Backyard Wedding

[savignon]

My fiancee and I are hoping to have an inexpensive backyard wedding next summer...any alternatives to DJ/dancing? What could guests "do" if they're not dancing?? There will be plenty for kids to do in the yard (trampoline/pool/big yard) so I guess adults will be mingling unless we get some fun ideas....

Thanks for your suggestions and Happy New Year!!

[Cognitive_Canine]

will there be drinking?

 

Karaoke is fun but people will only do it when drinking most of the time.

[hers]

My sister had a friend "DJ" their wedding, which was at a reception hall. But if you do want some music, hook up an ipod or computer to some good speakers so there's something in the background.

[alli]

You could make it a pool party! Make sure you specify that on the invitations so people will bring swimsuits. You could also set up some outdoor games. Frisbee, backgammon (I think thats a game?), etc. Again, just make sure people know ahead of time because most people wouldn't want to get their dressy clothes sweaty.

[Cognitive_Canine]

You do have to have music in the background though. Without music or television in the background, most parties die.

[abitbroken]

Brun some CDs with favorite songs or apropriate music and have it piped out the window. Also, what about hiring a harist during the ceremony?? Or do you have any friends who play instruments well or play in bands? Does Aunt Matilda win piano competitions all the time and could wheel a keyboard into the yard?

 

I was at a wedding where they played mood music out the kitchen window but there were breaks when a very talented cousin played a cello solo, and the neighbor's grown son and 2 friends who were in a band played for about an hour.