Hi! So, my fiance and I are getting married in a few weeks. We're getting married at the courthouse with 14 guests then we will treat them all to a nice dinner. The next day, which is a Saturday we rented out a cool bar in a fun neighborhood to host a cocktail reception with 65 guests. We made sure to let everyone know that we will not be providing dinner but will be covering beer& wine and have heavy apps throughout the night. There's obviously a bar so guests will be able to purchase any liquor if that's what they want.
We plan to do a toast about 45 min in and thank everyone for coming and open to floor for speeches, we weren't originally doing this but my sister is really excited about making a speech for us so we went ahead with it. I assume one or two other people will want to say something too so this will take up a small amount of time.
Other than that, we're not doing first dances, cake or really any traditional wedding stuff. There is an area of the bar that can be used for a dance floor, we didn't get a DJ but they have a good sound system and we have made a good play list for the night.
My concern is that people will be bored since it's not a typical wedding reception whatsoever.
Has anyone had or attended anything like this? Please share your experiences (good or bad!)
