Curtis Dahl’s Blog

Emily and Charlie overcame the challenges of leading a religious service in front of scores of their family and friends to do an exceptional job. The party to follow was meant to be fun not stuffy. No coats and ties here. The party was at the Barn at Calamigos Ranch. Playing games, eating ribs, and hanging out by the fire made this party fun for all.

Shawn at Hart to hart (H2H) kept everyone dancing with good music, a light show, and fun hand-outs. The video montage made everyone smile and highlighted Emily and Charlie’s ability to play their favorite sport, tennis. 

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Being the fourth child, Jaclyn was more than ready to do a good job on her torah portion at Temple Aliyah. The party followed at Hillcrest Country Club. Hillcrest outdid themselves with beautiful h’ors doeurves stations, while the kids enjoyed games, basketball, a tatoo artist, and even a photo booth.

In the main ballroom, Mark from Elite Interactive Entertainment kicked off the action and kept everyone dancing all night long. A wild colorful backdrop behind the DJ booth was framed between two live feed screens provided from the videographer at Pixelworks. Mark’s Garden made elegant yellow floral arrangements for the tables. A small basketball hoop was tastefully added as a special touch to show Jaclyn’s favorite activity.  

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Rob put together the perfect party for his wife Jen. It started out as a surprise, but the surprise leaked out when Rob had Jen on the party list and an early email went out to invite all the guests of the party, including Jen.  Oops. However, Rob did pull off a surprise video. All the guests were invited to make a short 30 second video to Jen which Rob edited into a montage. Guests sang, got into costume, and in general got crazy.

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There are not too many things more important than schooling for our children. The mission of the Kadima gala held at the Westlake Hyatt this year was to ensure good education would continue. 

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The theatrical setting in the auditorium at Skirball Cultural Center was the scene for Griffin’s Bar Mitzvah ceremony. The party followed in Ahmanson Hall at Skirball, one of the most sensational rooms in the city for a party. The name of the game was lighting. The tables were uplit, the table names were lit screens with video motion, and behind the stage was a dramatic light curtain. King Dahl Event Design completed the look with contempory centerpieces and 10 foot banners.

Griffin loves hockey so the theme was easy to pick. The banners incorporated photography by Curtis Dahl of Griffin out on the ice playing hockey. The theme and photos were carried out in the place cards, video montage, and custom sign in book.

Kevin with Milestone Productions kept every one entertained. There was something for everybody including large screen video games, miscellaneous game stations, a DJ and dancers to rock the house, and even mini doughnuts made to order as guests were ready to leave.

Griffin’s Bar Mitzvah was one guests will be talking about for a long time. 

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What is the last international corporation shareholders meeting you have been to? Well, it is even more fascinating to go when it is for the MGM MIrage Corp in Las Vegas. The presentations and state of the corporation address included multi screen video presentations and elaborate lighting. The associated parties include theme parties, scrumptious food displays, and a nice Vegas touch, girls dipped in chocolate.

The executives at MGM Mirage took great care to galvanize the shareholders. Jose Ramirez, the banquet manager at the Luxor, and Wolfgang von Wiser, the executive chef at Bellagio made sure eating was culinary delight. MGM MIrage Events made sure the visual experience was intoxicating.  

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This year we’ve been selected by the loyal fans of The Knot as one of the best photography studios in Southern California in their Best of Weddings 2008 issue.

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