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 * Group 1 – The Guest List and Conversation: Who is invited? Where do they sit? What do they talk about?**


 * The Process and Resources**

Please read the specific task your group is assigned and use the resources as fully as possible to cover every angle. Remember, we are inviting a variety of guests from a changing time period so you must include as many details as possible to guarantee the success of this event.

One of the toughest tasks when planning a wedding of this size is simply getting all the people together. You have two households, both alike in dignity, to consider. From the head of each household, to his immediate family, the bride and groom, their friends, their servants, their servants’ servants, well connected businessmen and politicians, old family friends, the shady relatives, and the royalty!! Your task is huge. You can’t afford to offend anybody, yet there must be peace in the wedding hall. Review the resources listed below and create a list of guests and a seating chart for tables of up to ten guests per table. For each table you are to create a list of appropriate conversation topics and/or life situations that your guests will have in common. Keep in mind that your guests may be from different time periods – what will they talk about? If your guests can’t find enough common ground to talk they are bound to draw their mistempered weapons and have at each other! Not good for a joyous occasion.

Some topics to consider as you research are: everyday life, politics, social events, cultural events and any other category listed below. Remember: what might be appropriate for one group of people may not work for the next. How you seat your guests should drive their conversation topics.

A concise overview of a [|Renaissance wedding] can be found here.