Leo & Lesley- Thursday Club- 06/14/14

We had the great pleasure to be the entertainment for Leo & Lesley at the The Thursday Club last Saturday.

Such a beautiful venue!
Located in the heart of Sunset Cliffs, the Thursday Club was built in 1927 in Spanish architectural style, the extraordinary Clubhouse sits on a half-acre of stunning ocean view property in Point Loma.

We were so excited to work again with The Abbey Catering Team again.
Megan Lessert was the wedding planner and Chuck our Captain- and dancer!
I'll come back to that later...

The Ceremony took place in the beautiful garden facing the ocean, the Reception was held in the beautiful indoor ballroom.

There was a lot of tears of joy at this wedding, during the ceremony, the toasts & the parents dances...

One of the highlight of the day was Leo's mom dance moves, at 88 years old, this lady can dance, Chuck- from the Abbey Catering Cie- knows it!

Leo & Lesley are such a beautiful couple, we wish them a long life of joy and happiness together.

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Chris & Laurie- El Cortez Don Room- San Diego- 06-07-14

We had the great pleasure to be the entertainment for Chris and Laurie's wedding at El Cortez- Don Room last Saturday.

El Cortez is a restored historic landmark in California.

Designed by famed Architects Walker and Eisen in 1919, El Cortez opened on Thanksgiving Day in 1927 and luminaries such as Elvis Presley and Ginger Rogers left their footprints upon the floor.

Since 1927 Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, William Jefferson Clinton and Barack Obama have all entertained in the Don Room.

A classic and elegant venue, The Don Room was such a perfect spot to host Chris and Laurie's wedding.

The ceremony and the reception was held inside the Don Room, cocktail hour on the outdoor patio.

The Abbey Catering and Design Event did a fantastic job transforming within an hour the ceremony area into a beautiful reception ballroom.
The wedding was orchestrated by Petr Trebin.
We love working with Petr! He is a gem! So professional and composed, even in the stress that comes before the wedding!

As a UCLA graduate- music major- Chris was very specific about the music. From the guests arrival to dinner music, the guests enjoyed a very classic mix of Spanish guitar with Ottmar Libert and jazz ambiance for dinner with Wynton Marsalis, which was very appropriated for El Don Room.
Again, we were lucky to discover new composers.

For cocktail hour, we enjoy some live music from Kenny, a guitar player.
For the story, Laurie listened to him playing in Del Mar 5 years ago, and wanted him to play at her wedding, even before she met Chris!

We had a special request from our beautiful bride: Polka! Laurie is from Wisconsin and have some polish roots!
As soon as we started the Polka, the Milwaukee guests rushed to the dancefloor and started dancing and inviting the rest of the crowd! So much fun!

It was such a great night of love, fun and memories.

We loved working with Chris and Laurie!

These 2 are definitely made for each others, they were so beautiful and looked so happy for their special day!

We wish them a great life together full of love, fun and surf!

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