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> wrote in message
ups.com...
> To follow up on wedding cakes and practicality, frugality and
> efficiency ---
> .
> One wedding at which I officiated, the reception was in the church
> dining room. Over 250 guests. No dinner, no bar; cake and punch,
> coffee, nuts and candies, etc. The main wedding cake was a very
> elegant three tier, from a bakery. This used for the ceremonial
> cutting (I forbade them to do the tacky "mash in your face" thing.)
> They saved the top tier to take home, and the rest was cut and served
> on plates..
> .
> But, already set up on the serving table, relays of sheet cakes had
> been previously baked and (simply) decorated by the ladies of the
> church. They were already cut in squares and on small plates, along
> with coffee and punch. Standing guests could pick up their cake plate
> and coffee or punch, Other already seated at tables were served from
> rolling carts. The two organizers were retired flight attendants, and
> very organized and efficient!
> .
> I never before or since saw any reception work so well.
>


I think what you did was very smart. So many people get in over their heads
with weddings, turning what might have been a wonderful day into a
nightmare. The weeks leading up to the wedding are stressful and the whole
thing is way too expensive unless the families are of considerable means.