How to Throw an Engagement Party
An engagement party may be the happy couple's last chance to indulge in the joy of being engaged before the chaos of wedding planning begins.
Steps:
1. Create unique party invitations with a fun or silly picture of the couple on the front.
2. Go overboard on decorations. Things that might be tacky or over-the-top at a wedding might be perfect for the engagement party. Think heart-shaped Mylar balloons and plastic silver champagne glasses.
3. Find a good picture of the couple. Either frame it or have it blown up to poster size at Kinko's and hang it in a prominent place.
4. Serve food that is fun, romantic and easy to eat and serve. Ask your caterer for tasty finger foods and appetizers and several decadent deserts. Also make sure you have plenty of champagne as well as some fun "themed" drinks, like a Love Cocktail for instance.
5. Set up a microphone in a prominent location so that, as the evening progresses, people can make toasts to the happy couple.
6. Buy two large white sheets of poster board. Write "Wedding Advice From the Women" across the top of one and "Wedding Advice From the Men" on the other in heavy, dark marker. Attach a pen to each and encourage guests to leave notes about things they learned while planning their own weddings.
7. Give these two sheets to the couple when the party ends.
Tips:
Throw the party in the evening when people are much more inclined to dance and be romantic.
Warnings:
An engagement party is probably not a good candidate for a surprise party. You don't want to risk having the couple stumble into the party in the middle of a "where to have the wedding" fight, or a hot passionate kiss, whichever is more embarrassing.
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The Long Hill Green is a triangular parcel in the center of the village of Long Hill at the junction of the Newtown Turnpike, Broadway and Whitney Avenue. References are made to it being "beautified" by its "co-owners" after it was purchased in 1920 with evergreens and red barberry bushes planted in each corner, and other "plants, trees and flowers" donated yearly.
However, today it is an open expanse with three mature evergreens and a large shade tree.Additional young trees have recently been planted, primarily toward the southern tip. The focal point is a new gazebo near the northern end. Near it is a picnic table. At the southern end is a flagpole, several benches and a boulder commemorating those who purchased the property to set aside as a green. Parking has recently been added across the street north of the green where an area has recently been graded, seeded and planted with young trees. Additional parking has also been added on the green itself on the eastern side across from a commercial establishment.
The green is well maintained but has a feeling of newness about it despite the fact that it has been a green in its present configuration for over 80 years.
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