Reception in Two Rooms?

Nifftiffniffer

The place we like best for our ceremony and reception has two reception rooms.  It's an old barn basement and a corn crib turned room.  Both are beautiful, but both are too small for us to fit all of our guests, so we'd have to use both.  Plus, we'd have to remove tables for dancing.  There is a typical size door way between, but there is still a stone wall otherwise.  Any ideas on how this would work?  Is it rude as the couple to not be in the same room as our guests?  Thanks!

aerinpegadrak

If not everyone can fit in the room, then everyone in the second room will miss the dances, the toasts, the cake cutting...  Basically they'll be out for all the special moments.  The guests in whichever room you're not in will feel second-class.  I would either find a venue that can hold everyone in the same room, or cut your guest list so everyone will fit in this one.

Mrs.B6302007

Yep, rude to split the guests. Cut down on your guest list or find a new venue.

trix1223

ditto everyone else here.  It's your dream venue, but it's a nightmare to half your guests.  Which matters more to you?  Your venue or your guests?  There's your answer.

goheels05

In general I would agree with the PPs, but I have been to one wedding where this worked.  At the beginning of the reception, all the guests entered, sat in one of the two rooms, and began eating (I think each room had it's own food stations, but with all the same food).  After dinner, the bride and groom and bridal party and family came from the smaller room into the larger room so everyone could see the first dance, father-daughter/mother son, and slideshow.  After that, dancing begun, and partway into dancing, the couple cut the cake.  No one missed anything because after dinner, the extra room was pretty much abandoned.

If one of your rooms is large enough to accomodate everyone after the meal has been served, you can make this work.

desireedp

I'm with the pp's. If I went to a wedding and I was made to eat in a different room then everybody else, I'd be po'd.

My reception venue has two rooms but we're using one as the dinner area and the other as the dancing room. Once we're done eating we'll do the toasts and then ask everyone to join us upstairs for our first dance. Still trying to figure out how/where we should cut the cake though...

pandasquishy

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_reception-ideas_reception-two-rooms?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:5Discussion:3fed30ca-41ee-4675-a192-e8cd8892aaf0Post:2fd008ce-4e73-41c1-8fe9-b1316d2dc0ac">Re: Reception in Two Rooms?</a>:
[QUOTE]Yep, rude to split the guests. Cut down on your guest list or find a new venue.
Posted by Mrs.B6302007[/QUOTE]

<div>This.</div>