The Wedding Co. Spring Show Highlights

[ April 29, 2013 ] catherine

Last Saturday, with the Drake Hotel, we hosted our 4th annual The Wedding Co. Spring Show.

From 10am-4pm, we welcomed newly engaged couples and the industry to meet 40 exceptionally talented and innovative wedding suppliers who showcased their designs and services.

The show had everything, from the electric bus to sweet snow cones, with planners giving away DIY garlands and fashion forward accessories – the brides swooned. There were emerald cakes, laser-cut place cards, and videos making mothers tear up.

Thank-you to everyone who attended, to the wonderful group of exhibitors, to TWC staff, and of course, to our loyal sponsors, the Drake Hotel and Event Rental Group.

Click to see the list of exhibitors from this year’s spring show, or, please review their full profiles on The Co.’s “The List” – a curated group of exceptional Toronto talent.

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The Gift Of Song

[ December 26, 2011 ] catherine

Happy Hoilidays!

During this holiday week The Wedding Co. will be featuring some of our favourite wedding from 2011.

Next week we will have new features and more information about The Wedding Co. Show January 13-15 so stay tuned.

Just six months before he was set to get married in October 2010, David Gill decided to plan a wedding theme unbeknownst to his future bride, Julie Norden. It was a bold move but, then again, the couple had already been together for ten years, and so David was fairly confident that Julie would love with his big surprise.

The theme? You Are What You Love, the title of a song by one of their favorite Canadian artists, Melanie Doane. With help and advice from their wedding planner, Angela Zaltsman of A to Z Event Management, David had the marquee at the Eglinton Grand — the location of their wedding ceremony and reception — read “You Are What You Love, Starring Julie and David.” He also had a custom movie poster made with the same theme, and had the title projected on the wall above the head table.

Finally, David contacted Melanie Doane’s agent to see if she could perform during the cocktail hour. Melanie said she’d be honoured, and she was especially touched when she saw the poster and marquee (the singer happens to live in Toronto, though David would have been willing to fly her in from just about anywhere). I asked David what some of the logistics were and he said the hardest part was hiding the rented equipment from Julie.

On the big day, Julie was in total disbelief. “No, you didn’t!” were the first words out of her mouth when she realized it wasn’t a CD playing as they entered the cocktail reception, but rather Melanie herself.

What did this mean to David? It was the perfect verse to a beautiful song he and Julie are writing together.