National Trendsetter, Mitch Pennell of Wickedly Perfect Fame, to Select New Jersey's Best Tabletop Designer
Mitch Pennell of CBS reality show Wickedly Perfect will select New Jersey’s next tabletop design master during the International Special Events Society’s (ISES) Second Annual “Dining Spaces" event benefiting The Somerset Home for Temporarily Displaced Children. Pennell, a past member of the floral design team for the Academy Awards and Tournament of Roses Parade, will also demonstrate the latest in floral design techniques during the public preview and vendor showcase portion of the event to be held on Sunday, May 22 at the NJ Expo Center in Edison, NJ. Visit www.diningspaces.com, for more information.
Edison, NJ (PRWEB) May 16, 2005 -- National trendsetter, Mitch Pennell of
Wickedly Perfect fame, to select New Jersey’s best tabletop designer! Mitch
Pennell of CBS reality show Wickedly Perfect will select New Jersey’s next
tabletop design master during the International Special Events Society’s (ISES)
Second Annual “Dining Spaces" event benefiting The Somerset Home for Temporarily
Displaced Children. Pennell, a past member of the floral design team for the
Academy Awards and Tournament of Roses Parade, will also demonstrate the latest
in floral design techniques during the public preview and vendor showcase
portion of the event to be held on Sunday, May 22 at the NJ Expo Center in
Edison, NJ. Visit www.diningspaces.com, for more information.
According
to Pennell, "The past six months have been a whirlwind since Wickedly Perfect
aired. Since the show I have been invited to participate in so many different
events. When ISES invited me to be a part of this fabulous event, I was honored
to participate and have the opportunity to indulge in my passion as well as help
a very important cause. I am extremely excited for the event and hope attendance
is to capacity for such a worthy cause and magical evening."
“Dining
Spaces” was started by ISES’ NJ Chapter — a group of professional entertainers,
event planners and managers - as a way to celebrate and reward creative
entertainers. The event brings together professional decorators, students, and
anyone who thinks they know how to put together a great time! Competition
entrants are given a table, ten chairs and free reign to design and decorate a
themed table for the evening’s Gala. Last year’s entries included tables
resplendent in exquisite floral arrangements, elegant ethnic themed settings,
and even a whimsical beach bash table complete with lobster netting and suntan
lotion.
The event recognizes excellence in professional and amateur
party planners by awarding several prestigious prizes—including a People’s
Choice Award, chosen entirely by the public who come to view the tables and a
newly created category, Apprentice, for novice designers. Joan Rothbard,
president of Livingston, NJ-based Recreation Picnic Service, Inc. was hesitant
about designing a table last year since her business focuses on organizing
recreational activities at corporate events rather than designing them. “My
fellow ISES members talked me into it and I surprised myself. I used what I was
familiar with... a parachute as a tablecloth, sacks for chair covers, frisbees
for plates. I think you get the picture. Well I still get comments on my table.
So try thinking outside of the box, take a chance and you too will be a
designer. I had a ball!”
The beneficiary of funds raised for this event
is the Somerset Home for Temporarily Displaced Children. This worthy group,
based in Bridgewater, NJ, helps destitute teens and children by providing
shelter, food, and programs to help them take steps forward. Funds raised
through the silent auction and Gala cocktail and dinner event will benefit this
organization’s good works.
Additionally, residents of The Somerset Home
decorated birdhouses that will be displayed, voted on and auctioned off during
the Gala portion of the event. The birdcage decorating exercise provided them
with an opportunity to express their talents while giving back to the
organization that provides them with food, housing, clothing, basic- and
independent living skills education, counseling, referral to support services
and case management services.
Tickets can be purchased online at www.diningspaces.com.
Tickets for the Public Preview are $10. Registration fees for designers are $150
for ISES members and $200 for non-members. Tickets for the Gala cocktail and
dinner are $100 per person, $175 per couple and $875 per table.
For
information about the New Jersey Chapter of ISES or to inquire about membership,
contact Roy Evon at 973-328-8600 or visit www.njises.org.
For more information about Mitch
Pennell, visit www.mitchpennell.com.
For more information about the
Somerset Home for Temporarily Displaced Children, visit www.somersethome.org or
contact Tracey Costanzo, Communications Manager at 908-526-6605.
Contact:
Elizabeth N. Ngonzi
NJ Chapter, International Special
Events Society
Dining Spaces Communications Committee
Chairperson
732-208-3304
www.diningspaces.com
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