Who Do You Invite to Rehearsal Dinner?

michelle221

Besides the bridal party and parents, did you invite the priest and the guests (boyfriend/girlfriend) of your bridal party?

felicia220

Our Officiant is My FI cousin, so we invited him, but I don't know what the proper etiquette is for inviting your priest.  The S/Os of the Bridal Party should be invited to the rehearsal dinner.   

Laurms15

I invited the priest (he declined) but I invited the guests of the bridal party esp those who are from OOT becuase I didn't want them sitting alone at the hotel without company or a place to eat dinner. We invieted anyone who had a part in the ceremony. (readers, singers who were our friends, anyone who was walking up/down the asile, and those involved w/ the communion part of mass.)

mbcdefg

Anyone who participated in the rehearsal (parents, bridal party, readers), and their SOs.

love_jael

The officiant-my uncle and his wife
The Bridal Party and their s/o
The Director of Feast and his wife
The Assistant to the Director of Feast and his wife
The person doing the ceremony music and his wife

and a few others I will be inviting, I don't have my list in from of me right now.

uppereastgirl

love_jael, what is a Director of Feast?

Our rehearsal dinner guest list was the bridal party and their SOs (our siblings were bridesmaids, but they would have been invited either way), our parents, and my grandfather (who was the only living grandparent).  We did not invite the priest (but we did invite him to the wedding).  If you have readers, they should be invited too.  Anyone beyond this is really up to you.

jaimelody

Our BP and their SOs, the parents of our FG, our entire families (DH's two sisters weren't in the WP). We didn't invite the preist.

love_jael

Director of Feast is someone who works along side the Bridal Coordinator and oversees that everything that should be happening during the even happens on time and according to schedule. He is the Grooms "right hand man" in making sure that everyone and everything is keep orderly through out the evening. He will also take tare of some of things

RebeccaW2010

I need an opinion because I am going through the same thing: I will invite BP/sig others, OOT people that come in early, parents, readers, anyone part of the ceremony.  do you invite grandparents?  In total we have 3 sets but they all live down the shore and we are in N. jersey.  I feel like its going to be late at night when its all done and they have to come up the next day for the wedding.  they are in their late 80s 90s do they really need to be driving and all that?  but my FMIL insists on inviting her one set, help!!

karend66

Just a question  - what if members of your bridal party do not have significant others? Do you let them bring random dates?

cvl105

We invited parents, BP, grandparents, readers, and MH's family that came in from out of town. He has a small family and the ones who came were invited.  We also invited the priest, but he couldn't come due to there being mass right after our rehearsal.

uppereastgirl

In Response to <a href="http://northjersey.weddings.com/main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_new-jersey_invite-rehearsal-dinner?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:90Discussion:fa62fd5c-c1ea-4805-ba40-bd1081a0d03aPost:be469816-76af-40e3-82a2-d9f9462ad6ef">Re: Who Do You Invite to Rehearsal Dinner?</a>:
[QUOTE]Just a question  - what if members of your bridal party do not have significant others? Do you let them bring random dates?
Posted by karend66[/QUOTE]

<div>You don't have to, but it is nice to.  I would say that if they're bringing random dates to the wedding, those random dates should be invited to the rehearsal dinner.  I doubt random date would want to go though.</div>

cvl105

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_new-jersey_invite-rehearsal-dinner?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:90Discussion:fa62fd5c-c1ea-4805-ba40-bd1081a0d03aPost:a4f0ac16-7eb8-4256-a76c-9e183493fab5">Re: Who Do You Invite to Rehearsal Dinner?</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Who Do You Invite to Rehearsal Dinner? : You don't have to, but it is nice to.  I would say that if they're bringing random dates to the wedding, those random dates should be invited to the rehearsal dinner.  I doubt random date would want to go though.
Posted by uppereastgirl[/QUOTE]

I agree with this as well!