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Congratulations!! Glad that everything went well for you! Your photos are great, love the colors!! If you have any pictures of the resort itself, I'd love to see them! We want to go back to a Riu in the near future!!

Yowza!!! Amazing photos! Love the book and the photos are GORGEOUS!

I want to see tooooooo!

OK, here is what I have tentatively set out as an agenda for our AHR. Your feedback and thoughts are welcome! 7:00 PM - Guests begin arriving. Bar will be open at $3/drink! (WOO HOO!). Still contemplating also offering a glass of champagne to every guest as they arrive but I have to figure out costs. I will have a display table set up at the entrance with a guest book to sign and some photo albums with wedding photos that people can flip through. 7:00 to 8:00 PM - People arrive and mingle and drink! Slide show of wedding photos will be on rotation on a projection screen. Salsa and chips will be on tables for immediate snacking. 8:00 PM - Cold buffet is set out by the caterers, as well as chocolate fountain. Hubby and I will make a brief speech thanking everyone for coming, inviting them to enjoy the buffet, letting them know that at 8:30 we will show our wedding DVD and at 9 PM the dancing will begin. 8:30 PM - we announce the viewing of our wedding DVD - it plays, it's about 20 mins long. People can eat while watching. 9:00 PM - Music starts! Hubby doesnt want to do a first dance again (too shy) and we will be missing most of the guys from the original bridal party... SO I think we will invite all couples to dance the first dance along with us and then just get into dancing and fun... How does that sound? I am still a little nervous. I just want it to be NON boring and really fun!

Quote: Originally Posted by antonia321 I think it would be nice to schedule in a couple of toasts maybe before the slide show/video? It will bring the crowd together. And they can share some funny or touching stories from your wedding day. Thanks for the great suggestion Antonia!

Ha ha, Calia, "Reallly long named Hawaiian dude"!! TOO CUTE!! I know who you're talking about, that's a beautiful song. I had the Steel Drum band and chose the Wedding March! It was awesome!

Quote: Originally Posted by ochoriobride Did you upgraded you decorations at the beach gazebo? Yes, I did, the aisle runner, aisle markers, and decorations on the gazebo were all upgrades. Sorry, I didnt get a breakdown of the cost, but there are cost estimates of all decorations in this thread: http://bestdestinationwedding.com/forum/t5770

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I think there are some threads on this topic in the "General Wedding Info" area as well! We are in the midst of planning our AHR right now! We sent out invitations that have a picture of seashells on the beach on the front and inside it says: A perfect shell is a gift from the sea as beautiful and unique as our love is meant to be Janelle and Shannon MacRae were married on February 12, 2008 in Ocho Rios, Jamaica Please join us for a celebration of their marriage Saturday, April 19, 2008 (Location bla bla)

Quote: Originally Posted by JamaicaBride062108 We are having an upscale cocktail party as our AHR. I would definitely have food available as soon as your guests arrive. As an event planner trust me when I say that even though this is casual to you, your guests will most likely treat this as an event, especially if they didn't travel! Think about it...they have set aside the night, possibly dressed up a little, hired a babysitter, and brought you a present. You should have a few "structured" events to help the evening flow. I would suggest cutting the cake around 8 and then having a formal introduction and a first dance to open the dance floor. Our video is going to be shown on a loop so people can watch whenever they want. I would also look into hiring a catering company to provide servers that will clean as the evening goes on. You don't want to get stuck doing these tasks after such a long night of entertaining! If you hire a bartender you won't have to worry with underage drinking and can pass along the liquor liability. If you have any other questions, feel free to PM me! Great advice, thanks! I believe the hall's catering company will clean up dishes, and they provide a bartender as well! This is helping me come up with a plan, so thanks very much everyone!

Quote: Originally Posted by hollisandsteph Jmhein, Did you clean the whole dress or just the bottom where it was dirty? Then did you just hagn it up to dry? I am really not stressing about it and I am definatly not having it dry cleaned. I have already spent enough money too...:-) I did clean my whole dress because it had gotten some makeup on it at the top and such as well. The drycleaners said they were going to wet-wash it as the material would be fine so I figured it would be fine to do at home too!

