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There are two important things to clarify before a party to assist your guests: 1) Requested attire and 2) food that will be offered. It appears that you may think formal dress and a formal dinner are synonymous.

“Finger foods” means either light or heavy hors d’oeuvres. My recommendation for your party would be either “heavy hors d’oeuvres” and “business attire”, or “light hors d’oeuvres” and “casual attire”. “Semi formal” and “formal” are customarily for an elegant dinner.

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Nonnie Cameron Owens retired in 1996 from a 32-year career in the airline industry. Among her other careers, she served 12 years as a fraternity housemother at SMU in Dallas and Purdue University in West Lafayette, 7 years as a columnist for the Journal and Courier in Lafayette, Indiana, and 7 years as a college speaker for CAMPUSPEAK, Inc in Denver.

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