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By Christina Friedrichsen
Author of Intimate Weddings: Planning a Small Wedding that Fits Your Budget
and Style,
www.intimate-weddings.com
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If you're having a small guest list, it might not be
appropriate to have a head table - especially if half your guests will be up
there!
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Darin and I (we had 50 guests at our wedding) didn't
like the idea of a head table. I didn't want to feel like I was on stage
all night and during dinner I wanted to feel like I was part of the group.
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Rather than be set apart from our guests, we sat at a
round table that was placed among the other tables in the tent. Since we had
a small wedding party, our table included both sets of parents, my maid of
honor and Darin's best man.
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Here are other great alternatives to the head table:
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The Sweetheart Table: This seems to be the most popular alternative to
the head table. It only includes you and your significant other and can be
situated wherever you want.
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John and Kerry, for instance, chose to sit at a sweetheart table in the
middle of the room: "The other tables formed a circle around us. It
was a great feeling to be surrounded by our families and friends. I
recommend it all the time to friends planning weddings."
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The Community Table: If you're having a very small guest list, why not
have everyone sit at the same table. You can't beat that for intimacy! This
format worked out beautifully for Shannon and Robert, who had eight guests.
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"The entire evening we felt as though we had just our friends over for
dinner. It was truly amazing," says Shannon.
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If you have a larger guest list you can do what Mellinda and Rondell
did. They had 57 guests at their medieval themed wedding, and had guests
sit at a "U" shaped table - with the head table at the bottom of the "U".
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The "I'll Sit With Whomever I Want" Table: Maybe you'll have a small
wedding party (or won't have one at all). Why not include your closest
family members at your table? As I mentioned earlier, Darin and I choose to
sit with our parents. We wouldn't have had it any other way!
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