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| Hello Baltimore NACE, I am so exited to announce that the Baltimore Chapter Board of Directors has put into effect Student Rates for our monthly meetings. Student members rate is $25.00 and non-member Students at $35.00. (Must be full-time student.) Please share this with your interns and student employees. And did you know that a full-time student can join NACE for only $50.00 a year? (Proof of full-time student status; class schedule or copy of current school ID is required.) What a great way to get the future leaders of our industry involved early and reap the many benefits NACE offers.
Baltimore NACE Scholarship:
Don't miss out. Deadline is May 17, 2013. EXPERIENCE! 2013 will soon be here. The Baltimore Chapter of NACE would like our members to know we have set aside money within the 2013 budget to offer a scholarship to any active member attending Experience! Application was emailed to all members. The deadline to submit your scholarship form is May 17, 2013, no exceptions. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me at Vickie@entertainmentexchange.com. If you have already submitted and have not received a confirmation, please contact me before the deadline.
Experience! 2013 will be held from July14th - July17th, 2013 in Chicago. To register, book your hotel room, and find out more about Experience!2013, visit www.nace.net
Cheers, hope to see you Monday night!
Vickie Preston
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 Baltimore Reads! We want to help the effort to promote childhood reading which leads to confidence, imagination and self-worth. We’ll ask members to Please bring new and gently used children’s books to the May meeting to supply local heroes, Baltimore Reads with books to distribute to free books to children's’ families and schools.
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| Welcome New Members!
The following members joined us recently:
Dana Glorioso - The Knot Wedding Network
Mark Henry* - Fabrication Events
Ashley Sullivan* - Ashley Michelle Photography
Leroy Thomas – Trane
Anna Wells - Four Seasons Hotel Baltimore
Jennifer Winters* - Howl at the Moon
Allison Tran – Wyndham Baltimore Peabody Court
Please introduce yourselves to these new members at our next monthly meeting
*These new members were eager to take advantage of the April Promotion for $100 off a new membership, and signed up on the spot at our Monthly NACE Meeting! You won’t want to miss our next promotion!!
May Membership Promotion: Renew now and save $50!
Any current professional member who renews in the month of May will receive a $50 discount – renew for just $295!!! You do have to be a current member in good standing but do NOT have to expire in May to qualify. Download special renewal form at www.nace.net or email the Director of Membership, Rachel Hoffberger Shaw, at rshaw@planitperfectevents.com.
This offer is not available with online renewal. You must use the special form.
THE FINE PRINT:
- Offer valid only for current NACE members who renew in the month of May, regardless of expiration date.
- Special application required to qualify. You cannot renew online and receive discount.
- For invoices or check payments, write code: MAY13.
- Offer valid only for professional members and cannot be combined with any other discounts. Corporate, partner, student, legacy,
multi-member and young professional members are not eligible.
New Benefit for Members – Referral Bonus:
Now, when a new member joins NACE, they have an opportunity to name a specific person who is responsible for them joining. Each time an existing member is named, NACE will deduct $50 from their next renewal. That means, if you bring in 7 new members in a year, you will have a FREE membership the next year! For details, contact Rachel Hoffberger Shaw.
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 Daniel McGarrity, Photographer Extraordinaire!
What makes any photographer unique is their work, their vision, and their aesthetic sense, our own history, not so much.
What makes YOUR wedding photographer unique is the above plus, you like them, you really, really like them.
So much you and your fiance would invite me over for dinner, enjoy a drink……….I enjoy gin and craft beers…just in case you wanted to ask. In short, you will love my work even more if you both really like me.
The story of how photography became the center of what I do is probably quite boring, arm deep in chemicals learning to develop film is hardly very interesting stuff for a website. If you remain a curious George, you can come to the studio and we’ll go all over those stories, I will show you old cameras as well as lots of weddings.
On the blog it’s said best, I specialize in weddings, period, full stop.
I enjoy lots of different kinds of photography, but take me to Italy, drop me off in Vietnam, if there is a wedding to be found, even from a distance, that is where I will be. Weddings are universal, easily spotted, and always, always a wonderful happy thing. They make everyone smile around them, if but for an instant-they still smile. This photographer likes to smile.
Style? Still and often asked that question, style is mostly a form of natural posing, heavy dependence on the light as it works with the moment, and simple easy jokes. Counting backwards in Vietnamese will do more to make the family enjoy the process than almost anything, particularly in my broken Vietnamese, Tagalog, Mandarin or Hebrew. Italian, French, and Spanish those are easy. My style is based upon people who are not models to not be posed as models, it isn’t based on you or your fiance, or even the ring bearer saying cheese.
No, my style will be a simple moment punctuated by a simple request and then I photograph the reactions. Best example is this: You are being posed with your mother and your father. Your bellybutton is turned towards your father and your holding your mothers hand, the bouquet is loose in your hand beside your father. I have you look at either one and I have you whisper to them about the first time you snuck out of your room to visit your fiance. They laugh, you laugh, real laughs occur, actual smiles, heads inclined towards the camera but the interaction is between the subjects. 4 or 5 pictures later and there now exists 5 formal pictures of you laughing and smiling naturally with your family. The simplest most profound truth of great wedding photography is, was, and forever will be our subjects. The greatest picture in the world is rendered useless if I have asked the groom to put his fist to his chin, or I let the bridesmaids all do a duck face and flash gang signs. Natural posing and positioning, simple instructions, real pictures and real moments and all without having someone be told to smile.
