fandomhigh | Event Planning, Tuesday Third Period

"Hey, guys!" Vanessa said cheerily at the beginning of today's class. "So, I am Vanessa Carlysle, and I am planning my wedding. And it is a lot of work. Now, sure, you can just go down to the courthouse and get married with no fuss, but then you don't get presents." Hashtag priorities. "Or cake. So you've got to figure out where you're having the wedding, and when, and no that venue isn't available then, so you've got to reevaluate, and then you've got to pick out the dress and the colors and the bridesmaids dresses, and Candi's getting a boob job next week so she needs to wait to buy her dress until they heal, and the cake and the flowers and the music and do you want to pay extra to rent the fancy chairs? Do you want an open bar? Your friends drink a lot, but not having an open bar is seen as cheap. And with your friends, do you want to hire extra security? Maybe some paramedics? Oh, and speaking of the reception, do you need to book a whole second venue for that? And the food, what about the food? It's a million details, and if you're not scared yet, you should be. So, the good news is, my wedding is almost planned--it's in three months--and I've learned a few things!

"So here's how this class is going to work. You're going to plan a fictional event. Could be a wedding, could be a fancy birthday party, could be something else. Each week, we'll cover a different part of the event, until at the end you should have everything planned out and ready to go. Now, if at some point in the semester something happens, and you don't want to work on that event any more, say, suddenly weddings are traumatic for you, that's fine, but you have to pick a new event and do all the back work on it on your own time. This week, I want you to take a little time to decide what kind of event you'll be working on, and then introduce yourself and tell me a bit about your event. Okay? Okay."