quicko: rehearsal dinners

The other day I realized after awhile why one of my friends was terribly confused about rehearsal dinners:  he'd thought that it was a rehearsal of the dinner instead of the wedding.  When I explained that it was just a rehearsal of the ceremony followed by a dinner the clouds cleared immediately.  So, just in case there are any other Australians out there a bit trouble by this concept, rest assured:  Americans are merely figuring out where to stand, not how to eat.