.

Specializing in wedding disc jockey entertainment, radio & club dj's, corporate and business events, photo booth rentals, ceremony musicians, strolling violinist, guitarist, cocktail & chamber musicians, custom lighting, custom song editing and voice-over services.

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