Parking is offered right when you pull in and reception will be immediately following the ceremony

The rehearsal will be held at the U of R Interfaith Chapel at 6:00 on the 29th of May. The rehearsal dinner will be immediately following.

This is a traditional Turkish event held for just the ladies. Dancing, eating, and ceremonial festivities will occur. Formal to semi Formal attire is suggested. Features of this event will include traditional Turkish clothing during the closing ceremony.

Here is a description I found on line as well as the translation of the closing song that is sung this is a very emotional portion of the traditional Turkish wedding because it symbolizes the daughter leaving her mother and father for the first time:

What is henna night?
Traditionally (in Turkey, at least), henna night, or kina gecesi (kuh-NAH GE-je-see) is a women's party that usually takes place the night before the wedding. The bride's closest friends and female family members gather to eat, dance, and sing. They put henna on their hands. The stains it leaves on their hands for weeks afterwards tell everyone that they are a new bride, or have been to a close friend or family-member's wedding. Traditionally, and still for many brides, it is a melancholic evening. The following day, the bride will leave her father's house, where she has lived all her life, to live in her new husband's house. It can be both sad and scary for the brides, and at the very least is the end of an era. There is a song that is sung especially at henna nights which demonstrates the melancholy. It is called "Yuksek Tepelere".

find the song by doing a search on the page for "yuksek").

These are the words to the song in English and Turkish

YÜKSEK YÜKSEK TEPELERE - HIGH HIGH MOUNTAIN TOPS

Yüksek yüksek tepelere ev kurmasınlar - They shouldn't build homes high up on the mountain tops
Aşrı aşrı memlekete kız vermesinler - They shouldn't give girls to faraway lands
Annesinin bir tanesini hor görmesinler - They shouldn't neglect the mother's one and only

Uçan da kuşlara malum olsun - May the birds carry the message
Ben annemi özledim - I miss my mother
Hem annemi hem babamı - Both my mother and father
Ben köyümü özledim - I miss my village

Babamın bir atı olsa binse de gelse - If my father had a horse, he could jump on it and come
Annemin yelkeni olsa açsa da gelse - If my mother had a sail, she could open it and come
Kardeşlerim yollarımı bilse de gelse - If my siblings knew the way, they could come

Uçan da kuşlara malum olsun - May the birds carry the message
Ben annemi özledim - I miss my mother
Hem annemi hem babamı - Both my mother and father
Ben köyümü özledim - I miss my village