Bridal Show returns to Strathmore

Times Reporter

 

Planning a wedding can be stressful. Where do you go for flowers, your cake, what about your photographer and your dress? It can be a stressful, frazzling time but one that is made a little easier by bridal expos. Expos make it basically a one stop shop to either find what you are looking for, or to find ideas you hadn’t even thought about. 

That’s just one reason why Event-full Elements is hosting Strathmore’s second annual Bridal Expo on Nov. 3. 

This will be the first time the wedding and event-planning company has hosted the event.

“It’s really coming together, it took a little longer then what we had anticipated. We wanted to go for a bigger show this year, more of an expo style and really drive in traffic to create an event that would be a very large event, bring in business, bring in the knowledge and just let people know how many industry people there are in this area,” said Junella Weiss, owner of Event-full Elements. 

The expo itself is at both Trinity school and Westmount Elementary School. The fashion show is at the Strathmore Travelodge followed by a red carpet event at 4:30 p.m. Then there will be a dinner awards gala, also held at the Travelodge, with a concert by Drew Gregory. Brett. W. Wilson will be walking the runway at 3 p.m. and then will be walking the red carpet with all the VIP guests at 4:30 p.m. There will be a kids zone, and a grooms lounge with a big screen TV. 

Brenda Stuart-Berry from Sew Delicious is running her dresses at the first set from 1-2 p.m. and then Event-full Elements will be running their fashion show from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. 

The bridal show is the same evening as the Crisis Society Gala, something Weiss and her fellow organizers hadn’t knon. What they plan to do is donate the money from the expo entrance ticket sales to the women’s shelter. 

“We want to support them. It’s $10 to pre-purchase and $15 day of. For the Drew Gregory’s concert we are partnering up with Project Hope so the proceeds from the dinner gala awards go to Project Hope,” said Weiss.

She said they wanted to show their support to both organizations. Weiss has worked with Project Hope in the past, helping plan their events at the Travelodge, and she said the women’s shelter is also a dear cause to her. Doors open for the expo at 10 a.m. For more information call 403-901-7196 or go to www.strathmorebridalexpo2012.com