On Novemebr 27, 2009 I got to see what it is like from other side...

On Novemebr 27, 2009 I got to see what it is like from other side...

Well, of the sweetheart table that is! I (Elliot Valentin) married my best friend, Elisa Delgado (ok that sounds sappy, but it is true). It was beautiful. It met all the standards of a Fall wedding in South Florida. The temperature was perfect, everyone was in town and the bride was an hour late! You see, as an Event Professional for Elegant Occasions, I get to help brides and grooms plan their events. I go over the minor details and do my best to share my experience from other peoples weddings to make everything go smoothly, and it always does. Here's the thing, when it came to my wedding, I thought for sure we had it in the bag. We didn't worry about things too much. We planned to see each other before the ceremony to take first look pictures and take care of the formal family photos before so we can enjoy our cocktail hour with friends. However, some of the girls were late and the hairstylist started falling behind. In retrospect, all we needed was an executive decision to get the bride done on time and leave the others for last (its usually the other way around) everything would have still worked out.

So here is the moral of the story. Plan ahead; schedule the time to get together, make sure everyone knows when hair, make-up should be done and what time to be dressed. If one or two people are late, DON'T WAIT! Listen to tthe photographer when he says "It's time to get going" and don't sweat the small stuff.

After all was said and done everything was great. All of our guests had a blast and we have some really great memories. EO Studios took care of my photography and videography. E Productions handled the lighting with some subtle up lights and gobos for the ceremony and cocktail hour. In the main reception area E Productions provided programmable LED up lighting and six intelligent moving heads with lighted monograms. The Lighting Designer was able to control the lights for spot lights during speaches and change room color throughout the event (awsome effect!). Forte Entertainemnt provided a guitarist for the wedding ceremony that played our personal selections, the DJ and MC that my whole family still talks about; and the highlight of the reception was the percussionist that kept the party rockin'.

Thank you everyone at Elegant Occasions. All of you helped make my wedding a wonderful memory. And it's not because you write my paychecks. Thank you...

Elliot & Elisa Valentin