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The Wedding Is A Lot Of Peoples' Initial Focus, But The Rehearsal Dinner Can Be Special, Too
There are so many plans, expenses and anxieties that go hand in hand with arranging a wedding. If couples aren't watchful they can get so involved with planning the wedding and trying to get all the details right that there is little time to enjoy the experience. When my niece was planning her wedding ceremony she had three bridal showers to be at, reception plans to make and was attempting to nail down a venue for the rehearsal dinner. The third bridal shower was scheduled at my home. I'm her godmother so I had wanted to do something really special for her. Shortly before the wedding shower we talked on the phone. She sounded very anxious. She and her fiance were also having difficulties deciding on the best wedding songs for the wedding ceremony. I recommended that she come the night before the wedding shower and stay the night and we would chill out and I would help her create a list of what still had to be done prior to the wedding. She thought this sounded like a good plan.
I did most of of the preparations for the shower prior to my niece getting there so that we could focus on her requirements. She stated that the rehearsal dinner was her main stress due to the fact that the location they had reserved had double booked, so they needed to locate a new location. We started by working on finding the best wedding songs for the wedding day so we could get one requirement out of the way thereby giving reassurance that the other would be managed as well. As I predicted finding the best wedding songs was just a matter of searching the net, listening to samples, placing some orders and that was that. Now to settle the rehearsal dinner.
The rehearsal dinner is historically arranged by the groom's family; as a matter of fact most people refer to the occasion as the groom's supper. My niece's fiance is from a different state so his family is is paying for the rehearsal dinner, but they're not able to help with making the plans. My niece had reached out to the restaurant where the wedding reception will be at, but the only room they have was the section where the wedding reception would be happening. My niece explained that the plan was to decorate the reception area prior to going to the church for the rehearsal.
We called two neighboring restaurants to see if they could host the rehearsal dinner. Both had other happenings booked. Her fiance's father and mother are divorced, also both have married again. This meant that there were additional people to include in the rehearsal dinner. This was also adding to her tension because she was trying to suss out the etiquette for seating. She had the seating chart figured out for the wedding day, but not knowing the spot the rehearsal dinner would be happening diminished her ability to prepare a chart.
I asked my niece if she had called the church to see if the fellowship area would be open. Everybody could just socialize and have a light catered meal. This would be quite a bit less formal and would be easy to plan. The fellowship area was open that evening. We called two delis and ordered a buffet meal. My niece called her fiance and told him the new plans for the rehearsal dinner. He thought this sounded fantastic. He would make preparations to have a pal of his tend bar and would organize for the drinks.
The rehearsal dinner was a fine relaxed evening. The guests were able to mingle and socialize and the bride and groom did not feel pressured to sit in one spot while everybody ordered their food and had it served. With having a buffet line the atmosphere was very casual and the out of town guests did not have to try to find another site in an area that they weren't familiar with.
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