Nothing is worse than having a reception filled with seated wedding guests who look tired and maybe a little bit bored. Maybe this wedding doesn’t feature a DJ and rockin’ music. Or maybe the guests are not into that whole dancing thing.

What to do? It’s not that hard. There are plenty of activities you can plan that will not only engage and entertain the everyone, but also help them get to know each other and – more importantly – the bride and groom just a little bit better.

Here’s one that’s fun and might remind you just a little bit of a football game. Make a placard for each guest. On one side, letter “Bride” and on the other, “Groom”. Someone, usually the weddingMC asks a series of questions. They might be easy, such as “who was born in New York City”? Or they might be more tricky, such as “who, at age 10, broke their arm when they were playing with their Golden Retriever dog”?

Wedding guests don’t shout their answer, but rather show their placard, turning it to the “bride” side if they think the question relates to the bride or to the “groom” side if it’s the opposite. The guests’ guesses can be revealing, but even more revealing, are the true answers. It’s a great, fun way for all the guests to get to know a little more about the bride and groom.

One word of caution about the above activity: Keep ex-boyfriends and ex-girlfriends out of the questions and don’t ask anything that might be a little too revealing or too risqué. Remember, grandmothers and grandfathers and young children could be be present!

If it’s too much work to create signs for each guest, you can create just two signs and create two teams – a team of men and a team of women. Grouped together, the teams can work together to decide on the answer and answer as a group. This “men versus women” concept is always popular and sure to be fun for everyone.

One silly game that’s always popular really puts the groom in the spotlight. How well does he know the feel and touch of his new wife? In this game, everyone finds out. You can do this several ways. You can enlist just the wedding party in this game, or as many of the wedding guests that want to participate.

Line each participant up and blindfold the groom. Put the bride somewhere in the mix, and send the groom on a hunt for his bride. The participants can either shake the groom’s hand or give him a kiss on the cheek. In some versions, he might feel their hair or their leg. The details are up to you.

Depending on how far you want to take this activity, you can add a fun element to it that is sometimes popular. You have the groom feel the leg of each participant. The best man, or other male member of the wedding party, rolls up his pant leg, puts on a garter and has the groom feel that. The groom has to kiss whoever he thinks is his bride, while still blindfolded. Often, he ends up kissing a man.

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Hosting your reception outdoors can be a great deal cheaper and a lot more fun for you and your wedding guests. When you host your reception outdoors you have a lot of options as to how you want things to be.

The only downside to doing this is whether or not the weather conditions will permit it. Because of this your reception and its success is often at the hands of Mother Nature. Other than that, it can be the best decision that you could make.

Outdoor reception give you an endless supply of ideas and freedom in how your reception will be handled. The best thing is that you can host an outdoor reception at a hall or beautiful grounds, or you can do so in your own back yard.

If your own yard permits it, it would be best to do it here because it is a relaxed atmosphere and you need not worry about many of the small details that come in when using public grounds.

There are many ways that you can make an outdoor reception easy to plan, cheaper to pay for, and a great deal of fun. Of course, there are small formalities that go with it as well.

Reception to do List

You have to begin with a thorough to do list when planning an outdoor reception because this will keep your affairs in order. When preparing your list, you have to consider having a contingency plan. The reason for this is to accommodate bad weather conditions that may prohibit your reception from taking place at all. Or having your reception ruined due to a thunderstorm or severe winds.

Here is a sample to do list for you to look at so that you will know all of the things that need to be considered.

To do list should include:
* Renting tent or gazebo and decorating it. Make sure that you confirm your rental date at least two weeks ahead of time or sooner if you can.
* Renting tables and chairs. It is cheaper when you set them up yourself
* Getting regular updates on the weather. Of course, you should have a contingency plan just in case the weather does not permit an outdoor party.
* Getting any miscellaneous items such as extension cords etc.
* Hiring a DJ or band and confirming
* Deciding on food items and drink and who will prepare what
* Getting permits that may be required in serving alcohol
* Getting permission from neighbors. You don’t want them complaining about the noise and the parking situation (invite them too). Of course this rule applies when you are hosting your outdoor reception in your backyard.

