Q.
I need to send an announcement to family
and friends that I'm getting married in Jamaica just prior to us leaving
so that people will receive them while we are away. How do I word an
announcement & include the location, type of ceremony and ask for prays
and well wishes. Also, we would like to invite them to a reception upon our
return where a video of our wedding will be played.
A.
For a traditional announcement of a destination
wedding or elopement, you would use formal wording:
(your middle name, your maiden name)
and
Mr. (groom's full first, middle and last name)
announce their marriage
Saturday the second of November
Two thousand and two
[Hotel or other location, optional]
[city ], Jamaica
And you would send the invitations (or have someone else send them) the
day of the wedding.
With the information that you plan to include, as well as the unusual timing and
purpose, it sounds as if you will be doing a fairly informal
announcement, so you can pretty much word it any way you like.
There's not much I can suggest beyond just putting down the information
you mentioned:
*****
[your names]
announce our wedding
[day, date]
in a sunset ceremony, [approx. time -- perhaps including time zone?]
[location]
[city], Jamaica
We hope that you will hold us in your thoughts and prayers at this time,
as we will hold you in our hearts.
*****
Or something like that. And if you want to include the reception
invitation on the announcement (which I'm not sure I would do), you
would need to include all that information, as well.
*****
We look forward to sharing our experiences with you
[day, date]
[time]
at [location, address, city, state]
for a post-wedding celebration.
[other information, such as RSVP, etc.]
*****
It should be pretty straight-forward to compose.
Sara Ambarian, ForeverWed.com Wedding Consultant