I was married at the beach gazebo and both my groom and the minister were mic'd. The guests could hear everything crystal clear!

Here is a pic I found of the pond gazebo set up for a wedding:

Quote: Originally Posted by hollisandsteph I do have a question about wearing the dress again though. My mom and friends want me to make an appearance in it. I have seen some really awsome picture with brides at the edge of the water. If I get my dress aittle wet will it come clean ok? The bottom of my dress did get sandy and wet when we were taking our photos. I took it to the drycleaners and they wanted $121 to clean it for me! My dress only cost $400 so I wasnt too keen on spending all that money. I ended up taking it home and washing it in my bathtub with some Oxi-Clean, and it is absolutely as good as new!! So I think however you clean your dress, you dont need to worry about it, it will come clean really nicely!

Thanks ladies, great suggestions! I think you're right, I'll set out the food fairly early, either as people arrive or at about 8 PM. Twelve_piece - you're right, it might be fun to do a first dance and bouquet toss again, I'll have to think about this! Hmm... I only have 4 weeks!!! EEK! Oh well, not nearly as stressed about this as I was with planning the actual DW!

Yup! That's where it goes! It's basically the only quiet area of the beach, so it's a very nice area!

Hi everyone! So we were married on February 12th in Jamaica, and we are throwing a reception on April 19th in our little city for all our friends who couldnt make it to our wedding. We want it to be fairly informal, more like a big PARTY then a "reception" per se... We've rented a hall, we've rented music equipment and a technician to play music for us all night long, and we will be having a "cold buffet", meaning crackers, cheese, meats, dessert squares. I am also having a chocolate fountain because... I LOVE CHOCOLATE! LOL! I plan on wearing my dress again (why NOT!? ), dh will wear his wedding ensemble and my bm's all volunteered to wear their dresses again. We're going to decorate with a beach/tropical theme. Plans are to have a photo slideshow of our wedding showing as people arrive, and at some point we will show the DVD of our wedding. We've invited 120 people and I am expecting about 70 people to show up. Anyway, just looking for pointers/advice on a timeline for how this all should go down. We are asking people to arrive at 7 PM, and I think we will greet them as they arrive, perhaps handing them champagne or a Red Stripe as they come in (budget allowing!). Photos can be playing on a slide show on a screen as people arrive. BUT - Then what? How do I make things flow well? Should we serve the food (cold buffet) shortly after everyone arrives and as people eat we will show the DVD? Do I wait and serve the food at midnight as more of a midnight lunch? At around 9 PM the music will start and we will just dance and have a great time for the rest of the night, but I am wondering when will be best to serve the food and how to time things well up until the music starts? Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks!

Yes, some of our logos did too, it was the sunscreen on people's hands that made the logos come off. Tell your guests to be careful not to get sunscreen on the mugs!

I believe the arch is set up just to the side of the beach gazebo. But they put it a little farther ahead so the beach gazebo isnt noticeable in the pictures or anything. ALL locations are beautiful!

Sorry I dont seem to have ANY of the Sports Bar! But we were there until 2 AM the night of the wedding, LOL! Eating sandwiches!!

This is the lobby bar: And this is Dunn's River Bar (Under the roof thing)

Quote: Originally Posted by md_ocr JM, do i have to join facebook to see your pics. I'm such a dork.....and probably the only person that doesn't have a facebook account, :-) ETA: Okay i just created my account and requested you as a friend (missystu). Will that allow me to see your pics now? OOPS! If I had posted the link right you should be able to view them all without even signing up! Here is the proper link: Janelle Hein's Photos - Wedding Pics from Uncle Alfred Part 2 | Facebook

Quote: Originally Posted by md_ocr JM, how many people does it hold. I may have over 100 people for my wedding. Will everyone fit? Not too sure of its capacity, but I think 100 would fit no problem, and definitely make it more of a party! We had 42 people and still lots of space! Here are a bunch of pics of our party at the disco: Janelle Hein's Photos | Facebook