I'm italian and in the movies or tv series i often see or hear about the rehearsal dinner the evening before the actual wedding.
what is it exactly? and why do you do it?
2007-02-14 20:24:31 · 14 answers · asked by Ayahuasca 6 in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
i am getting married in may.
a rehersal dinner is exactly that a dinner after the wedding rehersal.
believe it or not many people involved in the wedding (parents of the groom/bride, ushers, best men etc..) do not know how the wedding will flow (order of people walking down the isle, where the guests will sit)
so the night before the wedding (typically) there is a non-dress rehersal and the priest walks everyone through how the ceremony will go and things such as where the readings will take place, if the guests will be seperated by affiliation with bride or groom etc are all confirmed
after which, those that were at the rehersal and sometimes close friends will get together for a rehersal dinner. this is also where the bride and groom thank those people who helped setting everything up and usually gifts are given from the bride/groom to the bestmen and bridesmaids as well as parents as a token of appreciation for all the support...
blah. i know too much about this now..
2007-02-14 20:30:00 · answer #1 · answered by RainKing 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My best friend just got married in August and she did hold a rehearsal dinner. We had a rehearsal first where everyone got their "assignments" for the actual wedding. The dinner afterwords included everyone in the wedding, the family of both the bride and the groom and most far traveled guests. Activities for this event included dinner obviously and a few informal toasts. Mostly it seemed like a time for people to talk with the bride and groom because they were too busy to talk with people the day of the wedding.
2007-02-14 20:39:45 · answer #2 · answered by Angela B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The wedding party and parents, etc. all go to the church for a rehearsal or walk through with the priest or minister the evening before the actual wedding. After the rehearsal, everyone gathers at a restaurant--someplace with a private dining facilities--and has dinner. Traditionally, this is paid for by the groom's parents for obvious reasons. (Obvious being that the bride's parents foot the much larger bill for the wedding.)
2007-02-14 20:37:02 · answer #3 · answered by Loki 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lots of people has rehearsal dinners..not just Italians. People in the wedding party get together and do a practice run of the actual ceremony and then have dinner together. The guests generally do not pay for the dinner, it is the Bride and grooms responsibility to pay for them.
2007-02-15 02:48:25 · answer #4 · answered by KathyS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The rehearsal dinner is a pre-wedding party that usually the groom's family hosts. All the attendants & their spouses, the child attendants & their parents, attend. Sometimes the clergy is invited as well as grandparents & out-of-town guests.
Toasts are made and a lot of times the couple presents their thank you gifts to their attendants. It's a fun time for people to get a bit better acquainted before the wedding ceremony.
2007-02-14 20:30:32 · answer #5 · answered by weddrev 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since the Bride is usually footing the bill for the wedding,it is customary that the groom's family arrange and pay for the rehearsal dinner.
Aside from rehearsing for the ceremony both families can have this chance to get to know each other better while celebrating this new Union...
2007-02-15 12:14:45 · answer #6 · answered by Chef Combo S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not everyone does this - on this site people talk sometimes about everyone going out to a restaurant for a dinner on the evening of the rehearsal.
However, in our tradition and where I come from, people from the wedding and party and family members would just sometimes gather at someone's house after the rehearsal, which is usually held early evening, for drinks.
2007-02-15 00:04:24 · answer #7 · answered by Lydia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you having a rehearsal the night before your wedding?
After the rehearsal at the Church you are supposed to take everyone who came to the rehearsal to dinner. That is all it is. If you are not having a rehearsal you don't need to have a dinner.
2007-02-15 00:45:31 · answer #8 · answered by ee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not a UK tradition, I can't say I have ever been to a rehearsal dinner here. With all the expense of the wedding itself I do not know how people can also afford to host a dinner as well, it's not something that would fit into my budget anyway.
2007-02-14 20:40:05 · answer #9 · answered by sparkleythings_4you 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
usually a day or two before the wedding, the wedding party does a run through at the church... then afterwards the grooms family sponsors a rehearsal dinner for he wedding party and the families of the bride and groom! typically the grooms family gives a toast!
2007-02-14 20:30:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