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Giving a toast is a responsibility that puts fear into the hearts of most members of a wedding party. While it’s not usually something that is particularly long or involved, it’s still public speaking and really puts people on the spot.

If you are planning a wedding and know that most members of this wedding party are hams who will not mind the whole “public speaking” thing, then by all means keep the toasts traditional with dad, the best man and others taking their expected turns at the microphone.

However if you’re looking for something different, either because you want to save putting people on the spot, or you simply want to do something different and fun, then this article is for you.

First, you can certainly remove the whole toast thing off the agenda if you wish. There are no rules requiring a toast at any wedding.

But if you want to do something a little different, there are alternatives. You can go the video route, where people essentially make a toast on camera and then the video is given to the bride and groom later. This isn’t a particularly unique idea, but it does answer the issue of not wanting to put people on the spot but still gives everyone a chance to say something special to the bride and groom.

If your guest list includes many outgoing people then contemplate “pass the microphone”. This can operate in several ways. You can either be silly with it, or deadly serious. Most people like silly. Say dad takes the microphone first. His last name ends with T (so, let’s say dad’s last name is Pitt). He has to choose someone whose first name starts with a T (Tim? Terry? Tina?) and pass the microphone to that person, who then gives a toast.

This method of giving toasts does put people on the spot (certainly before the fun begins you can warn them so if they are really uncomfortable, they can escape to the restroom or bar) but it can also be a lot of fun.

You could decide that one guest at each is required to give a toast. Number the tables and at various intervals, have the wedding emcee call a number, which will require guests at that table to decide amongst themselves who will give the toast at that table.

Say you have plenty of public speakers in the party, and finding willing toast participants won’t be a problem. But you think the subject matter might be. There’s an easy solution to this problem. You can provide open-ended topics for the toast speakers. Say you are providing an “open mike” toast arrangement, where anyone can ask for the microphone and offer a toast. The wedding emceeor someone else in the wedding party (perhaps the best man or maid of honor) can offer the speaker a surprise topic, which might be pulled from a champagne flute or drawn out of the floral arrangement on the head table. There might be slips of paper to choose, or just one sheet of paper with several suggestions.

The speaker might choose to finish this sentence, “I remember when (groom’s name here) was a little boy, he always …” or answer this question, “When was (insert bride’s name here) at her silliest? Tell us the story”. You might have to give each speaker a few moments to gather their thoughts, but you’re sure to have some interesting stories, some unique anecdotes and some different perspectives on the bride and groom.

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How we spend out time says a lot about who we are
If you are simply too exhausted or do not have adequate time to do anything in the evenings, then your daily routine is out of balance and you need to make alterations.

Your work can be too difficult or unsuitable, or you may not be making full use of your hours during your day or evening. A good balance of your time is needed for work, goals, recreation, and relaxation. Take a close look at your daily routine, examine your findings and create a plan. Be prepared to follow the plan and with this, you can become better organized.

Why be better organized?
Being busy can keep your mind off worry because you will not be thinking of two different things at one time. You can make better use of your time away from work to increase your knowledge of things and life, to work at a hobby or project, and then to relax and be content. This is good balance and when you are better balanced you are better organized.

Perhaps you are a single parent and in a bit of a time crunch each day. Make a point to sit and relax each day and plan. If you are careful you should be able to find just a couple hours each day to apply yourself to being better organized.

The majority of us use only a tiny percent of our true capabilities and we can all do so much more. You can learn new things. This will give you added purpose in life and a feeling of achievement. Read non-fiction books to increase your knowledge of everyday things in life and to learn new skills or to improve on existing ones. All of this will help you become better organized.

The more organized you are the more time you will have for yourself. As you become better organized, take on a new after hours project. Begin with something small and work your way up to spending more and more time to your project. Perhaps you can take on a new woodworking project, for example. Once you complete it, you will feel good about yourself and how you are spending your new, organized time.

