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A friend of mine recently got engaged and is in a bit of a dilemma. She and her finance live in one city and are getting married in their home town. Since the venue for the wedding cannot accomodate all of their friends, they want to have a gathering in the city where they currently live (not the city where the wedding will be held)because they won’t be able to invite all of these friends to the wedding, but want to have some kind of celebration with them. What do we call this event? It wouldn’t be considered an engagement party because it will be held a month before the wedding and by then, they would have been engaged for several months would it?
It is not an engagement party in the sense their announcement was made awhile back, but then again they are engaged and not married, and the purpose is to celebrate an impending union. So, perhaps you might consider phrasing the invitation, “In honor of Sally Jones and John Sallea and their upcoming wedding…”
It is more common to delay this kind of celebration until after the wedding, in which case it is phrased, “Please join us April 1, 2010 for a cocktail reception in honor of Mr. and Mrs. John Sallea.” This assumes those close enough to be invited know the event is to commemorate their recent marriage.