by Vincent Aviani | Oct 24, 2017 | Holiday Party Planning |
R.T. Clown has been a leading Southern California event production company since 1985, and since then, has successfully planned, coordinated, and produced more than 35,000 special events ranging from corporate holiday events to large children’s parties. So it’s safe to say that we know how complicated organizing special events can be. To help you get it right, R.T. Clown Inc. insists on following these four important tips next time you are at the center of organizing a special event.
TIP #1: Hire A Company With Organizational Skills and Passion for Event Planning
Event planning requires a real love for meticulous organization and passion for making people smile! There is nothing worse than having an event appear disorganized and even worse, people with bad attitudes in charge. Therefore, we recommend that you look for an event planning company that is passionate about what they do. You can see this passion by interviewing the event production company, talking to them on the phone, or even reviewing a portfolio or photographic evidence of previous successful events.
TIP #2: Hire a Company that is Flexible and Resourceful
There is nothing better than a well-organized event management firm. Making sure you hire a firm that knows how to nail down details and create a tight timeline is essential. However, no matter how organized an event planning firm is, unexpected situations will always arise. The famous Murphy’s Law states that things will go wrong at some point, so hiring an event management firm that has great flexibility to respond to adverse situations. So when you are interviewing a potential event management company to organize your next event, make sure you ask them to discuss a previous client or an event where they had to perform under pressure, and had to adapt to difficult or unforeseen events.
TIP #3: How to Find a Qualified Event Planning Company
One of the best ways to hire an event planner is to research the company, with special attention to community reputation and length of time in business. R.T. Clown, for example has been in business for more than 30 years, and has an outstanding reputation among performers, clients, and businesses throughout Southern California.
TIP #4:Always Meet Your Event Planner in Person if Possible
While it may not always possible to meet a potential event planner in person, it can be an important key to creating a successful event, whether a holiday party or special children’s event. There’s something very powerful about creating a rapport with an event planner, and listening to their ideas. By meeting them in person, you can also get a sense of their passion and professionalism as well.
by Vincent Aviani | Oct 24, 2017 | Party Tips, Tips |
R.T. Clown Inc. has been planning, coordinating and executing special events, corporate parties, and holiday extravaganzas for more than 30 years. In fact, R.T. Clown Inc. is credited with spearheading more than 35,000 events since it started, so we know a thing or two about parties. However, one party we have been waiting a long time to organize, and that’s a Dodger World Series party! To help you celebrate America’s pastime, and get into the spirit of the World Series, follow these five tips for throwing your own Los Angeles Dodgers World Series Baseball party!
Tip #1: Planning is Everything
Since the World Series is a best-of-seven competition, it’s critical to determine exactly what game day you will be celebrating. For example, do you want to kick off the Series with a party, or do you want to wait until game four when it could be all tied up and the game on the line! Once you nail down the timing, plan on getting your invitations out quick! These can be send through either snail mail, email or even hand delivered. But because there are so many possibilities for great baseball themed invitations, take some time to create something original and fun!
Tip #2: Get Your Hot Dogs, Peanuts, and Popcorn, Here!
If you’re going to host a Dodger World Series party, you have to get the menu right! After all, food and drinks have been a part of the baseball tradition since the first game was played between the Cleveland Forest Cities and Ft. Wayne Kekiongas on May 4, 1871. So some of the necessary items will have to include:
- Hot dogs
- Popcorn
- Pretzels
- Lemonade
- Peanuts
- Beer
- Cracker Jack
Tip #3: Set the Stage With Decorations:
Any great party will include some decorations. Find some old pendant flags, patriotic streamers, and even some baseball posters to hang on the walls. Also, make sure you ask people who are attending your party to wear their favorite baseball jerseys and ball caps.
Tip #4: Welcome Your Guests with Gusto:
One of the best strategies for kick-starting a good party, is to create a welcoming sign of some kind. Since it’s a World Series party, try hanging a sign on your front door that says something like “Welcome Baseball Fans” or something like that. It just helps set the stage for a great
Tip #5: Plan for Downtime
Baseball is considered one of the slowest paced sports in the world. As a matter of fact, it is also one of the only team sports that doesn’t have a time limit or clock to regulate the pace of the game. So plan on downtime during your party. To take advantage of these long commercial breaks, pitching changes, and brouhaha’s, make sure to have a baseball and glove handy to create an impromptu game of catch or even a little game of pickle.
by Vincent Aviani | Oct 20, 2017 | Party Tips |
Ahh…cooler nights, falling leaves, and pumpkins on the porch. These are all dead giveaways that it’s Halloween time! Of course, R.T. Clown Inc. has been helping corporations and private residents celebrate Halloween since 1985, so we know a thing or two about the occasion. These days, just about everyone associates Halloween with costumes, candy, and children who yell, “Trick or treat!” But Halloween’s roots reach much further into history than many people realize.
Roots in Really Old Europe
Actually, Halloween has its roots in ancient European history. According to many historians, Halloween started as a part of the ancient Celtic festival of “Samhain” which celebrated the end of harvest, and the beginning of the “darker part of the year.” Part of the Samhain festival included people lighting bonfires and wearing costumes to ward off evil and ghosts.
The festival also had religious significance, as people burned fruits, vegetables, grain, and possibly animals as offerings to the gods. These ancient Samhain festivals began to evolve into magical times, when important battles were fought and mystical fairies cast spells. It was a time when the natural world and the supernatural world were interlinked. Many Celts even believed that during the Samhain festival, the dead could walk among the living. Even today, many historians believe that Halloween’s association with scary creatures, food, and curses began with these pagan customs more than 2,000 years ago.
Halloween in the Anno Domini
As Christianity gained hold in the eight century A.D., Pope Gregory III designated November 1 as a time to honor all saints, and included some of the traditions of the Samhain festival. Eventually, this became known as All Hallows Eve, and later Halloween. The evening before was a day of trick-or-treating, dressing up in costumes, and carving jack-o-lanterns. The tradition grew around the world, and soon Halloween became synonymous with shorter days and colder nights, and of course gatherings, costumes and sweet treats.
Halloween and R.T. Clown
Today, Halloween is a big deal at R.T. Clown. If fact, we have successfully coordinated more than 35,000 events since the company was founded. Because R.T. Clown has a full roster of professional entertainers and actors to call on, the company can create great Halloween fun. Want to add some magicians, musicians, jugglers, unicyclists, caricaturists, psychics, animal acts, and fire eaters? Just give R.T. Clown a call.
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