“Oh, what a wonderful party,” you hear the guests say as they head out the
door. “Everything went beautifully. The food, the music, the room. It was
all so perfect.”
If only they knew.

“I’d say something goes wrong about 75 percent of the time,” confessed Lynne
Brownstein of Arrangements Unlimited in King of Prussia, who’s been putting
together weddings, Bar and Bat Mitzvahs and other kinds of events for 41 years.

“That’s because there’s a million minor details, and it’s impossible to keep all the balls
in the air.

“It’s sort of like motherhood. You just have to come up with solutions and make
everybody feel good because there’s no second chance and no manual.

“If you don’t fix it now, you’re done.”
That means there’s a lot more to being a party planner than ordering the food,
entertainment, flowers and decorations, then sitting back while the show goes on.

“You can
always rest assured
something’s going
to happen. You have
to think fast on
your feet and
be prepared.”
— VALORI ZASLOW
ReEVENT Bride: Ingram Publishing; frame: peekeedee/iStock/Thinkstock.com; Zaslow: Photo provided
18 MARCH 23, 2017
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