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The condition of the playa was pretty good, generally-it was decent between the Temple site and where the Man will be built, it was relatively flat and not chewed up, and was mostly free of the dust mounds that can grab your bike and throw you to the ground. The evenings cooled down nicely without turning cold. We got there just before the Temple crew arrived, when there was nothing more than flags in the ground

Temperatures had moderated mercifully since we were here last time for the Golden Spike-instead of being in the mid-100s, the morning temperatures were in the 70s, which felt blessed. In the evening we sat outside and let the darkness fall ever so gently as pinks and purples filled the sky, and then we were chased inside by heavy winds and pelting rain that created puddles everywhere in minutes. The Sign Shop crew was almost pelted off the highway from an intense hail storm, which was preceded by a haboob-like dust storm rolling over the Granites. It happened multiple times during our last visit. You can go from beautiful pastel blue skies and puffy white clouds and general gorgeousness to an ominous gray walls of storms and dust clouds and threatening skies and gushes of rain and howling winds in the space of an hour. During the meal, in came the Christmas chalets and wintry props including an 8ft polar bear, giant penguins and a giant sleigh for guests to have photos in.It’s true that you have to be prepared for everything, and sometimes everything happens in the course of one day. “This was for the evening guests and was a surprise.

“I was asked to recreate the Christmas markets for a wedding,” Debbie said. This unusual request went down a huge hit!” “Inside there were two fabulous acrobatic ballerinas putting on a show for all the guests. "There was a wedding where guests entered the wedding breakfast to find a giant snow globe in the centre of the dance floor,” Debbie said. Huge snow globe, Heaton House Farm, Macclesfield This was about four years ago but the staff there still remember the slinky ceiling we created.”ħ. We created over the dance floor a free-standing structure at the Lowry Hotel that housed hundreds of hanging slinkies. “I have to take a little bit of responsibility for this one,” Debbie explained, “But this client wanted something unique. “Dressed in a white wedding dress, with pearls around its neck and rings attached, their super cute pug ran down the wedding aisle on cue.” “I've had a client who was insistent on having their pug be the ring bearer for their wedding,” Debbie said. There were also giant 6ft lit-up DISCO letters, disco balls in the top table displays, centre pieces, cake table and even around the table plan." The £4k chandelier was over 4m wide and included 20 giant hanging disco balls. Suspended over their dance floor was a giant circular floral chandelier adorned with tonnes of hanging florals and disco balls. “We took the meaning of disco to another level. “This client liked to party and was a huge disco fan,” Debbie explained. This never went ahead as they decided being responsible for poo shovelling on the main road wasn't a good idea.” “There were quite a lot of kids involved so I was asked if I could arrange some camel rides to give the kids rides up and down the residential road outside their venue. “A local client was having a Middle Eastern theme for their event,” Debbie said. Middle Eastern theme, Whitefield Synagogue

“The groom at one of our weddings was a huge Marvel fan, so the buttonholes for the groom and the groomsmen all included mini Marvel characters entwined within the florals,” Debbie said.ģ. Comic superfan, Last Drop Village Hotel, Bolton We asked the clients to send us a photo of their cats, then the ice sculptor used that to copy the likeness as close as possible to create the ice cats.”Ģ. “We created a £600 ice sculpture for a wedding made to look like our clients’ two cats,” Debbie said. Ice sculpture of two cats, Merrydale Manor, Cheshire The Manchester Evening News reports the mum-of-two - who owns Qube Events & Productions - says it’s “very rare” that she organises a boring wedding or event, and she recalls the unusual requests she has had to deal with down the years.ġ. Your wedding day should be a special occasion - and Debbie Marks, who has worked in the industry for 23 years, is in the business of making it stay in the memory banks forever.
