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By annajtx


20 Years in the Banquet Business and Going...

I've been organizing and planning Banquets for various occasions around the Greater Houston Metropolitan area for over 20 years. I've finally hired more staff so I can spend more time on other things, such as making a website about my passion. I plan to use this site to tell the world more about and to guide everyone through the various aspects of banquet planning including the picking of a theme, renting the banquet furniture, and setting it up properly. I also want to write about the decorating of an entire hall from chair covers to ceiling decorations to dress up the whole facility and bring all the elements together into a uniform theme. This might sound easy in one sentence but do not underestimate the organization or planning of a banquet night no matter the occasion. But no worries, I'm here to help!

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Using a Centralized Theme to Bring a Banquet Together

A banquet is something that has a purpose behind it's occurring. It could be a celebration related to your work, a retirement party, a wedding reception or some other celebration, you are still creating a night which is going to be special. Since you wish that your party will be successful and that your guests will really enjoy themselves, uniting everything with a theme is ideal for using your decor and presentations to help achieve this.

Although you are somewhat limited because of your incident, you can still be creative when you create this evening's theme. Seasons can give you some good ideas for how to decorate and how to create the right mood for the evening. It is very inersting to know about the While a banquet in December will almost always suggest a winter or Christmas theme, one in the early summer may have you leaning toward vacation or beach type of imagery and decorations.

It's a good idea to put together a committee of people to brainstorm multiple banquet themes to choose from. If it's a celebration such as a prom or a seasonal party, you have a lot of leverage for a theme. You can compose a theme based on colors or ideas related to functions where there is a particular aim to the banquet, events such as a wedding party or a corporate Christmas gathering, that can kindle creative sparks in your committee.

Using the coordinated talents of your bunch is a great thing about a committee imminence. You have the practical minded people on the team who know what you can and cannot get away with thematically and what you can and cannot afford from a budget perspective. And if you have on the same committee the creative people who know how to dream up wonderful themes and ideas to make the banquet magical, you can eventually arrive at a theme that's both fun and exciting and realistic as well.

Once you settle on a theme in terms of a concept for the banquet, then you can put everyone to work to focus in on that theme. Once your theme is chosen, smaller commitees can handle the details for you such as finding the right banquet chairs and convenient items such as folding banquet tables. If everyone sticks to the plan, your banquet will be recalled by all of the guests as a wonderful experience.

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Worldnet profile image

Worldnet  says:
16 months ago

Good info, my wife is in charge of putting together a banquet and will pass this along to her!

BlueSkyBright profile image

BlueSkyBright  says:
16 months ago

The only thing I dont like about banquets is that they dont allow you to socialize as much as possible. I feel many people get glued to their chairs and dont mix and mingle.

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outofbreath  says:
16 months ago

I really want to make a Banquest in my restaurant.. this will help a lot.. great hub..

bob_g profile image

bob_g  says:
16 months ago

My wife best friend is at this moment preparing for her wedding. I will definatley be directing her to your great hub page. There's plenty of noteworthy information here and i'm sure she will be the better for it. Thanks

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bocasteve  says:
16 months ago

Some of my best dinner outings have been at banquets, especially during my past sporting days.

Debt Guru profile image

Debt Guru  says:
16 months ago

Thanks for the great information. We are currently planning a holiday banquet, this will help.

YBCT12 profile image

YBCT12  says:
16 months ago

Good info on putting together a banquet. Nice resource for anyone wanting to throw a party.

Sascha H profile image

Sascha H  says:
16 months ago

Interesting ideas! Thanks for the information about banquets.

movieelliot profile image

movieelliot  says:
15 months ago

Good info to be found here, of course it's not a (daunting) task that most people will ever do in their life but more power to those that do organize these kinds of events!

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