OK, heres my issue:
On our invites it states that dinner is at 6pm, we will be getting to the reception at 5 and are going to have speeches before dinner, I thought people's speeches would all be about 10 mins or so but after speaking to them most say that they wouldnt take that long, maybe 5 mins. We are not doing a first dance right away as thats pretty much unheard of here. People who are making speeches include: MC:intros, father of groom, father of bride, BM, MOH, Groom, & Bride. I think that this will take no more than 30-40 mins probably.
What can we do in between this time and dinner? When we get there, if we are not doing a first dance you pretty much just have to go to your seat right? Otherwise you would come through the doors and be like, now what?- just start talking to the closest person? Sorry, just thinking outloud. Any ideas would be appreciated! Thanks!