The wedding rehearsal dinner has always been an important but overlooked detail of the whole wedding day and of the whole event. You will have guests who have traveled far and wide to attend your wedding. Make sure that the day goes well.
It is generally held that the groom’s parents pay for the event – not necessarily so in 2007 or 2008. With the year 2008 coming up, modern brides usually find it fitting, best and proper to come up with their own individual game plan, though planning a rehearsal dinner can at times be a stressful process, and it does not have to be. The outcome of this pre-nup gathering of course is to get you all hyped and make sure that you and your man and the bridal party are ceremony ready.
Remember well the following when planning and of the follow through of the event. First do a dry run of the actual wedding ceremony. . Most officiates request a practice run of the ceremony service Thus people can be prepared, know what mistakes to watch out for. Now the attendants of your wedding can be more than comfortable with their roles. Consider this a major blessing in disguise. The potential mistakes can happen here – not during the real event so to say. This is the time and the moments as well when you get to practice your walk up the aisle, your vows, and get the lowdown on who walks when, where and with whom.
Next up is the wedding rehearsal dinner. This time can be used to simply way to thank those who have been more than helpful to you and as well those who have graciously assisted you with your wedding preparation and preparations. You can so with a simple speech or toast. Or you can choose to simply to keep it casual and informal. It’s your choice ands your wedding day. However you prefer to do this.
The wedding rehearsal dinner is also the perfect time to give gifts to the bridal party and your family. There is no set rule on this matter of bridal party gift giving. It is also an extraordinary touch to specifically tailor each gift to the individual. After all these are the people who have helped you out – it is more than worth the effort to thank each of them specifically in a manner that means the most to both them and you. Gift giving can be something. It is a misconception that gift giving is a matter of dollars and cents – sort of like pricing out a caterer or a florist for your wedding. It need not be. A carefully chosen gift – that is relatively inexpensive will go miles further than a more costly gift that is not well chosen. The key to the exercise of choosing gifts that will be personally appreciated by the receiver is to pay attention to their personal interests and choose a gift that matches with that or something that the person can use on a regular basis. For example standard gifts of cufflinks may be run of the mill and standard but how often will your nephew use them or even take them out of its case. In that case your nephew would sure appreciate a new computer mouse or webcam- which could well be picked up on sale at your local big box store while you are shopping for other wedding supplies. Similarly a nice bouquet of flowers may be pretty but short-lived whereas a cookbook for a bridesmaid whose hobby and passion is cooking will be a prize to that person.
All in all plan well ahead in time for this event - your wedding rehearsal dinner as well as the planning for the rest of the wedding day. Remember what can go wrong may well go wrong. It never hurts to plan ahead and prepare. Plan ahead, but check, check and recheck your lists. You may be amazed and impressed with how some people seem to do everything on the fly at the last moment. Believe me this is no fun – no matter how easy it looks. It is your day – your wedding day. Make your wedding day stress free. The less trouble you have on your wedding day the more both yourself and your guests will both enjoy yourselves and have fond memories of “That Day".
Are you and your soon to be just not the type that want to have a full blown traditional wedding that goes just like the flow of every aspect of every other wedding? Love to shoot pool, play poker, drink beer, and ride motorcycles? Then you're in luck because that's what David and Jenny like to do too and incorporated that love into their wedding planning.
David (28) and his now wife, Jenny, (27) met four years ago at a bar and got married just last month. Their wedding was anything but traditional, but Jenny says she wouldn't have had it any other way- their wedding was perfect for them, their friends, and even their families. This couple was fixed up in biker heaven, and that's exactly what they wanted to show, so they had a biker wedding.
Let's paint a picture of their wedding. Guests flood into the small chapel wearing their best, some of the men and women in lovely leather jackets while the rest of them were in more formal attire, still others are in gowns and suits. The seats are decorated with red bows on the outer sides, the seats themselves white with pillows on them. Between the rows, a dark red carpet is rolled out, good enough for any princess to walk down- though instead of rose petals of white and red, there are small cut outs of spades, hearts, clubs, and diamonds of black and red.
There at the end of the red carpet was our groom, David, waiting for his bride to walk down the aisle. Wearing regular tux slacks, with a button up top, and a black leather vest over it; his hair slicked back and tie tucked inside the leather vest. Soon, Jenny walks down the aisle with her father by her side. Her father has chosen to wear a tux while she's wearing a knee high wedding dress and heels. In her hands is a bouquet with red roses and her face hidden by a small veil. Their vows are exchanged and their first kiss as a married couple is given and the two walk out of the chapel, with their guests following. David and Jenny put on their helmets (a white one saying 'BRIDE' on the back and a black one saying 'GROOM' on the back) and jump on David's motorcycle to meet the guests at a bar they rented out for the rest of the evening.
What would normally be a regular pool bar is done in beautiful decorations that keep the wild biker theme alive that David and Jenny both wanted. Our couple enters with the guests already celebrating, cheering and clapping congratulations for the two. The tables are covered with black table clothes, on them are poker wedding party favors place card holders saying the name of each guest on a playing card. Bottles of beer are covered by Bride and Groom Bottle Koozies, the family and friends of the bride get one with a wedding dress, and those who are family and friends of the groom get one with a tux. The night is spent having a good time with friends and family like a wedding party should be. Though once the night is done, the bride and groom get on their motorcycle and take off to escape to their honeymoon.
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