With a place for everything and everything in its place, you are freed up in body and mind to take on newendeavors.
If you are under a lot of stress, a more passive and relaxing undertaking might be just what you need, at least to start with. For just one day a week, or a few hours on certain days, set aside time for your own unique pleasure. When you do this, staying organized will not feel as much of a chore. You will naturally wish to be organized so that you will have more time for yourself.

Do some leisurely work in the yard, listen to some music or watch a bit of TV.These are some of the perks from being organized.

Remembering to Organize
Being well organized takes effort and timeand there is a lot to remember. Below are several tips to help you to remember it all:

1. Jot it down. With the many details that you have to remember in any given day, why should you try to keep it all in your head? At the very moment that you remember something needs to be done, the very best thing to do is write it down.

2. Keep it all in one place. Once you have developed the knack of writing everything down, your next step will be to keep your writing all in one place. You will remember better this way. Otherwise, you will waste valuable time looking for your notes.

3. Stay healthy. A keen memory is a well-nourished mind. Eat healthy; get plenty of rest and lots of good exercise.

4. Call ahead. When you are at the office and you want to do something when you arrive back home, call ahead to your answering machine and leave yourself a message. As soon as you get home you can listen to your message and recall exactly what you wanted to do.

5. Record your every thought. You might find yourself driving when a good idea about organizing comes to you or you might recall something that you really need to write down. No need to pull over and start writing, record instead! Pull off to the side of the road and use a small hand held tape recorder. This is a really useful device to carry around with you, to record your thoughts, or your parking space number, or even a memorable telephone number you see on a billboard as you drive by. Use your handy recorder to be your extra eyes and ears.

6. Handy email reminders. There are many good and free e-mail reminder services available. You can type in what you want to remember, such as a welcome party, anniversary or special event, and you will receive an e-mail reminder when the date approaches. This is a terrific way to jog your memory by Internet.

7. Use sticky notes. Those wonderful, little sticky notes are amazing as memory helpers. Need to make an urgent call first thing in the morning? Leave a Post-It Note on your telephone.

8. Visual memory joggers. Visual reminders will help you remember and stay focused. Use visual reminders for remembering your goals. If your goal is to take a trip to a Ireland in a few years, keep a magazine photograph of Ireland right on your desk.

9. Use timers and alarms. Take advantage of alarm clocks and timers throughout your day. Have to take the clothes out of the dryer by 12 noon? Set your alarm clock to remind you.

10. Be confident in yourself. If you keep saying you have a bad memory, you will probably continue to have a bad memory. It is essential to have a motivated, I CAN remember attitude.

So get organizing!

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When you are arranging a budgeted menu, you must first know what your exact budget is when it comes to the food and drink specifically. Some people keep the food and drinks separate, but generally, the food and drink are a part of the same bill.

If you can afford the more expensive catering services, then by all means enjoy. However, if you are like most of us, you will likely require a little bit of help in creating a menu that is fitting to your budget.
If you are hosting an indoor wedding reception in a hall and plan to have a dinner option, you have to make sure that you cater for the needs of all of your guests which include vegetarians. You should request that the guests RSVP beforehand so that you can get the correct amount of vegetarian plates.

The way that you choose to serve the dinners can vary. Here are some tips on how you can choose to serve the guests to make it a bit cheaper for you.
* You can serve the meals buffet style, with this option you can have people forego wedding gifts in favor of bringing a dish
* You can offer vegetable, fruit an meat platters with dips and crackers instead of foods
* You can ask each guest to contribute a small amount of money to the reception or to make donations toward the reception rather than buying a gift.
* You can offer a soup and salad menu rather than a full blown entrée
* Offer a limited bar which means that you offer an open bar only at specific times such as after dinner and during toasting etc. that way your guests aren’t paying and you won’t go broke, the rest of the time offer a cash bar
* Offer around the world appetizers instead of a meal. This will give you the opportunity to offer fill ups such as crab, shrimp. Etc. as well as casual appetizers like cheese sticks, chicken wings, and mushroom caps etc. the around the world motif will also provide your party with a variety of different tastes.
* Request that each immediate family member provide a dish instead of a gift
* Do not pay for extras like servers, bartenders etc. asking a friend or family member to do it instead as a wedding present to you

Outdoor receptions give you much freedom when selecting your menu as you can serve anything that you want including barbecue, long group submarine sandwiches or pizza.

