{"id":1536,"date":"2016-07-27T18:27:21","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T22:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birkatelyon.com\/blog\/?p=1536"},"modified":"2016-07-27T18:28:21","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T22:28:21","slug":"eight-ways-to-keep-your-wedding-guests-entertained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birkatelyon.com\/blog\/eight-ways-to-keep-your-wedding-guests-entertained\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight Ways to Keep Your Wedding Guests Entertained"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For you, your wedding will fly right on by. It\u2019s your big day, and everyone will be there to see you. You\u2019ll have a million little things to attend to: photos to be taken, dances to dance, conversations to have and \u2013 oh yeah, by the way \u2013 somewhere in there you\u2019ll have to actually get married. The four or five hours or so will go by in a snap if you\u2019re the one walking down the aisle.<\/p>\n

For just about everyone else, though, the wedding will be a very different experience. Most of your guests won\u2019t be part of the wedding party, and that means they need things to entertain them. They can entertain each other, to a certain extent, so you\u2019ll want to spend a lot of time deliberately arranging the seating chart to put guests who are close to one another together. But they\u2019re eventually going to get bored if you don\u2019t give them anything to do. Start by getting them talking, but don\u2019t stop there!<\/p>\n

Ice Breakers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Conversations have to start somewhere, especially when you inevitably get at least one or two tables with a couple people who don\u2019t know each other or don\u2019t know each other well. Don\u2019t make your guests break the ice all on their own \u2013 help them out! Write some fun, simple questions right on the table number cards. Here are a few suggestions:<\/p>\n