Happy Thursday!

I am looking for ideas for a WOW opener for an awards dinner. Ideally we would like this to be no more then 5-15 mins. long.

Examples of what we have done in the past:

· Barcelona- we had flamingo dancers come in from all entry points of the room

· During Covid- We had the families record a short video to the award winners

Any and all ideas are welcomed!

Thanks in advance

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