As long as you offer foods that will cater for both carnivores and vegetarians, you will be fine. You can always find items to suit all of your needs and every budget as long as your budget is reasonable for the amount of people that you are planning to serve. If it doesn’t fit, you may have to trim the invite list.
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Reception themes are an excellent way to personalize your wedding celebrations. People often select their themes based on their personalities and individual character. Some themes are based on hobbies and others are based on hopes and dreams.

No matter what type of theme that you select for your wedding celebrations, you can always find the right way to represent it. Some special themes for your wedding celebrations include but are not limited to:
* Fairy Wonderland: Decorating in fairy’s wings, sheer fabrics draped around you, moss, and serving fine breads and appetizers as well as all things beautiful. This theme really allows the bride bring her childhood dreams to life. Music like Enya would be lovely to listen to for this theme
* Ethnic traditions: This theme requires that you select specialty foods and decorations from the ethnicity of your choice. For instance, should you select a Scottish theme, you would listen to fiddle and bagpipe music, dress in the Scottish fashion and do all things Scottish.
* Mexican fiesta: This fun theme can have you hitting a piñata, serving popular Mexican dishes, mixing a bit of Santa Fe decorative blankets for the walls and many other things. You can play mariachi music or Spanish guitars for this theme.
* Holiday themes: for instance Valentines day
* Arabian Nights: Filling your reception hall with beautiful linens; letting your bridal party wear costumes should they wish to. You can also serve Arabic foods or appetizers and pita breads etc. this theme is very versatile and fun.
* Greek Mythology: This theme can be geared toward a particular Greek saga or more popularly, guests can each come dressed as a particular Grecian of their choice. Greek foods like fresh fruits, wine, and other edibles of ancient Greece can be served.
* Hawaiian: You can use your imagination to create any Hawaiian fantasy that you wish. You can give out fresh leis or artificial ones as wedding favors. You can serve fresh tropical island fruits such as pineapples and serve those cute tropical drinks with decorative umbrellas etc. Wherever your imagination takes you.
* Disney
* The Wild West: This theme can be as fun as you want. You can set up your reception area to look like an old saloon. You can have dancers give a burlesque show etc. You can do all kinds of fun things with this theme. You can also offer easy to create entrees like meatloaf or more expensive steaks etc. As long as you stick with your theme (leave out the shrimp cocktail) you can have a fun time.

When it comes to themes, the possibilities are endless. Coming up with suggestions can be so much fun. After you have decided on your theme, you can brainstorm ideas to expand upon it for the decorations and foods.

The themes that have been suggested here were designed to be as easy as possible, but they can be as involved as you want.

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Interior Design can be a very lucrative job choice for the right person. You might be wondering exactly what an Interior Designer does. It is really straightforward. An Interior Designer creates, organizes, and designs commercial and/or residential properties. Basically, an interior designer works with the interior of a particular space, such as rooms, offices, boardrooms, and various other internal spaces.

But, interior designers do more than just decorate a space. In some cases they can add extra rooms, design gazebos and patios, add or remove wall space, and they spend considerable time networking with people.

Interior Designers are responsible for creating a comfortable and relaxed space for their clients to live and/or work in. It is their duty to offer clients the best work that their needs, and budget can provide. Clients put a great deal of trust in you, and you must reward that with the best final result possible.

