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Regardless of size
Wedding reception
can be a fun affair
As long as it affords a couple's
relatives and friends an
opportunity to greet them, wish
them well and help them celebrate
the happy occasion, a wedding
reception may be a few friends
sharing a homemade wedding
cake, a gala banquet with an
orchestra for dancing, or almost
anything in between.
It may be held in a home or
garden, at a private club or
synagogue hall, in a large
restaurant or ballroom.
usually a rectangular table with the
bride's mother and father in the
places of honor at opposite ends.
The bridegroom’s father sits to the
right of the bride’s mother, while
the rabbi sits on her left. The
bridegroom’s mother is seated on
the right of the bride's father, with
the rabbi’s spouse (or his or her
assistant) on his left.
While cards mark each place at
the bride's and parents’ tables, they
are optional elsewhere. Guests find
their own seats with special friends
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Refreshments may include punch
and wedding cake, cocktails
hors d’oeuvres, or imported
champagne and a five-course
dinner. If a couple is being married
early in the day, the reception
might also take the form of a
breakfast, a luncheon or a tea.
A couple may choose to have a
simple reception—wedding cake
and a beverage to toast with is all
they really need—in order to be
able to invite all the guests.
Guests should be able to move
down the receiving line from the
bride’s book and into the area
where the refreshments are served.
The mother of the bride is always
the first to greet the guests. The
bridegroom’s mother usually
stands next to her, followed by his
father. Next come the bride (on the
bridegroom's right whenever
possible), the bridegroom, the
maid of honor or one of her
bridesmaids. (They can take turns
filling this position.)
The father of the bride may also
join the line and stand between the
two mothers, but participation by
either father is optional. The
bride's father usually circulates,
and the bridegroom’s father may
do the same. The best man, ushers
and child attendants usually do not
participate in the receiving line.
If the bride has no mother or
stepmother to receive guests, her
father may stand at the head of the
line with her aunt, grandmother or
sister. If she is known by most of
the guests, slje may stand in front
of the bridegroom’s father. When
the reception is given by persons
other than the bride's parents, the
host and hostess are the first to
receive guests.
The bride may choose to hold
her bouquet in the receiving line or
put it aside, but the bridesmaids
always hold their flowers in their
left hands. All the women may
wear their hats and gloves in the
line, but the men must remove
theirs.
Although the bride always
precedes the bridegroom in line, he
should reach out to introduce his
own relatives and friends to her.
After the last guest has been
welcomed, the newlyweds usually
move to cut the cake.
While members of the wedding
party are always seated at the
bride's table, when the party is
small the husbands and wives of
married attendants, the parents
and the rabbi may join them.
In most cases, however, there is
a separate parents’ table. This is
and relatives. S(. Louis Jewish Light
Shed Your Tears
At The Wedding.
Not At The
Reception.
Your daugh
ter swea-
wea-
one
most
life. And yours. £nd when
you're involved m a flurry
of wedding plans, we feel
like you have
enough to do.
That's why our
Director of Catering
offers a very special
Wedding Reception.
Youcansned
all the tears you
want to at the wed
ding, but there won't
be a thing to cry about at
the reception.
Your Next Business Luncheon
Should Be None
Of Your Business
Because that's
our business.
Our highly trained catering
staff wul set your business
affairs straight from the first
sip of a cocktail to the last
rap of a gavel.
Let our Director
of Catering arrange
everything for you. Be-
Mitzvah, bar none. Your
daughter the fin
est wedding re
ception she can
have. And your
luncheons, dinners ana pro
fessional gatherings will all
be handled with the service
and expertise that you'd ex
pect from us.
The combined tal
ents and experience
of our staff enables us
to promise you that
nobody caters to At
lanta like Peachtree
Plaza.
For further infor
mation and our free
catering brochure, call
our Directorof Catering
at 659-1400.
Pag* 21 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE February 2, 1979