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Hints and Tips
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- Make lists. Lists of things to do, things to buy, people to call, things to bring to the synagogue, things to bring to the party, people to honor, etc.
- One of the best lists you can make is of people to photograph. Prepare a list of all the shots you want and of the tables you want photographed. Give it to the photographer before the event. Bring 2 extra copies to the event. Assign someone to check off the completed photographs and someone to round up the participants of the next shot.
- At the meal, make sure the caterer is prepared for any vegetarians or special diets that you may know of.
- Many guests are sensitive to sugar and caffeine. Make sure that the caterer can provide diet cola as well as a caffeine-free, low calorie drink such as diet Sprite or diet 7-UP.
- Arrange your seating plan so that your older guests are as far from the music and loudspeakers as possible.
- If your affair is less formal, consider doing without assigned seating. Since a significant number of no-shows is universal, you can tell the caterer to prepare for 90% to 95% of the people who responded that they were coming.
- You can arrange with either the florist or the caterer to reuse the flowers by moving them from wherever you have a ceremony to where the party is or even onto the tables.
If you have any worthwhile tips or suggestions, please share them with others by submitting them to
jrichman@my-bar-mitzvah.com
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