how 2 plan a 50th anniversary at the beach?

by Yani
(Syracuse, NY USA)

OK... almost 50 years ago my in laws met at the beach, we would love to have their anniversary there. Still to this day they go to the beach in the summer, they got married july 30th, they are very family oriented, but the family has not been together in a few years we know that they would love this but we lacking ideas, any suggestions pls...

Thank u respectfully Yani

Wow Yani!

You have to have the anniversary party on the beach, it would be such a special day and a beautiful location for an anniversary party.

The first thing is to see if you can book any space on the beach as you will want to keep everyone together. Or have a look and see if their are any venues that overlook the beach if you wanted a more formal party.

You could start the anniversary party with a ceremony for them to renew their vows, and maybe include a unity sand ceremony using sand from the beach. This is where you have a large vase that the couple and others from the pary pour sand into from their own individual vases. It would be a lovely touch to have all of the family add to the vase showing how united you all are.

After the ceremony you could have an informal barbeque or picnic - this works really well if you have lots of younger children as they will be able to play on the beach. Or you could all move to the reception party at a local venue.

Try and get photos from over the years that your in laws have visited the beach as this will be a fun reminder for everyone why this beach is important to them.

Make sure you take lots of photos, even hire a photographer for the day to help create lots of new memories.

Good luck with your plans.