Sleeping in several houses doesn’t mean booking several shows.
North Topsail Beach stretches along the northern end of the island. If your bachelorette group is spread across it, put the show in the house that’s allowed to host everyone, rather than the one with the best balcony. Check the rental’s guest and parking arrangements before you promise the living room to twelve friends and a man carrying a dice cup. Send the house number and unit; a beach access number won’t get me to the door.
One shared surprise, then let people peel off.
When everyone makes it back from pictures or supper, gather the bride’s friends for one close-up reveal. Ask the bride to nominate a witness if she’d rather not be the center of attention. Afterward, I can turn a quieter corner into a tarot table while the rest of the guests catch up, head back to their own houses, or compare increasingly heroic accounts of what they saw.
Choose the shared show first if the guest list changes during the evening. If everyone is staying through the end and wants something stranger, we can plan the full two-hour séance together instead.