When trying to determine if Interior Design is right for you, it helps to know what that really means. Interior Design is not simply the profession that “makes rooms and places pretty”; it takes a little bit more than that. You need to know how to do some of the technical aspects of design also. Some of these technical will include:

Designing and reading blueprints: This is particularly for the projects that require a great change in the area’s structure like wall removal etc. This is also needed in order to make additional rooms, build gazebos, and add extra rooms. You will need to draw up blueprints of the entire house or read the originals copies, so that you can do your job without causing much disturbance to the rest of the property or environment.

Environmental Analysis: Once you can read blueprints, you will have to analyze the information that is listed so that you can best determine where to go with your ideas. You need the ability to effectively create or remove space in a particular environment so that you can cause little or no disturbance the environment as a whole when making your changes.

Environmental Lighting: Many people forget that lighting is included in any space changing project. You must have knowledge of how lighting works, and have a fundamental idea of what is needed to install light fixtures in areas that do not currently have them. Some houses are not equipped with lighting fixtures in some rooms. And, if you want to alter the lighting fixtures from general lamps to say, track lighting, you may have a problem if you do not comprehend how to install it.

Basic Plumbing & pipe structure: If adding or changing spaces in kitchens and bathrooms, plumbing fixtures are often changed or re-organized. You will need to understand their basic functions in order to effectively plan an alteration that involves them, or is to be done around them.
So, is interior design the right career for you?

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The most important thing that must be performed when you are ready to begin planning your wedding is to first produce your budget. Your budget is vital as it is almost impossible to know what you can afford to spend on each aspect of the wedding if you don’t give yourself a limit to the overall spending costs. For many people, creating the budget is the most difficult chore to do because you want to have the best and most memorable wedding that you can afford.

The days when the wedding is paid for by the bride’s parents are practically gone now. Parents will often contribute to the wedding cost as a gift to the couple, but it is very unusual for parents to cover the total cost of the wedding these days.

Usually it is because the parents just can’t afford it, but couples today often prefer to pay for their own weddings as it ensures that they can do it the way that they want to without interference.

A lot of the time, parents will forego paying for the wedding and pay for the honeymoon instead.

These days, 70 to 80% of couples pay for their own wedding and it helps to know how your budget should be broken down.
Here is an example:
reception 37%, rings 14%, flowers 4 %, music 5%, invitations 2%, bridal apparel 6%, photography/video 10%. Misc 8%, honeymoon 14%

When devising your budget, you will first begin with the overall amount that you can afford to spend. The average wedding today costs approximately $19,000.

Next is to calculate how much money that you will have to spend on each aspect of the wedding.

Once you have figured out the dollar amount that you can spend on each aspect of the wedding, you can then begin to create a chart that will itemize the list for you. I have included a simple table to help you out in this area.

Category(what must be done)
Goal (what you hope for what must be done)
Reception

Ceremony

Photography/Videography

Catering

Rings

Attire

Music

Flowers

Honeymoon

Miscellaneous

decorations

What this list is meant to show you is what requires to be done, but the blank areas are designed as a means of bringing out the dream of it all into reality. You have to make a list of all of the things that you will have to get in order to fulfill your wedding dreams.

This is necessary in order to know if what you dream of can even be afforded within your set budget. If it can’t, you will have to do any or all of the following:
* Lower the guest list
* Exclude some of the services
* Reduce the size of the wedding party
* Forget some extras like limos

Once you have made decisions what you want to include and what you can afford, it is on to the planning stage.

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How can you be sure the wedding planner you hire is professional and experienced? One method that really helps is that you can check online for a list of members all of which have been investigated and comply with a set of ethics.

Check out a few of the websites and instantly ones with poorly set out websites and/or spelling mistakes. If they are not able to get their own material in order what hope is there for your wedding? You can also ask for recommendations from family or friends who hired a wedding planner for their wedding.

Agree to meet 2 to 4 of the planners for a consultation to see if you and the planner get along well because personality is a huge component of being a wedding planner. They will be aware of personal and confidential matters so they have to be a person you trust. Prepare a list of questions to ask them before the meeting so that you can assess their suitablility and experience.

