The Wedding Is A Lot Of Peoples' Initial Focus, But The Rehearsal Supper Can Be Memorable, Too

The Wedding Is A Lot Of Peoples' Initial Focus, But The Rehearsal Supper Can Be Memorable, Too

There are countless plans, costs and anxieties that go along with planning a wedding. If couples aren't careful they can get so taken in with planning the wedding day and attempting to get all the details right that there is little time to enjoy the experience. When my niece was preparing for her wedding ceremony she had three bridal showers to attend, reception plans to finalize and was attempting to find a place for the rehearsal dinner. The third wedding shower was located at my home. You see I'm her godmother so I had wanted to do something special for her. Several days before the wedding shower we talked on the telephone. She sounded very pressured. She and her fiance were also having challenges selecting the best wedding songs for the wedding ceremony. I suggested that she come the night before the shower and stay overnight and we would chill out and I would help her organize a list of what remained to be done prior to the wedding day. She thought this sounded like a great plan.

I did most of of the planning for the shower prior to my niece coming so that we could concentrate on her requirements. She shared that the rehearsal dinner was her primary stress because of the fact that the place they had reserved had double booked, so they needed to locate a different location. We started by working on finding the best wedding songs for the wedding ceremony so we could get one stress out of the way thereby giving reassurance that the other would be dealt with as well. As I thought finding the best wedding songs was just a matter of searching the web, listening to samples, ordering and that was that. Now to settle the rehearsal dinner.

The wedding day rehearsal dinner is traditionally done by the groom's family; as a matter of fact a number of individuals refer to the rehearsal dinner as the groom's banquet. My niece's fiance is from out of state so his family is is paying for the rehearsal dinner, but they are not able to help with making the arrangements. My niece had contacted the restaurant where the wedding reception will be at, but the only space available was the part where the wedding reception would be taking place. My niece said that the plan was to decorate the reception area previous to going to the church for the rehearsal.

We called two neighboring restaurants to see if they could accommodate the rehearsal dinner. Both had other events booked. Her fiance's parents are divorced, also both have married again. This meant that there were more people to incorporate in the rehearsal dinner. This was also adding to her tension for the reason that she was trying to figure out the etiquette for seating. She had the seating chart arranged for the wedding day, but not knowing where the rehearsal dinner would be located restricted her capability to prepare a chart.

I asked my niece if she had contacted the church to see if the fellowship area would be available. Everyone could just socialize and have a light catered meal. This would be much less formal and would be much less difficult to plan. The fellowship area was not being used that day. We called two delis and ordered a buffet meal. My niece called her fiance and told him the revised plans for the rehearsal dinner. He thought this sounded fantastic. He would make arrangements to have a friend of his tend bar and would organize for the drinks.

The rehearsal dinner was a nice relaxed evening. The guests were able to socialize and mingle and the bride and groom didn't feel pressured to sit in one spot while everybody ordered their food and had it served. With having a buffet line the environment was very casual and the out of town guests did not have to try and find another location in an area that they weren't familiar with.

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