thoughts on table dismissal to buffet?

It's more fun to the guests if you do a game related activity.. waiting for your number to get called whether in order from 1-20 or getting randomly picked is still pretty boring. But if your calling #'s do it randomly it's more fun. As for the answering questions about you and FH, i don't mean to put it down but its hard to hear what the guests are saying sometimes, and i've had a friends wedding get out of hand that way (i don't know how! but it did) the scavenger hunt is a good idea. Or the "Sing for Dinner" idea, each table has to sing a love song to you in order to go up (whether made up or a real song). Or; get the DJ to play random love songs and whichever table guesses it first gets to go up. Good luck!

I dont think that playing games is too cheesy or would make it not classy. You want people to have fun at your reception. I am also doing a buffet and hadnt even thought of the game thing. I like it!

Good thoughts so far ladies. i guess if we do a game, the dj would just have to take a wireless mic and walk around to hear answers.

I am doing a hollywood glam theme wedding. My tables are named after famous actors/actresses. Instead of just calling table names, I thought about having the DJ do something like... "The table named after the hollywood star who was a southerm favorite and best known for his role as Rhett Butler". Not really a game, but just a little movie trivia that everyone can listen and participate in.

It's your wedding sweetie! You do whatever YOU want! I have had so many people tell me how tacky this and how tacky that is. Ridiculous!

However, I can always tell when my precious Mama doesn't quite like an idea I have because she says, "Babe, it's your wedding." LOL!

Maybe ask true and false questions, and at each table have a "true" and "false" sign that the table can raise up. That way they won't have to yell out answers, but instead you would have to eyeball who gets the right answer first.

Haha, thanks. your idea is cute, but i have numbers :/ my sister and i butt heads on a lot of things.. we're twins, so when we agree, it's great and when we don't.. it's war. i always hope for a nice answer out of her when i shoot her an idea, but it's no holding back from her.

Hmmm signs, good idea angela

Erin, I have a ton of game ideas I can adapt for you if you can wait a few days... PM me.

Your twin sounds like mine... We just got the "it's a wedding -- keep it serious" line this week although I think it was halfway directed at her husband (our officiant).

At my friend's wedding, the DJ called out silly tasks. Each table would send up one representative to do the task, and whichever table made it to the DJ table and/or performed the task the quickest would get to go next.

For instance, he pulled out a hula hoop and said the first person who could grab it and keep it spinning around their waist for 10 seconds would get to eat next. Another task - whoever got up to the DJ table first and could complete a certain song lyric would get to eat next.

At my cousins wedding they named table after a song instead of numbers. When the dj played the song, it was that tables turn to go up. I thought that was very creative! But now I'm stuck trying to think of something equally as unique for my wedding