Fox Five Road Warrior at Legendary Event! Five Segments! Five Departments!

What a thrill to have Fox Five’s outstanding Road Warrior Stacey Elgin come and visit  A Legendary Event! Our team showed how to have a Legendary holiday with our very own Legendary experts demonstrating what A Legendary Event has to offer for the holiday table.  Executive Chef Christophe in the kitchen showcased a fabulous Holiday Cranberry Orange Relish.  Executive Pastry Chef Charles Barrett in the Pastry Shop demonstrated how to make our famed Pumpkin Cheesecake Lollipops.  Floral Director Jeanna Graham showed how simple food die and seasonal fruit such as crabapples or cranberries can add a simplistic flair to a holiday table. Creative Director Steve Welsh showed his talents by creatively transforming a wood panel from the hardware store into a stunning and spectacular tiger eye patterned wood dining table that made an exquisite fall statement. CEO and founder, award-winning Tony Conway showed us his festive flair by appointing the perfect place setting with colorful table napkins making a scalloped fold that dressed up the table and resembled a memorable Thanksgiving turkey styled design. The Legendary team showed how limitless the possibilities are at A Legendary Event and when you add a personal touch, everyone enjoys the holiday in style. Try one of our recipes and tell us how it turned out! 

Happy Holidays and may your blessings be many!

JDRF Stories of Hope

On Saturday, May 8th at the Intercontinental Buckhead Hotel, The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) held their annual gala. The gala is infamous for raising record breaking amounts of money for JDRF and this year was no exception as they raised over $1 million dollars! Our Creative Director, Steve Welsh, took center stage as the event designer. This year, he wanted to go for more of a contemporary feeling but maintain a tradition, timeless design.

A plethora of silver, acrylic, wire and glass spheres were at the center of the design. The large tent that was placed in the courtyard at the Intercontinental was centered with a dramatic element of dripping spheres hanging over a sixteen foot table. Orchids were then carefully placed around the dramatic centerpiece.

The guest tables were draped in gorgeous “Fairmont Taffeta” from Party Tables. The centerpiece was a classic cluster of white Hydrangea with white Phalaenopsis Orchids placed sporadically in the arrangement.

The bar consisted of 16 of our lit bar tops with a long, skinny table in the center of the bar that held another magnificent arrangement of Phalaenopsis Orchids and silver, acrylic, wire and glass spheres. Of course, we added the proper ambient lighting with floating and votive candles.

The event was a fun and exciting evening. We were honored to have been chosen to do the event décor and serve as a sponsor for JDRF. This years gala brings JDRF one step closer to finding a cure for Juvenile Diabetes. Many thanks to the supporters and other sponsors!!

***Photos courtesy of Nancy Jo McDaniel

TIS' THE SEASON

We have been busy elves here at Legendary Events during the 2009 holiday season and have been fortunate enough to have many events on our December calendar.

One of the exciting design and floral events that we produced on the 1st of December was a Client Appreciation Party for the St. Regis. The St. Regis Astor Ballroom is gorgeous with its ivory painted mill work, custom chandeliers, silk embroidered fabric walls and the silver leaf ceiling. This architecture makes our job easier (and harder); while we have great bones to work with, we have a high standard to live up to.

photo courtesy of ricmershon.com

The ballroom was draped off into 6 sections with gorgeous sheer white fabric. The focus of the space was placed in the center of the room under the magnificent hand made crystal chandelier. A tree full of holiday red berries was created by our floral director, Jeanna Graham and our infamous creative director, Steve Welsh. Surrounding the tree were over 50 glass containers filled with berries, amaryllis, ruby water and, of course, candles.

photo courtesy of ricmershon.com

The entrance to the ballroom was draped with sheer white fabric then tied back with magnolia leaf and large sweet pine cone garland and finished with a luscious red ribbon. A large silver urn filled with over 300 red roses sat on this gorgeous mahogany table. The entrance alone was enough to take your breath away!!

Overall, this turned out to be a wonderful and gorgeous evening!!

A Legendary Event Featured in Today's Peach Buzz

(Above photo courtesy of Rich L. Eldrege and AJC Staff; Below is an excerpt from today's Atlanta Journal and Constitution)

As always, the annual Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS Dining By Design benefit was a stylish outing for attendees Monday night at Atlanta Decorative Arts Center in Buckhead. This year, Buzz was invited to sit at Atlanta caterer Tony Conway’s A Legendary Event table. Conway’s executive chef Lincoln Stevens and executive pastry chef Charles Barrett created the lavish menu for the evening.

A Legendary Event’s creative director Steve Welsh told us he was going for “romantic and comfortable” with his candle-lit woodsy theme complete with trees and real moss that covered the table. We happened to be seated next to Legendary Events floral director Kim Vasil who helped to create the beautiful setting (”We completely washed all the moss used on the table so utensils could be placed on it at dinner,” she whispered to us about the crazy amount of prep work that went into the table).

“We liked the idea of creating a quiet little getaway for our guests this year,” Welsh explained. DIFFA attendees always peruse Welsh’s creation each year as he attempts to top himself after creating a table made out of chocolate a few years ago at the fund-raiser. Joked Welsh: “People still talk about that table. It was a lot of fun but I don’t think I would do it again. The dry cleaning bills were too high!”

“We liked the idea of creating a quiet little getaway for our guests this year,” Welsh explained. DIFFA attendees always peruse Welsh’s creation each year as he attempts to top himself after creating a table made out of chocolate a few years ago at the fund-raiser. Joked Welsh: “People still talk about that table. It was a lot of fun but I don’t think I would do it again. The dry cleaning bills were too high!”

Click here for more picture of last night's DIFFA event:

http://blogs.ajc.com/peachbuzz/2009/10/13/a-buzz-eye-view-from-diffas-dining-by-design-benefit/

Creative Director Steve Welsh Quoted in Special Event Magazine's Lead Story

Yesterday, Steve Welsh was quoted in Special Event's Eventline e-newsletter: Steve Welsh, creative director of Atlanta-based A Legendary Event, explains that his big corporate clients insist on green practices from all their vendors. "There are many tax breaks and other incentive program that these companies receive if they reach their green goal," he notes. And green events get great PR, he adds: "Do a great green event and you'll make the front page."

Welsh is right. In addition to being featured in the Spring issue of Delta Sky Magazine, A Legendary Event's "Sustainable Table" recently won Best Guest Table Presentation of the Year from the National Association of Catering Executives.

For full article: http://specialevents.com/green_events/special-event-professionals-juggle-tactics-to-go-green-in-tough-times-0826/