Top Special Events Articles for February 2016

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Close-up on Gala Gold: Extra Images of the 2016 Gala Award Winners

You cheered for them at the Gala Awards ceremony at The Special Event 2016--now take a closer look at this year's winners of the Special Events magazine Gala Awards. Here is the work that the judges fell in love with.

To Life: Something New Events Creates an Amazing 80th Birthday Party

Joe Mineo Creative helps a family honor its patriarch on his 80th birthday with a stylish event for 275 guests at a country club. The Special Events Advisory Board just celebrated the event by honoring it with a Gala Award.

Storybook Wedding: Wilkinson Rhodes Tells a Beautiful Wedding Story

Wilkinson Rhodes creates a storybook theme wedding in Texas that is rich with floral and sly theme nods. This beautiful event just won a Gala Award from Special Events--what a happy ending!

Root Weddings

Meant to Bee Wedding: Weddings Unique Creates a One-of-a-Kind Wedding

It was a night of firsts in this "Meant to Bee" wedding from Weddings Unique--the first wedding at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, a "bee" theme, and plenty of Hollywood glamor. The Special Events Advisory Board honored the event with a 2016 Gala Award nomination.

Special Events Magazine

In the Pink: 2016 Oscar Governors Ball to Feature Rose/Bronze Palette and Wall of Caricatures

Reporters from throughout the world got a sneak peek at the 2016 Oscars Governors Ball yesterday thanks to the longtime production team of Academy governor Jeffrey Kurland, Sequoia Productions and Wolfgang Puck Catering.

Preview the 2016 Special Events Gala Award Nominees

Catch your breath now--because these gorgeous events will leave you breathless. Here: the 2016 Special Events Gala Award nominees. You can enjoy the awards ceremony for free at The Special Event, Jan. 14 in Orlando, Fla. All you have to do is dress up and show up!

Jay Lawrence Goldman

Having it All: A High Rise Events Wedding Goes from Marvelous Ceremony to Midnight Carnival

A destination wedding from High Rise Events takes over the Empire Polo Grounds--site of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival--and transforms it into a stunning, flower-filled wedding for 475 guests. And the grand finale: a midnight carnival complete with carousel.