Two questions: head table and black tie

GypsyWife_ · October 2013

for the head tables you could a table on a stage then a lower table it looks major and can accommadate a lot of people. example pic below.

PrettyGirlLost · October 2013

GypsyWife_ said:

for the head tables you could a table on a stage then a lower table it looks major and can accommadate a lot of people. example pic below.

I think that looks really cool!

JustNicki · October 2013

PrettyGirlLost said:
Your wedding sounds lovely! Thank you! I would use very fancy invitatations and put a few pictures of your venue on your wedding website so your guests can get an idea of the formality of your event. But I wouldn't write black tie o your invitations or website.
Your wedding sounds like it is right on the cusp of a black tie event, but I wouldn't risk intimidating your guests out of attending just for the sake of bragging rights of throwing a black tie event. Especially if black tie events are not customary for your social group.
Plan your wedding just as you described, it will still be super formal and elegant, but your guests won't be required to rent tuxes annd buy evening gowns just to attend.
FWIW, your wedding sounds like it will be very similar to mine, on the cusp of black tie yet not quite, and I plan on doing as I suggested above. I'm right there with you at this point However, I don't care how anyone dresses as long as they are fully clothed, lol! Not that I think you are concerned about it either. The most important thing is that they attend. I just had these fanciful pictures in my head of ladies in gowns and men in tuxes haha

JustNicki · October 2013

@GypsyWife_ Unfortunately my venue doesn't allow stages of any kind. I would totally do that otherwise; it looks awesome!

JustNicki · October 2013

@SP29 and @thelastdreamer -- I really like the king's table idea! One of my bridesmaids had something like that at her wedding; I can't believe I forgot about that. It would feel a lot more intimate and be really practical, especially since we might have 2 ushers and their dates as well...

kitty8403 · October 2013

STARMOON44 said:
@kitty8403. Get a bigger table or disburse the wedding party to other tables. You could sit with husband, MOH and date, best man and date, and another couple, for example.

That's about where I was at, but maybe this is a stupid worry--won't it look to some attendants like they are being treated as "less" than the rest of the wedding party if they don't sit with us? I have never seen bridesmaids/groomsmen not at a head table. But I also am not used to seeing them seated with spouses, etc, and it sounds like this is a common complaint among forum posters that when they are guests/dates of bridal party members, they prefer being together. Reconfiguring tables might work though, and from the above it sounds like people won't think a dozen or so is too weird.

thelastdreamer · October 2013

@SP29 and @thelastdreamer -- I really like the king's table idea! One of my bridesmaids had something like that at her wedding; I can't believe I forgot about that. It would feel a lot more intimate and be really practical, especially since we might have 2 ushers and their dates as well...

STUCK IN THE BOX: Definitely practical and way less awkward, especially for the WP SOs. That way they aren't so much on display for everyone to stare at. In general I find the idea of a head table slightly awkward - everyone staring while people eat??

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