The Royals Know how to Throw a Party

It has been some time since my last post and a lot seems to have transpired.  I have been relishing in the new arrival of a baby girl - who true to my event planning nature, arrived on a scheduled date that was in my outlook calendar.  Schedules seem to have become a thing of the past - at least for the time being...when an orderly life seems to have been thrown into some kind of chaos that is also a state of blissful happiness.  And with lack of routine comes lack of sleep.  Nights are days and days are nights.  Now, this came in handy this past Friday as I spent the hours I would have previously enjoyed sleep to watch and experience the wedding of all weddings... the Royal Wedding.


Sure the hoopla might be dwindling down and you might be sick of hearing about it - but there is no denying the fact that the Royals know how to throw a party.  Talk about an event of grandeur, where things are timed perfectly and executed without flaw.  The build up to this event has been nothing short of exceptional and all encompassing.  I will even admit that I watched the Lifetime movie on William & Kate in order to get the back story.  I tracked developments throughout the Week with E! Entertainment and ABC 15 as hosts talked about bets on what color the Queen would wear and of course, what Kate's dress was going to look like.  It felt like I couldn't absorb enough of the details... like I was going to witness something great, be a part of history - of that modern-day fairy tale.  Bottom line, I wasn't going to miss it.


As I watched the coverage throughout the late night / early morning... I thought about all that goes into planning an event.  Any event.  And I found myself thinking about everything that needed to be considered and carefully implemented to make this wedding happen not only to Royal standards, but to make it happen to the world's expectations.  The sense of drama, the opulence, the romance and the tradition.  From the guest list, to security, to keeping one of the best-kept fashion secrets...ever.  This surely is an event that takes event planning to the next level... or many levels beyond that.  


Sure, I was totally in love with Kate's dress (she is my new favorite fashion icon), the way Prince William told her she  looked beautiful when he laid eyes on her, the style of all the attendees, the vows and the kisses... but I was also in total awe of the overall event execution.  That time line must have been the size of a novel.  Just the coordination of arrival of key people was impressive.  And, to top it all off, at least from the viewer's perspective, there were no snafus.  No blips on the radar.  Just smooth elegance.  Again, there is no denying the Royals know how to throw a party.

I'll leave you with this - picture of a clergyman doing a cartwheel in Westminster Abbey - I would have done the same if I were him.  Celebrate a job so well done... what a momentous event.

Kate Sepe joins Let's Party Magazine.com as the Event Trends Blogger with a background in nonprofit event planning and management. Kate is currently a Special Events Manager with the National Kidney Foundation of Arizona. Kate is a board member with the International Special Events Society (ISES) of Arizona. She expresses a true love and passion for the event industry and is thankful for the opportunity to share unique ideas and popular trends with readers.

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