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

There are so many plans, costs and anxieties that go together with planning a wedding. If couples aren't careful they can get so consumed with planning the event and trying 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 go to, reception plans to finalize and was attempting to find a location for the rehearsal dinner. The third shower was scheduled at my home. You see I'm her godmother so I had wanted to do something unique for her. Several days before the wedding shower we talked on the telephone. She sounded very stressed. She and her fiance were also having problems deciding on the best wedding songs for the wedding ceremony. I suggested that she come the night before the bridal shower and stay overnight and we would chill out and I would help her organize a list of what needed to be done prior to the wedding ceremony. She thought this sounded like a good plan.

I did most of of the planning for the shower prior to my niece arriving so that we could concentrate on her requirements. She shared that the rehearsal dinner was her greatest stress because the location 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 so we could get one stress out of the way thereby giving reassurance that the other would be dealt with as well. As I imagined finding the best wedding songs was just a matter of searching the internet, listening to samples, placing some orders and that was that. Now to settle the rehearsal dinner.

The wedding day rehearsal dinner is normally done by the groom's family; as a matter of fact a number of individuals refer to the event as the groom's dinner. My niece's fiance is from a different state so his family is is paying for the rehearsal dinner, but they are not able to help with making the preparations. My niece had contacted the restaurant where the wedding reception will be at, but the only space available was the area where the wedding reception would be held. My niece explained 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 handle the rehearsal dinner. Both had other events booked. Her fiance's parents are divorced, also both have remarried. This meant that there were extra people to include 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 held limited her ability to prepare a chart.

I asked my niece if she had contacted the church to see if the fellowship area would be accessible. Everyone could just socialize and have a light catered meal. This would be much less formal and would be relatively easy to plan. The fellowship area was available that evening. 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 visit and mingle 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 environment was very casual and the out of town guests did not have to attempt to find another location in an area that they weren't familiar with.

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