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XP- Outdoor seating arrangement?
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I was planning on having a church wedding because it would mean a lot to my bio-dad and not to sound lazy, but the seating in a church is already set up and that would be one less thing to worry about
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XP- Outdoor seating arrangement?

posted at 1/24/2012 2:21 AM EST on theknot.com
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 I was planning on having a church wedding because it would mean a lot to my bio-dad and not to sound lazy, but the seating in a church is already set up and that would be one less thing to worry about the day of. I'm also terrified of the weather being not lovely.

The more I thought about it though, the more I'd love to have the ceremony in my grandmother's yard. I'm estimating about 200 guests. She has a small, 8' round flower bed in the middle of the yard. Would it look okay to stand in the flower bed and have the seats arched around in a semi circle, or would it be easier to put them in straight rows off to the side and just modify where we would stand?

Has anyone been to a wedding with curved seating? How did it flow? Could you see and hear the ceremony? Any advice would be appreciated.
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 We are doing something similar. Arena seating where it curves around us slightly. Our tent has a fountain in the middle. And the ceremony is between a pond and lake
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 I've seen several with curved seating and it looks really nice!  Plus it actually makes it easier to see up front because the chairs are slightly staggered and you don't have a head in front of you.
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 We're doing curved seating. Our ceremony is going to be on the patio, which is three connected circles (sort of). We're in the center circle, under a tree, and the guests will be in both of the side circles, with their chairs following the curve of the patio.
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 From what you describe, curved seating would be really pretty. Here's an example: clicky

Something to think about: depending on how the yard is structured, with things like hills, other flowers, etc, you might want to take some measurements and make a to-scale mock-up of the yard to see how the chairs will actually fit. You may end up scooting around those, if it's not perfectly flat.

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 It sounds like the semi-circular seating will work out great! I would take measurements to make sure that everyone has enough room to get to their seats. I love the circular seating trend though!! 
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