Your rehearsal dinner is an important event. This dinner is the kick-off to your wedding festivities and helps ensure that everything will go smoothly on your big day. Before you start planning, it's good to have an idea for what you need to include on your rehearsal dinner checklist. Continue reading "How To Plan Your Rehearsal Dinner" »
With engagement season underway, many of you might be recently engaged, in the middle of planning your wedding, thinking about popping the question, or single as a pringle and just reading this for shiggles. Don't know what shiggles are? Look it up. Anyways, there's one thing you should know before you walk down the aisle. The groom's side of the family is responsible for the rehearsal dinner. If you don't already know that, now you do. Now you may think that you can just hand over the cash and your fiance can plan it, but think again. It's going to be 2019, and you don't get off the hook that easily. So we're gonna help you and give you some excellent ideas for your rehearsal dinner! So get to planning dude! Continue reading "#FromtheGroom – 5 Rehearsal Dinner Ideas for 2019" »
Your Wedding Wednesday Question
Do I invite every guest’s plus one to the rehearsal dinner?
Answer:
The rehearsal dinner is usually a gathering of your close friends and family, so you don't have to invite anyone's plus one. You can invite your guest's date if you would like, but don’t feel forced to do so.
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Your Wedding Wednesday Question
Do I invite all out-of-town guests to the rehearsal dinner or do I just invite the wedding party and our closest friends and family?
Answer:
You are not required to invite out of town guests to the rehearsal dinner, but if your budget allows it, it is a nice gesture. The guest list for a rehearsal dinner usually includes the bride and groom, all attendants and their spouses or partners and significant others, the couple’s immediate families, and the clergy person and their spouse. Another suggestions is to have a small informal dinner with just your out-of-town guests.
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Do I have to have formal invitations to my rehearsal dinner or is it rude to give my guests a call?
Answer:
The rehearsal dinner can be as formal or as casual as you would like. Ultimately you want to have a quick run through with your wedding party, your parents, and other relatives that will be walking during the ceremony, so that everyone knows their cues. As far as the dinner part, that is up to you! If you are having a small gathering at home or at a restaurant with only those in the wedding, go ahead and just give them a call. However, if you are wanting to invite more than a few people or plan on inviting some guests that are traveling to your wedding, you may want to send them some invites ahead of time (store bought invites will do).
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What are the rules for the wedding rehearsal and dinner? Who do I invite?
Answer:
There are really no specific rules of who is invited and what you do at your rehearsal or dinner. However, it maybe a good idea to actually practice walking down the aisle and decide where everyone will stand at the rehearsal. However, as far as the rehearsal dinner goes, invite who you want. Of course, not everyone, but close family and friends.
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Ask The Celebration Advisor: I'm planning the rehearsal dinner with my fiancee and we are not sure who should be invited. We need to give the caterer and banquet hall a head count but can't because we don't know who to invite. Who do we invite?
The Celebration Advisor: Unfortunately for your caterer, there is no magic number of guests at the rehearsal dinner. Fortunately, there are a few hard and fast wedding etiquette rules that will help you narrow that number down for your vendors. First, your wedding party and their dates/families are definitely invited to the rehearsal dinner. This includes the bridesmaids, groomsmen, maid of honor, best man and their respective dates. Unless otherwise specified, families are usually accepted. Most of the time this is an adult-only gathering but that preference is completely yours.
Out of town guests are often invited to the rehearsal dinner also. This gives them a chance to visit with the bride and groom before the ceremony. Since there is no time after the wedding and little time on the day of, this is a great chance to keep out of town guests from feeling slighted.
Aside from the wedding party and guests, most couples want their parents and grandparents there. Immediate family is a definite if they are available to attend.
Rehearsal dinners can be anywhere from 5-50 people. Just keep in mind that, according to traditional wedding etiquette, the people invited to the wedding rehearsal will always include:
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Ask The Celebration Advisor: Appropriate color of a mans jacket for a rehearsal dinner in Los Angeles. Dinner to be held in brides house in Beverly Hills. Black tie wedding the next day with reception at the Beverly wilshire. Is a pale blue silk and cashmere jacket appropriate or should the jacket be darker in shade? Thank you, Leonard
The Celebration Advisor: Leonard, good question! Most people don't think much of rehearsal dinner attire until they arrive at the actual dinner. Though there are no hard and fast etiquette rules about rehearsal dinner attire, it's generally best to err on the side of formality especially in the Beverly Hills area. Also, rehearsal dinner attire you choose should be based on the formality of the occasion. Since the rehearsal dinner you are attending is in Beverly Hills (and followed by a formal wedding), it's best to assume that it will be a semi-formal wedding rehearsal dinner. In this case, the darker jacket is more appropriate. After all, it's always better to be overdressed than underdressed for this type of occasion.
If you feel that the pale blue silk and cashmere jacket is appropriate formal wear for the occasion, go for it! If you're not quite sure and you want to be on the safe side, opt for a darker suit jacket.
Have fun at the dinner!
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