Cocktail Common Knowledge

Cocktail parties are a relatively easy and free cocktail reception .Guests to attend the meeting in dress do not pay attention to the men suits too much.

If it is lunch time for the cocktail party, time is mainly from12 pm to 13:45 pm. Business pre-dinner cocktail party starts earlier,which usually from 11:30 to 12:30 or 13:00 the end. If it is evening held, usually 18:00 or 6:30 to 7:30 or 8:00. Guests can have limits of 30 minutes late, and then the later show less respect for the host

If this is a small cocktail party, the owner can call in one or two weeks before invited guests. The grand reception invitations should be prepared in two weeks in advance.

Only with the hostess nominal (such as a certain Mrs., Miss) issued formal invitations, but the recent young couples like the names of two people together printed on the invitations. Sometimes in the form of the letter will look much more favorably.

At cocktail parties, unless very small, and otherwise, are standing, but should also be some chairs for older guests.

Guests can be as long as 30 minutes late, so there must be someone to pay attention to the door. Larger receptions, the host and hostess are the division of labor; man of the house to take care of the supply of drinks, welcomed the guests and they placed clothing, the hostess is to welcome visitors to stay in the venue, and they socialize greeting.

Some cocktail party as held a long time, you do not have to another preparatory room for female guests to store their clothing.

Numerous occasions in the guests, the hostess should always pay attention to the front door, to see whether the guests arrive, stepped forward to welcome them and introduce them to the friends they might like to get to know. Cocktail party the main purpose is to allow guests to and from between, as close as possible and get to know others, but this is not to say that the host and hostess to another person to talk about being enthusiastically guests.

As for the guests, they should not rely on the owner to introduce them to each other, but should be walking around the venue, at the same time to introduce themselves or for other friends introduced. Such as a group of friends are talking, one of whom later joined the people who know him should automatically put him introduced to other people who do not know, and then continue to their topic.

Guests to leave halfway get the man of the house in the crowd to find out, to bid him farewell. If the owner is busy, do not have to expect they can withdraw out to see a visitor.

There are several kinds of wine, about wine, the main should be prepared by guests to choose from. If you do not want to spend too much, only two-three wines, and at the same time do not forget to keep separate the three kinds of drinks to people who do not drink to drink.

Ordinary cocktail party generally prepare three glasses of wine for each person. In some special occasions on the finest champagne cocktails.

The cocktail party should prepare some refreshments,. For the sake of the fresh sake, nuts, crisp potato chips in pre moment furnishings, but the other shall be ready in a few hours ago. Ordinary food, including a variety of sandwiches, hot sausage, biscuits. Sometimes placed some Chinese dim sum.

Guest can freely select their desirable food, but pay attention to gobble like very rude.