If you’re planning a wedding and looking to cut costs, the DIY Wedding Show is just for you.
The DIY Wedding Show is taking place at 100 Braid Street Studios on Saturday, Feb. 24 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dubbed as being the Lower Mainland’s first ever DIY (do it yourself) wedding show, the organizers are aiming to connect couples to vendors who offer services that will help make their wedding easy, attainable and affordable.
“With affordability being an issue with many young people in the city, and weddings averaging a cost of $30,000, planning a wedding can be very daunting,” says event co-producer Winnie Chick. “The DIY Wedding Show can demonstrate that a beautiful yet low-cost wedding is possible, and in the end, makes the big day a far more personal experience.”
The DIY Wedding Show features food truck vendors (who can cater weddings), a demonstration stage highlighting some of the show’s vendors, and a wedding wishing wall where people can wish to win prizes like customized textile boutonnieres, a DJ package and more. The first 50 people through the door will receive swag bags.
Breanne Dodge, co-producer of the event, said about 16 vendors are expected to attend, including companies providing wedding services such as photography and artisans who offer products that can help couples personalize their wedding day.
“I had the pleasure of catering a wedding at 100 Braid Street while we were searching for a place to host the DIY Wedding Show, and when I walked in it was obvious the space was what we needed,” she said of the venue. “Not only was it a beautiful and intimate wedding venue, but it was also a workshop space and it is just full of creatives – people who made their life for art. 100 Braid Street Studios screamed everything that we wanted for the DIY Wedding Show, not to mention its central location in the Lower Mainland and its proximity to transit.”
Admission to the DIY Wedding Show is $5 (https://fieldtripp.com/events/diy-wedding-show). All proceeds from the coat check (suggested donation of $2) and a Wedding Wishing Wall (suggested donation of $1 per entry) will go to A Wish to Wed, the event’s not-for-profit partner, which grants weddings to couples facing terminal illness.
Business hunts for new location
Rock Steady Boxing New West is on the hunt for a new space for its unique exercise classes for people with Parkinson’s disease.
The business, which was selected as New Business of the Year at the 2017 Platinum Awards, needs to find a new space for its Parkinson specific exercise classes before March 1. The classes help improve the quality of life of people with Parkinson’s disease through a non-contact boxing-based fitness curriculum.
“We are looking to partner up with a local gym or facility that would be open to hosting the Parkinson program,” said head coach Robyn Murrell, one of only a handful of people in Canada certified to teach Rock Steady Boxing. “As to what hosting entails is open for discussion.”
Murrell, a personal trainer and kickboxer, is a certified Rock Steady Boxing coach through RSB Indianapolis, Indiana. While classes are currently held five days a week, she’s keeping her options open and willing to look at all possibilities.
“Our ultimate goal is to have a stand-alone space, a Parkinson Wellness Centre, where we would offer RSB classes as well as other exercise options for people with Parkinson’s (yoga, dance, tai chi), social activities, resources, Parkinson disease support groups and wellness workshops specific to the disease,” she said in a press release. “This is a whole other project which will take time and funding to become a reality – stay tuned for our Knock Out Parkinson’s campaign – but for now we just need to find a space so that our fighters can have a smooth transition and not miss their very important exercise classes. Their quality of life depends on this program.”
Murrell is looking for a space that is accessible for people with Parkinson’s disease (it should have minimal to no stairs or else an elevator, parking and a bathroom), a capacity for 10 to 20 people per class and access to gym equipment (although Murrell does have most of her own equipment if needed.)
For more information, contact [email protected] or 778-323-1465
