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by Jeniva Berger

| SEATING ARRANGEMENTS

DECIDING IF YOU WANT A HEAD TABLE
OR A BRIDE'S TABLE

Once you know how many people are coming to your reception you can start to work on the seating plan and preparing the place cards. You can also decide if you want a head table or a Bride's Table.

When preparing your seating plan, keep aware of such concerns as strains in family relationships, your favorite relatives and friends, out-of-town guests and people you don't know but your parents have invited.

Each table at the reception will have a number card on it (which will be removed after the guests are all seated). Your guests will pick up their place cards from a table at the entrance. The cards should be in alphabetical order, along with a copy of your seating plan. Or, if it is a large reception, the seating plan may be placed on an easel near the door. Ask a friend or relative to supervise the seating area.

Round tables come in different sizes for seating six, eight or ten people. The smaller the table, the easier it is for people to talk to each other and the more intimate the affair becomes.

Head Table Seating
The head table is where the Bride, Groom and the wedding party are seated - on one side of a long table, usually on a raised platform, facing into the room. Decorations on the head table should be low and simple so as not to block the view of the wedding party.

The Bride sits on the Groom's right at the centre of the table group, with the Best Man on her immediate right, and then Bridesmaids and Groomsmen alternating. The Groom sits on the Bride's left with the Maid of Honor on his immediate left, followed by alternative Groomsmen and Bridesmaids.

If members of the wedding party are married, they may prefer not to sit at the head table, but with their families out in the banquet hall.

The Bride's Table
The Bride's Table is used when there isn't a head table, or to accommodate an overflow of the wedding party and immediate family. It may accommodate six to ten people such as the Groom, Best Man, Maid of Honor, Bridesmaids and Groomsmen.

The Parents' Table
Depending on the size of the wedding, parents of the Bride and Groom sit together or have separate parents' tables to take care of mothers and fathers, grandparents, god parents, and sometimes the officiant.

Place Cards
You can create your own place cards (also called Table Cards) on a computer using fancy typefaces. The cards can also be printed on special paper easily available at stationery or business supplies stores. Most banquet venues keep handy a stock of blank cards or you can order the cards to match your invitations.

Arranging your guests can be an art in itself. Even if your wedding is small, you'll want to create tables where the guests are not total strangers to each other or, if they are, where people are likely to have shared interests or occupations. Mix and match is a good principle. You don't want all the Joneses at one table, all the accountants at another and all the dancers at a third table - that's no fun. But don't put one accountant at a table of artists and actors - that's bad planning. It's worth taking some time to get the table arrangements right. A reception, after all, is really a grand party. Try to ensure that everyone has fun and someone of a like mind to talk to.

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