Advice Wanted: Cocktail Hour Activities?

I don't think you need any activities aside from apps, drinks and music. Personally I would announce at the cocktail party so I could have fun too. What would you be doing otherwise? Awkwardly hiding? lol

You can just join the cocktail hour. If you still want a grand entrance, maybe you and FH can leave 15 mins before the guests start seating and then do the entrance.

It doesn't hurt to do more pictures either.

As for activities, booze and food is good enough. Keep it classy and let the guest mingle and chat.

I recommend waiting on being formally introduced at the reception, once everyone is seated for dinner. The 60 minutes between the ceremony and reception will fly by for your guests. No need for planned activities other than eating and drinking. Use this time to catch your breath, sign the marriage paperwork, and bustle your gown. See if your venue can bring you your own platter of a variety of apps and bottle of wine while you're getting your dress bustled.

This would be a perfect time for your photographers to get pics of the guests before they are all seated.

Black tie event? You need nothing at your evening cocktail hour beyond white gloved passed apps and free flowing cocktails. No, you don't need to be introduced during the cocktail hour; wait until the reception starts. That's when you're going to be formally introduced to all of your guests (who have found their assigned tables).

Is this REALLY a black tie event?

If you are having a black-tie event I would think you'd know that no "activities" are needed and would in fact be wildly inappropriate and out of place, pretty much no matter what activity you were planning.

We just joined the cocktail hour and got announced into the reception. I wasn't going to miss it.

As for activities - none. Mingling and drinking is good.

What @Erin said.

We don't have any activities planned, but we do have live music during the cocktail hour. Who needs anything more than free alcohol and preferably something sweet to munch on!

I suppose I should add that by "activities" I was thinking along the lines of signing the guestbook, or writing a favorite memory of the bride and groom, not playing cornhole in the foyer. I appreciate the constructive comments, this is why we ask for advice, after all.

I would have the guest book at the cocktail hour - its good to get people signing that early. We also had our photobooth open at cocktail hour.