Mamma Mia! Here we go again! Check out the wedding party that celebrated with us on June 14. Cassie and Josh had a ton of fun on their big day.

They got married in a theater auditorium, which was a first for us and went great! Then the guests moved to the Wave Room for the reception while the wedding party took pictures.

This was an awesome group to work with - I'm glad we got to be a part of their special day!

The gloves come off at Studio 28!

The Fourth of July was a big weekend in Grand Rapids and Celebration! Banquets got to be a part of it! Yesterday was the end of Floyd Mayweather's big retirement weekend. Floyd and his friends capped off the weekend at Studio 28 with a VIP reception catered by Celebration! Banquets and a big screen presentation of highlights from his career. The star studded green carpet included appearances by Ashanti, Lil Jon, Monica and Vivica Fox - just to name a few! We served some great appetizers - the shrimp cocktail and coconut chicken were huge hits. Chef Joseff was even nice enough to run their cake over to the bowling alley when the party was over since they hadn't gotten a chance to eat it at the reception!

We also participated in the Taste Party on July 4 and 5 over at Studio. Celebration! Banquets served our awesome roasted red pepper hummus! Stop by and visit us again on July 11 and 12 and July 18 and 19 as we promote Mamma Mia! and our services for wedding season!

Kit Kittredge was a huge success!

Well, I've been told for some time that I should have a blog for Celebration! Banquets so everyone can keep up with what we're up to and what a great company we are - so what better time than July 3. I actually have a lot to blog about considering our Kit Kittredge party yesterday afternoon was a huge success (gale force winds and all)!

Celebration! Cinema/Banquets teamed up with Etissentials, Modern Photographics, the GR Public Museum and the GR Press to provide a fun filled afternoon for about 160 girls and their moms (and some dads) to celebrate the opening of Kit Kittredge: An American Girl. The event was held in our Wave Room and consisted of an etiquette lesson by Stacey from Etissentials as well as a presentation on "getting the story" by Trisha from the Press. Wendy from the mueseum was also on hand dressed to the nines in Victorian era clothing to talk about different American girl eras, particularly the Depression, which is Kit's era. Modern Photographics completed the group by taking pictures of the girls to put in their keepsake frames that they created during craft time. Most girls saw the movie either before or after the party thus making a day of Kit.

We provided lemonade and ice tea for the "tea party" portion of the event and each girl got a cupcake as well. We also were able to give everyone a Kit Kittredge t-shirt, poster, and bookmark. One lucky lady even was the big winner of an official Kit Kittredge American Girl doll!

It was a great afternoon - a great way to promote some awesome area businesses and get people out not only for a movie, but also for an experience! I'm looking forward to doing more parties like this.

In the next edition watch for Mamma Mia! Taste Party promotions and the Mayweather Foundation (did you hear Floyd is retiring?!).

Don't forget to check out http://www.celebrationbanquets.com/ and http://www.celebrationcinema.com/!