Facts to learn about the planner:

- How long they have been in the wedding planning business?

- Is wedding planning their full time business?

- How many weddings have they organized. Can they provide references?

- Do they have a video portfolio for you to view?

- How do they bill, hourly, fixed fee or a percentage of your wedding budget?

- Do they get commission from suppliers and is it passed on to the client?

- Are they insured and licensed?

What exactly can a planner assist with? The majority planners have a mix of tailor made services and packages to pick from so it varies by planner. It really is up to the client what the planner can do for them. Every wedding is different.

Some of the things that a wedding planner can do and should do are:

- Producing your budget & ensuring you stay within it

- Creating a wedding theme and design

- Recommending suitable locations

- Recommending suitable suppliers

- Organizing payments to all suppliers

- Sending out the invitations

- Handling the wedding day itself

In the end, the wedding planner idea is all a matter of taste and preference.

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Every parent has a desire to connect and be involved with their son or daughter. The children of involved parents in most cases are more confident, assured and have good level of self esteem. Such kids as a rule excel in school and with their hobbies and extracurricular activities.

But is there such a thing as too much involvement? It’s vital when you’re becoming actively involved with your school-aged daughter or son’s activities and schooling that you recognize what becoming overly involved is.

Remember, you’re becoming involved in your daughter or son’s life. It’s vital you don’t thrust yourself too much upon it. Kids need their space and privacy and they need to be capable of developing their own abilities, skills and talents. In our longing to help our son or daughter succeed, it’s tempting to want to step in and start doing things for thembecause you believe they are doing it the wrong way or inadequately. Never forget, you had to learn too, and this is their chance to learn on their own.

Of course, you want to be there to encourage and support your son or daughter, and offer approval at an activity well done. However, you have to be able to step back and give your son or daughter to learn from their own mistakes, and to work out their own way of doing things. We all know from our own life experiences that there is always more than one way to do something, and just because your son or daughter is doing it differently than you would doesn’t mean it it incorrect. You never know, it could present a terrific opportunity for you to learn from your son or daughter as well.

In addition, try not to be too domineering or intrusive in relation to their social life. Be available for your son or duaghter should they need to talk and encourage them to share their worries with you in order that you can assist them sort through any issue. But if they say they don’t want to chat about it or they need a little time to sort things out for themselves, abide by that need by telling them you’re available whenever they need you. This is a key element of growing up and giving your son or daughter the chance to work out their own pathway through things is a key element of the progression.

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Today as brides get more and more imaginative in wedding planning, weddings in far off destinations are becoming increasingly in demand. Although the outcome is usually a much reduced guest list, it can also result in several fun opportunities for activities.

Many brides like to have a wedding seaside, so they move the ceremony to a beach locale, either on their neighborhood coast or somewhere more exotic like Oahu or the Seychelles. Wherever you go, there are a wide range of activities that can be organized around this theme. If the wedding is also a weekend occasion where guests will be around for longerthan just the ceremony, the bride could arrange a sailing excursion. Hire a boat for the day and invite your guests out on the water to relax and swim, and perhaps enjoy a meal on board or on the beach.

If the ceremony is in the Caribbean, what about a cookery demonstration? The bride and groom could arrange for theguests to see a cooking demonstration by the hotel chef or a local cook. Since much of the food the guests consume while visiting for the wedding will be very different from what they eat back home, they might enjoy learning how to prepare it for home enjoyment.

Let’s say the wedding ceremony is on a Hawaiian island, another popular wedding spot. There, you could organize several activities around the destination. How about a luau? This could even take the place of a more formal or conventional rehearsal dinner.

Also in Hawaii, guests may enjoy a hula lesson.

Other pre-wedding activities could be guided tours, shopping excursions and wine tasting activities, where appropriate. If you choose to include any of these activities bear in mind that the bride and groom, or their family, will be expected to pay for the majority of them. If you arrange a sailing excursion, for example, you will be expected to pick up the cost for the outing. Do not tell the wedding guests ahead of time that the outing will amount to x dollars. That won’t sit well.

