More on Windsor/Essex, Ontario |Region Wedding Receptions

If more of us valued food, it would be a merrier world.” J. R. R. Tolkien

The wedding reception is the first time you will formally receive your family and friends as a married couple. It is a time honoured tradition in every culture and religion.

Properly planned, the reception becomes one of the most joyous parties you and your groom will ever host. It is an opportunity for both families to come together and toast the bride and groom’s future life together. Your reception is as unique as you and your husband-to-be. You will want to create a celebration that everyone will always remember.

In Windsor/Essex County, weddings can be as simple as cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, to a glorious, multi-course dinner and dance.
How many guests are attending? Can the room accommodate that number? Is there ample parking available? Will there be other parties hosted simultaneously? Will there be enough privacy for you and your guests?

Read more about wedding receptions in the current issue of The Wedding Guide,www.theweddingguide.ca

 

April 19th, 2010

Wedding Entertainment- Make it Sizzle

One of the most important ingredients for a great wedding reception is the music. Many brides choose to have live entertainment. This provides the ambiance for the pre-dinner and dinner hour with softer music. Once the evening starts to heat up and the tables have been cleared for dessert- everyone can get up and dance the night away.

The performance of a live band has a warmth and individuality that just can’t be copied by playing recorded music. It’s best to hire a band that typically plays weddings, since they also have the repertoire of traditional dance tunes, big hits and songs geared toward getting the crowd in a dancing mode. A good wedding band is versatile, and can handle your requests, as well as playing beautiful ballads that are perfectly romantic songs for both you and your guests.

The option for a DJ is also a popular choice. Music sets the tone for your party and creates a party atmosphere that can either make or break the evening. It is important to spend some time seriously discussing how you want to see the evening evolve; what kind of music you want offered and whether you are adding any songs that are of great importance to you as a couple. You may also want to inject a bit of your ethnic background into the reception with music that has a tradition with either of your families.

Your first dance together is still one tried and true tradition that has staying power. It’s your official introduction as a married couple, with the two of you in the spotlight or that one very special moment.    You will want to have a dance with your father as your groom dances with your mother. The  wedding party then joins in and eventually all your guests will get on the floor with you.

Remember to ask your photographer to get any pictures that you may want of your friends and family having a great time! These are the memory-making moments that you can look back on years from now with fondness.

Music is the most universal experience of joy. It is an important part of any wedding reception – at the ceremony, the reception and the dance. Greeting your guests with music will immediately make them feel comfortable and welcome.

Music changes a nice wedding into a lovely ceremony and beautiful reception. It makes the time go quickly and fills the silence between conversation and dinner courses like nothing else. Music forms a common bond between strangers and encourages them to communicate with each other.

Your music will set your mood, creating intimacy and elegance throughout the course of your wedding day from the ceremony to a lively atmosphere at your reception.

 

 

April 16th, 2010

Savvy Brides Choose The Wedding Guide | Region 1st

The Wedding Guide Windsor|Region has been serving local, area brides since 1992. Brides chose us first for the quality and informative content contained in our upscale, printed bridal planner and interactive website. We work with the industry’s finest to provide the bride a stress-free planning experience; one that keeps her organized, while enjoying the best and happiest time in her life.

We’ve captured what every bride wants in a gorgeous publication with informative, planning advice and inspiring ideas. We’re modern, trend watchers; fun and friendly and we appeal to future generations of classy Windsor|Essex brides-to-be.
Our website contains planning tools that make the wedding happen.

For me, I’ve spent the last 17 years growing the Wedding Guide to be the best, local resource in the area. With $1,000′s of dollars of online Special Offers from the best wedding pros in the area, Ask the Editor, a complimentary online bridal advice service, (think of us as your very own bridal consultant) in a one-on-one forum, the most comprehensive bridal phone guide in the area; quality wedding vendors and perfect wedding planning at the brides’ fingertips.

And, as always it is with each future bride in mind, we include tips and priceless expert advice to insure each bride’s happiness and peace of mind. Whatever the question, whatever the need, we’ve compiled Windsor and Essex County’s best wedding experts to help our brides answer tedious questions- etiquette, style, fashion, food, entertainment, floral design, and more- and point them in the right direction.

Brides use the Wedding Guide to plan their perfect day. Our purse-sized guide is portable and is filled with all the advice, timetables, and checklists they’ll need to create a joyous event.

We’re taking advantage of every social networking site and technology to get more quality information to our brides and cheer on our clients’ top-notch services.

With contests like Bridal Idol, now entering its 3rd year, we have given away $50,000 to lucky brides. An opportunity during a busy engagement to have fun, party with friends and take home needed item for their wedding day.

We are face booking, tweeting, blogging and creating social media applications that are revolutionary for this 21st century. Brides are loving them as they are social friendly, so they can be posted and shared without the fear of someone stealing your information or using your pictures for commercial purposes. It has never been easier to share from your ” I will” to I do” online with your friends, family and wedding party.

Brides can pick up their copy of The Wedding Guide at selected bridal salons on our website. www.theweddingguide.ca

Our informative blogs are showcased and archived at www.bridaltalk.theweddingguide.ca

Please feel free to contact me for any wedding planning queries you may have.

Until later,
Sheryl Davies
Publisher
519-252-8463

April 14th, 2010