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Applause for the Emerald City Applause Award Winners

By M+E Staff

The 10th Annual Emerald City Applause Awards were held on May 20 at Seattle’s Sodo Park. Honoring the best of the best in our industry, the ISES Seattle event was sponsored by ABC Special Event Rentals/CORT, Animate Objects Physical Theater, Blue Danube Productions, Butler Seattle, Caren Morris Photography, Creative Coverings Linen Rentals & Sales, Herban Bloom, Herban Feast, Immersion Events, Mike Nakamura Photography, Magnus Media Group, Fred Northup Jr. – Fundraising Auctioneer, PJ Hummel & Company, Shindig Events, and Sunny Umbrella Design Company LLC. (Photo courtesy of Mike Nakamura Photography)

And (drum roll please) the winners are:

Best Creative Solution
Speight Celebration Concert and Dinner
Kaspars Special Events & Catering

Best Catered Event (Budget between $10,000 – $50,000)
Emerald City Applause Awards Ceremony 2014
Foodz Catering and Events

Best Design Décor
(Budget over $25,000)
Western Hoe Down Holiday
PJ Hummel & Company

Best Technical Production
(Budget over $10,000)
The 12thMan Lighting Project
Blue Danube Productions

Best Photography
 Social Event or Wedding Photography
Caren Morris Photography

Best Filmmaking/Videography
Corporate Event Filmmaking/Videography
Facebook Holiday Party
June Films

Best Marketing Design
(Budget under $25,000)
PJ Hummel & Company

Best Team Effort
(Budget over $200,000)
CRG Events
Vangard Events
Animated Objects Physical Theater

Best Event With A Legacy
Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Pacific Northwest Campaign
Tolo Events

Best Non-Profit Event
(Budget Under $75,000)
2014 Jazzy Jingle JAM
Foodz Catering and Events

Best Non-Profit Event
(Budget over $75,000)
Group Health Foundation Gift of Health Gala
Tolo Events

Best Social Event
(Budget under $75,000)
Durrett Rehearsal Dinner
Merry Beth Turpin – Aisle of View

Best Corporate Event (Budget between $75,000 – $200,000)
PopCapalooza
Shindig Events

Best Corporate Event (Budget over $200,000)

Future of Running
Event Experience
GOBE Design & Production

Best Wedding Event (Budget between $25,000 – $75,000)
Sanctuary at Admiral by Foodz Catering
Foodz LLC

Best Wedding Event (Budget over $200,000)
The Crawford Wedding
Merry Beth Turpin – Aisle of View

Congrats to all of the winners!

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