Archive for the ‘wedding’ Category

Showtime Events Newest Intern: Courtney Thompson!

Monday, August 29th, 2011

Showtime Events and Cobblestone Hall are excited to welcome Courtney Thompson as their newest intern. She is 22 years old and a senior at North Carolina State University majoring in Communications, with a concentration in Media. Courtney grew up in Raleigh, NC but moved to Charlotte, NC right before she began high school. She has always been an NC State fan so she knew she would end back up in Raleigh eventually!

 Courtney has been interested in event planning for years and has always considered pursuing a career in the field after graduation in December 2011. She recently interned in New York City this summer at La Pomme NYC which is a well known event space in the Chelsea area of the city. While there Courtney was able to work directly with the staff at the venue planning birthday parties, corporate events, fundraisers, and more. But while in the “big city” she realized that she did not want to live anywhere but North Carolina and returned home when her internship ended.

She hopes to continue to gain hands on experience while working with Showtime Events, especially in wedding planning and full event management. Over the next few months Courtney will be assisting with event production and have a chance to experience all aspects of the pitching, selling, planning, and execution process from start to finish.

Away from work Courtney loves food, hanging out with friends, shopping, fashion, traveling, and spending time with her dog Lucy. Some of Courtney’s favorite TV shows include Gossip Girl, The Bachelor, Pretty Little Liars, and The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. She is also an active alumnus of her sorority at NC State, Zeta Tau Alpha.

We are excited to have Courtney on the Showtime Events and Cobblestone Hall team for the next few months. Look for her at events!

The Southern Bridal Show and Expo

Monday, August 16th, 2010

On August 15, 2010 Showtime Events and Cobblestone Hall attended the The Southern Bridal Show & Expo in Raleigh, NC and had 2 fantastic booths! Both booths features stunning full color images, a wide variety of products we offer, information about our service and special events venue, our exclusive Ice Magic Acrylic LED products and lighting and much more!

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The Showtime Events team of Janet, Sarah, Cliff and James had a great time working in both booths and speaking with over 650 excited brides and their extended families and friends. Wedding shows are always fun because every one in attendance is happy and just ready to plan everything for their upcoming big wedding day! This show was one of the best we have attended in a long time and it was steady and busy with traffic for the entire day.

People were VERY excited to talk about Cobblestone Hall for their venue and discuss the different ways Showtime Events could bring the “wow” to their event! It was also great to see so many of our friends from the events industry at their booths as well. We are looking forward to the next show!

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Parkerson - Day Reception

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

On Saturday July 3, 2010, Sarah Parkerson and Stephen Day  celebrated their marriage with a beautiful garden inspired reception at Cobblestone Hall.
parkersonA delicious menu was provided by Catering Works and beautiful floral arrangements from Petal Pushers helped to make the room look phenomenal.  Growing up in Scotland, the bride wanted traditional Scottish music performed by a live band.  The guests had a blast learning the steps and dancing the night away!  Guests also  had a lot of fun taking pictures in the photo booth  that was complete with funky sunglasses, feather boas, picture frames, and many other creative props.  It was very popular and everyone really enjoyed taking pictures all night!

At the end of the evening, guests lined the cobblestone streets with giant parkerson2sparklers and began to sing The Temptations’ “My Girl” and saw the bride and groom off.  Showtime Events would like to offer a huge congratulations to the bride and groom and wish them many years of happiness!

Cobblestone Hall Featured With Priscilla of Boston Wedding Dresses

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

Priscilla of Boston has opened a new store in downtown Raleigh .  To commemorate the occasion, the  world famous wedding gown store has partnered with wedding planner Barbara Clark to come up with six dresses to be paired with six unique wedding venues throughout the Triangle Area.

Cobblestone Hall was one of the 6 unique wedding venues chosen to be part of the article.   Our venue was paired with a beautiful trumpet-style gown and the look was given the name “The Downtown Dame.”  Microsoft Word - Raleigh Pairings Pitch SheetIt perfectly matches the historical elegance and traditional feel of Cobblestone Hall while simultaneously bringing in a bit of modern flair.  Priscilla of Boston is a highly esteemed company with locations all throughout the nation and we are sure that it will make a great addition to the Triangle area!

Cobblestone Hall is an event space managed and operated by Showtime Events in Raleigh, NC.

Cobblestone Hall Hosts Both a Wedding Ceremony and Reception!

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

On Sunday, June 27, 2010 Cobblestone Hall was honored to be a big part of the marriage of Jessica Zabarsky and Mike El Mann. This special event was zar1the first time Cobblestone Hall was the location for both the ceremony and reception. A focal part of the ceremony was the stunning Chuppah created by Fresh Affairs that the couple was married under. The following reception also featured centerpieces and candle arrangements from Fresh Affairs that added wonderful colors to the entire facility.

The food was provided by Mitchell’s Catering and guests dined on a menu of wild mushroom crostinis, watermelon and red onion salad, and herbed roulade of wild salmon with summer vegetable couscous, roasted red pepper-orange vinaigrette, and bundle of summer beans. This was accompanied by baked challah rolls and a beautiful multi tiered red velvet wedding cake. LED lighting around the perimeter of the room and 12 foot high custom Austrian swag draping connected the entire room together for both the ceremony and reception.
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After dinner the guests got out of their seats with Ken from Bunn DJ Company getting the party started and keeping everyone dancing until late in the evening. It really was a fantastic afternoon and evening that will not soon be forgotten. We would like to congratulate Jessica and Mike  again for letting us be a part of their special day  and wish then nothing but happiness in the future.