Helpful Information for your Banquet

Gaining Access to the Facility:

Decorating, Cake Delivery & DJ/Band Set up - Wedding receptions are allowed to bring in outside desert vendors for the wedding cake and DJs therefore we would like to provide two telephone numbers that should be in turn provided to delivery people like the DJ/Band or the cake people.  The numbers are 989-781-2120, which is the primary direct line into the facility. Both the DJ and cake people should call and verify what time they want to gain access to the facility. Depending on the availability of the facility you may be able to access the facility to decorate the day before your event.  To schedule such access it should be discussed at the three (3) week meeting with your Glow banquet coordinator.

Estimating your Banquet Attendance:

Also for RSVP we suggest that you call your people that have not responded so to make sure that they in fact are not coming.  This will mitigate your having quests show up that are not planned, meaning not enough seats or food has been prepared.  When estimating attendance you may want to figure for every invitation times it by two (2) and then figure that anywhere from sixty (60) to seventy (70) percent will show up.  Therefore if you sent out two hundred invites times 2 that would be 400 and 60% of that would get you to an estimate of 240 quests attending. This is just a way to get an idea and is not absolute that’s why its important to have RSVP and then call the people that didn't respond to play it safe.

Typical Event Summary:

The Golden Glows services are contemplated on a six (6) hour event and for a wedding starting at 6:00pm and ending at midnight. For wedding receptions the following is a typical event summary although we can also provide the facility to actually host the ceremony. (additional fee may be required)

5:15pm - Doors Open

6:00pm - Bar Opens

6:35pm- Please be seated: DJ makes announcement for head table and quests to be seated

6:40pm – Toasts & Prayer; DJ introduces Best Man for toast and then person if prayer

6:45pm – Dinner: DJ explains food service with instructions that Head table and reserved tables will be released to food lines first then a Glow attendant will come to your guest table to release your table to the food line.  Guest "Do Not" goes to the food lines until a Glow attendant releases your table.  It should only take 30 to 35 minutes to get everyone thru the lines and the bar "will" be open thru dinner.

7:30 – Cutting of the Cake- The DJ announce that bride and groom will be cutting cake (the Glow will provide plastic plates and forks and serving trays however the Glow does not cut the cake nor serve it.  Therefore you will need two (2) people cutting the cake and three (3) people serving.  That’s based on two hundred people for every hundred above two hundred add one server.

7:45pm  – Serving of Cake

8:00pm - Bridal Dances

9:00pm – Dollar Dance (if applicable), if provided the Glow will provide the alcohol (usually Peach Schnapps) and shot cups.  The Glow will provide a table set up however does not poor the shots.  Typically the best man would take care of this.

12:00- Mid Night – Bar Closed, Banquet Ends – Lights go up and the Glow staff starts cleaning up.  Any personal items or decorations need to be taken out that night and should be done completed by no later than 1:00am.

 Note: Wedding customers can receive a customer discount on your bridal showers and rehearsal dinner when also held at the Golden Glow.