E Komo Mai To The Wedding Rehearsal Dinner Luau

Preparing The Luau Invitations

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(I had sent a few bags to the future Bride and Groom, and the Parents of the Bride, along with a few bags for us.

Just to get us into the Hawaiiana mood.)

Here I am putting together The Rehearsal Dinner Luau Invitations

As the parents of the Groom, it is our responsibility to host the Rehearsal Dinner.

But this year, there is no rehearsal dinner, however there is a Rehearsal Dinner Luau.

Now how much better could it be than that?

(In the photo above you can see the work that Gordon and I put into in doing the write-ups for the Luau for the guests. We had the best time putting them together. Brushing up on our old Hawaiian vocabulary. It was a lot of fun. Once Gordon and I had the write up down, he printed them off, along with about 45 Luau Tickets, and Maps of the Hotel and it’s grounds, and then sent them to me to include in the invitations I had printed out.)

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We decided to have the Luau at the hotel we would be staying in, The Hale Koa Hotel. We didn’t just want to have the Luau at our hotel because of convenience, it just happens to be one of the best Luau’s on the island of Oahu. At the time of this planning, I had Cataracts, and could barely see 8 inches from the computer screen. Gordon was also working overseas so in his spare time he is the one that had to be the liaison between me, and Carol, the mother of the bride, and The Hale Koa Hotel Luau Staff. While I was getting both surgeries on my eyes last October, Gordon and Carol were planning the date, time, tables, seating, guests invited, etc. Once they did all that, and I had recovered from my surgery, I ordered the invitations printed.

I Think I Did A Good Job On Them

We were very pleased with booking the Hale Koa Luau. We knew they were the best, as we had been to a few Luau’s at the Hale Koa when we lived on Oahu from 1986 – 1999. We had also went to a few others throughout the island while we lived there. The Hale Koa is one of the best, if not THE best.

So, we began keeping in touch with the Hale Koa for the planning and preparations.

I had the invitations made in the same style as the brides ‘Save The Date, and Wedding Invitations’.

It was then up to the family of the bride to get in touch with us as to how many would be attending, and if that number changed, so that we could then reserve the tables necessary. Carol and Bill also wrote up the table sittings of the guests. We had approximately 45.

I knew that I wanted the Bride’s Table to be the best, and the Groom’s Table, ours, to be the second best, and then to have the rest of the guests to flank us. If you would like to read more about our Luau…..

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