Our topic for this month is "Not another Luau" but your client insists it is!

Venue-cover pool with glass dance floor, sand volleyball court
Invitations- in a bottle, print on flip flop on a coconut
Entertainment- hula dancers, Don Ho music, surf board contest, hula contest, limbo
Rentals/décor- life guards (with stands), fruit cps, flip flop fashion show, bamboo place mats, totem poles, stone carvings, palm trees, banana leaves
Favors- CD of music (use as coasters), sunscreen, etc.
Lighting/AV- tiki lights
Catering- seafood, signature cocktail with flip flop stir, edible orchids, hog roast, serve on planks, bananas foster, chocolate fountain with fruit kabobs
Transportation- tropical bus (with music, lei, HI trivia)
Photo/Video- Guest surfing on board, Gobos

Aubergine is "The" color of the season. How many ways can you use a single color? Your client wants to paint the town purple!

Lucas Oil Event
Prince as Entertainment
Everyone dressed in purple, staff, guests, etc.
Grand opening party for “Purple Tie Attire”
Lucas Oil Stadium- size, versatility
Specialty drink- purple martini- Crown Royale
Favor-mini bottle of Crown Royale in the purple bag and Souvenir CD all things possible
Staff dressed in Jester Costumes with multi-shades of the color purple
Musical invitations- trumpets blaring then purple rain- hand delivered by a jester to the VIP’s
Laser lights/Spotlights/Gobos
Water feature with purple back lighting
Purple fireworks/purple carpet/robe and stansion
Purple limos
VIP’s personal private intro to Prince while he is signing Diamonds and Pearls, hand out Diamond Tiffany gifts to VIP guests
Purple Bars with purple maiden dancers
Centerpieces- Jeweled gold encrusted Goblets lit with flowers
Gold silverware and chargers
Silks/velvet linens

Inexpensive Kids Themed Party:
Park-shelter area
Paper tablecloths/plates/plastic ware
Purple beads hanging around the shelter
Purple plastic cup with name to take the candy bar
Facepainter

Indianapolis has three built in events every year - Indy 500, US Grand Prix 1 and Brickyard 400. Race to the checkered flag and win the Borg-Warner trophy by creating a race event that surpasses all the rest.

Venue: Pre- hotel-pit garage-in the pagoda at the track
Event- tent on the rack, the music mill, Infield at the track
Post- Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum
Catering: Gourmet Boxed Lunches/dinner
Buffet stations- each station is decorated run by a different area of race
-mechanics, drivers, etc
Service staff- dressed as pit crew, staff runs out and does a quick time serve,
Uses big oil guns or gas cans to fill drinks
Invitations: Race cars, bricks, lanyards/credentials
Hand delivered in a race car
Favors: Styrofoam cooler with goodies for the day
Floral/décor: spray painted white palm trees surrounding black furniture
Linens: Elegant-floor length, black or white/alternating black and white chairs
Race driver linens with corporate sponsors on the linen and driver number
Different color flag linens
Rentals: -
A/V Lighting: Lit all by Head Lights
Background screen or walls with race highlights playing
Music/Entertainment: Special guests-famous drivers, Indpls. Speedway Personality
Parking/transportation: Transport guests in driver trailers
Welcome basket: Pre-event Event

After years of construction, the grand opening is on the horizon. Your client wants this years' black tie gala to mark the significance of the occasion!

Green Tie Affair
Natural with green grass
Carpet to match company logo
Actual print-delivered in cylinder
Different levels with different activities-cocktails
Search lights
Parking lot start- with signature drink
Green ribbon cutting
-wall dividers
-photographs on tables
-early on photos through the evening shown @ dessert bar out of big steel beams
Drafting tables-cocktails or dessert station
White furniture lounge-rooftop
Recycling bins- all staff using acoustic dinner music
Stomp entertainment @ tent companies- like tradeshow (all green)
-makeup, grocery bag with logo
Make gift bags -hybrid, prius giveaway
6 parking locations then bused to firm industrial metal
Dresses---fashion show statues, hemp suits
Entry way dinner environment, focus on plate, blue
Several small courses, move to roof for dessert and bar
Video of construction on plasma
Industrial chandeliers-diamond plate
White flowers with blue lighting- delphenuil
Geometrical plates (squares, triangles)
Rooftop-walls of flowers
Organic food
Bamboo-natural chairs
Wheat grass centerpieces
Dessert-shooters yogurt
Giant light bright-interactive chain link with lighted water bottles
Burned wood with menu card on tables
Organic cotton linens
Digital photography-no prints, online availability

From food to fashion, the Asian culture has influenced our society. Your client wants to hop the Orient Express and create an

Asian
Event - Grand Opening Asian Art Gallery
Venue - Art Center
Invitations - handmade origami in box with name of guest written in Chinese
Décor - Outside, paper lanterns everywhere, fire pits, colored fabric swagging with uplighting
Centerpieces – paper origami flowers/bamboo and lanterns
Food Stations – multiple interactive stations
Activities – Kabuki dancers, henna painting station, fortune tellers, make-your-own sushi station, hand-blown glass, floor cushions