Dignitaries from the special event industry worldwide were on hand Friday night as the winners of the 2005 Gala Awards competition took the stage at the Adam's Mark Hotel in Dallas to pick up the coveted trophy. As chosen by the Special Events...
The Special Events Magazine Gala Awards judges — all members of our Advisory Board — have read through the hundreds of entries we received to find the best-planned, most beautifully designed events in 35 categories covering everything from the top...
WHEN Janis Dinwiddie, owner of Newport Beach, Calif.-based Dinwiddie Events, came aboard as producer for the First Team Real Estate Invitational Regatta fund-raiser, she knew the event needed to make waves to reel in donor dollars. Designed to he...
Special Events Magazine is proud to present the nominees for the 2005 Gala Awards, as selected by our Advisory Board. The winners will be announced at a black-tie celebration on Jan. 13 at The Special Event show in Dallas. Watch for our January i...
NOTED wine expert Ian Blackburn has been hosting an ongoing series of Friday night wine and food tastings through his Santa Monica, Calif.-based company LearnAboutWine. The tastings are extremely popular and boast 200 to 300 participants, typical...
WHILE a corporate event firm's heart may be in the right place, says Marcy Manley, when it comes to choosing charity events to support, “You just can't be everything to everyone.” Instead, the president of Chicago's The Experiential Agency is bot...
Some 2,800 guests at the Emmy Awards Governors Ball last week sailed away to an art deco dream thanks to the team headed by Cheryl Cecchetto of L.A.-based Sequoia Productions (www.sequoiaprod.com). This year's Emmy gala was one of four events pro...
ANY charity event can offer good food, good drink and something nice to watch. But it's those benefit fêtes that give guests access to opportunities they wouldn't find anywhere else that are raising the bar in the fund-raising game.
THE STAR TUR...
THERE'S no place like home for the holidays. Especially when the home in question is a lavish Nashville, Tenn., estate set on spectacularly landscaped grounds featuring gardens, terrace, pool house and portico. With such stylish digs as your soir...
GALA Awards entries are due Sept. 9 — how can you help make your entry a winner? Try thinking like a Gala judge. Here are six important points to keep in mind:
PUT THE PROPER ELEMENTS IN THE PROPER ORDER. Each judge reviews nearly 100 entries j...
