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A carefully planned seating chart A seating chart is essential if you want your guests to be able to find their seats quickly and easily at the wedding reception. A seating chart is also an easy way to show the wait staff where children’s meals have to be served and which of your guests have allergies or special diets.
1. Seat guests in a logical fashion. Place families, colleagues, and groups of
friends close together. 2. Pregnant women and parents with young children should be positioned close to the exit and the bathrooms, but well away from any loudspeakers. 3. Try to seat guests with at least one person they already know. 4. Try to have an equal number of men and women at the same table. 5. Children nine years
old and younger should be seated with their parents. You could reserve a table for 10- to 17-year-olds, but be sure that it is situated toward the back of the room, as younger guests usually pay less attention to the speeches and prefer talking among themselves. t The completed seating chart can then be printed and positioned at the entrance of the reception hall.
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The five virtues of the ideal maid of honor Being a maid or matron of honor involves a lot more than just wearing a beautiful dress. Her role is also to personally ensure that everything goes perfectly for the bride, before, during, and after her big day. Do you have what it takes to fulfill this role? 1. Organization: One of the maid of honor’s responsibilities is to organize the bachelorette party and accompany the bride to a variety of gatherings and fittings. In other words, your good time-management skills are essential. 2. Honesty: The future bride is hesitating between two dresses and one of them is completely wrong for her. Now’s the time to be honest. You were chosen by the bride for this role because your opinion is important to her. Of course, you don’t impose your ideas, you just make tactful suggestions. 3. Patience: Even if
your friend is turning into a bridezilla (a bride-to-be whose wedding planning behavior can be regarded as obsessive or intolerably demanding), you still need to be patient and give moral support to the bride throughout the process. 4. Devotion: On the big day, your job is to ensure that the bride’s dress, particularly the train, is always arranged properly and that her hair is perfect for the photos. You accomplish all the tasks related to your role without complaint; you’re not just a guest, but one of the people in charge of the entire event. 5. Modesty: Be content to take the backseat on the wedding day; after all, it’s not you who is getting married. Think only of the bride while you’re wearing that formal dress and uncomfortable shoes that you’ll never wear again. Oh, what wouldn’t a maid of honor do to please the brideto-be!
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