Most wedding receptions add a buffet-style meal where everyone stands in a huge line waiting while those at the food table determine if they want Italian or Ranch dressing on their salad.
There has to be a strange way to get individuals to their food, and a faster one at that, right? There are lots of fun options you can utilize to feed your invited guests quickly and with a nominal amount of groans of hunger.
Here are a few fun options.
One of the most popular is the number system. Each table is assigned a number and the MC or DJ calls numbers at numerous intervals. The people at that numbered table then find the buffet and begin their feast. You can position the numbers in a mixture of locations. For the most utilitarian version, just position the number in the flower arrangement on the table.
Some brides don't like this look of numbered table as if at a convention. In that case, you can put the numbers under the flower arrangements, or under the chairs. If you have place cards at the tables, you can write a few somewhere on the card so people know which table they're sitting at. For a fun variation, you might have the florist fiddle with the table floral arrangements. If the arrangements are going to have a dozen flowers, you may have the florist add one extra flower to table "one", two extra flowers for table "two" and so on and make the guests work out which number table they are founded on how many extra flowers they have in their arrangement.
The flower method maybe too costly, obviously, if you've a huge guest list and lots of tables.
Now, if the number system doesn't thrill you or make you think "unique", there are other options. Each table might have a color and the DJ simply calls out the color name. Depending, again, on how many tables you have at your reception, you could coordinate the tablecloths with the color of the table. So you could have white, pink, lavender, beige, and yellow tablecloths, and the guests sitting at that table simply move to the buffet table when the color of their tablecloth is called.
One other popular option for moving people easily to the buffet table involves having a little fun with your guests. You provide each table with a buzzer, either a bell like you may find at a depot, or a small silver bell. Just something they can buzz or ring. The DJ or MC asks a trivia question, or a query about the bride and groom. The tables buzz in alongside their answers. The guests at the table with the first correct buzzed answer move to the buffet table. You repeat the process until everyone is finally on their way to getting some grub.
The trivia technique is an particularly fun way to help guests to get to know one another, as they could have to work to develop a response. If your guests are hungry, you are certain to hear muffled groans and sighs of exasperation. But even with the small complaints, this is always a large group pleaser because it's fun and gets everybody active.
Now, this next alternative is amusing but can engender a bit of jealousy now and again. When people get their place card, whether it's placed on the table, or they collect it when they look at the seating chart, you can put a number on it. But not everyone at the same table will have a similar number. If you've 100 guests, for instance, you could choose to have 10 people at the buffet table at a time. So each person would be assigned a first through 10.
In the same scenario as above, the DJ or MC will call a number and those numbers will head for the buffet table. There are certain to be more than one person from each table heading for the buffet table, but the guests at each table will not get their food at the same time.
This staggered feeding can be enjoyable or a nuisance, depending. It solves the issue of half the room being finished with their meal while waiting for the "later" table to complete theirs before the festivities start, but it can likewise signify a few guests can be long done with their food (or needing to head back for seconds) when others at the table haven't even eaten yet.
There has to be a strange way to get individuals to their food, and a faster one at that, right? There are lots of fun options you can utilize to feed your invited guests quickly and with a nominal amount of groans of hunger.
Here are a few fun options.
One of the most popular is the number system. Each table is assigned a number and the MC or DJ calls numbers at numerous intervals. The people at that numbered table then find the buffet and begin their feast. You can position the numbers in a mixture of locations. For the most utilitarian version, just position the number in the flower arrangement on the table.
Some brides don't like this look of numbered table as if at a convention. In that case, you can put the numbers under the flower arrangements, or under the chairs. If you have place cards at the tables, you can write a few somewhere on the card so people know which table they're sitting at. For a fun variation, you might have the florist fiddle with the table floral arrangements. If the arrangements are going to have a dozen flowers, you may have the florist add one extra flower to table "one", two extra flowers for table "two" and so on and make the guests work out which number table they are founded on how many extra flowers they have in their arrangement.
The flower method maybe too costly, obviously, if you've a huge guest list and lots of tables.
Now, if the number system doesn't thrill you or make you think "unique", there are other options. Each table might have a color and the DJ simply calls out the color name. Depending, again, on how many tables you have at your reception, you could coordinate the tablecloths with the color of the table. So you could have white, pink, lavender, beige, and yellow tablecloths, and the guests sitting at that table simply move to the buffet table when the color of their tablecloth is called.
One other popular option for moving people easily to the buffet table involves having a little fun with your guests. You provide each table with a buzzer, either a bell like you may find at a depot, or a small silver bell. Just something they can buzz or ring. The DJ or MC asks a trivia question, or a query about the bride and groom. The tables buzz in alongside their answers. The guests at the table with the first correct buzzed answer move to the buffet table. You repeat the process until everyone is finally on their way to getting some grub.
The trivia technique is an particularly fun way to help guests to get to know one another, as they could have to work to develop a response. If your guests are hungry, you are certain to hear muffled groans and sighs of exasperation. But even with the small complaints, this is always a large group pleaser because it's fun and gets everybody active.
Now, this next alternative is amusing but can engender a bit of jealousy now and again. When people get their place card, whether it's placed on the table, or they collect it when they look at the seating chart, you can put a number on it. But not everyone at the same table will have a similar number. If you've 100 guests, for instance, you could choose to have 10 people at the buffet table at a time. So each person would be assigned a first through 10.
In the same scenario as above, the DJ or MC will call a number and those numbers will head for the buffet table. There are certain to be more than one person from each table heading for the buffet table, but the guests at each table will not get their food at the same time.
This staggered feeding can be enjoyable or a nuisance, depending. It solves the issue of half the room being finished with their meal while waiting for the "later" table to complete theirs before the festivities start, but it can likewise signify a few guests can be long done with their food (or needing to head back for seconds) when others at the table haven't even eaten yet.
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