The Special Event Show Day One Re-cap

OK, So I saw a lot of crazy things and was surprised that there were only two booths in the entire convention center that had any type of bio / green / sustainable party product. BOO! We're going to change that! But anyways, there were table decorations, balloon artists, delivery truck guys in a tutu, and so much more...it's cool to be around other special event people and see the ideas that they're making reality. I also went to this seminar and saw a presentation on a 3d projection system without glasses that a production house called CMS used for Siemens, HP, and Radio Shack. Pretty awesome. I'll be visiting their offices sometime in the near future and will report more on that later.

The opening night party DIVA BLING was insane. Produced by Charles Banfield, it had a living water fountain, gorillas, Eartha Kitt singing on her 80th birthday, and some sassy costumes.

A quick slideshow can be seen here.

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So I'm off in a few minutes to the LA Convention Center for the special event industry's conference, THE SPECIAL EVENT SHOW. I'll be checking out some classes, surfing the booths and going to the opening night party "Diva Bling." My friend Pierre pointed out that "Diva" and "Bling" are both two of the most obnoxious words on the planet, so what can be expected of the party? Well, I'm not sure, but Shanice is going to be there, and damn, did I love that song "I love your smile" when I was a kid...pictures of TSES to come.

Until then, I leave you with the new issue of Shift!