4th Annual Minnesota Star Awards — Allusion-An Evening of Timeless Decadence

Date: March 14, 2008

Venue: The Great Hall,180 5th St E, Ste 160, Saint Paul, MN

Director: Jodi M. Collen, CSEP

The 2008 Minnesota Star Awards are billed as an evening of Timeless Decadence. Attendees will feel as though they are spending a night in classic, old Hollywood. The ISES Planning Committee, boasting some of the Twin Cities’ top planners and designers, will use alluring design and provocative entertainment to showcase event elements like nothing seen before. 

2008 Winners

Best Catered Event - 15th Wedding Anniversary Celebration | D'Amico Catering

Best Use of Floral - Springtime Soiree | Patty Fleming, Festivities, Inc.

Best Event Design and Decor: Budget Under $25,000 - Hilton Fall Festival | Pete Nelson

Best Event Design and Decor: Budget $25,001+ - Be Amazing | Susan Milteer and Scott DeLage, Event Lab

Best Use of Marketing/Graphic Design - Trend Wedding 2007 | Twin City Bridal Association

Best Event Photography/Videography - Wedding Trade Show | Matthew Coppersmith, Coppersmith Photography

Best Rental Support - U.S. Pond Hockey Championships | John Swanson, Skyway Event Services

Best Event Logistics (Rental or Production) - Building Toward the Future | Becky Harris, CSEP, Event Lab

Best Use of Entertainment - Speakeasy Spectacular! | Kevin Hall, Halls of Entertainment

Best Technical Production - Passion for the River | Becky Harris, CSEP, Event Lab, and Tim McVean, AVEX

Best Social Event Planning: Budget Under $25,000 - Touhey/Stahl Wedding Celebration | Kate Touhey Stahl, CSEP

Best Social Event Planning: Budget $25,001+ - Get in the Mood | Missy Francisco Carlson, SMDC Health System

Best Corporate or Non-Profit Event Planning: Budget Under $75,000 - Ryan Hanson

Best Corporate or Non-Profit Event Planning: Budget $75,001+ - A Jet Set Evening | Becky Harris, CSEP, Event Lab

Best Public Event Planning - The Wedding Fair – October 2007 | Twin City Bridal Association

Best ISES Team Effort - SCIPARTY | Cookie Coleman, Cookie Coleman Collaborative; Char Mason, Char Mason & Associates; Todd Pinzuti, Bungalow Six; Elly Carlson, Wildside Caterers

Thank You to All of Our Generous Sponsors!

Platinum Sponsors

Creative Concepts

Equinox Creative

Event Lab

Freestyle Productions

Great Hall

MDR Video

Prom Catering

Twin Cities Business

Twin Cities Catering

Gold Sponsors

après party and tent rental

Aarcee Party and Tent Rental

Bacardi 

Bright Star Versatile Images

EventLab

Reflections Printing

Silver Sponsors

Buttercream

Ice Occasions

Lyn-Mar Printing

Mannequin in Motion

Millennium Corporate Promotions & Awards

Studio 6 Specialty Linen & Décor

Skyway Event Services

Tom Leonard

2008 Minnesota Star Awards Committee Members

Todd Pinzuti of Bungalow 6

Scott DeLage of EventLab

Jean Peine of Studio 6 Specialty Linen & Décor

Sheree Bochenek of après party and tent rental

Ami Cervin of The Greater Twin Cities United Way

Lynnea Rivera of Twin City Celebrations

Alice-Lynne Olson of The Late Bloomer Floral Design Studio

Kalie Larson, representing Cheryl Kranz and Mike Vennestrom of Equinox Creative

Ryan Hanson of MENTTIUM Corporation

Casey Romano of Mighty Dog Media

Leah Wong

Nancy Pogreba of Carlson Marketing Group

Dan Zunker of Heroic Productions

Leslie Larson of Augsburg College

Marcia McKinney of D’Amico Catering

Ericka LaDousa of the Embassy Suites Bloomington

Maria Cabrera

Kate Stahl of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans