Your rehearsal dinner, with or without the actual rehearsal (that's another post...) should not turn into a mini-reception. Ideally, it's a casual, short, inexpensive get together to thank your bridal party and family, give them presents, and relax a bit before the next day; your wedding day. The guest list for the rehearsal dinner? Your bridal party and their significant others, your immediate families, any guest readers and/or participants and your clergy if they are going to run the rehearsal. It is not necessary to invite out of town guests or other friends. Keep the rehearsal dinner simple, keep it fast and keep it cheap. One wedding celebration is enough!
