A Reception for the Newlydeads

But First a Message

So I got a few texts and messages today about yesterday's post. To reiterate just in case: the invitations we sent out were for the reception (which is what this post is about), the wedding itself has always been for Friday, it's what I got work off for. Don't feel bad if you can't make it to the wedding ceremony, just make sure you to come to the reception and party!

And Now Reception Stuff

So, as many of your Invitations will have said, we are having a Halloween reception at Balia Venues from 6 to 10p.m. Saturday October 30th. The owners of the venue are allowing us to come in up to an hour earlier to set up, so anyone who wants to help with this, it would be completely awesome! We're planning on setting up the foyer first, that way if we're not done by the time six rolls around we can hold people in there while we scramble to finish up.


The parking lot is located on the side and behind the building, which used to be a steakhouse of some kind prior to becoming a venue rental spot. There are doors on the side, and then there are front doors facing McFarland Ave. Because we're wanting to use the foyer as a potential floodgate the side doors will be locked, so please don't freak out that you can't get in. I'll make a nice friendly sign telling you to go to the front just in case you don't know what to do at that point.

After set up and the floodgates are released, everyone will have some time to mingle, get some food, socialize, do what have you. This isn't a formal dinner or anything, we'll have: snacks, finger foods, desserts, and other things to fill your belly, but if you need either grab something on the way over, don't come hungry but don't come stuffed either.

Because there is no formal dinner, and the reception is more of a social hanging out we ask that there be no speeches.

Also, I believe we'll have little disposable cameras situated at each table for the guests to kinda help capture the party, that way if anything cools going on and Carrie isn't around to see it, or multiple cools things are happening and Carrie can only get one, you can come to the rescue and capture that instance. Plus, Carrie is a guest too and we don't want her spending the whole event behind the lens. That goes for all would be camera wielders! Enjoy yourself, talk to some new people you've never met before, we can make a scavenger hunt out of it (no we're not, I'm half awake typing this, don't listen to me)!!

About an hour after we start up Amy and I will have our first dance, and then the floor will be open to whomever. If anyone has a video camera, it'd be awesome if you could bring it, I would really love to have a copy of our first dance :)

Music

Amy and I are rock fans, and so a good amount of the music we're thinking about playing at the reception reflects this, though there are going to be some fun staple party songs played as well... or at least staples in our ring of friends (Time Warp anyone?).

Just thought I'd put that out there.

After the Reception

Because the venue is only giving us a few hours to spend, we figured if anyone was wanting to stick around afterwords we could all head out to our place and hang out. I'll warn you now that parking is a pain, so any condensing of the vehicles is highly suggested... or you could park in the grass like I've seen some residents do. There are available parking spots down the way towards the newer apartments in our complex that can be used, but it gives you a small walk to our apartment.

We'll probably have games and movies going throughout the night, and some alcohol options for those who may be interested. Whatever the mass feel like doing.



I may do some revising to this later, I'm about half awake trying to finish typing this thing out because I'm not sure I'll have time to post it tomorrow. There are a few more posts I want to get on here, plus editing some older posts where they'll have tags so things can be found easier.

We're almost there guys!