'reception party' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use 'reception party' when referring to a gathering of people to celebrate a special occasion, such as a wedding. Example sentence: The newlyweds will host a reception party after their wedding ceremony.
In October 1975, Henry hosted the reception party for Hillary and Bill's wedding at her home, feting 250 guests.
At Schipol Airport in Amsterdam, a new machine offers your reception party a convenient way to convey an effusive greeting: a banner-making vending machine.
After greeting Lebanon's leaders on the tarmac, Mr. Khatami moved to a Hezbollah delegation in the official reception party, a sign of the party's status.
By scaling back the reception party and sticking just to pancakes (don't get carried away with eggs any style and four kinds of juice), you may be able to pull it off.
Official UK trade missions have been useful to his consultancy, Priestman Goode, he says, but landing business is not just a case of downing some drinks at a posh reception party.
A week, they say, is a long time in football – I doubt there'll be the reception party at the airport this week, unless any particularly bold Juventus fans are in Naples.
"It is incredible," says Eric Kempson, a British woodcarver and local resident, whose family was once one of the only reception parties.
Who doesn't love weddings, or the reception parties afterwards?
I've been to mini-rallies, fundraisers, receptions, parties, whatever at local restaurants and bars in downtown Denver.
Vanderbilt's graduation revolved around receptions, parties and more wisdom-filled lectures, turning the usual half-day graduation ceremony into a three-day celebration of community and commissioning us to live lives of significance.
Many political experts said Mr. Torricelli himself was to blame for his lukewarm reception by party leaders, whose support is crucial in New Jersey primaries because they determine which candidate's name appears on the party line.
