AboutGary & Teri Expertise My main specialties are invitations, catering, and banquet locations or in general, wedding receptions. Started as a family business over 75 years ago I now own and operate a catering & banquet facility for over 30 years and have catered small cookout events to large formal ones with everything in between. I even had an event that was attended by the President of the United States. I have been involved with over three thousand weddings and have been told that I have seen and done it all. I must reply almost, because something new always pops up.
Experience I have preformed almost every service needed at a reception from invitations, hosting and catering the event to photographing, dj and honeymoon plans with the latter being special circumstances. I have worked and hosted weddings up to 750 guest and other functions up to two thousand. With well over 30 years experiance of consulting with brides I have seen much of what works and does not.
I have also been involved with many business and orginizational functions and also have been listed in "Who's Who" business and executive edition.
Question I am trying to create the proper wording for guests that I am inviting the the wedding dance (not the dinner). Can you please give me an example of something that would work?
Many Thanks,
Clueless Bride-to-be
Answer Hi Charmaine, First I am going to say that I do not reccomend to do this. For all of those that only get invited to the dance and are not included in a dinner invite, may feel slighted or worse. If you were only going to have a dance reception it can be labled that but with a dinner for some and dance only for others, they will learn that a dinner was served when they get there if they don't know it in advance. If you just put a later time for the dance only some just may show early enough that dinner is not completed and join in.
To answer your question of the proper way to invite for a dance only is to have it on a completely different day maybe even a week later, here you can put something like this
You are invited to a dance reception in honour of (your names) on (date and time) at (location)
One last thing If you know they cannot make the dinner but can the dance, just tell them to respond dance only. The point is that they will not be slighted that they were not invited to the entire wedding/dinner reception. I do know where several people have recieved an invitation once and just threw it away. Their comments were the same and not very nice when they told me the story either.
