Let's take it back to the old school

One of the neat things about participating in a wedding expo is I run into friends I haven't seen in ages. At this most recent show, I ran into several friends & former classmates from college days at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. It was fun catching up with many of them, seeing what they have done with their lives since graduation, and how they have changed. Some of them were still very much single but had come along in support of their friends. Others had found love and were ready to settle down with the right person. Some had found careers in their majors (I spoke to A LOT of music teachers who I took the same music classes with--I was a music major). Others had found a different calling. A few served our country in the military. What was amazing was the fond nostalgia we had about "the good old days"...even though we graduated just a few years ago. Yikes! It's amazing how much things change, they still stay the same...

To all who dropped by my booth to chat, say hello, and catch up: thank you. Hopefully we can continue the conversation we started at the expo!

And now, for today's Wedding Tip For The Day: If you're having over 200 guests at your celebration, you may want to consider having TWO OR MORE guestbooks available at the registration table for when your guests check in. Sometimes the guestbook becomes the bottleneck that causes your guests to wait in an unappealing long line, and in some cases may even delay the start of your presentation. We did one wedding where the bride invited 750 guests (at the Sheraton Waikiki), but only had one guestbook to register them. The line stretched around the foyer area, outside on the lanai, down the Grand Staircase, and into part of the lobby downstairs, and it nearly delayed the start of the program by 30 minutes. Fortunately, we had an extra guestbook in our "Wedding Emergency Kit", and we were able to get most of the guests checked in within 15 minutes.

Alternatively, you could leave scrapbook pages on each table, and during the program, have your emcee ask your guests to fill in some pages with their names, addresses, and words of advice or wisdom for you and your new spouse. Your emcee will also mention that these pages will be collected at the end of the night and binded into a scrapbook/guestbook. Think about how original and unique your guestbook will be! And if you are a scrapbooker, think about how much fun you are going to have putting this ultimate wedding scrapbook together!

Have a fabulous week!

Warmly,





Marino M. Regalado
Emcee & Interactive Entertainment Specialist
Ninja Entertainment