 Wedding dreams turned to reality
by Nilma Dole
If you’re one of those people
who forever dream about their ideal wedding and have no way of executing
it in a cost-effective manner, then don’t fear because Event Planner is
here! Having a dream wedding might be just as we think of it but with
careful planning and a tailor-made package to perfection, one can have a
memorable wedding.
Speaking to the Sunday Observer magazine about the ideal wedding was
Event Planner director Pradeep Dodampahala who has many creative ideas
pertaining to a wonderful wedding. “We can offer a good theme to your
dream wedding and see where there can be cost-efffective methods to be
within your budget but also to be creative and implement good ideas.”
In keeping with religious wedding tradition and rituals, Pradeep has
great respect for such things. “We can cater to anyone’s special needs
because even the typical Muslim wedding can be planned as a Moghul theme
wedding complete with a Taj Mahal as the back drop,” he said. He added,
“We can make it according to your culture and tradition.
From any religion, ethnicity or just if you like a certain atmosphere
to be created on your wedding day, we can formulate the perfect plan.”
Hence, the thematic weddings that have a Moghul theme to the traditional
Kandyan and Western ideals can be catered in a simplistic fashion. “A
wedding is the day for the bride to shine and it is important that she
gets the centre of attention,” he said. Plus, there are various
conversations that will be done with all families to see if there is
common understanding if the couples from different religions marry.
 “We should be careful in doing certain rituals or serving certain
food if it comes to the couples being of mixed religions. So we
carefully plan and talk to every party involved in the wedding to settle
any problems,” he said. Pradeep has a good and reliable fleet of
caterers, florists and other wedding essential suppliers. “Often you
don’t have to go to the renowned names if you can’t afford a reputed
expert for your wedding. Event Planner will sort it out to give you the
best value for money and we will help you find anybody with the nearest
expert skill to help you out at a reasonable rate,” said Pradeep who has
an extensive and good database of suppliers.
He even suggests outdoor theme weddings to cut costs if one finds it
difficult to pay for a grand five-star hotel wedding. “Sometimes an
outdoor wedding is simpler, cheaper, easier and the photographs turn out
great rather than going to town to outdo other people’s weddings by
doing something innovative,” said Pradeep.
Pradeep, a veteran in the hospitality sector and a creative person
with an eye for art, also mentioned that it is the little details that
go into making a stunning and well-organised wedding. “I have a
co-founder who works along side with me and he is Sumith Matharage, Sri
Lanka’s IT gold medalist in 2006 who also runs the
www.ganudenulanka.come website,” said Pradeep.
In addition to this, Event Planner doesn’t only do weddings but
organsing events and gatherings including funerals. “We can understand
how stressed out people can be when they lose a loved one and they are
not in the best frame of mind to think let alone organise a funeral. We
chip in to help and it can actually be a relief for them to let someone
else take care of the main organisation while they attend to the more
important aspects,” he said. So plan your event to perfection with Event
Planner!
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