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How To Plan A Post Wedding Reception

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Many modern brides and grooms are starting to realize that the traditional wedding program no longer works for them. This is prompting many to experiment with other options.

Post wedding reception is the one even that has started to experience quite a surge in popularity in recent times, this is because it allows the people who didn’t get a chance to attend the wedding ceremony for whatever reason an opportunity to celebrate with the newly weds afterwards.

Why plan a post wedding reception?

Post wedding reception usually take place a week or a month after the main event, and after the honeymoon is done. An increasing number of couples are choosing Post Wedding Reception because:

* They eloped and had no one present at their ceremony.

* They had a private ceremony due to religious reasons

* They had a destination wedding and couldn’t bring everyone along.

* They preferred to keep their wedding a private and intimate affair

Other also decide to have a post wedding reception because they have families spread across the country i.e. bride and groom from different states could could hold their wedding ceremony and reception in the grooms state and leave for their honeymoon, and when they return, they could plan a second reception in the brides home state for folks who weren’t able to travel with them to the ceremony.

Invitation for a post wedding reception

Wording is everything in post wedding reception, your guests will have to understand that the invitation is to a party, open house or brunch after the marriage has taken place and not for the ceremony itself. The wording of your post wedding reception must make this very clear so as to avoid hurting any feelings.

You should also inform the guests of what to wear since they won’t be attending a ceremony. Let them know if they can bring gifts along and any additional information should be carried in a disclaimer at the end of the invitation.

Here is sample wording for receptions and open house after the honeymoon

Based on motivation behind the brides and grooms choice of a post wedding reception, a number of options are necessary for the wording of the invitations.

For those that eloped

* We just could not wait,

* Kindly join us for an open house

* Lets all share the happy date!

For private wedding

* Peter and Mary

* We’re now husband and wife

* On June 13, 2015

Etiquette for Post Reception Wedding

Parties and open houses following a wedding are usually informal as opposed to traditional wedding reception. They can be held in the afternoon and may also include a brunch. Of-course this rules aren’t carved on stone and you can doing in any manner that pleases you both.

The rise in destination wedding is making post wedding reception very popular and the same for brides and grooms residing in separate states. Reasons for wanting a post wedding reception are many and finding the proper wording for invitations is critical to the success of the event.

Having A Classy Las Vegas Wedding

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Las Vegas is known for its speedy weddings, and many consider getting married in Las Vegas tacky. However, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that the wedding capital of the world is changing to include more elegance.

Brides can still get married in Las Vegas for $50 at a speedy drive-thru chapel, but many brides are choosing to make their Las Vegas wedding more elegant, planning 9 months to a year in advance and choosing medium to extravagant ballrooms to host their event.

Casinos have always had the capacity to host large extravagant weddings in their ballrooms, but until recently, they used those ballrooms for corporate events. Casino owners didn’t think twice about using the ballrooms for a Las Vegas wedding reception or Las Vegas wedding chapel.

Now, elegant Las Vegas wedding chapels are the most competitive Las Vegas wedding business out there. All the major casinos and even small hotels have a chapel and / or ballroom in their Las Vegas venue, and they all advertise heavily online for brides to choose their Las Vegas wedding chapel.

According to “TradeBit,” the average wedding cost in Las Vegas is $24,860. This is quite a bit different considering Las Vegas was known for its $50 dollar Elvis weddings at the Little White Wedding Chapel.

Las Vegas is often the middle state of couples getting married from opposite ends of the United States. Long term relationships where the bride lives in California and the groom lives in New York, many times end up married in Las Vegas with family present.

Couples getting married in Las Vegas soak up everything they can get their hands on with a Las Vegas theme for their Las Vegas wedding. Las Vegas wedding favors with a Las Vegas theme include poker chips with a bride and grooms name on it. Las Vegas wedding invitations now feature photos of the venue that the bride and groom are getting married in, as well as Las Vegas wedding invitations that feature photos of the Las Vegas city lights from the strip and the “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” sign. Even toasting glasses and guest books are being engraved with the phrase “Las Vegas” or “Viva Las Vegas” instead of the couples names.

Couples are now planning to elope instead of spontaneously getting married in Vegas. Because of this those couples order their announcements weeks in advance so when they get back from their Las Vegas wedding they can immediately send out their Las Vegas wedding announcements.

