Category Archives: Event Design

Octoberfest Arrives Early to Park City

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Lewis Events had the pleasure of working with Summit Events DMC in bringing Octoberfest to life in Park City for a corporate client. So, instead of waiting until October, early September was when it was time to break out the the Alpenhorns, Brats, and Sauerkraut.

The Stein Eriksen Lodge is a beautiful location both indoors and out with breathtaking views of the surrounding mountains and Deer Valley Resort. We decorated the event space to create the Octoberfest atmosphere and complement the venue space.

Prior to dinner and presentations, guests primarily socialized with frequent challenges at the Hammerschlagen game. This unique contest is often played at Octoberfest celebrations where challengers use the tapered end of a hammer to see who can drive a nail into a large piece of wood with the fewest number of hammer strikes. Most guests had never experienced Hammerschlagen but enjoyed the experience.

Lewis Events designs and creates amazing parties, special occasions, and corporate events throughout Southern California, Park City, Salt Lake, Utah Valley/Silicon Slopes, and beyond.

“Wild West Experience” at St. Regis

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St. Regis Hotel was the location of a willing group of guests from far and wide who gathered to meet friends and learn the ways of the old West. Delectable food was served, foot-stomping music was performed and folks jumped back in time to the days of the wide open frontier.

Lewis Events brought the adventure to life with virtual calf roping, gold panning, trick roping, and real-life Western heroes. Brave participants rolled up their sleeves and did their best to rope the cow before it ran off to the wide-open prairie.

Forty-niners heard the call of gold discovered in Park City and rushed to stake their claim. Miners ferociously panned for riches in the Wasatch range rivers and streams with the occasional cry of “Eureka” heard over the music drifting from the local saloon.

After an evening of roping, panning, and calf gathering, Park City has a whole new slew of Cowgirls and Cowboys to tame the West.

Point of The Mountain Chamber Gala Shines

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Point of the Mountain Chamber Gala Lewis Events

This year’s Point of the Mountain Chamber of Commerce Gala shined in silver and blue. Lewis Events was honored to provide the stage and entrance decorating, table centerpieces, atmosphere lighting, and entertainment with DJ Brett Live. The gala was held at the Hilton Garden Inn, in Lehi, Utah, the heart of Utah’s high-tech hub, “Silicon Slopes”.

Lewis Events designs and creates amazing parties, special occasions, and corporate events throughout Southern California, Park City, Salt Lake, Utah Valley/Silicon Slopes, and beyond.

Happy Birthday Pasadena . . . Lights, Camera, Action!

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Pasadena Museum of History Celebration

Lewis Events was recently invited to participate in the City of Pasadena’s 138th birthday celebration held at the Pasadena Museum of History. The special occasion was hosted in conjunction with their new exhibition entitled, “LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION! Hollywood Magic in Pasadena“, “which highlights the city’s intrinsic role in the multidimensional world of filmmaking”. Guests were welcomed with a movie premier grand entrance and snapped pictures in a movie-making photo vignette.

Key areas of the museum property featured iconic scenes from popular blockbuster films accompanied by costumed characters. A replica, “Back to the Future” time machine Delorean was also spotlighted.

Theater snack stand vignette

The Fényes Mansion served as a beautiful background for the theater-style snack bar, DJ, and featured entertainment. Each hour dances from popular films were performed and taught to the willing audience. Dances included Hand Jive, Thriller, Wednesday Adams, Footloose, and the entire YMCA routine.

Christy served as MC for the formal portion of the program and led the crowd in singing “Happy Birthday Pasadena”, with Pasadena’s Mayor Victor M. Gordo performing the honorary cake cutting.

Wizard of Oz scene

Pasadena locations have been featured in films including Father of the Bride, The Sting, La La Land, and Back to the Future. We enjoyed bringing the silver screen alive for Pasadena and hope for another amazing 138 years!

Lewis Events designs and creates amazing parties, special occasions, and corporate events throughout Southern California, Park City, Salt Lake, Utah Valley, and beyond.

Wild West In the Warehouse

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What do you do when you want to host your company’s western picnic on-site at your own facility.  Easy!  You transform your location into the Wild West.

Wild West Theme Party, Event Design

Lewis Events teamed up with Cafe N’ Stuff Catering to make wild west magic happen for a ton of folks at their company location with acres of indoor space. 

And when we said acres of space we weren’t kidding.  So with some areas masked off, we concentrated the colorful decorating in key areas of the event space. 

When the guests were finished eating Cafe N’ Stuff’s amazing food, Lewis Events kept the crowd entertained with a wild west trick roping and stunt show, a cornhole tournament, virtual calf roping, trick roping and, line dancing instruction.

Lewis Events magically transforms spaces into amazing theme parties for small intimate gatherings all the way up to grand celebrations in Southern California and Salt LakeCity/Utah Valley.  

Party Till The Cows Come Home

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Nothing like having a western party in a milking barn.  Our bovine friends were polite, quiet, did not eat too much and had a very positive attitude as long as they got their turn on the milking machine.Lewis Events was proud to be part of a company party held in the Millenial Barn located at the Orange County Fairgrounds.  It’s an ideal location for a western theme party, offering a perfect country atmosphere . . . . cows included.

The guests enjoyed a variety of interesting activities including gold panning, cowboy games, line dancing, great food and lively music.

Right in the middle of the party festivities, the cows filed in and in an orderly fashion, took their place at the milking machine.  It wasn’t long before the guests took notice and crowded to see the milking take place.  I must admit this was an interesting first for Lewis Events and definitely added another dimension to the event.

Emily came away from the experience with some new friends.

Roar Into the 20’s

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The roaring 20’s are just around the corner!  What plans do you have to celebrate this momentous, once-in-a-lifetime historical milestone?  How about hosting an unforgettable Roaring 20’s celebration?

It begins with a stunning entrance.

Amaze guests with spectacular entertainment.Delicious choices are a must!

Document the experience.

Reward guest participation.Ooh and awe guests with show stopping theme decor.

Enjoy the decade.

 

 

Black Friday DJ’s

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Black Friday is a big deal.  It comes with masses of shoppers and sales galore.  So how do you keep the crowds happy while they wait in line for all those fabulous deals?With really good music and really fun games of course!For the second year in a row, one of our agents made the call to Lewis Events to perform as DJ’s and bring activities to a large outdoor Orange County mall.  So, after a scrumptious Thanksgiving dinner we headed down the road and began the fun    . . . . . . at 12am.In the very middle of all of the crowds and excitement, we set up the sound system and played minute-to-win-it style games while the guests waited in line and strolled between deals.  Brett and Melinda acted as DJ’s and played a variety of amazing music to keep everyone awake.
Three hours can go by pretty quickly when you’re having a great time.We played music and games till just after 3am when the crowds started to thin a bit.  It took about 45 minutes to strike the gear and load the truck. Then what?  The stores are still open, black Friday sales abound and the crowds have subsided significantly.  So starting at 4am we spent an hour at the ice skating rink and on the giant ferris wheel. Then Black Friday shopping till 8:30 (we found some amazing deals). Then it was on with a new day.