For Your Consideration: The Gala Award Nominees
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Exhilarate Events, Winter Park, Fla., and Grand Events of Florida, Tampa, Fla.
The Fourth Annual Tampa Bay Wine and Food Festival deftly mixed charity, education, entertainment and brand awareness to treat 5,000 guests to a sold-out event on the beach. The event team juggled challenges ranging from well-intentioned vendors who didn't understand the venue's challenges to accommodating the protections for sea-turtle mating season.
Facts + Fiction, Cologne, Germany
The stark "Space for Earth" pavilion created a splash at a bustling flight exhibition as it took visitors on a path symbolizing a trip from Earth to far-off galaxies. The event team evoked the mood of iconic films such as "2001: A Space Odyssey" by contrasting a gleaming white path against "limitless" darkness—-the empty black areas provided drama while saving money for the client.
The Lundquist Co., Roseville, Calif.
Some 6,000 guests attended the seventh annual "First 5 Sacramento Children's Celebration," a free event created to improve the health of children aged five and under. Activities included hearing and eye tests, play areas, educational exhibits and a block-long conga line.
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