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Planning a New Year's party can be a comfortable casual event or a sophisticated formal affair. Get ideas for decorations, food and drinks for a New Year's celebration in this free video series on holiday parties.
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To celebrate New Year's Eve at home, purchase party hats, champagne and sparklers to create a festive atmosphere, and keep the Dick Clark special on TV in the background to watch the ball drop. Throw a New Year's Eve celebration at home for close friends and family with ideas from an event coordinator in this free video on holiday parties.
Celebrating New Year's Eve with family and friends requires first finding a venue, designating a driver, getting noise makers and party hats and having snacks available for attendees. Be with family and friends on New Year's Eve by planning an intimate event with ideas from an event coordinator in this free video on holiday parties.
Celebrating New Year's Eve with children can involve setting up a craft table to keep them occupied, offering them noise makers and giving them sparkling grape juice to toast with the adults. Make New Year's Eve a memorable holiday for the kids with ideas from an event coordinator in this free video on holiday parties.
A house can be decorated for a New Year's party with festive hats, noise makers, streamers and a full bar setup. Decorate an at-home New Year's party, creating a festive atmosphere, with ideas from an event coordinator in this free video on holiday parties.
Hosting a last minute New Year's Eve party is possible by inviting friends over the phone, running to the store for a few decorations and picking up take-out food or appetizers on the way home. Throw an on-the-spot New Year's celebration, complete with beer and wine, with ideas from an event coordinator in this free video on holiday parties.
A floral New Year's Eve centerpiece can be made with brightly colored flowers, sparkling streamers and decorative noisemakers all assembled into a hat used as a vase. Create a one-of-a-kind centerpiece for a New Year's celebration with ideas from an event coordinator in this free video on holiday parties.
New Year's Eve invitations can be phrased with a cute rhyming sentence, and usually include the date, time and place along with any details about the dinner, cocktails or entertainment. Write New Year's invitations in a style that reflects the mood of the party with ideas from an event coordinator in this free video on holiday parties.
Planning a New Year's Eve wedding requires sending out save-the-dates several months in advance, providing transportation for guests to get home safely and offering food stations rather than a seated dinner to encourage mingling. Get ideas for having a New Year's wedding, making sure to start the celebration late in the evening, from an event coordinator in this free video on holiday parties.
The perfect New Year's Eve involves sending out invitations way in advance, providing plenty of hats and noisemakers and offering everyone champagne for the midnight toast. Throw a great New Year's Eve party, equipped with a bartender, beverage servers and designated transportation, with ideas from an event coordinator in this free video on holiday parties.
Throwing a New Year's bowl party involves decorating the house with football paraphernalia, icing down beer and sodas and setting up a buffet of snack food, like chicken wings, nachos and hot dogs. Host a New Year's football party with ideas from an event coordinator in this free video on holiday parties.
Planning a safe New Year's Eve party involves offering transportation for every guest, designating a driver at the party, having a spare room set up for over-night guests or throwing a non-alcoholic event. Host a New Year's party where everyone can get home safely with ideas from an event coordinator in this free video on holiday parties.
A New Year's Eve party menu can include desserts only, lighter dishes like appetizers and sushi or food stations around the room. Create a New Year's event menu, making sure to satiate guests' appetites and soak up the alcohol, with ideas from an event coordinator in this free video on holiday parties.
Planning a party can be a daunting task. There are many details to account for like desserts, decorations, cocktails, menus and entertainment. Most importantly, planning a party requires tying all of the individual aspects together into a cohesive theme. Themed parties offer a chance for the host or hostess to personalize their event with something special and unique. In this free video series on holiday parties, an event coordinator discusses throwing a New Year's party. Find out how to throw a New Year's celebration at home, whether it involves the children or is an adults-only event. Get ideas for decorations, including centerpieces, noisemakers and hats, and find out how to throw an on-the-spot party with close friends and family. For the perfect celebration at the turn of a new year, consult this party planning video guide.
Lori Randall Lori Randall knows event planning and coordination inside out. Prior to establishing Simply Divine Events, Lori Randall worked as an event producer for Evention Show Productions in Tampa, managing dozens of corporate affairs throughout Florida and across the country. She also worked as an event and sales coordinator for the Orlando Science Center, planning the center's annual fundraiser gala, numerous weddings, and corporate events. Combined with her experience managing conventions at the Sheraton Orlando North in Maitland, Randall has established a network of valuable contacts in the industry - vendors who know and respect her expertise.dkdk
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