The No Head Table Seating Chart

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No Head Table Wedding Seating Chart

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With only 2 attendants for each of us we felt it would be kind of silly to have a head table with only 6 people at it.

Instead we tried out what I believe is a truly original and flirty idea.

Rather then walk from table to table standing and chatting with our guests, we opted instead to create a seating chart where we seated 8 guests at each table and added 2 additional chairs at each table so that we could actually sit and dine with our guests at their tables.

We did the math and set the timer on John's iPhone and spent a quality 7 minutes at each table during the dinner hour. At the end of each 7 minutes we picked up our plates and moved to the next table.

We began at the back of the room at table 9 and went in reverse numerical order ending up at table 1 nearest the podium for the toasts that followed the dinner hour.

I have to say I think this may have been the favorite part of the wedding for many of our guests. At least that's what a lot of them said.

Idea submitted by: Stacie Tamaki
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Comments (9)

sharon • 2008-08-11 19:12:57
that is an awesome idea. im gonna try to see if we can do this as well the only issue i have is that the tables are only for 8 people total.

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Kim Petyt • 2008-08-22 13:05:56
My husband and I did the same thing for our wedding (although our lack of a head table was more of a "peace-keeping" effort...). We were married in France and, conveniently for us, French wedding dinners have about a million courses- so we were able to have an entire course with each table! It really kept us from feeling like we were spreading ourselves thin...Thanks for the handy floor-plan, btw. I will definitely keep this one in the files.

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Liz • 2008-10-22 23:05:42
That is SO clever! I'm going to bookmark this for future (May) reference.

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The Flirty Girl • 2009-01-25 13:11:23
Hi Emily,

I received your message. Please feel free to cross post this idea, and the illustration and photo, on your blog. A link back to this page is appreciated so thanks for offering. And thanks for sharing our flirty idea with your readers :D

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Fiona • 2009-07-16 09:30:15
What a lovely idea. Might be a bit tricky to get around if you have a big dress though! I think I would be a bit scared about dropping the food as well.

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Heather • 2009-09-11 11:41:46
This is probably the best idea that i've seen so far!
Thank you!

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Ellie • 2010-01-08 13:45:51
DOESN'T WORK SO WELL WHEN YOU HAVE 26 TABLES PLUS =(

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Stacie Tamaki (The Flirty Guide) • 2010-09-01 10:09:28
Thanks Heather! I hope you're able to use the idea for your wedding.

Hi Elllie, Yeah, 26 tables would be tough to cover in an hour. You could only spend 2 minutes at each table with 30 seconds to get from table to table :(

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Stacie Tamaki (The Flirty Guide) • 2010-09-01 10:16:43
Hi Fiona,

I actually had a huge ball gown styled wedding dress with the train bustled and it was no problem at all :) You can see photos of my gown in this photo album:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=9079&id=6039479937

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