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From : bvanderwill ( - 209.255.81.70)
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15 Feb 2000 20:56
Message : 1 of 21 (ID: 4487)
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Do you have any ideas for fun at our rehearsal dinner? We plan to give attendants their gifts and say a few words of thanks, but since our dinner will be at a casual pub, I was hoping to throw a few surprises in for fun. Any suggestions?
P.S. My future MIL/FIL live out of state (they are paying for dinner), so guess WHO gets to plan the rehearsal dinner as well as the wedding???
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From : Carol ( - 168.69.3.26)
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16 Feb 2000 07:31
Message : 2 of 21 (ID: 4499)
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If you are interested in the slide show idea, I think it fits better during rehersal dinner than reception. That is always fun! Gives people something to laugh about! Make sure you have slide pics of all the people attending the dinner.....
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From : Laura ( - 63.71.228.4)
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16 Feb 2000 00:54
Message : 3 of 21 (ID: 4549)
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We decided to say something about each person at the rehearsal dinner, since many of them won't know each other. In fact, it will be the first time our families will meet. We thought we'd keep it short, but say something about how we know the person or how we are related, where they live or what they do, some little interesting story or fact about them, that sort of thing. You could call it a "mini roast" of each person.
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From : Jennifer ( - 12.14.242.214)
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16 Feb 2000 15:03
Message : 4 of 21 (ID: 4572)
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A friend of mine did that at her rehersal dinner. She talked about the person as she gave them their gift. She made it half way through the first person before she started crying. In fact there wasn't a dry eye in the house, it was really touching. I plan on doing something similar.
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From : Jeno ( - 216.145.152.114)
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16 Feb 2000 20:42
Message : 5 of 21 (ID: 4588)
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Laura, you could also reverse that idea and have your guests introduce themselves and tell how they feel they are important to you. Your attendants and parents may come up with some pretty funny answers. It's less talking for you and it gets your guests a little more involved. I also saw once where the mothers of the lucky couple got a bunch of things (like the groom's first tooth he lost, the outfit the bride was brought home from the hospital in, etc.) and gave a little "I remember when..." speech.
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From : bvanderwill ( - 209.156.118.104)
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18 Feb 2000 18:21
Message : 6 of 21 (ID: 4818)
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From : Naomi ( - 206.82.51.17)
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20 Feb 2000 10:17
Message : 7 of 21 (ID: 4850)
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On the bizarre side, you could have the wedding party line up barefoot behind a curtain, and see if the parents of the bride & groom can identify their children just by their feet. It's more fun if there are brothers and sisters in the wedding party.
My mom seriously wants to do this. It won't happen at my sister's shebang, but it's similar to something frequently done at Polterabends (German wedding-eve celebrations) so it'll probably happen in some form at mine. We aren't having attendants, so we'll have our siblings stand with us. Knowing my 16-yr-old brother, he'll probably paint the toenails on his size-15s bright red, and our 14-yr-old sister will probably glue fake eyelashes to her toes.
Wilder Germans have the blind-folded groom identify his bride's feet from a group of her friends' by *feel*.
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From : bvanderwill ( - 209.156.116.246)
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27 Feb 2000 17:05
Message : 8 of 21 (ID: 5293)
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Oops, that link didn't work. Here's the article:
A little icebreaker will go a long way at rehearsal dinner...
False Teeth or Groucho Glasses -
Give your guests something to play with and they'll entertain themselves. June and Richard Thorne set some gag hillbilly teeth on the napkins at their son's rehearsal dinner. It was their first meeting with the bride's friends and family, and they wanted to set the tone for fun. After a couple of clumsy introductions, some cagey small talk into a regular hullabaloo.
Roast 'Em -
Sally and Mike Breuner placed a bell on every plate with a note that said, 'ring and do tell.' Guests would shake the bell to quiet the room and then share an embarrassing tale about the bride or groom. A word of warning: this is where that story about the Macon punch and the rented canoe will surface!
There Once Was a Man from Nantucket -
Wayne and Cynthia Lucas began a poem that traveled from person to person, with each guest adding two lines: "John met Jane through a mutual friend. Before him, there were lots of men.…" You get the picture.
Ancient History -
Ralph and Jennifer Diggs had chocolate bars made with childhood photos of their son and daughter-in-law printed on the wrappers. Cute, right? Try it with pork rinds. The wrappers listed the couples' time and place of birth, their measurements and star sign, their favorite toy and first Halloween costume.
With a few cheap props and the tab on pops, you can bring a little wing-ding to the darkest meat lair. Who knows, you might get the priest to loosen his collar.
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From : Sharon ( - 12.23.163.169)
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29 Feb 2000 00:12
Message : 9 of 21 (ID: 5393)
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Naomi,
You are kidding, right? I would rather have a theme wedding.
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From : AmyC ( - 136.167.187.234)
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29 Feb 2000 00:30
Message : 10 of 21 (ID: 5397)
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Naomi,
My grandmother told me about something similar from her young adult days. I think they stood behind a sheet with some holes poked in it and the men had to identify their sweethearts by just their eyes. Evidently, it was harder than you'd think, but my grandfather was always able to find her and never faltered.
I never got a sense of what kinds of gatherings would feature such sport, but it seems to have been a fairly common amusement.
They were both German Americans, (he was 1st generation American), and they lived in Iowa. This would have probably been between 1918 and 1922, or so.
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