Rehearsal Dinner

jessamyn78 Posted: Aug 21, 2007 06:24 PM

Rehearsal Dinner

Are you doing your rehearsal dinner the day before your wedding, or the week before?

kBr Posted: Aug 21, 2007 06:27 PM

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FMIL is planning it, i think for 2 nights before the wedding. wedding is a saturday, so the RD will be thursday night. HTH!

gettinghizitched Posted: Aug 21, 2007 06:27 PM

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I'm doing my rehearsal dinner the day before because we are going to rehearse at the church so I fingure everyone will be together.

jgl Posted: Aug 21, 2007 06:29 PM

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im not sure but i really dont want to do it the day before but i have to find out from my church

jessamyn78 Posted: Aug 21, 2007 06:30 PM

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I wanted to make mine for the week before, since my wedding is on a Friday. I didn't want my bridal party to have to take 2 days off work or even 1 1/2. I was just thinking about the week before, but it's 4th of July weekend. I guess I have to wait to see what the church can do too.

mao0426 Posted: Aug 21, 2007 06:32 PM

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I think we are going to do it like on the Tuesday or so before because the weekend before is Easter so we have to work around that

nifheim Posted: Aug 21, 2007 06:45 PM

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odd question but i thought the point of the rehearsal dinner was for the OOT guests that traveled up a extra day and the BP after the rehearsal?

I am having a gathering the day before for teh OOT guests who came up a day early but other then that there is nothing going on.. am i missing the point of the dinner?

jessamyn78 Posted: Aug 21, 2007 06:48 PM

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I thought the point was to celebrate the rehearsal. Depends on when the church schedules your rehearsal. If it's the week before it will be parents, grandparents and BP and if it's the day before we will include OOT guests. I wanted it the week before because if it is Thursday night, my BP has to commute to LI from work in Staten Island in the city. Some have kids so they would have to go back that night, then back to LI the next day. I think that's too much traveling and it would be easier if it were on the weekend before and they do not have to work that day.

nifheim Posted: Aug 21, 2007 06:50 PM

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Ah okay.. see i am not doing a church thing so i guess that works for me with just having a dinner. THANK GOD!

jessamyn78 Posted: Aug 21, 2007 06:51 PM

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Yeah, we have to have everyone together to meet with the priest and do a run through. Takes awhile. I just want to include everyone and I don't want them to feel pressured.

Snowflake08 Posted: Aug 21, 2007 06:52 PM

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i really dont think im having one at all
we are not rehearsing and the night before i dont think i want to do anything

NicoleRN76 Posted: Aug 21, 2007 07:01 PM

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We are doing RH the day before so that OOT guests can attend and not to interupt with anyones work schedule. Luckily, no church involved...so it's just dinner =)