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Confessions of a Party Planner

Monday, July 12th, 2010

“Welcome to the Luau, Y’all”

zeIMG_9073smHere at Great Southern Events, your wish is our command. Anything that screams original or extravagant is our style. Recently, we had an event out on the Deck Bar that might have just topped the originality chart for rehearsal dinners.

I had never heard of a luau rehearsal dinner, but soon found out that it’s a wedding rehearsal dinner, Hawaiian style. And this one pulled out all the stops. When the planning stages of the luau began, intimidation continued to creep up on me. The father of the groom was the coordination king of the luau. Actually, come to think of it, he was more like the coordination drill sergeant for the luau; reminded me of a parent that you can’t “disappoint.” As the planning continued, the magnitude of the event grew and grew. (more…)