Sangeet invitation video for the dance night (and the cocktail night after)

What should a sangeet invitation say?

The sangeet is the one night where the guests are also the entertainment. The invite has to do two jobs: tell people where and when, and quietly warn the cousins that they are expected to perform.

• The real start time. Sangeets are evening functions, usually from 7 or 7:30 PM, with dinner after 10. If performances begin at 8:30, say "Performances from 8:30 PM" so the families who are dancing arrive on time and the rest know they can come a little later.
• The venue, with parking. A banquet or farmhouse at night is hard to find. Add the Google Maps link to the venue and mention where to park if it is tricky.
• The dress code or theme. "Indo-western", "sequins and shimmer", "Bollywood retro" or "Punjabi night" gives everyone permission to dress up. One line is enough.
• Who is performing. If you want each side of the family to put up a dance, say it on the invite or in the message. People need weeks, not days, to learn steps.
• Who to call. Add the cousin running the performance list as an RSVP contact, not just Papa.

The video has a scene for each function with date, time, venue and address. The theme and "performances at 8:30" go in the closing line (up to 90 characters) or in the WhatsApp text with the video.

Sangeet ceremony invitation messages to copy

More wordings for each function sit in the haldi, mehendi and sangeet wording guide, and the short covering messages for WhatsApp are in the WhatsApp invitation message guide.

Should the sangeet and cocktail night be on one invite?

Plenty of families now hold the sangeet for everyone and a separate cocktail night, usually for the couple's friends and the younger cousins. Whether you put both on one invite depends on who is coming to what.

There is no built-in "Cocktail Night" function. Choose "Something else" and type the name; in a bilingual invite you can add a Hindi name too. One invite shows the same functions to everyone who receives it, so if Nani should not see the cocktail night, make it a separate invite.

How do you make it in the Midnight Sangeet design?

Midnight Sangeet is indigo night, fairy lights and rose gold. It opens with the couple's initials by default, which suits a party invite; you can add a blessing if the family wants one.

1. Open Nimantran in your phone browser and pick Midnight Sangeet.
2. Add the sangeet. Its built-in line is "Come ready to dance"; in Hindi the function reads "संगीत संध्या".
3. Add the cocktail night with "Something else", then the wedding if this is the main invite.
4. Put the theme in the closing line and add the performance coordinator as an RSVP contact.
5. Pick music. A built-in track works, or pick a song file from your own phone; it stays on your phone and is never uploaded. Use music you have the right to use.
6. Preview free, then pay ₹499 for the HD video, or ₹999 to add an invite website where guests RSVP for each function separately.

When should the sangeet invite go out?

Send the invite itself with the main wedding invite, 4 to 6 weeks before. But give the dancers a heads-up much earlier: 6 to 8 weeks is a realistic minimum if the family wants a choreographer and three rehearsals. A quick message in the family group, then the proper video a couple of weeks later, works well.

• 8 weeks before: a message asking each family to plan a performance.
• 4 to 6 weeks before: the video invite to everyone.
• 1 week before: a nudge to anyone who has not confirmed, especially for the cocktail night headcount.
• The afternoon of the sangeet: location pin and the time performances start.

For the rest of the calendar, see when to send wedding invitations. Mehendi often falls on the same day as the sangeet; the mehendi invitation video page covers that afternoon.

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