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vendor reviews: bridal shows & events
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Welcome Wagon has been a household name for over seventy-five years. Starting out by delivering goodie bags of wedding resources and personally explained tips to brides in need, they've since spread their wings into full-fledged bridal shows that draws between 150 and 250 brides to each event. These shows offer fashion shows, twenty-five to thirty sponsor exhibits, door prizes from each sponsor, and a grand prize at the end of the afternoon.
Susan Casey, Show Coordinator for Kitchener's Welcome Wagon 'Bridal Showcases', says, "Brides that come to one of the Welcome Wagon shows, do so because it is smaller. There is more opportunity to give personal attention to each bride coming through our doors. Our wedding service providers get a chance to speak with each bride and answer questions, and explain their services." Susan has more than five Bridal Showcases under her belt.
The Bridal Showcase at Kitchener's City Hall opens its doors at 1 pm on Sunday, March 8, 2009. At the door, each bride gets a name tag, a Today's Bride magazine, and a goodie bag of gifts (while quantities last) and business materials provided by each of the sponsors of (and in attendance at) the show.
Brides find their seats in and around the runway, and the fashion show begins, profiling the latest gowns offered by the gown and formal wear shops participating in the show.
All in all, the show takes about three hours, doesn't take up your weekend plans, and is a really good way to meet and greet some of the wedding professionals in the K-W area.
Contact Susan Casey either by email or by phone (1-877-675-8463). You can also check out Welcome Wagon's services online at www.WelcomeWagon.ca or www.bridalshowcase.ca. This seventy-eight year old organization offers helpful information and home visits for brides, new moms, new businesses, and anyone who's moving into a new neighbourhood.
- Jennifer Goulden, TheWeddingRing.ca * Vendors wishing to be a part of the show, should call Susan Casey at 519-658-0687. * Details are subject to change, and should be verified by an authorized Welcome Wagon representative.
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Welcome Wagon Bridal Showcase is
intimate, invitation-only and free
Reviewing
Susan Casey, Show Coordinator, Welcome Wagon's 'Bridal Showcase' @
Kitchener City Hall
An afternoon in the life of a Bridal Showcase... 
Brides and
their entourages have the chance to take a stroll
through the massive room of exhibits, checking things out, asking
questions, and getting to know the participants of the show. Because
Welcome Wagon exhibits only one service provider in each wedding planning
category, it doesn't take long for brides to get to know the wedding
professionals at the show. Complimentary coffee
is offered at the door, making it a bit more like a casual get-together,
than a bridal show. 
Models come in
all shapes, sizes, and ages, including the wee ones, of course (they are
our favourites!), and they will be showcasing bridal gowns and tuxedos. Periodically throughout the fashion show, the MC introduces
sponsors and
draws door prizes
(with bridal reaction ranging from shy excitement to jumping up and
down!). The Bridal Showcase is concluded by allowing time for bridal
parties to mingle, wander,
and follow up with any sponsors they'd been meaning to speak with at the
beginning of the evening.
To register to attend...