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Very important people: Kind of a made-up, feel-good title given to important people who perform a variety of tasks. Depending upon your individual wedding, a VIP can be a singer, solo musician, party aide, general event coordinator, or guest-book monitor.
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Junior bridesmaids: Young women, typically aged between nine and 15, who dress and function as bridesmaids.
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Junior groomsmen: Young men, generally aged between nine and 15, who dress and act as groomsmen.
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Junior ushers: Usually young men, though they can be young women, aged between nine and 15, who dress the same, and perform the same duties as adult ushers.
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Candle lighter: In some Christian ceremonies, boys or girls aged between nine and 12 light candles at the altar just before the mother of the bride is seated. Candle lighters usually dress like the wedding party.
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Train bearers: (They are also called pages.) Young boys or girls, aged between six and nine, who carry the bride's extra-long train as she walks down the aisle. Do not use train bearers, however, if your dress does not have a train!
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Going without wedding attendants: You can get married in a perfectly lovely way without wedding attendants. I realize I am repeating myself here; but bridesmaids, parents, ushers, ring bearers, flower girls
-- none is mandatory. The reasons a couple might decide to go ahead and marry without bridesmaids, groomsmen, and the rest, include economy, lack of any one or more persons "special" enough to perform the duties, a small or alternative-style ceremony, elopement, and, of course, personal preference. Many second-time and older couples forgo having folk flank them at the altar. It is perhaps more dramatic to stand alone-- just you and your partner-- which is why younger couples with an independent streak often also eschew attendants. It's your wedding, your choice.
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