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Clilheroe Advertiser and Times, September 25th, 1980 SALE


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ABOUT four weeks before the reception, ar­ range the seating plan, write out place cards, and write down the number of boxes needed for wedding cake to be sent away. Give the final number


Champagne touch to your reception


of guests to the caterer as soon as possible. Check the cost of the reception, and ask about service charges. These rales may apply


if self-catering is in a hired hall, or if the recep­ tion, which may be a formal meal of a buffet, is in a hotel or a hired room. Bride and bridegroom


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should arrive first, closely followed by parents. The young couple may greet guests at the door, then guests greet the brideg­ room’s parents then con­ gratulate the bride and bridegroom. If there is a receiving


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line, it should be as fol­ lows: bride’s parents, bridegroom’s parents, bride and bridegroom, at­ tendants. The best man should


have his finger on the pulse of everything going on before and after the reception. The ushers or­ ganise the transport of guests to the place of re­ ception. Speeches are part of


the reception, and so are toasts. Allow about half a bottle of champagne per head, or more according to drinking habbits of most of the guests. If champagne is not


used apart from toasts, serve a suitable white red


or rose wine during the meal, and champagne just


for the toasts. Provide soft drinks for


children, and for people who do not like alcoholic


drinks. The cake-cutting cere­


mony should precede the speeches, and this is an ancient tradition where the use of rich cake is a symbol of fruitfulness and


fertility. The bride and brideg­


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room cut the cake to­ gether, with the brideg­ room placing both his hands over the bride’s hands as they make the first incision in the cake. During the toasts which


brief and to the point. A good joke is all right but long speeches about the youth of bride or brideg­ room can be embarras­ sing, and should be avoided. The bride's father, or a


gifts to the best man and to the attendants, but this


presentation may be done privately later on.


close friend or relative, proposes a toast to the good health of the bride and bridegroom, to which the bridegroom replies. In doing so, he should


behalf of the bridesmaids, and usually concludes by reading messages of con­ gratulations, though this is not essential if there is a lot of mail, and it can be read privately.


The best man replies on I t is the reception


thank the bride’s parents, both for the wedding and for the giving of their daughter's hand, though the latter may be omitted. The bridegroom should


follow, the cake is taken away to be cut up ready for serving. If there is a toastmas­


ter. it is he who requests silence for the cake cut­ ting, and introduces the speech-makers. All speeches should be


which costs most, and is the most difficult part of the day to organise prop­ erly. It can cost as little as £100, or cost £1,000, or three times that sum.


thank the guests for their presents (though most “thank you" letters should have been sent to the givers before the wed­ ding, and he should prop­ ose a toast to the brides­ maids and to the brideg­ room's parents. At th is tim e , the bridegroom may present


careful planning and liais­ ing if things are to turn out right.


Small or large, it takes


have a disco or less formal party in the evening for young guests, and this, too, can cost a lot of money.


It is common practice to


Choosing the wedding gifts


A WEDDING list of gifts handed to relatives and friends long before the ceremony took place was once considered presump­ tions. But not now. The old


friends and guests may have money to burn, but others may have only a little to spend. So list items in every possible


Do remember that some


pattern led to duplication, and disappointment on the part of givers and re­ ceivers. It is not too soon to


price range. Large a r ticle s like


compile the present list shortly after an engage­ ment is announced, if the couple intend to marry within the following year. It is a good idea to


break the list up into “rooms in the house," and their colour schemes, then list the items needed for each particular room. If that idea does not


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washing machines, re­ ft- i g e r a t o r s , tumble dryers, freezers, cookers, and so on, are often bought as wedding pre­ sents by close family members, for these are household goods which may cost hundreds of ixjunds. Try to find out before


bute, and “pocket money" ideas on the list help them to feel that they, too, have done their bit. It is a nice idea for the


giver to think of present­ ing a box full of small things which could easily be overlooked. This should really follow a theme. One suggestion is to


making your list whether any of these major items are likely to be offered. . Do not forget small


appeal, then list items under headings like bed linen, bathroom equip­ ment, kitchen equipment, kitchen gadgets, general items, and so on.


collect bathroom neces­ sities by making up a pretty box containing face towels, soaps, shampoo, conditioner, bath foam, toothbrushes, toothpaste, shaving gear, talcum, after-shave, and all the


things like potato peelers, baking tins, salad servers, trays, a corkscrew, a tin opener, brashes, and simi­ lar items. It is surprising how often children feel


other small but necessary things which we need in a bathroom. It is possible to make a


list suggesting the make of goods desired, the design and the colour, if the couple have a theme in mind they would like to follow.


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