We've been promoting and promoting this as a wedding themed two-day tournament. From the schedule posted in a previous entry there are probably questions around how this will really be visually linked to a wedding theme, here are some answers:
Like any traditional wedding there will be a bachelor/ette party to celebrate solidarity and remembering the times when you are single and just having fun. Akin to bike polo, this is where you are your own person at the registration party, only really as a 'team' when you let the organizers know you are there and ready for action. Usually after that you are own your own to mingle, say hello to old friends, and meet some new ones. Let's not forget scoping out the competition, be it other pretty ladies/gents at the event or other teams you know will be fun to play against! This party will be memorable in the long run, and we also assume many may forget, or want to by the next day!!! Like any good bachelor/ette party we will have party favors for the men and for the ladies. This does include but is not limited to shapely straws or mugs, party games, drinking games, and entertain of the adult variety!
The wedding ceremony will follow the very next day, all day, at the courts. Albeit no one is actually getting married (this time around), we are going to focus on the aspects of a wedding as if every one of our guests is also a potential bride or groom, part of the wedding party, or just an esteemed guest of bride or groom (or both) and we'd like you to dress the part! Many weddings are planned around a color scheme and ours is no different. Decidedly more fun than many a traditional ceremony, we went with less convention colors! Black, white, and anything NEON is our theme! We highly encourage all guests to dress in formal, or as close to formal as you can while still being able to stay on your bike and be comfortable for the whole day. There will be traditional photography and some bonus candid photo opportunities to take advantage of. This will also prompt us to award based on efforts of costuming too! Keep it in mind ladies and lords!
Our location doesn't really allow for tables and chairs for everyone, so we will consider this more of a grande picnic type set up.
The ceremonies begin at 9am where we will go over the rules of engagement during the day and what you can expect from us and what we expect from you. This is pretty standard and should have us on the way to the real action within that first hour. We are suggesting that every guest stays for the entirety of the day/ceremony. We don't want to separate our brides guests from our grooms guests, this ceremony will see it perpetually mixed up all day long.
The festivities will take a breather if needed around 1pm for lunch, but we may find that it's best to just keep the whole day going! This we will play by ear and see how everyone's doing the day of.
Festivities will continue with guests all receiving a gift from the lucky 'couple' to commemorate celebrating the union of the poloverse with more poloverse!
We should be wrapping up the ceremony by about 6pm, upon which time the reception will commence. No need to go anywhere to change as we're all looking great already! We will have a section for speeches and toasts (which is a free-for-all-sign-up so start writing up some witty anecdotes or silly speeches to announce) and a cake cutting ceremony. There will be first dances, middle dances, last dances, awkward dances, group dances, jumping dances, square dances (we are in Texas so brush up), two-step dances, and all forms of other dances we can think of! There will also be time to use the courts because they are lit so we can keep the polo going next to the party until they turn off! We are attempting to create a full outdoor reception atmosphere and this is hopefully including donated libations (this is unconfirmed as of right now but we are working hard at it!)
At some point in time there will be food needed and we are working on how to approach this, whether we provide or you step away to forage your own, we're waiting on potential sponsors for this.
The end of the reception will be at lights out, so we will discuss further after party opportunities, as we know some of you will want to keep the party going!
Sunday will be a day to reflect on what you may or may not have done, or remember doing, the night before. This will also be in the theme of brunch/garden party. Please assume the attire for this is post party garden gala. There will be brunch provided by the ATX Bike Polo Social Club as well as typical brunch drinks, working on these as well atm.
The entire guest list will participate on this day also and we will run a double elimination bracket to play out from the rankings of Saturday's 'ceremonies'. This day is much more relaxed on theme and attire, but we are still excited that you as guests can stay with us brides and grooms the whole day. We anticipate this to be ending by 5pm or so. We will do awards and encourage more play after this if y'all want, or we may suggest other places to check out in the city. The lights will stay on so you may do what you wish!
Thank you and we are very much looking forward to celebrating this union of polo souls on March 2nd and 3rd! Please direct any questions to our event email <a href="mailto:atxsavethedate@gmail.com">atxsavethedate@gmail.com</a>
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