Cool Reception Ideas For All Sorts of Weddings
Wedding receptions are an important part of any wedding ceremony. After all, a reception is something that those guests are going to remember you by. You better come up with cool reception ideas, or else everything will look kind of lame in the long run.
So here’s a couple of ideas to all those people who kind of don’t know what to go with. Such types of couples start with, “Oh don’t worry sweetheart, we’ve got plenty of time to come up with cool reception ideas for our wedding sort of statements. Anyway, read on and you might end up with a thing or two in your brain.
Don’t opt in for traditional ideas – they’re lame. Traditional ideas work around the following cues:
- The Chair Dance – You’ll only end up with a lot of commotion in the reception hall. Not Cool.
- First dance is supposed to be with Mr. or Ms. Blah ‘n’ Blah only.
- Not being able to dig your hoofs in all the delicious food unless and until, a specific member of the wedding reception hasn’t filled everyone in on a 40 min long boring speech.
By the way, we do apologize in advance if your familial or religious tradition binds you to a specific style of wedding reception. Moving on, let’s pop the important question: “What makes cool reception ideas so “cool”? Do I have to hire a special team of interior designers and event planners to get things going? What’s the secret to the non-lame wedding reception ideas?
Cool Reception Ideas 101 – The How To’s of A Non-Lame Wedding Reception:
Start with the “Planning with my fiancé” stages, as it is considered to be the easiest approach against avoiding any clichés. There’re tons of reception activities, varying in terms of style, glitter, glamour and expense, which is a non-negligible factor. However, the bottom line is that as long as the reception is emotionally engaging, it’s worth the idea and the effort – regardless of whoever put it together.
Here’s a rough idea that’s supposed to be followed as more of an outline. You can fill in the details yourself according to your guest details and stuff like that. Please note that the following ideas are just there to help you out with your wedding reception clichés – you can always add or subtract something to get the desired effect.
• All Inventive Ideas Start At The Basic Level:
• Ever wondered why those event managers can do things to perfectly and you can’t? For starters, they sort out everything, right from the start. Here’s what we’re talking about:
Marriage ceremony of Mr. ‘n’ Ms. So-So
- 120 people will be attending. (120+ will be attending IF extra invites were sent)
- 25% of the attendees are between the age group 24 – 30
- Her and my cousins, aunts, uncles and distant adult relatives (twice removed) add up to 30 – 40 year age group.
- Family relatives – They date back to the old ages. Senior citizens mostly, very few but very old
- Friends that can sing (if you’re planning to hit a bit of Synched Out Karaoke sessions)
- Professional singers (4 – 5 in number or whatever the band’s size is). Hire elegant singers because there’re all sorts of people there, and most of them would like to remember the event by listening to love songs and stuff. Guns ‘n Roses do work but not all the time.
Set your focus around a particular mindset of the audience. If you’re planning to attract all the bright headed/ young minded brains out there. This way you guys will be able to plan the theme of the wedding accordingly. Try not to go overboard with details because sometimes it kind of confuses the older members of the guest list.
• Cool Reception Ideas That Will Work For Ya’:
• An average wedding reception consists of numbered tables. That’s not cool.
• Replace the numbers with cues; something like “Her or His Flashy Eyes”, or “The Embarrassing But All So Romantic First Handshake”.
• Every cue should point to a special moment in the couples’ life.
• Let the table members bring up a story that relates best to their unique cue.
• Finally, in the end, you can set a reward for the person (and his team), who come up with the nicest story.
In case you’re wondering what kind of effect this cool reception idea will have, it’s going to bring the following changes:
- Attendants will not be sitting like robots, which they usually do. That’s why wedding receptions tend to get stale and boring.
- The stories will be amusing beyond anything.
- It will create nice memories for the couple.
For Those Who Want A Cool Guest Book:
- Don’t go for the usual signing names thingy. People usually just scribble down a few words of warm wishes and then sign their name at the bottom. This is so boring.
- Instead, make the guest book interesting through following kinds of questions:
• What is it that you like so much about the couple?
• What’s so irritating about the couple?
• Draw the wedding couple’s sketch with a marker (Let everyone go back to the table with a piece of paper, a chart or something and a marker. Pencils are not as much fun as marker, because markers tend to make sketches look retarded!). As the wedding couple, when you’ll look at those sketches later, you guys will have loads of stuff to laugh at.
• What is your favorite memory of something that lead up to this wedding?
• If you could change one thing in this wedding, what would it be?
By the end of it, there’ll be a guest book that’s filled up with genuine, corny and down to earth sentiments that are nowhere near the usual Signature Style Guest books. If you’re interesting in getting to know more about cool reception ideas for weddings and other ceremonies, surf the internet – there’s tons of stuff to stumble upon.