Saturday, July 31, 2010

What makes a company event special? The food, the people, the ambiance, the entertainment. So many elements to play with. Let's talk about the entertainment!

When you walk into a party, the decor and the activity of people is what you see and this influences the way you feel. The more excited people are, the more excited you automatically feel.

How do we get guests excited and involved? Have activities that guests can take part in. Have entertainers greet the guests as they walk in be it mime artists, fire eaters or even palm readers. This is especially great for themed parties. Have an area where the guests get to mingle with the entertainers and have photos taken instantly.

Here are our top 5 picks for year end party entertainment this year:

Circus Acts and Acrobats

Who can be bored with the many unique acts? Book a stilt walker to make a big announcement for your company at an annual conference or meeting. It is a fun and guaranteed way to get everyone's attention. Booking a cirque act is a great idea when the event needs something remarkable or to get a buzz going. Make sure you can accommodate for the space some of the cirque acts require.










Celebrity Impersonator & Comedy shows


Hire a celebrity impersonator to come to the event and sign autographs and take pictures with guests. You can even hire comedians to set a light mood for the evening.





Graffiti Artist


A graffiti artist that can create a painting of someone or something with a large crowd watching. Some artists do this type of thing super fast, making it intriguing to watch.



Singing Waiters


Singing waiters is a surprise act featuring three talented and charming singers posing as real waiters before taking the guests through a highly amusing, yet sophisticated show.


Subtly, the performers infiltrate the function as members of the ‘real’ service staff. However, not all is what it seems. To the surprise of the guests, an unexpected story unfolds, culminating in a dynamic performance a la “The Three Tenors”.





Sand Artist

When a sand artist performs for an audience, a video camera would be fixed above the table to capture the process, to be projected onto a screen.

The animation is synchronised with the background music's rhythm and music.
The art itself is environmentally friendly. No art paper is wasted and no chemicals are used.



Our top 5 Event Entertainment picks

What makes a company event special? The food, the people, the ambiance, the entertainment. So many elements to play with. Let's talk abo...
We organized our first Annual Dinner for the second half of the year two weeks ago and was it fun! Themed "Pajama Party" our client's staff walked in wearing sexy nighwear to two-piece jammies complete with bedroom slippers!

The waiting lounge was decorated with colourful lit structures, a backdrop which looked like a bed and even a bedroom set. The ballroom had plenty of helium balloons and mood lighting.

What made the event successful was not only the decor, or the entertainment, or even the hot emcee but really the attitude of the staff. They were ready to party and they were dressed for it! Their energy filled the air and everything just fell into place.

With companies starting to plan for their year end parties, we thought we'd give a little input on some trends to look out for and some of our fave venues.

Everything Is Illuminated









This season, swanky product launches, retail openings and VIP affairs all have one thing in common: illumination. We're not talking light bulbs, of course, but more of table lamps as centrepieces to color-saturated LED lighting. LED lighting They produce an enormous range of color while using almost no electricity.

Also, think glowing columns, changing mood lighting. Extra cool is that these lights can be pre-set to change colors, or changed by remote control. Event decorators are using them as is or dressed up with sheer fabrics for an exciting palette of otherworldly, gorgeous effects. When combined with equally color-satured lighting throughout the room, and maybe even a matching gobo on the ceiling or dance floor, the effect is truly spectacular.

The effect lighting has on a room, when done properly, pulls you into the space.

You, emotionally, are drawn into a space that you may have seen a hundred times before; but never in a way that you are seeing it now.

Spankin' New Spandex

Oddly, another '70s refuge is back in vogue: spandex.




During the intervening decades, some as-yet-unheralded designer figured out that when stretched over metal frames, Spandex allows light to shine through, casting an uber-cool color-rich glow. Event furniture companies are now offering illuminated Spandex lines of bars, highboys, cocktail tables and cubes. Generally, they're made of metal frames with acrylic or glass tops.

Ice is Nice




Yes, we know you're thinking those ice sculptured swans and hearts but ice sculptures have evolved! Not just for igloos anymore, massive blocks of ice are now being used to make beverage bars. They can even come with laser etched logos specific to your event.

