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Cross Motors Holiday Party

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The Main Hall was decked with Christmas garland, lights and festive holiday up lighting for the Cross Motors Holiday Party.

Their evening kicked off with cocktails in the Main Hall with passed appetizers including: House-Cured Bacon Wrapped Peppadew Peppers with Capriole Farms Goat Cheese,  Sugarcane Chicken with Green Curry, Caramelized Pineapple & Coconut and Fried Jalapeno Pimento Cheese Balls.

Crushed Ice Catering hosted a wonderful spread of stations and bars for dinner that also included a brittle and bark bar for dessert with Chocolate Bark, White Chocolate and Peppermint Bark, Old Fashioned Brittle with Almonds.

All of the Christmas decor and tall spiral vase centerpieces were provided by our in-house caterer Crushed Ice Catering. Their addition of the LED colored up lighting package added a pop of Christmas colors to the event space. Our new fire pit rentals provided a nice warm area for guests to mingle outside on the East Terrace.

Their Louisville vendors included:

Showtime Photo Booth

DJ- James Hummel

 

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3 Holiday Planning Tips

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By: Natalie Dedas, Sales & Events Coordinator

Between the entertainment, decorations, menu and guest list, every planner needs a few tips on hosting the perfect holiday gathering without stressing over the details.  Many corporate planners tend to leave holiday planning until the last minute, because their schedules tend to get busy at this time of year. It’s easy for the holiday party to get put on the back burner, with these simple steps your holiday planning can be a lot easier:

  1. Great Service is Key- This is an employee appreciation event. Even if you have the smallest of budgets, do not cut back on this aspect of your event. If you need to lower costs look elsewhere such as decor expenditures. People always remember poor service when they receive it. The holiday party is an important event, it shows your employees how much they mean to your company. If there’s one thing you should never sacrifice it’s your event labor. Your team has worked hard for you this year and it’s time to repay that service.
  2. Food Styles with a Twist- It’s always fun to think outside of the box. If your company has hosted its holiday party at the same place, at the same time, with the same buffet for many years, it may be time to switch things up a bit! You can always get creative with food. Instead of a traditional buffet, try stations and bars to offer your guests variety. Offering multiple stations around the room allows your employees to mix and mingle around the event space. You can even host a family style dinner. This type of dinner setting encourages interaction between your employees, while offering a more family style setting rather than the typical corporate feeling.
  3. Get Creative with Entertainment- You do not need a headlining rock band to set you over budget on the entertainment expenditures. Local musicians, college orchestras and bands offer discounted rates. You can even hire within the office for entertainment services. If you really want to put on a show, a karaoke machine rental will definitely liven up the party.

Instead of stressing over details, now you can relax and enjoy a cocktail at the party you helped bring to life.

Cheers!

3 Reasons You Should Start Holiday Planning Now

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Holiday Planning

By: Natalie Dedas, Sales & Events Coordinator

There are 80 days to be even more exact,  6,847,112 seconds from the moment I wrote this sentence in this blog post. Not that I’m counting. If that’s not motivation to start your holiday party planning, I don’t know what is!

With the holiday season right around the corner, it is the ideal time to begin your holiday party planning.

  1. Availability Let’s face it. A lot of people, especially in the corporate biz, have stressed over last minute holiday party planning. Either their preferred venue is booked up, their preferred date is long gone, the caterer is booked solid, the list goes on… It’s always a good idea to begin planning early to capture the ideal date for everyone’s schedules in the office. The longer you wait, the slimmer your window will be. Not to mention it’s NCAA Basketball season, and if you live in Louisville, that’s a big deal. Save yourself the agony, and get a head’s start! Everyone in the office will thank you for it later.
  2. Entertainment This is your holiday party! You’re in charge of making sure this gathering is top-notch. It is the one party of the year where everyone in the office can let loose, enjoy themselves and start an impromptu karaoke party. Entertainment is important and it is definitely the one department you do not want to put on the back burner. Whether it’s a band or DJ, these vendors book up fast for this time of year and you don’t want to be responsible for a poor musical act because you waited to start planning. Vendors such as valet parking and photo booths- popular services to have at Christmas parties, also have peak seasons in booking during this time of year.
  3. Because Christmas is Everything. Need we say more? It’s the most wonderful time of the year!

The Ice House, in conjunction with Crushed Ice Catering, has come up with the perfect all inclusive Holiday Celebration Package. The best part? The venue fee is included! This package is priced per person, it couldn’t make budgeting any easier! We are offering this great deal in the months of November, December and January available Monday through Thursday.  If the weekdays do not work for your group, we have specialty pricing on our weekends that are still available.

The Ice House event coordinating staff is here to make your holiday planning simple and easy. From decor, to floor plans and even renting audio visual equipment, let us make your holiday celebration the best it can be!

Cheers!

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Builders Exchange Holiday Party

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Cocktail Hour & Seated Dinner 

We hosted The Builders Exchange holiday party where guests enjoyed a cocktail hour on our second level mezzanine where Crushed Ice Events passed appetizers and they were surprised by a wonderful performance by the Dickens Carolers! After cocktail hour, guests moved into the main hall for a lovely seated dinner.

Thorntons Inc. Corporate Holiday Party & Awards Banquet

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We love this silver and gold themed corporate holiday party & awards banquet hosted by Thorntons Inc. this past Friday at The Ice House!

The awards ceremony was held in the Main Hall Package which accommodated all 250 of their honored guests. The awards banquet celebrated Thorntons Inc. team members who have been dedicated workers for many years, and also recognized team members who played a crucial role in developing their rewards program.

Crushed Ice Events provided a gorgeous buffet downstairs in the main hall and on the second level mezzanine. Crushed Ice Events duplicates buffets or stations on our second level for any guests seated upstairs.

Their centerpieces were also constructed by Crushed Ice Events. Crushed Ice Events also specializes in event design. If you are ever in need of assistance with your centerpieces for an event, our coordinators can help design any table layout.  These eye-catching centerpieces contained garland, three different sized glass fixtures with floating candles, and their glass Christmas ornaments for their guests.

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