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Previews and reviews of mid-Missouri events

By the staff of Event Solutions, www.eventsolutions.com

Spring is the Season for Events

Whether it’s a graduation celebration, an anniversary party, or just a get-together with friends, springtime offers many new and fresh ideas for your next event. As the weather warms and the flowers begin to bloom, everyone heads outside. The cold weather and doldrums of the winter are over, and it’s time to party. Here are a few ideas for fun and simple get-togethers perfect for spring.

• Garden Party: Budding blooms and beautiful greens are the perfect scenery for your next party. Building decorating ideas around this theme is easy, and it can be adapted to the specific occasion, be it an anniversary or a birthday.
• Tea After Tee Party: Whether it’s a small graduation celebration with family or an entertaining activity for traveling business associates, combining golf and a light lunch is a memorable option. A tea party menu of gourmet sandwiches and salads followed by a delightfully delicious dessert will be a refreshing change from the heavy savory dishes of the past season. Custom foods and favors such as monogrammed cookies or color-coordinated candies are cute mementos of the occasion.
• Easter, All Grown Up: Do you remember how much fun it was to hunt for Easter eggs as a child? Why should the fun end when you grow up? Host an Adult-Only Easter Egg Hunt for your friends. Of course you have to make it more challenging and more rewarding. How about a treasure hunt/mystery in which each egg contains another clue that leads the teams of guests to the final destination, where a fabulous reward awaits them?

Avante Cirque Fashion Show
When: April 18, 2009
Showtimes:  Noon, 2:30, 5, and 7 p.m.
Where: Windsor Auditorium on Stephens College Campus
Cost:  TBD, please visit www.stephensfashion.com for more info. and to purchase tickets
Details:  The 65th annual student designer fashion show is sure to impress. This event has a reputation for grandeur and glamour and has sold out for the past several years. The title Avante Cirque, meaning “vintage circus,” lends itself to a spectacular scene perfect for the haute couture fashions to be revealed.
More Info.: Visit www.stephensfashion.com  or call 573-876-7233 for more info.

1. The Charlie Daniels Band: Jesse Hall University Concert Series – April 2
2. The Wizard of Oz presented by Columbia Second Chance: Missouri Theatre – April 4
3. Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto: Missouri United Methodist Church – April 4
4. “LIVE” presented by the Missouri Contemporary Ballet:  Missouri Theatre – April 10
5. Healthy Living, Holistic Health Fair: Boone County Fairgrounds – April 11
6. Jim Kidwell Memorial Gala, the Cancer Research Center’s annual fundraiser. Boone County Fairgrounds – April 11