Noted Speaker: Beverly Reese Church

Thursday, July 8, 2010
10 am or 2 pm
Highlands Falls Country Club
"Over the Top and Down to Earth"

New Orleans author, designer, and magazine editor Beverly Reese Church (click here for a full biography) is the noted speaker at this year's Mountains in Bloom garden festival, presenting a flower-themed lecture and demonstration. Attendees have two time options, 10 am or 2 pm, and delightful refreshments will round out the occasion. It's guaranteed fun for entertainers and flower arrangers of all types.

After attending "Seasonal Celebrations With Style" by Bev Church, do not be surprised if you race to the telephone and invite friends, family and long lost connections over to your house. Lack of time, nervousness, or a house that is too small will not prevent you from giving, and loving to give, a successful and memorable party. The savvy entertainer and author/lecturer offers dozens of no-nonsense suggestions in this presentation that is illustrated with specially commissioned photography. She has been featured on "Good Morning America", in Flower Magazine and on specials for Home and Garden Television (HGTV).

Bev's "Seasonal Celebrations With Style" will set the stage for a wide range of party possibilities from how to make restaurant entertaining a more personal and gracious experience to orchestrating show stopping birthday and anniversary events. Eye-catching centerpieces, tablescapes and fabulous invitations that defy refusal are not just discussed, but demonstrated! Using flowers and key props, Bev provides a visual example of how to put together a Seasonal Celebration with a Southern touch.

Whether you are entertaining on a budget or pulling out all the stops, everyone from the newest to the most seasoned hostess will find ways to regale their guests. And more importantly, you will have time to enjoy the party!

Bev is the co-author of "The Joys of Entertaining" and author of "Weddings Southern Style," both produced by Abbeville Press in New York, as well as "Entertaining Celebrations: Celebrate Each Month With Pizzazz" and "Seasonal Celebrations," both produced by her company.

She is currently the Executive Editor of St. Charles Avenue Magazine and produces an entertaining column.  Around the "Big Easy," she is known as one of the most accomplished hostesses, fundraisers and party planners.

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