It's also a good idea for the music DJ at the reception to know the name of the bride! Went to a wedding a few years ago where not only did the DJ repeatedly interrupt songs (I think we counted 9 interruptions within one song) but he also shouted across to the groom on the other side of the room "eh - what's your mrs called?" having earlier said something along the lines of ... "welcome to the reception for Paul and errr errr ummm... his lovely bride!"
Oh and get someone other than the official wedding photographer to take photos...lots of photos...of just about everything and anything! Flower arrangements, the rooms, table decorations, food....! Disposable cameras on the tables for the guests to use is always a good idea. It's amazing the things you can forget years later and the memories that can come back from a single photo. Relaxed wedding breakfast / reception photos are just as important as the posed / staged ones (along with my dad, I'm the unofficial wedding photographer amongst my friends and relations...so have learned this from experience - because they know me, they're more relaxed with me (or other guests with cameras) than they are with the official photographers and this shows in the pictures, plus guests often unknowingly capture more of the mood of the event...and these pictures tend to be treasured for years to come...even the fuzzy ones the kids at the tables have taken!)
Good luck with the wedding and I wish your sister all the best!
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