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84 West Events Giving Back & Doing Good

By Press, Virtual Graduations

During this time, we believe it’s important to share love and light with our audience. We are pleased to see 84 West Events featured in LASSO’s Give Back Series – a blog series focused on industry leaders that were helping during the COVID pandemic. This article spotlights our Virtual Graduations for the Class of 2020!

See the feature below and a link to the article HERE. Thank you for featuring us and sharing positive news around our industry.

84 West Events: Providing Virtual Graduations for Students

During the pandemic, 84 West Events based in Davie, FL got creative early on to address the number of students who wouldn’t be able to be part of a traditional graduation ceremony at the end of the year. With over 40 years of event production and over 10 years of webcasting experience, 84 West was able to help participating schools plan, pre-produce, and pre-record Virtual Graduations to help salvage the experience so many were missing out on. This crafted offering helped so many schools in their area celebrate the Class of 2020 and bring a little joy to their students. The 84 West team also handled all of the coordination and distribution of the commencement to the virtual audience so parents, students, faculty, and their families were able to safely celebrate each graduate’s achievements.

The user-friendly process they created offers featured pre-recorded welcome remarks, pre-recorded national anthem, an interactive chat, the opportunity to remotely bring in keynote speakers, and other custom options for each school.

Virtual Graduations

By Social Celebrations, Virtual Graduations

During this difficult time, 84 West Events is happy to celebrate the Class of 2020 with its Virtual Graduation services! With over 40 years of event production and over 10 years of webcasting experience, 84 West helps schools plan, pre-produce and pre-record Virtual Graduations™. We also handle all the coordination and the distribution of the commencement to your virtual audience so parents, students, faculty, and their families can celebrate each graduate’s achievements.

To insure a smooth and timely gathering of the assets required to create your Virtual Graduations™ we have created a custom workflow and accompanying documentation to simplify the process, making it easy for your school to organize and plan every element of your Virtual Graduations™.  We will help you make sure that everyone gets the recognition they deserve!

Learn more about our three packages here. See some of our testimonials below.

Jeff,

As you know, we had our virtual graduation ceremony earlier today. The purpose of this message is twofold: to tell you that the ceremony went very well with rave reviews and, most importantly, to express our thanks to you in helping us to make this event happen successfully. I speak for Diana and Chris in telling you that it was a pleasure working with you primarily because you delivered on every promise you made. Your professionalism and attention to detail were commendable.

Stay well!
The TPS team

Hello Jeff and Debbie,

I just wanted to thank you for all of the work you have done. Families were very happy with the videos. I appreciate you being able to turnaround our videos is such a quick time considering my teachers took forever to get their videos done.

Thank You,
Cesar Pagan
YANY | Community School Director

84 West Events Happenings

By Weddings

84 West Events, Planning, Design and Production is booking events like we have done for the last 40 years! We just completed a record sales month due to the innovation and fast “pivot” by our CEO Jeff Greene. We are providing Virtual Corporate, Social And School Events as well as continuing to work with our traditional clients during this global pandemic.

Over the last couple of months we have worked hard to meet the needs of our clients’ desire to celebrate life’s milestones such as graduations, mitzvahs, and weddings without compromising on social distancing. This great review is from a June 2020 client: “We hired 84 West to help us prepare our first ever “Virtual” Graduation Ceremony in our school’s 93 year history! I can say that Jeff and his team did a marvelous job and we are very happy. I think the best part was honestly the orderly system for uploading pictures, videos, and then the relief of having someone professionally organize everything. Our parents loved it considering the circumstances, and it was well worth the investment. I strongly recommend this company for any school that is in need of virtual ceremonies or events.”

Due to Covid-19, we have changed some of our operating procedures for the safety of our clients. Our team is available to work with you remotely, on zoom or in person with social distancing to plan all events.  We will guide you in venue selection, vendor selection, event etiquette and coordinate all event services and activities.

The Live Events Coalition Featured on WSVN 7News

The Live Events Coalition Featured on WSVN 7News

By Press

84 West Events remains a leader on wedding trends. Unfortunately, tragedies are no different. Immediately after the shut down due to COVID-19, 84 West launched an industry-wide Zoom call to discuss the issues of the pandemic hosted by Jeffrey Greene, founder of 84 West Events, in partnership with Florida International University’s Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism.

The first call attracted so much attention that various prominent industry leaders wanted to participate the following week. The third Zoom meeting attracted thousands of attendees from around the country, and some even outside of the United States. Now the call includes state representatives, lawyers, the CEO of BizBash and even featured David Tutera. At this point, a new organization called The Live Events Coalition was formed in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and its devastating impact on the live events industry.

The Live Events Coalition exists to provide advocacy, resources and a network that connects and supports all of the businesses, contractors and our workforce – the lifeblood of every event. At this point the Live Coalition has taken over as the primary host of these calls but Jeffrey Greene, founder of 84 West Events, is still featured prominently as an expert. Recently, Jeff and The Live Events Coalition were featured on WSVN 7News. See the segment HERE.

We are proud to be part of this strong industry while advocating for and supporting the many voices that make up the live events industry. If you would like to join our Zoom meetings consisting of hospitality, planners, caterers, talent, musicians, producers, technicians, general contractors, engineers, suppliers, manufacturers and so much more, please contact Jeff@84westevents.com for information. 

 

Acqualina Resort Wedding Featured on Grace Ormonde

Acqualina Resort Wedding Featured on Grace Ormonde

By Press, Weddings

Diana and Fernando knew the Acqualina Resort in Florida would be the perfect place to have their destination wedding on the beach. We were thrilled when they enlisted 84 West Events as their planner and are happy to see their wedding day featured on Grace Ormonde.

Just as planned, a wedding ceremony was held on the beach, featuring a chuppah decorated with crystals and veils. As a special touch, their dog served as the ring bearer, dressed in a tuxedo! Fernando made his vows in Spanish, Diana recited hers in Portuguese, and they also had a sand ceremony with a speech to honor their mothers. The following cocktail hour was set up by the main pool at the Acqualina, where guests signed little hearts that were placed on a frame as the newlyweds’ guest book.

For the wedding décor, a vibrant reception space was designed with a color palette of gold, purple, lilac, and pink magenta. Bistro lighting provided a warm ambiance, and hanging glass globes with orchids provided a whimsical touch. The night concluded with a festive lighting of sparklers.

Click HERE to see the full feature on Grace Ormonde Wedding Style.

Acqualina Resort Wedding Featured on Grace Ormonde

Acqualina Resort Wedding Featured on Grace Ormonde

Acqualina Resort Wedding Featured on Grace Ormonde

Acqualina Resort Wedding Featured on Grace Ormonde

Acqualina Resort Wedding Featured on Grace Ormonde

Location: Acqualina Resort & Spa on the Beach | Photography: Adam Opris Photography | Planner: 84 West Events | Floral Design: Xquisite Event Productions | Wedding Dress: Maggie Sottero | Groom’s Attire: Calvin Klein | Cake: Ana Paz Cakes