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"Dream...Create...Enjoy"

Bouquet Toss At Your Wedding Reception Alternatives

In the old days single ladies tore a piece of the bride’s gown to take home for good luck. As years went by, that tradition transitioned into the bride throwing her flowers for the single ladies. They say the lady who catches the bouquet is the next to be married. Some brides don’t want to do the traditional bouquet toss so they are using alternative tosses at their weddings. Below are some ideas.

• Split your bouquet in half and give half to your mother and half to your mother-in-law. You can also have two smaller bouquets made to give them.
  
• Split your bouquet and present it to your grandmothers, or have smaller bouquets made for them.
  
• Think of a guest you would like to honor and give it to them as a good luck or thank you bouquet.
  
• Invite married and single women to the center of the floor. Have your emcee tell them to make a wish while your bouquet is in the air and hopefully the dream will come true for the person who catches it.
  
• Make a bunch of small bouquets that you can hold all together in your hand. Tie a fortune to each small bouquet. Invite all your guests to the dance floor and throw them all at once for your guests.
  
• Tie a gift card for something that would be nice for a man or a woman such as a gas gift card or grocery gift card. Invite men and women to the dance floor and throw the bouquet. If a woman catches it she can keep the gift card and the bouquet. If a man catches it he keeps the gift card and since he probably won’t need the bouquet give him the option to present the bouquet to any guest he wishes.

Special Event Insurance - Do You Really Need It?

In a word ... YES! This is one of the most overlooked expenditures in special event and wedding planning. Most people want their wedding vendors or event vendors to be insured. They think that somehow getting a vendor with insurance protects them if the catering should make someone sick or if a guest should slip and fall at their insured venue. Others think "Only close family and friends are attending my event. I know they wouldn't sue me for something my vendors did." That is total denial. Vendors do need their own liability insurance, however, the vendor's liability insurance will only cover the vendor in a lawsuit. You are left totally unprotected. Once a case is in a lawyers hands they will file suit against the vendor for negligence and they will also sue you for hiring them. Hospital bills have to get paid and so does that lawyer. It's easier to get paid if they are recieveing money from multiple sources. Do yourself a favor, get a good, one day, special event policy to cover you. They are available from most insurance agents and only cost from $300.00 to $500.00 for a two hundred person event.

Armistead Events entertains at BACC Business After Hours

Armistead Events was invited to entertain at the Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours held at The Premier Room (3727 Old Forest Road, Lynchburg, VA 24501) on November 18, 2008 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm. We provided background music for the networking event. We would like to thank Elizabeth and Doug Harrington, owners of the Premier Room & Premier Limousine Service, as well the Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce for giving us the opportunity. We made some great contacts. Find out more about The Premier Room by clicking on this link: http://www.premierlimousineservice.net/1245148.html .

For more information on the Bedford Area Chamber of Commerce click here: http://www.bedfordareachamber.com/ .

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Chris & Carla
Armsitead Events/Southern Soundz
(434) 665-1792