While celebrities like Brittany Spears and others have eloped to Las Vegas and were married in a small Las Vegas wedding chapel, other celebrities are choosing to get married in Las Vegas at extravagant hotels, and they are still calling it “eloping.”

Whether a bride gets married in a small Las Vegas wedding chapel or a large Las Vegas wedding ballroom, whether they plan their Las Vegas wedding for one year or five minutes, every couple married in Las Vegas can say that they have eloped to Las Vegas.

Thus, what happens in Vegas … stays in our hearts.

Rajasthani Marriage Rituals

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India is popularly known as the land of cultures, the only place where you find unity in diversity. The country has 28 states with a number of languages and customs practiced in each region. The availability of variety in almost everything from food to clothes, religion to language, has helped in making the lives of the people more lively and interesting.

Among all the states, Rajasthan is a place which is popular for the prevalence of its colors and food. Rajasthani dance is also famous all over the world with the different and
Vibrant lifestyle these people have. Rajasthan is also famous for its forts, havellis, palaces which are the major source to attract a large number of tourists. The colors and the majesty of Rajasthani culture can be witnessed in a Rajasthani marriage.

The marriages of Rajasthan are directly proportional to the colorful, strong and vibrant nature of its natives. The wedding food of Rajasthan constitutes of mouth watering dishes like Gattee ki sabzi, Dall Bati Churma, Papad ki sabzi, missi roti, daal makhani, shahi kadi chawal, shahi paneer, moong ka halwa, motichoor ke ladoo and saunth ke ladoo. The Rajasthani bride and groom are dressed in their traditional manner with the bride wearing dark color mostly in red ghaghra- choli and the groom wearing kurta- pyjama of any color with a dupatta complementing the color of the grooms dress.

Following is a brief description of the common ceremonies practiced in Rajasthani matrimony:

Pre- marriage rituals:
Engagement: Engagement is the ceremony, which marks the beginning of the courtship period of the couple. In this the Rajasthani bride and groom exchanges rings between each other, accepting the bond formed for a life- time. The ceremony takes place in front of all the relatives and friends to seek their blessing followed by feast and celebrations.

Ganpati Sthapana: Blessing from the god of intelligence, Ganesh ji is taken by bringing his idol home and getting that placed the temple inside the house. The ceremony takes place at the house of both the parties i.e. bride and the groom.

Pithi Dastoor: In this ceremony, turmeric paste is applied on the hands and the feet of the bride and the groom. The ceremonies take place in their respective places, after which the Rajasthani bride and groom are not suppose to move out of their houses, till their matrimony ceremonies are complete.

Mehfils: This basically corresponds to the gathering of the Rajasthani bride and the grooms families in either of their houses, where they celebrate their bonding with taking part in the famous Ghoomar, Dance of Rajasthan. All the family members dance together, which is followed by a lavishing dinner.

Jnaeva Ceremony: In this ritual, the groom is made to wear a pious thread in the Havan or the pooja in front of the sacred fire, signifying that either the groom will enter the married life or will take renunciation from the materialistic world.

Palla Dastoor: The father of the groom visits the brides house with the wedding dress and jewelry for the bride.

Toran or Toranchar: On the day of the Rajasthani matrimony, the entrance of the brides house is decorated with colorful flowers and straws, which are hit by the groom to prevent his, would- be bride from the evils eye. This ceremony is called Toranchar.

Wedding Ceremonies:

Granthi Bandhan: The brides father gives away the responsibility of her daughter to the groom, called kanyadan, after the application of turmeric paste on the brides hand.

Paani Grahan: This is the ceremony, where the groom takes the responsibility of the bride by taking her hand into his, signifying the acceptance of the relation.

Phera Ceremony: The Rajasthani bride and groom take the seven circles around the sacred fire symbolizing their oath for being together for the next seven lives.

Satapadi: This is the ritual where both Rajasthani groom and bride takes seven steps towards the direction of the Sun God, signifying each others support in all walks of life, whether its good or bad, happiness or sorrow. From here onwards, they are declared husband and wives.

Bidai: After the completion of all the marriage ceremonies, bride moves towards the house of her husband leaving her maternal home to lead a new and happy married life.

Few useful links:
http://www.jeevansathi.com/
http://www.jeevansathi.com/matrimonials/rajasthani-matrimonial/

Top 10 Calgary Rental Wedding Facilities

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Planning for a wedding is no easy task, even with the help of supportive family and friends you can find yourself exhausted to the born, here is a list top 10 wedding facilities in Calgary, Alberta worth reviewing if you’re hosting the big event in Canada.

