Hello! Our venue hosts weddings Fridays Saturdays and Sundays, and our wedding is on the Saturday. They require rehearsals to be in the morning before the Friday wedding starts setting up.
We're inviting the wedding party and their partners to a rehearsal lunch as an insert in their invitations only. I'd say brunch but the venue we're going to doesn't serve breakfast food it's a casual seafood and burgers place so friends can enjoy local cuisine (we're in Maryland). Then out-of-town guests are invited to a welcome party that night.
How do I phrase the luncheon insert?
A. the invitation phrasing itself is very traditional and formal)
B. The grooms' parents are divorced and are being a little weird about who pays for what. It sounds like the mother of groom wants the father of the groom to help with the brunch even though it was her idea to do it and he's mostly covering the rehearsal lunch and part of the welcome party that night (splitting it with us the couple). I wish she wasn't being so nervous but they had a terrible divorce and he makes her very nervous. And he's impossible to communicate with directly without it becoming a thing. Groom is super stressed and I can't just step in and just ask them to figure it out or cut us a check so we plan it for them.
I was trying to find a better way of saying "the grooms' family invite you a rehearsal lunch immediately following the ceremony rehearsal". I've found ways to be clever and kind ("Let's send out bride and groom off in style! The groom's family invite you to pastries and coffee on Sunday morning"). So with all the inserts things are getting repetitive.
I'm trying to be fair and formal at the same time even though this specific part is more casual (but I don't want the wedding party showing up in ratty jeans to the rehearsal itself...).
I'm overthinking this. Please help!!
TL,DR; unique way of inviting wedding party to rehearsal lunch so I'm not being repetitive on the invitation and 3 inserts?
