Enchanted Secret Garden Wedding
Submitted by Swoop
A private wedding’s dinner and cocktail reception, held at the Oheka Castle in Huntington, Long Island, in November 2016, featured 200,000 silk flowers and half a million real blooms inside a 10,000-square-foot tent. Highlights included a towering 20-foot flower sculpture constructed to look like a tree that rose from the cocktail bar, and a floating 30- by 30-foot dance floor that contained silk flowers encased in Plexiglass.
30th Annual Crystal Ball
Submitted by British Columbia Children's Hospital
To mark the 30th anniversary of British Columbia Children’s Hospital’s Crystal Ball, organizers sought to celebrate the event’s past with a “30 Years Through the Looking Glass” theme. Alice in Wonderland-inspired decor and costumed characters filled the space at the Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver in November 2016, and technology elements such as projection mapping and a real-time leaderboard showing silent auction bids helped guests look to the future. The milestone event set a province-wide charity gala record of $4.5 million.
Dom Perignon the Vintage Trinity
Submitted by Gradient Experiential
For the June launch of Dom Perignon’s Vintage Trinity trio of wines, the brand tapped Gradient Experiential to create an event for press, influencers, and clients that would also reach fans on social media. Irving Plaza in New York was transformed, with each room illustrating unique characteristics of the vintages. In one room, poets crafted custom haikus, while in another, partygoers worked their way through a maze of mirrors. The evening ended with a performance by the cabaret group behind Manko Paris. The event resulted in more than 8 million impressions on social media.
25th Anniversary French Riviera Celebration
Submitted by SO Events
The weeklong celebration, in honor of Magic and Cookie Johnson’s 25th wedding anniversary in June, included three yachts that chartered guests to locations such as Monaco, Monte Carlo, and St. Tropez. Each destination featured its own extravagant event, including a black-tie dinner with dancing and a custom stage built on a dock in St. Tropez where performers entertained the couple and 100 of their closest friends and family.
