Middletown Country Club- Up and Coming

I want to bring everyone's attention to the new Middletown Country Club. Recently under new management, this venue is certainly worth a second look for your upcoming affair. Boasting a large, newly decorated ballroom overlooking the golf course, an outdoor, wrap-around porch and separate bar/lounge area for your cocktail hour, Middletown has what it takes to impress.

Add to this great menus and delicious fare and you are destined for a successful, once-in-a-lifetime event. Check out their site, listed below and give Lisa, Middletown's banquet manager a call to visit this up and coming facility today. Let them know you heard about Middletown Country Club through the Ambiance blog.

MIDDLETOWN COUNTRY CLUB

420 N. BELLEVUE AVE.

LANGHORNE, PA. 19047

215-757-6951

www.middletowncc.com

Gone to the Dogs

While the bride remains cool, calm and collected, the pressure of the wedding day finally gets the best of the groom.

Meet Our New Office Manager

Ambiance is happy to announce the promotion of Zoe from administrative assistant to office manager. Zoe has been a dedicated employee for over eight years and is most dependable. She is an expert in the handling of our operations, and other than the little hair she leaves around the office (actually, a lot of hair), she is very efficient. Please call to speak with Zoe today, provided she is not eating or sleeping, to discuss your upcoming affair. She will be happy to assist you. Just be warned; should you stop by the office, she may be tempted to lick you- non-stop.

PLEASE, PEOPLE, DO NOT DO THE "IPOD" WEDDING

I'm going to keep this short and sweet. PLEASE DO NOT ATTEMPT AN IPOD RECEPTION!! I know that times are tough right now and money is tight for most of us, but if you're planning an affair, especially a wedding, and find it necessary to trim the bottom line, don't go about it in this manner. "Sure", you say, "He's a disc jockey and needs the work." Let me tell you what the caterers are saying about these affairs. They are using words and phrases such as, "It was a nightmare", "horrible", "I almost felt like I had to apologize to the guests", "I always try to talk them out of it".

Let's face it, you will hear all of your favorite songs and certainly, the price is right, but what you will not get is a seasoned emcee who knows how to handle a wedding. One who can coordinate with the banquet manager to keep the affair seemless. You will not get someone to effectively read the crowd and keep the party pumping and the flow of dancing consistent. You will not be able to honor requests, thus alienating some of your guests. You will not have an experienced dj to do what they do best. YOU WILL regret your decision.

Attack of the Killer Bees

So I'm setting up for an outdoor ceremony for Naomi and Mike at Mercer Museum in Doylestown, Pa. on Sept. 6, 09 when I inadvertently set my speaker down on a nest of ground bees. Within seconds, my speaker was swarmed by about 250 screaming mad bees. I, of course, high-tailed it out of there unscathed. What to do now? I decided to set up with my other speaker and worry about the bees later, figuring they might settle down. Nothing doing! I finished setting up for the ceremony, all the while monitoring the bee situation, which seemed to be(e) getting worse. It was like something out of a movie.

Shortly before the ceremony was about to begin, Mike said that he was "going in" to get my speaker. By this time, I was perfectly content to leave it where it was, do the reception with one speaker, which would have been more than enough sound for the Elkins Gallery, and try to retrieve my speaker after the sun went down, and hopefully, the bees as well. The only problem was the impending threat of rain. I told Mike, "No way!! You're the groom. If you go in there, those bees will be all over you". Luckily, he thought better of it. One of his groomsman,though, Eric, did not. With Eric at his side, Mike Says, "We're going to get your speaker". Again, I protested, "Please, don't!" Eric was having nothing of it. "I'm not allergic to bee stings. I'll do it. No problem". Before I could say anything else, he calmly walked up to the speaker, at which point I heard him say, "Wow, this is really bad!" He grabbed the speaker and slid it as far away from the bees as he could, taking a few "hits" in the process. Within about thirty seconds, the bees had retreated back to their nest in the ground and Eric was fine. The ceremony went on without a hitch and I had a new hero in my life. I made sure to tell him so. Thank you, Eric.

Jamie and Stacey

Jamie and Stacey "tied the knot," literally, in a very elegant fashion on Sept. 19, 09. After some initial nerves and a beautiful Celtic wedding ceremony in which their sons shared in the readings, everyone settled in for the clebration. Held at 181 Park Ave. in Chalfont, Pa. on a cool night under the tent, their two respective "villages" ate, drank and partied through the night. Stacey and Jamie were awesome to work with, easy-going, yet extremely organized (Stacey's forte'). It was great to see all of Jamie's family again, and to get to know Stacey and hers. I certainly wish them all the best, their boys as well, as they take this newly formed family into the future.