We're also seeing ice used to create "ice luges," artistically sculpted blocks that have channels inside liquid can flow through. An attendant takes a bottle of say, white wine, pours it into the top of the luge. The wine flows down the channel, getting chilled en route, and into your cup, waiting at the bottom. Relatively new to the event scene, luges always seem to be surrounded by excited crowds, not unlike the earliest days of the now-ubiquitous (but still worshipped) chocolate fountain.

Balloons


Some of us grimace when thinking of balloons being used for adult parties but at a recent gala for the New Museum of Contemporary Art, an artist was commissioned to a design a pod of enormous, vibrant balloon sculptures of animals and sea creatures, which hung from the ceiling. And when famed clothing designer/ groovy girl Betsey Johnson held a fragrance launch in her home for a gaggle of newspaper and magazine beauty editors, her ceiling, too, was dotted with dozens of hot pink round balloons.

Edible Centrepieces


A high-end event decor firm in Florida is getting rave reviews from its centerpieces made mostly of vegetables, which use flowers only as minor accents! Think clusters of exotic-palette, texture-heavy artichokes, grapes, eggplants.


For non-vege lovers, you can opt for other food stuff, of course!


Year End Party Decor Trends 2010

We organized our first Annual Dinner for the second half of the year two weeks ago and was it fun! Themed "Pajama Party" our clien...

Wednesday, July 21, 2010



We organized KL's first Bag Party last weekend at Farah Bill's Boutique Cafe at TTDI Plaza and despite the luke warm response, we had fun.

Guests received doorgifts packed in a bag shaped carrier and mingled while admiring the latest collection from Vanilla KL.

Bag swapping didn't take place, unfortunately, as only one guest had the bravery to swap her bag!

We played a few games and got to know each other better over yummy set meals specially created by the cafe.

For bag lovers who feel that you'd like us to organize a private bag swapping party, you know how to reach us!










Bag Party

We organized KL's first Bag Party last weekend at Farah Bill's Boutique Cafe at TTDI Plaza and despite the luke warm response, we ha...

Tuesday, July 20, 2010



Ahhh..the pleasures of being a kid nowadays! We ran a Kids Spa Party contest in June (our Kid issue) and a winner got a Kids Spa Party free for her child and his/her four friends.

Joanne Chua the lucky winner, brought her kids for a free manicure, pedicure and hair styling session thanks to Feffy's Kids Spa. That's not all! Citrus Cafe Restaurant also sponsored their yummy snacks comprising of doughnuts, huge cookies, Macaroni and cheese, sandwiches and Milo!! Great for kids growing up (and adults too!)

For those going, "Rats! How did I miss out on this?", Best Events would be delighted to organize spa parties for you (umm..with charges of course)

Spa treatment rates start from RM65-RM180 per pax and party fees start from RM500.

You know how to reach us!

Kids' Spa Party 2010 Winners

Ahhh..the pleasures of being a kid nowadays! We ran a Kids Spa Party contest in June (our Kid issue) and a winner got a Kids Spa Party free ...

Yes, it IS possible to get a free meal with Best Events! Just join our contests! Here, three lucky fathers were treated to a scrumptious meal courtesy of Citrus Cafe Restaurant and each received a Celebrity Fitness voucher which entitled them to a 3- month Memberships + 2 Personal Training sessions worth RM 1,200each!

The Father's Day menu:

Starters

Garlic bread or soup

Mains

Choice of

Spaghetti Arabiatta with chicken

OR

Spaghetti Vegetaria spicy Olio

OR

Nasi Goreng Kampung with rendang, Keropok Fried Egg

OR

Asam Tofu and Rendang Set

OR

Chicken Curry and Naan Set

Dessert

Brownie with Ice Cream

OR

Ice Cream Cookie Special

Now you can see why they're smiling!

Father's Day Lunch Contest 2010 Winners

Yes, it IS possible to get a free meal with Best Events! Just join our contests! Here, three lucky fathers were treated to a scrumptious mea...

Friday, July 2, 2010


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