Vegas in da U.P. and a wonderful family...

The Gladstone High School Prom theme for 2008 was titled A Night on the Strip, with a tribute to Las Vegas. WOW! is all I could say when I walked into the beautifully decorated gymnasium that was transformed into a scene from the strip complete with the Welcome to Las Vegas sign. Thanks to Danielle Carlson for assisting me with the students request all night. It helps that she knows the current music inside and out and knows what is appropriate to play and what is not. I’m not getting any younger J. The students and faculty of GHS did an outstanding job and had a blast until the late hours of Saturday night.

What an amazing facility and amazing people! I can’t recommend enough the services of Gary Cahee and the staff of Pine Grove CC. They are absolutely top-notch with the delivery of their services for potential clients, brides and grooms especially! I say this as I just got back from this weekend’s wedding at the Pine Grove Country Club in Iron Mountain. I was greeted by Gary and we went over the evening’s itinerary so both of us were together on the execution of the evening’s events. He was always there working hand in hand with me to make sure that everything was in its place before we proceeded to the next event such as cake knife, server, plate and napkins for the cake cutting to the pouring of the champagne before the toasts. Outstanding job Gary and staff!

People like the Trepanier and Rasmussen families make my job so enjoyable. They truly appreciate the extra time and effort that I put into their event and were wonderful people to work for. You can see how much fun the Father of the Bride Gene Trepanier and another guest had playing "air guitar" with the banquet facilities tray stands to the right. :) I’d like to give a public “Thank You” to everyone in the Trepanier and Rasmussen families for all of their help and support in making Tiffany and Mark’s reception a success. Their introductions went very smoothly, emotions were drawn out during the telling of their Love Story and when the Father of the Bride Gene took his daughter’s hand for the Father/Daughter dance, the expression on those two beautiful faces was priceless. It was a poignant moment just for the two of them and I was happy to have a hand in creating it. Thank you to Tiffany and Mark especially, who I am pictured with below.

I am off this weekend to entertain roughly 600 people in Niagara Wisconsin for a very fun reception with a really cool bride and groom, and then the following weekend it’s back to the Danforth Place in Escanaba for a VERY fun and entertaining program still being crafted by Alison, Brad and myself. Stay tuned.