Thursday, January 29, 2009

Wedding Entertainment for your Reception

By Anthony Goldswaine

Wedding receptions and wedding Ceremonies are a wonderful part of our lives. They allow us to come together to meet family and friends and celebrate new beginnings. Wedding receptions are also important parts of wedding planning because they usually involve serving a meal to the guests and providing them with some form of entertainment at the reception.

Wedding receptions are expensive affairs and can set you back a pretty penny. However, most brides have their heart set on an all out wedding reception.

Wedding receptions are a once in a lifetime event a chance to celebrate the joining together of two lives and two families. They are an opportunity to reflect on all those that have had an influence in the lives of the Bride and Groom. So making sure that the entertainment for the wedding reception is perfect is paramount.

Wedding receptions are decorated with balloons to create loving, cherished and lasting memories for the bride and groom. Balloon decoration will accent the head table, dance floor, cake table and other important areas throughout the venue. This will create the perfect backdrop for the wedding reception entertainment.

Wedding receptions are filled with all of the magical touches that gladden the heart. Every special event is different but Wedding Receptions are almost universally more than just time for dancing and fun. It is a time to acknowledge special family, friends and relationships. That is why choosing the right entertainment is so important.

Entertainment and music at a wedding can be something easily not given enough attention. But just as the flowers, dress, and location are crucial to setting the tone. Music and entertainment also means a performance either by musicians and singers, solo or group. A pianist playing your favourite music while the guests enjoy the delectable food can be very soothing.

Remember, if a guest gets a bad meal or a watered down drink, they will be the only one who knows. If a DJ or band plays the wrong tunes or if a singer during your ceremony performs badly, everyone knows.

Choosing a wedding reception venue can be a daunting procedure, as popular venues tend to get booked up quickly. In fact it is not uncommon to find that a couple feel pressured into selecting any available time slot and not really getting the wedding reception that they first envisaged.

Remember that the places you choose to visit have most likely hosted many wedding receptions before yours, and they present suggestions that you havent thought about. It is perfectly okay to not have all the answers immediately, and many reception sites will gladly let you take their information so you can spend time considering what they have to offer.

If you are going to spend some time after the ceremony having photographs taken, make sure your guests will be comfortable at the reception venue while they wait for you to arrive. A good way to do this is to provide some entertainment. Remember if you decide to hire a hall instead that it is licensed to serve alcohol.

The hall may not have facilities to prepare or cook food, ensure your caterer visits the venue and has a plan of action if such is the case. - 16747