How would you word this?

kamarks08 · December 2011

So, if you saw my invite post you may be familiar with this. But I was discussing this with my mom and need a new way to word this..

"The rehearsal dinner will be held on Saturday, March tenth from five o’clock to eight o’clock."

Well, our rehearsal dinner is technically like a "buffet," come and go as you please. So I need a way to word it so that people don't feel as though they have to be there right at 5.

The invitation is fairly formal, and I can't think of a way to say it that doesn't kind of down grade that. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance, ladies!

cu97tiger · December 2011

Do you have to go with those invitations? I'd say if the RD isn't going to be formal, you should have invitations that reflect that. You can also just list the start time, instead of the start AND end times.

cmac3504 · December 2011

Yeah, I'm planning on sending out the RD invites separately.. our invites are more "from our parents" (they're paying for the venue cost) and the RD invites are more "from his parents" (they're paying for this).... I figured we could worry about the invites first... then the RD invites and I'm going to include a weekend itinerary/ key contacts list for the family, WP, and WP guests. (FI was in a wedding this past Sep and I felt so out of the loop as to where he needed to be and when, therefore it was hard for me to plan what I should do)...... Anywayyy... the reason why this would help is to provide a less formal RD invite to reflect the style of the dinner (as mentioned by PP). Just a thought.

bdgrl73 · December 2011

What about something like this

Instead of a traditional rehearsal dinner – we invite you to come over and join us for some delicious food — catered by Antonio’s To Go – north syracuse RT 11. So stop by if you’re around…. Great food! Great company! Come say hi!

5pm-8pm tonight!

I found this online..just for a suggestion..

HobokensFury · December 2011

If it's just an informal get together I don't think you need invites. You can just call your wedding party and let them know.

lisa&sean · December 2011

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[QUOTE]Yeah, I'm planning on sending out the RD invites separately.. our invites are more "from our parents" (they're paying for the venue cost) and the RD invites are more "from his parents" (they're paying for this).... I figured we could worry about the invites first... then the RD invites and I'm going to include a weekend itinerary/ key contacts list for the family, WP, and WP guests. (FI was in a wedding this past Sep and I felt so out of the loop as to where he needed to be and when, therefore it was hard for me to plan what I should do)...... Anywayyy...<strong> the reason why this would help is to provide a less formal RD invite to reflect the style of the dinner</strong> (as mentioned by PP). Just a thought.
Posted by cmac3504[/QUOTE]

This! I think a separate RD invite is very appropriate especially it is not sit down and a little more casual. I have seen some cute rehearsal dinner invites that I have stolen the saying off of on my invites:
"Before they say I do, Let's raise a glass or two!"
Which made it kind of fun and less formal...

Don't over think it...whatever you do will be great! They will only see it as information and won't scrutinize how you worded them...

Even just saying "We hope you can join us between 5 and 8 o'clock to help us celebrate the happy couple!"

rachel801231 · December 2011

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[QUOTE]If it's just an informal get together I don't think you need invites. You can just call your wedding party and let them know.
Posted by HobokenBride2012[/QUOTE]

I agree with this also. This is what we are doing. Our wedding party are all close friends so it won't be a big deal to them if they don't get an invite. I have never received a formal invite to a rehearsal dinner.

kamarks08 · December 2011

I can't really call, almost 150 people are invited to the rehearsal dinner. Since it's a DW we're inviting a lot of OOTG to it. I also need an RSVP count. It'd save me a lot of time and effort to send an invite, and sending a separate one would probably cost at least another $100-200 that I'd rather save. Lisa, I think I might go with some like that except with "anytime between five and eight" Thanks for all the input ladies! I really appreciate it:)

OliveOilsMom · December 2011

Could you use the term "open seating"? Maybe something along the lines of "Please join us for our rehearsal dinner on x date. Open seating from 5 pm to 8 pm." Then have a line about RSVP by x date. That makes it seem like people don't have to arrive at 5.

rebeccaa12 · December 2011

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[QUOTE]Do you have to go with those invitations? I'd say if the RD isn't going to be formal, you should have invitations that reflect that. You can also just list the start time, instead of the start AND end times.
Posted by cu97tiger[/QUOTE]

Yep- that's what I'm doing. But then again, our RD isn't going to be formal :/

How would you word this?

Re: How would you word this?

Instead of a traditional rehearsal dinner – we invite you to come over and join us for some delicious food — catered by Antonio’s To Go – north syracuse RT 11. So stop by if you’re around…. Great food! Great company! Come say hi!

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