Wedding Rehearsal Dinners

Should something have the chance to go wrong and that something has the choice between happening in front of four people or four-hundred, it’s going to choose four-hundred. Every single time. This is why practice makes perfect and the early bird gets the beautiful, blooper-free wedding.

After you spend months planning each detail and meeting with the people you entrust to help and advise you on each facet of the overarching theme and execution of a wedding; be it large or small, intimate or grandiose – the only time you really get to see it all as a cohesive and singular event, before it actually happens, is the rehearsal.

And more important than the walk-through and mock-speeches and “oh my god this is a disaster!” moments – is the dinner afterward which is your chance to thank everyone who has put so much time into your day, only to step into the background and cheer you on. So why not make it important to them so you show how important they really are to you?

Beyond the practice and resets and script finalization – take some time, have something prepared in advance and tell your people just why they are your people. Tell them all about how much of a helping hand they’ve been to you, how much relying upon them and knowing they would show up for you did to ease the stress and strain of keeping every last bit of detail straight in your overcrowded head.

Tell them that no matter what happens tomorrow, your life together has started off on the right foot, thanks in no small part to all the footwork they’ve put in. Honor them the way they honor you. Make sure the rehearsal dinner doesn’t feel as formal as the wedding. It is a night to relax and get things fine-tuned for that big day. This is not a night for anybody to feel more stressed because of a last-minute bride-zilla appearance. Don’t make unreasonable demands on those who have already done so much for you. When you speak to those gathered near to you, don’t mention their duty to you, thank them and speak about the debt you owe them and how seriously you take it.

Make sure you have put together unique gifts for each member of your inner-circle, telling them in deed as well as word, how greatly your life has benefited from their being in it. Show them how deeply touched you’ve been by the hard-work they’ve done for you. Don’t buy everyone a car, but make sure you’ve done your homework on the gift price-points for bridesmaids, groomsmen versus maids of honor and best men. Don’t skimp, just be genuine and thoughtful.

And finally have yourself a well-earned glass of champagne and get some beauty-sleep because tomorrow begins very early and will go very late if everything goes to plan. Give people with families the night off by setting your dinner early enough that they can just go chill out and prepare in whatever way they see fit to be completely “on” and get what they need to get right, right.

In Mississauga, Brampton and Toronto, G.P.S. Decors is dedicated to creating and customizing the wedding decorations and details for you and yours that will make your event stand out from the crowd and give you years of memories to cherish. Make your wedding, “The Wedding” and choose us to take care of it all, for you.