What are some alternatives to a cocktail hour at a church wedding?
I'm helping my friend plan her wedding and we need an alternative to a cocktail hour while the bridal party takes formal pictures. The ceremony is going to be held in a chapel and the reception is going to be in the church event space on the same property. We can't have alcohol since we're going to be on church grounds. Also, the food at the reception is going to be light appetizers (chicken salad, pimento cheese, and cucumber sandwiches, etc), so it would be overkill if we served anything similar to that during the interim. The wedding is going to be April 17th of next year so I had thought about doing something outside like games (horseshoes, croquet, etc) but if it's raining we'll be S.O.L... the other idea was to have a slide show with pictures of the couple through the years... but will that be enough to entertain 120ish guests for 45 minutes to an hour?
Btw... the ceremony will be at 3pm and so the pictures will be taken between 3:30pm and 4:15- 4:30pm.
I would do rootbeer floats. XD
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