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Designer Spotlight: Prive Floral

Feb 17 2012

We’ve welcomed back the amazing Tina Dusterhoft of Prive Floral as Guest Designer of our Inspiration Area. Tina visited us before and set the bar very high with her last design. This time Tina’s inspiration came from Iridescent Fabric.

Tina’s base was Bronze Jade and Aqua Taffeta accented with sharp contrast of orange and nectarine shades of floral and varying shades of gold in mercury glasses, gold boxes, Gold Vanessa China and Gold Chiavari Chairs. It’s a traditional look with modern flair and a bit of whimsy.

It’s a gorgeous look and has been getting rave reviews from our guests during our LINEN EVENT.
Thank you Tina and please visit us again!

See more of Prive Floral at www.privefloral.com or tina@privefloral.com

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And The Gala Goes to…

Feb 02 2012

Marquee Tents is thrilled to announce we have won a Gala Award at this year’s The Special Event 2012.

The Special Events prestigious award is awarded each year in categories like Best Fundraising Event, Best Wedding and Best Achievement in Logistics. The black-tie awards ceremony held last week in Tampa, Florida capped off the annual conference of seminars and events showcasing trends in fashion, food and technology for the Events Industry.

As this was an international competition, we were proud to enter with an event that encompasses all of the music, food, technology and spirit that make Austin what it is:
The Austin City Limits Music Festival produced by C3 Presents.

photo by Ashley Garmon Photographers

Our entry for Best Achievement in Event Rental Support conveyed in words and photographs the planning, experience and execution necessary to assist with an event of this size. Some of the larger events we do require us on-site for upwards of a week with intricate load-ins and load-outs. ACL required countless hours of planning and 20+ days on-site from start to finish.

A brief look at our part of ACL:
Festival load-in: 12 days
What we delivered: 220 tents of various sizes and styles, flooring, lighting, staging, tent décor, furniture, linens, sales services and day-of technicians.
Festival load-out: 6 days to remove all the equipment.

The 26th Annual Gala Awards

TSE | the Gala from VHVIDEO.COM on Vimeo.

A very special thanks goes the Mary Baird-Wilcock of The Simplifiers for accepting the award on our behalf and transporting it safely back to us in Austin! This win represents Marquee’s 3rd Gala Award.

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Marquee Wine & Venue Tour

Jan 23 2012

It was a beautiful day to sample Texas wines and visit unique Hill Country venues. Our latest tour took us to Pilot Knob Vineyard, The Retreat at Balcones Springs and Flat Creek Estate. Thank you to all that joined us!

Thank you to Courtney’s Catering for a wonderful breakfast and a huge thank you to Transportation Consultants and Heart of Texas Wine Tours for escorting us comfortably and safely to our stops.

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Designer Spotlight: Alfred’s Catering

Jan 19 2012

This month’s Designer Spotlight features Alfred’s Catering, a great partner and friend of Marquee. The theme is simple and timely – Valentine’s Day. For inspiration, Alfred dug deeper than flowers and chocolate and drew upon some beautiful thoughts about this special day dedicated to the celebration of love.

Says Alfred,
“I love Valentine’s Week, people seem to be in great spirits. With Marquee’s HUGE selection of linens to choose from, its easy to start a great table and add flowers, candles, flower petals and you are done. And do not forget your favorite chocolates for yourself. Even if you do not have a sweetheart, you have friends who care about you and friends for life, so go out and smile at the world, and the world will smile back at you.”

A beautiful sentiment and a lovely design. Alfred, you are welcome back anytime!

For more information visit Alfred’s Catering or contact Alfred at alfred@alfredcatering.com

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Designer Spotlight: Austin Social Butterfly, Sweet Sensations Candy Buffets and Bride’s Table

Dec 13 2011

Silver Bells, Silver Bells, it’s Christmas time at Marquee…

We are thrilled to feature a duo of talented designers this month at Marquee. For those of us lucky enough to enjoy the Inspiration area at Marquee every day we immediately got in the Holiday Spirit with this fresh, modern, whimsical design complete with a fireplace! It’s a true winter wonderland, and a yummy winter wonderland. If you haven’t been to Marquee this month what are you waiting for? Come enjoy the space and get introduced to Certified Wedding Planner, Kim Kindig of Austin Social Butterfly and Sweet Sensations Candy Buffets and Chef Casey Rogers of Bride’s Table custom cake shop.

Using Wedgewood Blue Taffeta as a base color and white chiavari chairs with a table setting of Vanessa Platinum Rim china, the mock dining table is beautiful with wintry custom accents and it’s showcased perfectly with the addition of the Crystal Barrel chandelier from Marquee Tents. The custom designed candy buffet starts with Silver Satin and the candy is accented in Sweet Sensations custom candy jars and candy all in white. Custom Candy Buffets include consultation, design, design, set-up, tear down, glassware, scoops, favor bags and delicious candy! What a great asset and addition to your next event!

Kim and Casey brought in a fireplace to showcase the sweetheart table which is layered in white tuille with a White Wellington Damask overlay. We literally feel like there is snow outside our window when we sit at the Sweetheart table.

The cake table is draped in Wedgewood Blue taffeta and the Bride’s Table has a beautiful custom mock wedding cake that brings the space together.

If you’re looking for inspiration and you want to get away from the standard red, green or gold for your holiday décor check out the photos in this blog post or better yet, come and see it in person at Marquee.

A huge thank you to Austin Social Butterfly, Sweet Sensations Candy Buffets and Bride’s Table for showcasing their talents at Marquee.

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

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Designer Spotlight: Elite Events & Floral Renaissance

Nov 21 2011

Marquee is thrilled to welcome Elite Events and Floral Renaissance as our Designer Spotlight. Floral and event designer Michael Akila and Event Specialist Kathie Millen transformed our Inspiration Area into a vibrant reflection of holiday flair. Featuring our fruitwood stained custom vineyard tables with a coordinating chivari chair and accenting with deep rich colors of eggplant, gold and bronze, the table scape is absolutely jaw dropping. We asked for over the top and this team delivered. The gold velvet high back banquettes and the gold saturn chargers are beautiful accents to the rustic elegance theme that this amazing team team created. It is worth a trip to our showroom to see for yourself and get inspired.

Kathie Millen and Michael Akila are a creative team that does not disappoint. Thank you for putting our Marquee team into the holiday spirit!

See more at www.eliteeventsaustin.com and www.floralrenaustin.com

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Texas Monthly BBQ Festival

Nov 03 2011

The Long Center will never be the same.
The 2011 Texas Monthly BBQ Festival summoned over 20 Pit Bosses from across Texas and they forever infused the wonderful smell of BBQ into the hallowed pillars of our performing arts center.

BBQ fans from as far away as Ithaca, New York cast their votes for Best Brisket, Best Sausage, Best Beef Ribs and Best Pork Ribs. The results will be in a future edition of Texas Monthly Magazine.

BBQ fan Syed Rehman said “So I flew into Dallas from Ithaca and then drove down for the fest. My vegetarian sister-in-law got me the BBQ t shirt because she knows how much I love BBQ. I will be back in 2013!”