Since one of the great advantages of the far off wedding is that only your closest friends and family will likely surround you, you can plan some meaningful activities that you wouldn’t plan if the wedding were a bigger celebration. For example, you might organize a slumber party night with close friends that includes movies, popcorn and drinks in your hotel room, cottage or villa, depending on where the wedding ceremony is taking place.

If you choose a destination wedding, for most people this may be their vacation. In that event you may not want to organize too many activities but instead let the guests to discover their own entertainment and activities both before and after the wedding ceremony.

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There is no doubt dancing is a fundamental component at most wedding festivities. Everyone looks forward to for the bride and groom’s bridal dance and the bride’s special dance with her father. It’s also an opportunity to relax and have some fun, whether you’re a guest or one of the wedding party.

But the wedding emcee can add some jollity by adding fun activities to the dance floor. Thisversion of the “Bunny Hop”, which may be a celebration essential but is hardly original.

But there are many other amusing activities the wedding master of ceremonies can add to the dance floor activities that are certain to be a hit with all the wedding guests.

You could try a game of the “chicken dance”. Okay, perhaps that doesn’t sound too original. But if the majority of the guests are just sitting at their tables, watching on as a few brave couples dancing you might want to get many more up and having fun. So you could give this game a go.

The wedding master of ceremonies announces a number. Everyone, guests and wedding party checks under his or her chair, where they will find a number. Depending on the number of guests at the wedding, there may be only numbers “1″ and “2″ or more, up to 5.

So, if the wedding master of ceremonies announces number “4″. Everyone checks under their chair to see what number they have. Thenumbers can be written simply on a piece of masking tape and affixed to the underside of the seats when the wedding reception is being set up. So, in this scenario all the “4s” will go onto the dance floor to do the chicken dance with the other “4s”. Not only does this get the wedding party and guests out of their seats and on to the dance floor, but they get to meet other wedding guests they might not otherwise meet.

Another fun way to get everybody onto the dance floor, including even the most reticent, is something you can call the “snowball” dance. This is a great way to jumpstart the dancing at the beginning of the evening.

So how does the “snowball” dance work?So what is the “snowball” dance?The wedding master of ceremonies requests the wedding party, including the happy couple, to take to the dance floor for a fun dance. The music for this dance should be fast, something with a disco beat or a fast song that most guests will recognize. After a bit of wedding party dancing, the music will stop. Then the female members of the wedding party move in amongst the guests and return to the dance floor with a male . The male members of the wedding party then follow, but naturally they return with female guests. The music and dancing then starts again. This is repeated until all the guests are up dancing. Now you know why it’s called the”snowball” dance!

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If you want something different from a traditional wedding, you should ponder a themed wedding. Theme weddings are a great way to get away from the traditional and into something which is very different and fun. You can buy all in theme wedding packages, that include everything from your flights to rooms to costumes for the entire wedding party if the nuptials are to take place out of town or abroad But it’s much more fun to plan your themed wedding yourself. And of course you can save money too.

There’s nothing like a thought through theme to make your wedding celebration completely unique and unforgettable for a fraction of the cost. A wedding theme should communicate something about the happy couple to their guests because that’s what makes it special. If you share a love for sports, it could be a sports themed wedding would be right for you. Or perhap you first met on a beach then a wedding on a beach theme might be your preference.

There are lots and lots of themed wedding suggestions. You are only limited by your creativity.

Below you will find a list of ideas for a themed wedding to help you:-
Irish
Spring
Western
Gold
Roman
Mardi Gras
Halloween
Victorian
TV show theme
Kentuck Derby

There are lots of influences to think about such whether your chosen venues will accept a wedding theme.

