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At some outdoor weddings they play bocce, badminton, croquet etc.
Personally, I think people are happy to eat, drink and socialize. Weddings are one of the few times that families get together and people are more than happy to have the time to catch up.
I'm worried about the same thing - what do you do at a brunch reception if there is no dancing?
Hmmm this is an interesting problem. I think there are a few things to consider:
-Formality: do you still want formal, or even semi-formal? Your guests won't play games in heels and ties, but they will in khakis.
-Games: if you must do "something" it's the thing to do. Croquet, washers, horseshoes, bocce, frisbee, etc. are all relatively genteel. But who will organize the guests? What if they don't want to play? Consider your age group.
-Weather: should you choose the games option, what happens if you're forced to follow a rain plan?
A few alternatives: dance lessons? Obviously this runs totally counter to your desire NOT to dance, but I thought I'd throw it in. Professional dancers come in, demonstrate, then teach basic steps. Then your music person plays and people, well, dance.
In your situation, I'd host a two-hour "cake-and-punch" reception: ceremony, finger foods and mimosas, done. Use an iPod or live music as background noise, put some cute "how-well-do-you-know-us" cards at each place setting, and enjoy time talking with family and friends. No dancing, no fun or games, just a simple gathering with photos and a pretty white dress.
I fully intend on dancing. There's no reason why guests can't or won't be happy to dance at brunch. If you just don't want to dance; you definitely need some sort of entertainment. Background music is a must and by itself is okay as long as people don't run out of conversation. It would be great for you to think ahead for your guests by adding lawn games, karaoke, a photo booth, silhouette artist, watercolor artist or something like that for guests to participate in. You can also have interactive food displays and demonstrations.
We're doing brunch also, and the no dancing conundrum has also been plaguing me. I'm a dancer, but NOT the ballroomy type, and Groom-to-be isn't a dancer at all, plus, our venue doesn't really lend itself to dancing. And we're having a small wedding (50-55 people). We're also skipping a lot of the traditional stuff, because we're not super traditional people to start with (no bouquet/garter toss, non-colour-coordinated mini-cupcakes instead of cake, etc). We were hoping lots of yummy food, one or two speeches, lots of mingling and a one or two "how well do you know us?" games would carry the afternoon, but at times I still worry people are going to be bored.
If anyone has any suggestions (or words of comfort), I'm all ears!
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Hello! This is my very first post here and I'm still getting the hang of things.. so please let me know if I've posted this in the wrong place.
The fiance and I are planning a brunch wedding for next year, early October. It will be outside and since we're in the south, should be a comfortable, but cool temperature. We're going to see how the temperature plays out this year to try and get a better feel for next, but anyway...
We are NOT a dancing kind of couple... it just isn't us. So, when we were planning an evening wedding, we were stresssing out about the entertainment because, like ourselves, our families are large and fun but also not into dancing much. And the ones that are, it just isnt many people to justify splurging on a band or DJ. So when we discovered the idea of having a brunch wedding, we were stoked.
The only problem we've sort of encountered, especially from my MOH who loves to party, is what exactly we WILL be offering our guests and we just keep coming up short. We plan to have a string trio for the ceremony, time between photos and reception and the first dance, and then we decided to create our own playlist and hook an ipod up to the already-there stereosytem for light background music.
We're going to have a buffett so we know that guests will be up out of their seats, providing time to mingle and chat. We also plan to have a few stations set up around the outdoor "room" such as, having a station where people give us advice and drop it in a jar, a memory table where we're honoring loved ones who have passed, etc. But as far as actual *fun* goes... well, I'm just worried there won't be any :(
Thoughts? I've seen a few posts on brunch weddings but none that talk about what they did during the reception...