Reception Card Wording

ericaandtom2012

I'm stuck on how to word the reception cards.  The default is:

please join us for

cocktails, dinner, and dancing

at six o'clock in the evening

[location information]

I don't really like the "please join us for"; is there a good way to work in the word celebrate while still keeping it formal? Thanks ladies!

Cathryn4

I just googled a few ideas.. I hope they help.. They are obviously not an address of anyone I know I just copied and pasted lol 

Please join us for cocktails, dinner and dancing

in honor of the new

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Richard Smith

at six o’clock in the evening

Panther Creek Country Club

3001 Panther Creek Drive

Springfield, Illinois

Please join us

as we celebrate the union

of our lives and our families

Reception to follow the ceremony

Radisson Country Club

25 Biltmore Boulevard

Cathryn4

I just reread this and realized you speciafically said you dont like the "please join us part" sorry I misread it before. 

Cathryn4

How about 

"The celebration continues with cocktails, dinner and dancing"

or 

"The pleasure of your company is requested at the reception for cocktails, dinner and dancing"

here is a website that has a bunch of ideas.

http://verseit.com/VerseIt_VerseChoices.cfm

Sorry that I posted a bunch. I hope this actually helps lol 

TheSlowskys

I see cocktails, dinner and dancing a lot, but I asked a while ago on Etiquette or Invites and they said it should be:

Please join us for a reception beginning at four o'clock in the afternoon (or whatever your time is)

(address)

I don't have any issues with other wording (find a lot of the fuss placed on certain words silly), but just an FYI if you are trying to keep it formal.

ericaandtom2012

Thank you ladies! I ended up being super impatient last night and just ordered them with the default.  I might be able to change it with the proof, but I'm not sure.