Getting Fresh Ideas for Weddings and Parties

by magnoliajazz on May 18, 2010

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Here we are last January 9, greeting Joyce and James’ grand entrance in their elegant wedding at the Stonepine Estate, in Carmel Valley. I found this photo (from Andrew Hsu’s wonderful video) on Stacie Tamaki’s blog, The Flirty Guide.

This fabulous wedding reception required coordinated work from many people — planners, designers, florists, photographers, musicians, videographers, and more. It was so exciting to collaborate with all these experts! A team like this is a wonderful source of fresh, new ideas.

Here’s another: We’re extremely proud to be part of the San Francisco Dream Wedding Giveaway! Following a year-long nation-wide contest, last Thursday and Friday over 40 colleagues presented a fabulous wedding to Vanessa and Mike Hawkins, and our portion was entertaining at the cocktail reception following their ceremony. This was truly an unforgettable event, and an honor to collaborate with so many of the SF Bay Area’s top wedding and event professionals.

These are just two recent examples of dedicated teamwork producing magical results. This happens all the time, in settings ranging from athletic teams and performance groups to “think tanks” and company brainstorming sessions. In each case, there’s a happy combination of everyone inspiring each other to contribute their best, while keeping a clear focus on their goal.

In my continuing search for fresh, new ideas, I found still another example last night. Out of curiosity, I attended a meeting of iPhone and iPad app developers. Here’s where it’s happening these days. I walked into a room filled with about 100 mostly young, bright, and eager “geeks”, either full- or part-time programmers or businesses looking to hire them. The meeting featured several presentations of developing technologies (new information, in new combinations), which added to the excited buzz already swirling around the room. Everyone seemed intent on greeting old friends and meeting new ones, and I could feel new ideas generating all around me. And I picked up a few ideas myself!

What lessons am I learning? First, refresh my thoughts by sharing ideas regularly with my best colleagues. And second, step outside my day-to-day routines often, to discover new things to do and new ways to do them.

This much isn’t new, however: The Magnolia Jazz Band is still very easy to find, and we entertain somewhere in the San Francisco Bay Area nearly every day. If we can ever help you, please call us at 408-245-9120.

Please visit MagnoliaJazz.com for testimonials, music samples, videos, photos, and our public schedule, and catch us at an event soon. Our next two PUBLIC appearances are June 5 & 6, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, where the trio will be entertaining Saturday at the “Baby Boomer and Senior Lifestyle Expo” and Sunday at the “Benefit Party for Aaron Tanner”. See the details for both events on our website.

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