****20pearls16****

yogiebhill

Question......I'm having the same type of reception you are. Are you doing a cocktail hour as well?

Yalonda

20pearls16

The whole thing is one big cocktail hour Lol. My ceremony is from 6-6:30PM  (won't take that long, but you know how your folks are on CP time). They will start serving the hors' d ouvers @ 7 and cake cutting at 9. Drinks flowing the whole time. That's it. Then I am having folks back to my house where I will have some real food (Fried chicken, Mac & Cheese etc). I don't expect everyone to come back to my house afterward because It is a Sunday night so I am preparing for @ 30. Hoped this helped.

yogiebhill

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[QUOTE]The whole thing is one big cocktail hour Lol. My ceremony is from 6-6:30PM  (won't take that long, but you know how your folks are on CP time). They will start serving the hors' d ouvers @ 7 and cake cutting at 9. Drinks flowing the whole time. That's it. Then I am having folks back to my house where I will have some real food (Fried chicken, Mac & Cheese etc). I don't expect everyone to come back to my house afterward because It is a Sunday night so I am preparing for @ 30. Hoped this helped.
Posted by 20pearls16[/QUOTE]

In your opinion how should I do mines. Our ceremony starts at 6pm also. The Golf club will flip the room for the cocktail reception. During this time we will be taking pictures. Should we have a cocktail hour with drinks and light appitizers only for our guest while pics are taken?

 Our Hors d'oeuvers reception will have  two carving stations as well as a variety of appitizers. 

HELP!!!!!

20pearls16

In this case I think you should do something. You don't want your guests waiting around doing nothing while you are taking pics. I would say a variety of cheese and crackers and fresh fruit would be nice. That way you won't overdue it on the hors d' ouvers.

yogiebhill

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[QUOTE]In this case I think you should do something. You don't want your guests waiting around doing nothing while you are taking pics. I would say a variety of cheese and crackers and fresh fruit would be nice. That way you won't overdue it on the hors d' ouvers.
Posted by 20pearls16[/QUOTE]

Thanks for your help. Greatly appreciated. <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-smile.gif" border="0" alt="Smile" title="Smile" />