The next thing that you have to think about is how far you go with the theme. This very much depends on how much it will cost, but don’t forget to think about your guests as well. The bride and groom to be may think it’s great fun to ask the guests to dress up, but will suitable costumes be within their budgets? And are the costumes suitable for all the ages that will attend the wedding? Would your grandmother dress up as an alien if you wanted a Star Trek theme?

But if you’re sure you don’t want to restrict fancy dress costumes to just the happy couple, you must make sure you let the proposed guests know your dress code and plans clearly on the wedding invitations, well in advance of the day itself.

When it comes to picking themed wedding festivities favors, the trick to making sure that your guests really like their favors is to choose ones that are beautiful and tie in with the celebration theme and yet can still be useful after the wedding.

Once you’ve settled on your theme for your wedding, you are going to want to make sure all parts of your wedding celebration reflect your chosen theme, and that includes the table decorations and wedding favors.
For instance if you really want a Hawaiian theme for your wedding you could have vibrant miniature doll size Hawaiian shirt or miniature flip flop placecard holders and starfish or seashell floating candles as favors.

For table decoration you could have orchids or candles set in coconut shells.

Instead of the traditional tuxedo your wedding mc could don a Hawaiian shirt and shorts and even a pair of flip- flops.

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Accepting personal checks as a payment seems like a good idea, or does it? Not so from the perspective of those in the know. Case in point: internet marketing site has put together a disturbing article about the truth behind processing checks online that opened my eyes to the sobering reality. Having read it I think that the big payment services are doing us little guys a disservice by even presenting that as an option to accept payments! I learned from reading it that there is no such thing as a bank check you can consider good to accept off the bat.

Not surprising, if you do take the risk to accept the check as payment of your merchandise, you are doing just that, taking a genuine risk you will be able to receive the funds. After reading this you can bet I am going to uncheck that option from inside my accounts at all the payment services I use. Actually, after getting the lowdown on the reality behind what it means to accept a check as a payment online, I think that these different payment services are mad to even give this as an option.

Any rate if you accept online payments for any reason at all, and the service you use offers the option to accept checks for payment from your customers, you really need to take a look at this ecommerce check processing article and educate yourself so you can make the best decision if this is for you or not.

 

The quest to find creatures unknown to science is a fascinating one. The Loch Ness Monster and giant serpents in the sea has occupied many minds. The most popular animal in folklore is the Bigfoot, otherwise known as the Sasquatch. The Bigfoot search has centered on the sightings in the Pacific North West of America and British Columbia, Canada. This animal, resembling an ape, is said by eyewitness reports to stand between seven and nine feet tall and is said to live in forests in secluded areas. Some people think that the Yeti, another creature of folklore, seen in the Himalayan region is the same species as the Bigfoot.

Most of the early reports stem from the 1860s, going into the 20th century. In 1924, someone even claimed that he had been kidnapped by a whole family of Bigfoot. There have been eyewitness accounts, film footage, photographs and physical evidence such as footprints, allegedly found in California in 1958. The skeptical scientific community claims that the Bigfoot search is a waste of time and that anecdotal evidence doesn’t make up for the few examples of physical evidence.

One of the most popular images to come out of the Bigfoot search is the short film that came to be known as the Patterson Gimlin Film. Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin claim to have shot film of the Bigfoot, walking through a clearing in Bluff Creek, California in 1967. This was convincing footage for some people but others accuse them of producing an elaborate hoax. There are people who have admitted to conducting hoaxes and this has made all reports open to suspicion.

Scientists point out that there have not been any fossils found in North America to suggest the presence of large apes. They claim it is merely folklore and great apes would not live in the sort of habitat described. Whether it is true or not, it is fun to want to believe in it. Everyone would like to believe in the existence of a gentle giant.

The animal is famously shy and a Bigfoot search is difficult for that reason.
Hollywood however, has not been slow in making movies and TV shows based on the mythical animal. The movie and subsequent TV series, Harry and the Hendersons, told the story of a family who accidentally ran down a Bigfoot and took him home. Harry turns out to be really nice and he is accepted as a member of the family.