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TOOLS OF THE TRADE: GAMES HELP EVENT GUESTS GET THEIR GAME ONIn the old days, event games were strictly kid stuff. As Stacey Paul Barabe, CSEP, director of sales for Orlando, Fla.-based Event Mall, puts it, Before,... |
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COVER STORY: PLAYING THE NAME GAME WITH HEADLINE ACTSSPECIAL special events call for special entertainment. And no acts pack more glamour than headline performers. With their name recognition and pop-culture... |
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TOOLS OF THE TRADE: CASINO GAMES ARE A GOOD BETThanks to the array of celebrity poker tournaments on television, it's no surprise that casino games are a popular entertainment option for special events.... |
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GUEST ROOM: DOUGLAS JOHNSON ON WHAT'S PLAYING IN EVENT ENTERTAINMENTONCE a performer himself, Douglas Johnson now heads up Entertainment Plus Productions, a 10-year-old Los Angeles-based full-service entertainment production... |
PHYSICAL ATTRACTIONS: EVENT ENTERTAINMENT IS FLYING HIGH
SOARING, scaling, twisting and tumbling the current crop of hot troupes in event entertainment is motion incarnate. And while they may owe some of their...
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CONFETTI: WINE EXPERTS ENTERTAIN AT EVENTSThe region north of San Francisco may be famous for its wines, but often attendees at events in the Bay Area are too busy to visit the vineyards. Enter... |
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CONFETTI: KIM HAASARUD IS A COCKTAIL MIX MASTER FOR EVENTSShe's got a shaker and she's ready to pour. She's Kim Haasarud, a liquid chef and founder of Los Angeles-based beverage consulting company Liquid Architecture.... |
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THE LAST WORD: SEAN DE FREITAS ON COSTUMES AND PARTIESGrowing up on the Caribbean island of Trinidad, Sean DeFreitas didn't have much in the way of worldliness. What the self-described baby fish from a little... |
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GUEST ROOM: DARCY BOUZEOS ON USING ATHELETES AT SPECIAL EVENTSTHE WORLD WATCHED in awe this summer as the finest athletes competed in the Olympic Games in Athens. But athletes can play the special events game, too.... |
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CONFETTI: SPA CHICKS BRING THE SPA TO YOUWith today's nonstop schedules, it's unlikely that event guests have time to enjoy a relaxing day at a spa. So why not bring the spa to them? New York-based... |
