To make things even more fun, I offered to award a signed copy of TBWRE to the first person to correctly identify the photo. It took several guesses, but Brandon Lindsey was our winner!!! Brandon…your signed copy of TBWRE is on its way!
To give the photo more context, here is the shot turned over with the floor below it as well.
The Entrance to The Beatles LOVE Show
This was such a hoot, I will be posting a trivia photo every month and giving away a signed copy of TBWRE to each month’s winner.
Today, I’m in Dallas, Texas presenting seminars at the “North Texas Entertainers Conference” at the Ruthe Jacskon Center. We’re in the middle of a seminar about marketing and, in my efforts to show them how effective a blog can be, I am posting this from my iPhone with a photo of the attendees…
Brandon and Stephanie got married in Lake Tahoe on August 10th, 2008. They attended a short presentation I gave about my book at the Valencia Wedding Professionals Showcase on October 30th, 2007. They bought a copy of TBWRE and then called me later to see if I was available on their date. Unfortunately, I was already booked with a wedding reception in Santa Barbara. So…I recommened that they get in touch with Larry Williams, who entertains at weddings in the Lake Tahoe/Reno area.
Needless to say, I was completely proud that I had recommended Larry when I saw this video clip featuring comments from Brandon and Stephanie as their reception was ending…
As it turns out…the Santa Barbara reception that I was entertaining at on August 10th was attended by Matt & Janna Mohney, a San Diego couple who had hired Larry Williams for their Lake Tahoe reception back in September of 2007. They couldn’t stop raving about him either. What a small world…
Lisa and I are leaving in about 5 hours to catch our flight to Dallas, Texas!
YEEEEEEEE-HAWWWWWW!
Dallas has always been one of my favorite cities to visit and I know we’re in for a great time.
I have 3 speaking engagements on Monday at the “North Texas Entertainers Conference” hosted by The D/FW Chapter of the ADJA. But Saturday, I’ll get the opportunity to watch two of my friends in action as they provide the entertainment at their respective wedding receptions. I’ll be observing Chad Wandel with AI Weddings during the afternoon. Then in the evening, I get the pleasure of watching Andy Austin of Lite Dallas while he serves as the Master of Ceremonies.
I have been meaning to update the reviews listed on the TBWRE web site for quite some time now…but I was finally able to get it done this afternon. In the process of updating them (most of which came from the 26 reviews we have on our Amazon.com listing), I found this letter from someone quite unexpected…
As it turns out, my friend and colleague, Larry Williams (a fellow W.E.D.Guild™ Member from Reno, NV), has a relationship with Mr. Clark and took the liberty of sending him a copy of my book awhile back.
And I also came across this e-mail review sent much earlier this year by Liz…
“I want to thank you for the suggestions in your book. I’m Elizabeth Clay from Florence KY and I got your book for my 10 year anniversary wedding. The reception was great! So many people said it was the best reception they’ve ever been too! One even said they felt like they were watching an exciting movie wondering what fun thing would happen next.
The intro of the wedding party went wonderful. We selected a “dream team” of friends and family to be a part of the show. Each person had their own theme music and the bio form you sent me really came in handy for their introduction. The crowd laughed and really enjoyed themselves.
I don’t have a copy of the surprise dance from the videographer yet but I have a few photos from the event. People stood and cheered for us as we danced. Especially when our son’s joined in on the surprise dance!”
Less than a month later, she sent a follow up e-mail with a link to the video footage on YouTube of their creative surprise First Dance routine.
You’ll notice that I have included ALL of the reviews…even the few that were not so glowing. If you would like to submit a review of the book, feel free to contact me with the e-mail address listed on the bottom of the reviews page.
We have been actively contacting several literary agents recently in an effort to get TBWR…E! picked up by a substantial publisher and distributed to the book stores. With my wife’s prodding…I finally wrapped up a synopsis submission about TBWR…E! for her to send out to these various literary agents. You can see it here…
If you know of a good literary agent that might like to consider TBWR…E!, feel free to send them here or forward them the synopsis.
Finally…today we also received our very first response from a literary agent and we couldn’t be more excited about it! We plan on making contact with several more literary agents and guaging their interest and qualifications before making any final decisions.
