Dana Rizzo: Blog Post #1

The event that I covered and that is in area of my interest was the Nic Roldan’s Sunset Polo & White Party. Mark and Katherine Bellissimo, owners of The Wanderers Club located in Wellington, Florida, hosted this year’s event. Being the horse capital of the United States it was only fitting that this is where the event would take place. Not only was this a social event but it also was a fundraising event. The party benefited Brooke USA. Even as being a member of the Wanderers Club I was very interested to see how they were going to pull off such a large event. Overall, I was very pleased with how they did. The staff handled and executed the event seamlessly. To me this event was fascinating because it tied my love for horses and events together. As wanting to go into the field of event production it was fun for me to observe all the “behind the scenes” activities happening that maybe I would have not noticed if I was not taking this class. The way the pool area was set up was breathe taking and it did not look like the normal night by the pool. If I had one piece of advice for next year, I would spread out the designated cash bar areas. Where they were located this year made it easy for people to clump or gravitate to one side of the pool/polo area. If they spread out the four bars they had it might have made the party’s overall flow feel nicer.