I look forward to seeing you all at the June meeting as I will be capturing the evening! |
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Our April 2013 Chapter meeting embraced a 1930’s décor theme, and where better to showcase this than at the Grandest Lady of Baltimore, The Lord Baltimore Hotel.
The Lord Baltimore Hotel, designed by William L. Stoddart and built in 1928, embodies the distinctive architectural characteristics of early 20th-century, high-rise hotels, reminiscent of such famous American hotels as New York's Vanderbilt Hotel and Chicago's Palmer House. Built in a transitional architectural period when classical design was being abandoned in favor of Art Deco and early modernism, the Lord Baltimore Hotel was the last high rise building constructed with classical ornamentation in downtown Baltimore. Constructed in the wake of the Baltimore Fire of 1904 that destroyed 63 acres of the downtown area, it was the largest hotel building constructed in Maryland.
The octagonal tower and French Renaissance style mansard roof create one of the few distinctive rooflines in the entire downtown area. After opening on December 30, 1928, only a few renovations have occurred. With the rebirth of Baltimore's Inner Harbor, the hotel was placed on the National Register in 1982, and was renovated to provide an elegant and traditional alternative to the modern hotels in the downtown area.
Our hosts, Lee Johnson and Russell Connally, rolled out the red carpet starting with the cocktail and networking hour, as we were greeted in the foyer by the soothing sounds of a piano as we made out way for a cocktail. Hors d’oeuvres were wonderful, having to choose from Oysters Rockefeller, Corn Crème Brulee with Maryland Lump Crab, or Deviled Eggs topped with Ham Salad.
The evening’s program continued up to the mezzanine level, where the evening’s speaker was Steve Davis and the topic “How To Get In Front of Anyone You Want.”
Steve Davis is a dynamic and experienced broadcast journalist and performer. He has been a presence on WBAL-TV, WBAL Radio, and WBFF FOX-45 since 1994. Over that time, he has obtained exclusive interviews with a “Who’s Who” of some of the most sought after newsmakers, celebrities and athletes in the world. This includes an exclusive national interview with President Bill Clinton in the Blue Room of the White House during the height of the Lewinsky scandal, the only interview the President granted during a one year period. In addition, he has had sit-down interviews with arguably the greatest athlete in each of the major team sports: Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky, Jim Brown and Hank Aaron. Steve’s positive message of “never giving up” and “thinking outside the box” was a very welcome one for our ears.
For the dinner portion, we then moved to the second floor Calvert Ballroom where we were instantly greeted by the soothing sounds of “String Theory”, who were spotlighted in the balcony. The pillars of the ballroom were lit with warm red tones. Some table linens included Waldorf over Victorian Gold Bengaline with Victorian Gold Bengaline napkins, while others featured Victorian Gold Bengaline with Waldorf napkins. Table décor included stunning black candelabras with crystal bling that supported floral arrangements had a wide variety of flowers creatively arranged with a matching color palette but lots of variety and texture: Larksburg , Stock, Snap Dragons, Anenomies, Orchids, Hyacin, Succulents, Tulips , Gardenias, and Roses.
The serving stations, made to order by staff and served at your seat, were created from the middle of the room out. Sliced Prime Rib with a horseradish cream sauce and Lamb Rack with a gremolata of mint and parsley were accompanied by Creamed Spinach, Pommes Duchesse. Dessert followed with Lord Baltimore Cake and Lady Baltimore Cake.
Thanks so much to our sponsor vendors: Vickie Preston (Entertainment Exchange, music); John Paul Berry and Ken Rochon (Absolute Entertainment, pa amplification); Dulany Noble and Teri Mullican (Gala Cloths, linens); Kimberly Tyson (My Flower Box Events, flowers and décor); Amy Deputy (photography); and Debra May (Millenium Marketing Solutions, invitations).
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 Calling all Pinterest users! If you have a Pinterest account for your business, please contact Rachel Hoffberger Shaw to participate in a ground-breaking new NACE member benefit. You can reach her by email at rshaw@planitperfectevents.com or by phone at 410.685.4765 |
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 Last Month's meeting raffle raised over $500!
Raffle item's for the May 20, 2013 meeting are ...
Free NACE Meeting
Linwoods Gift Certificate $75 Value
Gary Jackson Photography Session paired with Up Do’s for I Do’s Value $600 total
Pickles Pub Gift Card Valued at $50
Ann’s Garden Gift Certificate valued at $100 |
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| 2013-03-20: Sheraton Baltimore North in Towson, MD is currently seeking a full-time Wedding Specialist. This position will establish and manage a customer contact database and follow up system, determine the hotels projected budgeted “Wedding ” revenues on an annual basis along with the Director of Sales, be responsible for supporting the sales effort of the hotel’s Wedding sales program, including menu planning, direct sales activity, promotions (wedding shows), administration/follow up and overall prospect and account management, provide input to the hotel’s annual sales and marketing plan, and develop and implement ongoing sales promotion activities as needed. If interested, please forward your resume to Debra.Henry@SheratonBaltimoreNorth.com. |
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