Rehersal Dinner invitation question

im looking at ordering some invites for the rehersal dinner.

My question is.. how are you informing people of where and when to arrive for the rehersal at the church before the dinner? Are adding in a separate card that states this? Are you writing it on the invite.

tia

I didn't put the church info, they have it from when I sent out the invitations

---

Posted by RisiLeigh

Not to sound stupid, but I didn't even know you had to send invitations for the RD?!?! Everyone who will be there will be at the rehearsal and I just planned on telling them by word of mouth. Is that wrong??

---

no you dont have to. I just thought it thought it would be a nice touch to invite them with an invitation and to make sure everyone has all the correct info and knows where and when to be there

---

Posted by kimNanthony

I didn't put the church info, they have it from when I sent out the invitations

---

right but then how do they know what time to be there for the rehersal

---

Posted by emomma17

I am going to do it on one invite stating the church at a specific time and than dinner to follow at...

---

thats a good idea... maybe i wont make it a 'rehersal dinner' invite but a 'rehersal' invite and then just state dinner to follow..

I like that

---

Posted by cmjd

Wait question on this, are you expecting the bridal party to bring there dates to the church rehearsal or meet them at the dinner??

---

i hadnt thought about this.. but prob just meet at dinner...
but if that is a prob im sure its nto a big deal if they sit at the back of the church

---

Posted by jgl

---

Posted by cmjd

Wait question on this, are you expecting the bridal party to bring there dates to the church rehearsal or meet them at the dinner??

---

i hadnt thought about this.. but prob just meet at dinner...
but if that is a prob im sure its nto a big deal if they sit at the back of the church

---

That was my problem. I know i might sound rude, but i dotn really want people watching or chatting in the back of the church but there really is no nice way to say come to the rehearsal alone!!!

---

Posted by jgl

---

Posted by kimNanthony

I didn't put the church info, they have it from when I sent out the invitations

---

right but then how do they know what time to be there for the rehersal

---

I put it on the invite- meet at the church at 7 and after the rehearsal go to ____ for food, drinks, and fun.

you can put all the info on there, the rehearsal at church and the dinner following it. Here are a few examples and different ways to do it

---

Posted by cmjd

Wait question on this, are you expecting the bridal party to bring there dates to the church rehearsal or meet them at the dinner??

---

honestly with some we have no choice but to have their dates at the church. Half of fh's groomsmen live in long island so they will be driving from LI to queens with their wife or gf and i dont want to make the wives or gf stand outside the church waiting and taking 2 separate cars wouldnt make sense one gm and his gf are coming from jersey so cant really do that. So nothing else to really do. WHen i went to a RD a few months ago it was in LI and i wasnt going to take a separate car and meet FH JUST at the dinner and would be weird if i waited in the car. All the wives, gf's, fiancee's were in the church too

---

Posted by cmjd

---

Posted by jgl

---

Posted by cmjd

Wait question on this, are you expecting the bridal party to bring there dates to the church rehearsal or meet them at the dinner??

---

i hadnt thought about this.. but prob just meet at dinner...
but if that is a prob im sure its nto a big deal if they sit at the back of the church

---

That was my problem. I know i might sound rude, but i dotn really want people watching or chatting in the back of the church but there really is no nice way to say come to the rehearsal alone!!!

---

trust me its not formal at all and you wont even pay attention to anybody speaking inside the church. Even the bp is talking the whole time, its done real quick. Its not a thing where the bp is going to walk out and everybody is all quiet, you have people cracking jokes. You have church people working there talking and while the bp is walking out theyre asking the bride and groom questions so really nothing to worry about

---

Posted by Espo22

---

Posted by cmjd

Wait question on this, are you expecting the bridal party to bring there dates to the church rehearsal or meet them at the dinner??

---

honestly with some we have no choice but to have their dates at the church. Half of fh's groomsmen live in long island so they will be driving from LI to queens with their wife or gf and i dont want to make the wives or gf stand outside the church waiting and taking 2 separate cars wouldnt make sense one gm and his gf are coming from jersey so cant really do that. So nothing else to really do. WHen i went to a RD a few months ago it was in LI and i wasnt going to take a separate car and meet FH JUST at the dinner and would be weird if i waited in the car. All the wives, gf's, fiancee's were in the church too

---

i agree i really don't care who comes to the church rehearsal i'm just putting 8PM for guests because a lot of my bridal party's dates live nearby and we also invited a bunch of oot people that will be here that night and i'm assuming they have no interest in coming to the actual rehearsal...