April 10, 2017
A new wedding industry group aims to make it easier to organise a wedding in the South Burnett, as well as offer locals more choices for their nuptials.
Cherish This Day is a new not-for-profit industry group that already counts wedding decorators, dressmakers, photographers, cake-makers, accommodation suppliers, wineries, party suppliers and florists amongst its rapidly growing membership.
The group was formed a little over a month ago by Karen Bradwell from A Wedding Or Event.
Karen’s business hires a range of equipment for weddings, and has been providing wedding and event planning services in the South Burnett for several years.
Concerned that many customers felt swamped trying to organise a wedding, Karen got together with her contacts and the idea of creating a local wedding industry group was formed.
Karen is now the president of the new group, and is assisted by Amanda Wenck from Truth Designs as vice-president, Jo Berry from Kingsley Grove Winery as secretary, and a treasurer.
One of the group’s first projects will be to create a website that showcases the many different services members can offer.
Another – which will happen later this month – is to hold a mini Wedding Expo at Kingaroy Shoppingworld for several days so the public can meet members in person.
On Sunday, Cherish This Day members were at Kingsley Grove Winery outside Kingaroy for a website photo shoot.
Professional photographer Denise Keelan was kept busy all afternoon taking shots inside the winery and in the vineyard, as well as some aerial shots using a drone.
Jo Berry said one of the group’s main aims was to make it easier for people to organise weddings in the South Burnett.
Another was to stop locals leaving the area to hold their weddings because they couldn’t access the one-stop-shop services available in some bigger regional centres.
And a third aim was to encourage outside couples in search of a true country wedding to hold their nuptials in the region.
New members are welcome, and they can phone Jo for more details on 0414-230-128.
The group’s Wedding And Formal Week mini-expo will feature more than 20 suppliers, and will be held at Kingaroy Shoppingworld from Wednesday to Sunday, April 26-29
[Photos: Denise Keelan Photography]
