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<p style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; margin: 0px">I'm having my wedding and reception in the same location. We are expecting about 50 guests. It will be a winter wedding along the Oregon coast. I've been spending way too much time trying to figure out the logistics of a few things... I could really use some feedback<p style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; margin: 0px">.<p style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; margin: 0px">#1- Tapas or seated meal? The location is in a 5,000 sqft. suite filled with whimsical art in every nook and cranny. It's quiet spectacular and there's a lot to see and enjoy there. Having only heavy appetizers for guests as they walk around the suite would work beautifully EXCEPT I really want to create my dang centerpieces and have assigned seating in long family style tables (even if it's just a short period of time). However sitting at an assigned table could feel confined. How can I pull off both? Because the weather outside will be cold and wet, the reception must start immediately after.<p style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; min-height: 12px; margin: 0px"> <p style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; margin: 0px">#2- Should reception tables be set up prior to the wedding? The only spot in the room for reception tables would also be an ideal place to set up chairs for the ceremony. That would then require a tear-down and set up immediately after the ceremony while the guests were there. There IS another area, but I wouldn't be able to have an aisle to walk down. It'd be more of an L shaped configuration. Which would you choose?<p style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; margin: 0px"> <p style="font: normal normal normal 10px/normal Verdana; margin: 0px"> 

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