What a another gorgeous spring day. The sky is bright blue the bees are buzzing and we are to reach 80 degrees today. Love it.
Ceremony is set before anyone arrives with BeckenRidge Italian chairs.
Roth's catering, bringing some of the prep stuff. They put together the buffet tables and beverage station, then headed back to the restaurant to collect the hot food then back again.
The florist Roth's (Laurie) was here first to place the flowers on the arch and then place the centerpieces on the tables. Always a great lady to work with.
The sweetheart table.
Today is an afternoon wedding with roughly 100 guests. The room was set for 110 guests with BeckenRidge Italian chairs and ivory linens.
Ceremony started about 15 minutes late (pretty normal) with guests still arriving after the bride walked down.
So glad that they choose to do a sand ceremony vs candles, the wind has been blowing all morning.
The guests were greeted by music from DJ Navigator. A couple of BeckenRidge bistro tables were placed on the covered patio so that guests could put down their drinks while taking a couple turns on the dance floor.
The photo booth was another great hit.
The photographer was also loving the weather and taking the bride & groom out into the vineyard for some great vineyard pictures.
After the buffet was cleared....
and cake cutting was done...
...the younger crowd migrated to the basketball hoop and someone brought a football utilizing the openness of the lawn for throwing the ball.
The evening flew by with hugs from parents and family...
...then exiting into the sea of bubbles (after one more photo op for us) and off on their honeymoon coast bounded.
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What a gorgeous spring day...the birds are singing the sun is shinning and we are to reach almost 60 degrees. YEAH!!!
Well that isn't terribly warm, but when you are used to low 40's to 50 degrees that is warm. We are still putting out the patio heaters, to keep any chance of a cool breeze chilling our guests for today's wedding. Guest tables and bistro tables are placed outside for reception for additional seating.
The ceremony is to take place inside in front of the fireplace. There will be a quick transition from ceremony to reception, while guest give their congratulations to the bride & groom in a receiving line along with a group shot of all the guests on the lawn while this change happens.
Before anyone arrives BeckenRidge has taken care of setting up for the ceremony using the black & tapestry padded chairs. Along either side of the ceremony is the tables for the reception ready with BeckenRidge ivory linens, so all they need to do is place their decorations on the tables.
Celebration Florals www.celebrationflorals.com came loaded with spring like flowers for the bridal party, family and cake (Beaverton Bakery (family brought with them), carrot cake was wonderful). The family used mason jars to place the floral arrangements for the centerpieces, so simple and economical.
Pictures were taken by Pete Dryden www.petedrydenphotography.com, first time here at BeckenRidge and was easy to work with. Had the bride, groom and bridal party all over the property taking pictures.
Music was conducted by Dawn from DW Duo www.dwduo.com, this lady is multi-talented she played her harp for the ceremony, sang during the dinner hour of the reception and then switched to DJ for the remainder of the evening. She did it all with grace & excitement and everyone loved it!!!
The evening slipped away so fast and the last song was played then all guests were asked to step outside for the send off of the bride and groom. Though only a select few new about the getaway, but it didn't stay that way when you heard their ride arrive.
Yes, that is a Helicopter ~ Ingo from Konect Aviation came from McMinnville in his helicopter to take the bride and groom to their next destination before heading off on their honeymoon.
This is only the 2nd time for a helicopter to land at BeckenRidge and the crowd is excited and so is the bride & groom.
It took some time as the bride and groom were escorted in and situated, but once in, the helicopter took no time to get turned around and they were off while the sun was setting. So cool!!
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Local resident's daughter and granddaughter's put together a snazzy 90th birthday gathering. The weather was perfect with the sun shinning and the warmest it had been in a long time. So guests wondered outside onto the covered patio and some walked through the vineyard enjoying the sun on the face and the views.
The tables were placed with BeckenRidge white
linens and black padded chairs, making any decoration work nicely. The girls decorated the room with paper machete around the room with pictures of the birthday girl along the walls & windows. The tables were also nicely decorated with mason jars with a variety of carnation flowers along with more pictures of the birthday girl.
There was a full buffet catered by Washington Street www.washingtonststeakhouse.com, always friendly staff and yummy food.
They did hire a photographer Sandi Lovegrove http://sandielle.com who capture the moments of the day and did share some with us too.
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Local Citizens Bank choose BeckenRidge for a community invited economic meeting about the current & future incite from their bank's president.
BeckenRidge setup tables and the tapestry chairs along with ivory linens. Steve from Capricorn Catering www.capricorncatering.com provided a lovely continental breakfast for this 7am meeting.
For the small business the outlook is not good for any additional finance, there are no bail outs for the small man. So tighten down on the budget and lets hope these hard times do not stretch beyond the 2 years of hardship predicted.
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After 2 days of snow, with little hints of it still here and there... to a 55 degree day... we pulled out the t-shirts loving the sun breaks.
The awards banquet happening later in the day and not to see anyone till the afternoon gave us time to finish setup at a more leisurely pace. They choose to rent our white linens and use all BeckenRidge black chairs with a few tables of tapestry chairs. Leaving all table decorations to them.
Though even before any of the decorating committee arrive the caterer James Gang BBQ www.jamesgangbbq.com started the smoker. Nothing like smelling food from miles away to make you hungry when you thought you were full.
The wives put all the centerpieces together on the spot. Boy are they good, came armed with lots of tool kits and adjusted easily when surprises arose (paper napkins vs cloth).
They had a few of BeckenRidge bistro tables out on the covered patio with lanterns placed in the middle and battery operated candles inside. Very cool once the sun started going down, I wish I had taken a picture of them.
The guys did bring up the new Tender aka water truck...aka water buffalo (so funny the nicknames), which was really cool to see before sunset.
The evening continued with wine & beer at the bar and go back for seconds on the buffet. Everyone raved on about the food and the James Gang homemade BBQ sauces.
The awards ceremony itself took no time at all and before you knew it all was said and done and they were packing away the centerpieces and out the door. It was a really great crowd and look forward to having them out here again.
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