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Just Said Yes June 2017

Not having a seat down rehearsal dinner- What do I write on invitations???

Mara , on April 20, 2017 at 7:18 PM Posted in Etiquette and Advice 0 10

We are having an open house for our rehearsal dinner at a local brewery for our out of town guests. It will be cocktail hour style, so there will be no seating. There is a food station with pizza, salad and wings then some fancy passed apps and drinks. We have no idea how to word that to our guests. No one will leave hungry, but we don't want them to expect a seated meal. Any ideas?

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Latest activity by EC18, on April 20, 2017 at 9:56 PM
  • lyla
    Master July 2017
    lyla ·
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    I don't think there's any reason your guests need to know this in advance since you'll be serving a lot of food and they will still be full. Instead of "Dinner and dancing to follow" on the invitation, say "Cocktails, heavy appetizers/hearty hors d'eouvers (but spell it right haha), and dancing to follow" You could also put this information in a details card or on your website.

    Also, when you say there's no seating, do you mean that there aren't traditional tables or do you literally mean that there are no couches/seats/places to sit for the whole night? I hope the former since some people won't want to stand for 6 hours straight.

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  • M
    Just Said Yes June 2017
    Mara ·
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    Well its only our rehearsal dinner so there isn't any seating just an "open house". Guest can stop in any time from 6-9pm.

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  • MrsMitch
    Master August 2017
    MrsMitch ·
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    OP said rehearsal dinner not reception.

    I don't think you need to state this anywhere. It's nice enough you're including all out of town guests in the rehearsal dinner. Hopefully there will be at least a few seats and hi top tables though.

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  • A
    Super September 2017
    Al ·
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    Also confused as to what "no seating" means - do you mean you're not assigning tables to people? As long as there's enough food to feed everyone a normal meal amount and enough chairs and tables for anyone I think you don't have to mention anything special.

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  • Emily
    Master May 2014
    Emily ·
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    Lyla, she is talking about the rehearsal dinner, not the wedding. I highly doubt people will be there for 6 hours.

    OP, I would probably call it a cocktail style open house. You can state finger foods and appetizers if you want to be more specific.

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  • A. L.
    Master July 2017
    A. L. ·
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    Where are people supposed to sit? Are there stools?

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  • Courtney
    Super May 2018
    Courtney ·
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    For the rehearsal "dinner", I think you could put something like "join us for cocktail style food and drinks". That would give people the hint that it's not seated

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  • annakay511
    Master July 2015
    annakay511 ·
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    I like @Courtney's suggestion!

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  • StPaulGal
    Master July 2017
    StPaulGal ·
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    Skip the invites and just text the wedding party and explain the plan. No need to make a big thing of it.

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  • EC18
    VIP April 2018
    EC18 ·
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    Are you inviting any grandparents, parents or elderly guests who might want to/need to sit down?

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