12 Great Tips for Your Wedding Rehearsal Dinner

6. You should make sure that everyone is introduced to each other, either through formal introductions ("going around the table") or informally by "mixing and mingling".

Here’s a nice idea: Once everyone is seated, the bride or groom introduces everyone and says something personal about each one. Such as:

"Susan Miller, is my maid of honor, we’ve been best friends since first grade and I never would have been able to put together this wedding without all of her help. In fact, she helped me make ALL the favors for the wedding."

 

7. A nice gesture is to thank your parents and future parents-in-law and propose a toast at the rehearsal dinner to say "thank you" for all their love, support and help for a wonderful wedding!

 

8. If you haven't already -- this is the time to give your gifts to the attendants and thank them for being in the wedding.

 

9. Many rehearsal dinners are showing home movies or video clips of when the bride or groom were very young. Some take baby pictures and enlarge them and display them throughout the rehearsal dinner. These all make for a good "ice breaker" and certainly add a lot of fun to the evening.

 

10. You could also think about having the Groom’s Cake at the rehearsal dinner. It's a nice surprise and who can resist a deep, double chocolate fudge cake? Many are getting creative with the groom’s cake and making it in various shapes and styles to match the groom’s personality or a particular interest or hobby.

 

11. The rehearsal dinner is a good time to go over any last minute details with your family and wedding party – just in case someone doesn’t know where and when they are suppose to meet the next morning.

 

12.Don’t drink a lot of alcohol at the rehearsal dinner and go home EARLY. You want to make sure you get lots of rest to look your best on your wedding day!

 

Most of all, relax, enjoy and get to bed early!

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