Serpentine table seating chart
Curved table sections that link into an S or a sweeping arc. Most often a head table or a buffet line rather than general guest seating, since guests sit along the outer edge.
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a few guests along the outer edge of each curved section, most often a head table or a buffet
Serpentine sections curve so a head table can wrap toward the room, or a buffet can flow in an S instead of a straight line. When you seat one, guests sit along the outer edge facing in, much like a head table. If the serpentine is only a buffet or a cake table, it needs no seating at all, just a clear spot on your floor plan.
How Seatwright seats a serpentine tables
If the serpentine is a head table, label it Head Table on your list, paste it, and Seatwright prints a place card for each seat in order plus a spot on the chart. If it is only a buffet, leave it off the guest list entirely and seat the dinner tables instead. You arrange the curve; Seatwright handles the cards and the chart.
Seatwright prints the cards, the table numbers, and the chart from your list. It does not draw a floor plan, so you decide the room layout and Seatwright handles the paper.
Decide first whether your serpentine is a seated head table or just a buffet. Seat and label the head table, leave a buffet off the list, so you never print cards for a table no one sits at.
What you can print
Escort cards
Escort cards tell each guest which table to find. Seatwright sorts your whole list A to Z and lays it out as tent cards, so the entrance table stays easy to scan.
Place cards
Place cards sit at the seat itself. Seatwright groups your guests by table and prints one card each, with the meal choice underneath the name if you added one.
Table numbers
A table needs a number a guest can read from the door. Seatwright prints one foldable tent sign per table, large and centered, straight from the tables on your list.
Seating chart
One poster by the door lets everyone find their seat at a glance. Seatwright lays out your whole list alphabetically with each guest's table beside the name.
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Questions
What is a serpentine table?
Curved table sections that link end to end into an S, a C, or a sweeping arc. Event rentals use them for head tables, buffets, bars, and cake tables where a straight line would look flat.
Do you seat a serpentine table?
Only if it is a head table. Then guests sit along the outer curve facing the room, like any head table. If the serpentine is a buffet or a display, it needs no assigned seats.
How do I seat a serpentine head table in Seatwright?
Label it Head Table on your list, paste the names in the order they sit, and Seatwright prints the place cards in that order plus a chart for the door. Leave a buffet serpentine off the list.
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Other table shapes
Paste your list, see it laid out
Whatever shape your tables are, your guest list becomes the whole day-of paper set in one pass.
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