Invitation wording! UGHHH!

Orrrr

Megan Allen

&

Charles Del Grosso

Request the honor of your presence at their marriage

Saturday, The Twenty-Ninth of June

At Half Past Four

Kahler Hall

5440 Old Tucker Row

Columbia, MD 21044

Cocktail Hour

&

Reception immediately following

Capitalization? Commas?

FH and I are paying for our wedding too.. Here's our wording:

Together with our families, we

Jillian Lee Schaible

&

Brian Michael Bartsch

invite you to join in the celebration of our marriage

Saturday, May Eleventh, Two thousand thirteen

Castle Farms

5052 M 66 North - Charlevoix, Michigan

Five o’clock in the evening

Reception to follow

I love the "half past four" better

I love your wording!! The wedding is from 4:30 - 5 and then we are having cocktail hour from 5 - 6 and then reception from 6-10 should i mention cocktail hour and reception on the invitation or just do cocktail hour or only reception to follow?

You'll wanna watch that random capitalization.

Megan Allen

&

Charles Del Grosso

request the honor of your presence at their marriage

Saturday, the twenty-ninth of June

At Half Past Four

Kahler Hall

5440 Old Tucker Row

Columbia, Maryland [you definitely don't need the zip code)

Cocktail hour and reception immediately following

We left it just as "reception to follow" which indicates that there's no gap of time between the ceremony and reception, which is really all they need to know at that point.. on the bottom of our programs we are putting a little blurb asking guests to stay in their seats so that we can usher them out and then letting them know that they can head upstairs (ceremony and reception are in one venue) for cocktail hour.. make sense?

Yes it makes sense but here is my issue. Ceremony and Reception are in the same room but during cocktail hour the room is being flipped for the reception so the guest will have to leave the actual room where ceremony and reception are being held and go out to the lobby/patio/outside and what not.

Edited for spell check

@Future Mrs. D, does the venue have staff that shuttle the guests around? My guests have to move between areas, but the venue staff will be making sure they go where they need to. I don't think that's something you need to say on the invitations.

They have staff that comes in to change the room around but I'm not sure about shuttling the guests around. I need to get in contact with the event coordinator about this. I'm sure I can have the DJ announce after the wedding party leaves to take pictures that "Please feel free to mingle in the lobby while the wedding party is taking pictures, there are appetizers and drinks as well" or something like that and just put "Reception to follow" on the invitation

Together with our families, we

Megan Allen

&

Charles Del Grosso

invite you to join in the celebration of our marriage

Saturday, the twenty-ninth of June

two thousand thirteen

at half past four in the afternoon

Kahler Hall

5440 Old Tucker Row

Columbia, Maryland

reception to immediately follow

Reception immediately following.

I am sure your guests will get the hint they need to leave that room. They will follow others.

Okay cool. Thanks ladies!!!!

Just wanted to say hey, neighbor! I work in Columbia and live in Hanover.

I like the suggestions from these ladies. I would maybe ask your officiant to make that little announcement of where to go.... that will help with any confusion.

Ours read:

Boy met girl...

For the rest of the story join

Raquel L****

and

Edward A******

On

December 9, 2012

25 Kislev, 5773

Rose Garden at Reid Park

900 S. Randolph Way

Tucson, Arizona

Chuppah Ceremony begins at 3:45

Reception to follow at Young Israel Tucson

2443 E. 4th St.

Bring your chanukiah to join us in a 2nd night lighting!

We wanted it to be simple, personable, and not terribly formal.

Make sure you do not include the zip on the invite

@Stefanie W - I work in Columbia too!! Lol

Thanks ladies!!