The Wedding Is Most Individuals' Primary Focus, But The Rehearsal Dinner Can Be Special, Too

There are so many arrangements, expenses and anxieties that go along with preparing for a wedding ceremony. If couples aren't mindful they can get so consumed with planning the wedding and trying to get all the details right that there's little time to enjoy the experience. When my niece was planning her wedding ceremony she had three bridal showers to attend, reception plans to get in order and was trying to find a location for the rehearsal dinner. The third bridal shower was scheduled at my house. I'm her godmother so I had wanted to do something special for her. A few days before the shower we talked on the telephone. She sounded very stressed. She and her fiance were also having difficulties deciding on the best wedding songs for the nuptials. I recommended that she come the night before the shower and stay all night and we would relax and I would help her make a list of what needed to be done prior to the wedding. She thought this sounded like a good plan.

I did the vast majority of the preparations for the shower prior to my niece coming so that we could give attention to her needs. She said that the rehearsal dinner was her greatest stress due to the fact that the location they had reserved had double booked, so they needed to find a new location. We started by working on finding the best wedding songs for the wedding ceremony so we could get one need out of the way thereby giving confidence that the other would be handled as well. As I imagined finding the best wedding songs was just a matter of searching the net, listening to samples, placing some orders and that was that. Now to tackle the rehearsal dinner.

The rehearsal dinner is traditionally handled by the groom's family; in fact some people refer to the event as the groom's supper. My niece's fiance is from a different state so his family is prepared to pay for the rehearsal dinner, but they're not able to help with making the arrangements. My niece had touched base with the restaurant where the wedding reception will be held, but the only available space was the area where the wedding reception would be happening. My niece explained that the plan was to decorate the wedding reception area prior to going to the church for the rehearsal.

We called two neighboring restaurants to see if they could accommodate the rehearsal dinner. Both had other gatherings scheduled. Her fiance's mother and father are divorced, also both have remarried. This meant that there were additional people to include in the rehearsal dinner. This was also adding to her anxiety because she was trying to figure out the etiquette for seating. She had the seating chart approved for the wedding, but not knowing the place the rehearsal dinner would be held diminished her ability to arrange a chart.

I asked my niece if she had called the church to see if the fellowship area would be available. Everybody could just mingle and have a light catered meal. This would be much less formal and would be relatively easy to plan. The fellowship area was open that evening. We called two delis and ordered catering. My niece called her fiance and told him the new plans for the rehearsal dinner. He thought this sounded fantastic. He would make arrangements to have a buddy of his tend bar and would arrange for the drinks.

The rehearsal dinner was a pleasant relaxed evening. The guests were able to visit and mingle and the bride and groom did not feel pressured to sit in one spot while everyone ordered their food and had it served. With having a buffet line the atmosphere was very casual and the out of town guests did not have to try and find another place in an area that they were not familiar with.

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