A parent dreams of what the wedding for their daughter will be. We adopted ours 25 yrs ago & the dream began---it had to be storybook, magical, beautiful , like no other every seen--a cinderella moment. My daughter experienced all of this and more this past weekend - Saturday, 4/24/2010.\r
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Shirley and Cofield Hilburn are the proprietors and the planners. NO STONE GOES UNTOUCHED. The Hilburns are pros at what they do--they think of everything that other planners just wouldn't. They are lovely people with wonderful personalities. Shirley and Cofield are the kind of people you fall in love with because their first consideration is you and your event. Both strive to create your dream and they do. Every detail was perfect and as previously stated---MORE than we asked for/expected.\r
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Shirley is the main planner. We met many times to plan our daughter's wedding. She took the time to get to know me and my daughter and ""understand"" us. She helped us find vendors, jewelry-----you name it and she did it. Shirley is available at any time for anything.\r
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As far as the actual wedding and reception-------I truly feel that ours could have been on ""Platinum Wedding"" the reality show., The flowers were beautiful and the creativity along with it was just breathtaking---from the gorgeous gazebo to the elegant silver trumpet vases filled with beautifully arranged flowers, greenery and other elelgant surprises that graced each table at the reception. Flowers were EVERYWHERE--even down to the smallest of details! Shirley is a floral designer and her talents are beyond compare.\r
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Our food was exceptional. We had a morning brunch buffet. The food was delicious----beautifully arranged--set up so that guests could flow quickly and easily. I cannot say enough about that. Our guests were taken care of from the time they entered the reception room while pictures were taken until the very end of the reception. There were mountains of food for our guests. We have received many calls and e-mails from our guests commenting on the culinary end of our wedding.\r
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I know that I have written a long review but a wedding is a once in a lifetime event. We plan and dream of what it will be. We pray for no disappoints and, of course, probably look really hard to find a problem-----but there were NONE! DO NOT GO AND LOOK AT ANOTHER EVENT CENTER UNTIL YOU MEET SHIRLEY AND COFIELD HILBURN! I truly believe that we had the best of the best--------plus the victorian house is gorgeous---that is an added treat!\r
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Thank you so much for reading my review---call them right now!\r
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Karen Wright \r
Pros: Not enough space for all the pros! Top Notch in All Ways
Cons: Absolutely NONE! Shirley & Cofield are the BEST!
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