2009 Brock House Wedding Show a success!

Brides-to-be brought their friends, mothers (and even their fiance's) to a great show in one of Vancouver's most beautiful wedding venues! Some of the best vendors in the wedding business were there to show their work and give ideas at Brock House. A turn-of-the-century Manor where the food and staff are great, your view is of the mountains and ocean and you are steps away from beautiful Jericho Beach and the park. All-in-one fantastic! My wife Regina and I really enjoyed spending time with prospective brides and their friends and hanging out with old friends and peers in the wedding industry.

There were fashion shows featuring beautiful designs from Isabelle's Bridal and Caroline Calvert Couture, Bridesmaid's dresses from Frocks and Groom's tuxedos from The Tux Store. Halfyard Designs and Jeweliette completed the looks with eye-catching blooms and fashion jewellry and DJ Zach Shore played the tunes to pace the groove.

While people sipped (or gulped... I SAW you! ;-D) wines from Peller Estates and enjoyed appetizers from the Brock House chefs, a string quartet from Musical Occasions played sweet and vibrant classical music. For a hot and flavourful pick-me-up, Lorne Berkun of Skyline Espresso (email him at lorne_berkun@yahoo.ca for your events) showed his élan pouring his delightful specialty coffees. Sunam Lighting and Productions created a great ambiance along with A&B Party Rentals completing the decor. Erik from Love Story Media recorded the show with his Canon pro camera and a steadycam.

Congratulations to the whole team at Dreamgroup Productions for a fun, informative and beautiful show!


A quick fashion shoot in the dying light, with models at the beach wearing Caroline Calvert Couture and Tuxes from the Tux store.




Lots to see at the wedding show!






Man Models wearing attire from The Tux Store


Classical String quartet from Musical occasions.




Ooooo, I'm a model too!


At the end of the show, all the models hit the catwalk...

Brock House Wedding Show

Sarah Shore and Genève McNally of DreamGroup Productions hosted this exciting event on Sunday at beautiful Brock House Restaurant , located at Vancouver's Jericho Beach.

There were fashion shows, lots of scrumptious nibbles and some of the talented stars of the wedding world out there showing what they do best. It was great for Regina and I to be there meeting engaged couples while they checked out the displays. We enjoyed learning about everyone's very diverse wedding plans. Also, talking with old friends... and meeting new ones was a real highlight for us!

Congratulations to everyone involved for pulling off a great show!






































Here is a list of some of the talented companies at the show:

CEREMONY & RECEPTION VENUE

Brock House Restaurant
www.brockhouserestaurant.com

WEDDING PLANNERS

DreamGroup Productions
www.dreamgroup.ca

FLORAL & DECOR

Halfyard Designs
www.halfyarddesigns.com

Greenscape Silk Design
www.greenscapesilk.com

BRIDAL ATTIRE

Isabelle's Bridal
www.isabellesbridal.com

Frocks Modern Bridesmaids
www.frocks.ca

Caroline Calvert Couture
www.carolinecalvert.com

Alice Hart Couture Millinery
www.alicehart.com

JEWELLERY

Jeweliette
www.jeweliette.com

GROOM'S ATTIRE

The Tux Store
www.thetuxstore.com

LIVE MUSIC

Musical Occasions
www.musicaloccasions.ca

DJ SERVICES

Hot Hit Productions
www.hothitproductions.com

PHOTOGRAPHY

Noppe Photo
www.noppephoto.com

Reportage
www.reportagephoto.com

Erin Gilmore Photography
www.eringilmorephotography.com

Rob Gilbert Photography
www.robgilbert.com

"I Do!" Wedding Photography
www.idoweddingphotography.ca

Studio Jeanie
www.studiojeanie.com

VIDEOGRAPHY

Vivid Motion Films
www.vividmotion.net

Marliss Productions
www.marlissproductions.com

Laura Ann Cinema
www.lauraanncinema.com

INVITATIONS

Inspirasian Creations
www.inspirasiancreations.com

Uniquity Invitations
www.uniquityinvitations.com

HAIR & MAKEUP

Total Image by Susan
www.totalimagebysusan.com

Lips of an Angel
www.lipsofanangel.ca

BEAUTY & SPA

Absolute Spa
www.absolutespa.com

Beauty in Motion Wellness Inc.
www.beautyinmotion.ca

WEDDING DESSERTS

Sweet Thea
www.sweetthea.com

Pacific Institute of Culinary Arts Wedding Cakes
www.picachef.com

Cocoa Nymph
www.cocoanymph.com

OFFICIANT

Revrend Marilyn Knipp
blitzenboy@bigfoot.com

TRANSPORTATION

Pacific Harmony
www.limoharmony.com

A Stylish Arrival
www.astylisharrival.com

PARTY & EVENT RENTALS

A&B Partytime Rentals
www.abpartytime.com

APEX Tents
www.apextents.com

Can Am Importique
www.canamimportique.com

Sunam Lighting & Event Production
www.sunam.ca

GIFT REGISTRY

The Bay
www.hbc.com

ACCOMMODATIONS

Holiday Inn Downtown Vancouver
www.holidayinnvancouverdowntown.com

HONEYMOON TRAVEL

Marsha Steeves, CTC
Travel Masters
www.destinationweddingtravel.ca

RoadMap Travel
www.roadmaptravel.com

FUN IDEAS

Skyline Espresso

Photobooth Vancouver
www.photoboothvancouver.com

WINE & SPIRITS

Peller Estates
www.peller.com

MEDIA

WedLuxe Magazine
www.wedluxe.com

Weddings West
www.weddingswest.ca

Real Weddings
www.realweddings.ca

Vitamin V.ca
www.vitaminv.ca

Brian Noppe at Brock House Wedding Show

The tickets for the Brock House Wedding Show taking place on Sunday, October 26, 2008 are now on sale.

To purchase your advance tickets, please click here .

Tickets purchased at the door will be $45.00.

For more information on the show, please visit the official Brock House Wedding Show website .

See you there!

E & M

M&E were married out of the country but had a beautiful Reception at Brock House Restaurant with a string quartet and great food to celebrate with some of their Vancouver friends and family.
Erin and Sam of DreamGroup Productions made sure that the evening went smoothly with great decor and ambiance.

E&M are a very private (and photogenic) couple and asked that I not publish any images of them. We made some really FUN images together at Vancouver's gorgeous Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Gardens beforehand. Here are some detail images that set the theme for their day. Congratulations to both of you!

Brock House Wedding Show

Got a request from the editors of Perfect Wedding Magazine to submit photos for their upcoming issue. In October, we were part of a select group of vendors invited to participate in the Wedding Show hosted by Brock House Restaurant. This was my second year there. I also photographed the very cool fashion show again this year. Genève and Sarah and the fantastic team at Dreamgroup Event Planners did a great job of planning and organizing a beautiful and informative day for prospective brides and grooms.

If you haven't been to Brock House Restaurant before, I highly recommend going for a romantic dinner there! The food and staff are fantastic. The setting is beautifully elegant and quintessentially Vancouver because of its gorgeous Jericho Beach setting.