Abbeydale Community Hall

Offers an upstairs hall ideal for family events, office parties and yes, weddings, the hall can accommodate a maximum of 80 people. Rates for renting the hall are $250 per event plus an additional damage deposit of $150 (required at booking time). The hall offers a full commercial kitchen for an additional fee of $50 plus GST and is available for booking on weekdays only. There is also the main hall with a seat capacity of upto 170 people costing $425 with $300 damage deposit.

Scarboro Community Hall

This 1200 SQ hall has legal max capacity of 170 people and sit-down dinner capacity of 125 people. Rental rates include access to tables, chairs, standard kitchen, dishes, glassware and cutlery. 20% discount for weekly/monthly users.

Edgemont Community Hall

The Center offers banquet facilities for groups up to 200 people as well as a boardroom and small meeting room. It features include:

* Beautiful Mountain View

* Outside patio

* Maximum capacity 200 people

* Full kitchen facility attached

* Approximately 250 sq. meters

* Round or long banquet tables

* Upholstered seating

* Microphone and podium

Triwood Community Hall

Facility available for rent for special occasions. Service offering include:

* facilities for all occasions

* full service catering

* bar service

* superb food and quality service at reasonable rates

Springbank Links Golf Club

This facility offers a spectacular clubhouse with a huge 3,500 sq.ft. deck located only 21 minutes west of downtown Calgary.

Beddington Heights Community Center

Has a main hall with licensed capacity of 400 people: Facility offerings include:

* Meeting rooms (40 seater capacity)

* Gym

* Commercial sized kitchen

* Podium

* Outdoor skating rink

Cedarbrae Community Hall

This is a 350 seater capacity facility located in 11024 Oakfield Drive SW. Offerings include:

* Meeting rooms

* Standard kitchen

* Public address system

* Gym

* Outdoor skating rink

Silver Springs Community Hall

Facility located on the north bluff of the Bow River it Calgary’s northwest. The community offers views of Canada Olympic Park and the Rocky mountains. Offerings include:

* 212 seat capacity

* Commercial grade kitchen

* 60 seat capacity meeting room

* Public address system & podium

Montana’s Cookhouse Saloon

Facility is a friendly, down-home, casual restaurant with a fully licensed lounge and a menu featuring more than 100 items, including smokehouse ribs, rotisserie chicken and a mile-high mud pie.

Danish Canadian Club Of Calgary

Facility caters to wedding and other special events of upto 350 people. Has several rooms of differing sizes, including the Valhalla Hall ballroom (635 max), the Tivoli hall (114 max). Facility also offers free meeting room or ballroom with food order.

Others include:

Heather Glen Golf Club

The Carriage House Inn

Epcor Center for the Performing Arts

No One Likes Being Bored At A Wedding

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Have you ever been to a wedding that was so boring you could hardly stand it? Maybe by the time that the tungsten wedding bands were exchanged, you already felt as though you had been at the wedding for two days. Let’s face it; this is an unpleasant feeling and one that should be avoided. Your guests shouldn’t have to suffer this sort of boredom either. Here are a few ideas for how you could handle the boredom of a wedding.

Some of your guests may not know anyone at your wedding. A great way to make people feel more comfortable is to make sure that guests have something to do. During the ceremony, they will be entertained by watching you exchange your vows. Before the ceremony, however, problems can occur if you do not have anything to keep your guests occupied.

Reading Material. Some simple reading material can go a long way to keep people from being completely bored. The material could be a compilation of material concerning the wedding, where the wedding is occurring, who is providing the catering, fun facts about the bride and groom or any other facts that you might want to include. The main point is to give people something to do other than stare at a wall.

Games for the Kids. Children often feel as though sitting around and waiting is about as bad as life can get. This means that they might not be too concerned with the fact that it’s your wedding day. Giving children age appropriate games or toys is a great way to keep children from feeling bored. Relaxed occupied children mean relaxed parents. Keep this in mind when you have your wedding. It will decrease the chances of having your wedding interrupted by an anxious child.

A great way to determine the best way to entertain your wedding guests is to think back on weddings that you have attended in the past. What was fun? What was a little boring? What ideas can you incorporate into your wedding to make the experience enjoyable for everyone involved? Use these ideas to create a fun wedding for all of your guests.