The Logan’s Stenton ballroom features reclaimed wood tables.

Garces also recommends the Cira Centre near 30th Street, where it
hosts a wedding just about every weekend. The Starr Catering Group
is getting regular bookings at the Horticulture Center in Fairmount
Park and the New Liberty Distillery.

But once the event gets underway, once the bar is open and the
hors d’oeuvres have been served, what about the party itself?
Sally Mitlas, who’s been performing spectacularly at Jewish wed-
dings and Bar and Bat Mitzvahs for over 20 years, has some ideas
how to add an extra touch.

“We’re doing something special in video production for our clients,”
said Mitlas, whose documentary, A Hero From Heaven, on Philadelphia
native Michael Levin who was killed in battle in Lebanon, has won
numerous awards. “Personal messages shown at the affair — very cre-
ative videos with scripting and green-screen production.

“I get to know the client very well and create a one-of-a-kind cin-
ema production, which is shown at the affair. I also work with the
musicians and vocalist and redo lyrics of a song to tailor it to the
bride and groom or the Bar or Bat Mitzvah.”
It’s an intricate process where she applies the personal touch,
being involved from the start. That’s apart from the entertainment
itself, which includes ranging from a DJ, to novelty performers
and character actors, to the band — which can be as large or small
as you like.

“With music, what people love about what we do is that I want
to stay true to the music forms and don’t want to change,” she ex-
plained. “It’s not terribly new, but I don’t think anybody does it like
us. With the videos, they come to our studio and I show them dif-
ferent videos, because no two are alike. I produce and direct every
one of them. We can do one in four weeks, four months or four
years. If they want us to spend a day in New York with them, I’m
overseeing it. I have a camera crew, audio crew and editors — six
people involved from beginning to end.”
Ultimately, whether you spare no expense like that or are just
doing something simple, the show will go on. Whether you book
the Logan Hotel or the NMAJH, have it catered by Jose Garces or
Stephen Starr or simply have it at the synagogue like old times,
there’s only one thing that truly matters: That you’re happy with
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