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bigbabyface
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YWCA Girls - past and present
I know ML&CJ and MarieSD are still hanging around.
I'm working on my floor plan for the ballroom. and their sheet just isn't working for me.
If you dont mind me asking - how many guests did you actually have at your reception? And how the heck did you do your floor plan?
TIA!
I'm working on my floor plan for the ballroom. and their sheet just isn't working for me.
If you dont mind me asking - how many guests did you actually have at your reception? And how the heck did you do your floor plan?
TIA!
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Re: YWCA Girls - past and present
Regardless of the number of people we had coming, I wanted the buffet set up in the room across the hallway. I loved it that way -- mainly because you never saw the servers doing the setup/cleanup, or the huge crowd of people waiting in line, or anything like that. I never even saw the buffet table, actually -- they bought H and my food.
This is my horrible reconstruction of it (there were more tables, but you get the idea):
Room with Buffet In It
Stairs Hallway
Bar Table Table Table
Dance Floor Table Table Table Stage (Cakes)
DJ Our table Table Table
When we cut the cakes up on the stage, I believe someone broke down a few tables on the other side of the room -- H and my deserted sweetheart table, for one -- to make more room for the dance floor. I never noticed anyone breaking down tables at all so I don't know for sure it happened, but it seemed like there was more room when the dancing started. I doubt anyone else noticed either -- they were either chit-chatting or watch us feed each other cake, and the DJ was playing our cake-cutting music so it covered up any noise. It was the perfect distraction.
You can certainly have a dance floor, you'll just have to have a DOC or catering staff break down some tables. Just have a table reserved for you and your bridal party, and have those be the tables that are broken down -- and give them a heads up in advance. They can stand up with you when you're cutting the cake. That way your older relatives aren't suddenly told they need to get up because their table is disappearing.
I've been to two weddings there and both had the same configuration as Marie except one had the bar downstairs and the other had the bar in the back of the room.
The food for both were in the rooms that would be used for "getting ready". It made the room flow and was really nice actually.
I had the bar in the back that had fruit and cheese trays with the high ball tables. Dance floor in front of the stage and tables in the middle. I didn't have a sweetheart table, we ate in a private area.
HTH
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