Thank you for coming!

To all of the brides and friends who dropped by my booth at the Hawaii Bridal Expo this weekend: thank you for coming! It was great meeting you and hearing your stories about your upcoming wedding.

To my past clients (Sunny [and her mother and sister Summer], Kris & Christy): it was AWESOME to see you again! It is so nice to catch up and see how things have changed since your wedding, and how some things have stayed the same! Special thanks to KRIS, who was gracious enough to hang out and help me in my booth even though he missed the Baltimore game! Thank you thank you thank you!



Thank you to all my photographer & videographer friends who helped contribute images and video to my booth presentation! Your generosity, and more importantly, your friendship, is very much appreciated!

Over the next few weeks, I will be following up with those of you who are planning your wedding soon, and I look forward to helping you create a party that is so very FUN, STRESS-FREE, UNIQUE, and something that will give you HAPPY MEMORIES THAT WILL LAST FOREVER!

Don't forget to register for the Wedding VIP Club! Visit

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Weekly Tips Are Out!

Members of my Wedding VIP Club, check your inboxes: the Weekly Wedding and Romance Tips are out!

• If I was your Master of Ceremonies or DJ for your wedding, you will be getting a great tip on keeping the romance alive in your marriage. This week's tip is especially useful if you live on the mainland, on the west side of Oahu, or in a place where you must deal with a lot of traffic every day!
• If you are a future client or have not yet reserved me for your date, you will be getting some great tips to make your visit to the Hawaii Bridal Expo this weekend (January 16-18) more productive!

So if you aren't getting these weekly tips, you can easily get them by joining my Wedding VIP Club. Simply register at

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Here is one free tip from the Weekly Wedding Tip newsletter, and this is a tip your man will truly appreciate if he is a football fan:

Sunday, January 18, are the conference championships for NFL Football. These games determine who will be in the Super Bowl on February 1. If your man enjoys football, he won't be thinking of your wedding if you bring him on Sunday. He may even feel some animosity towards you for taking him away from the games on TV! Your solution: bring him with you on Friday evening, January 16, or on Saturday, January 17, so he can watch his games on Sunday. He will GREATLY appreciate you for it!

Did I mention that becoming a member of my Wedding VIP Club was free?

Thanks for dropping by!

The World Class Wedding Expo was this past weekend, and we had a wonderful time! Thank you to all of the brides who dropped by my booth to say hello, talk about their wedding day, and get excited about their wedding reception! I look forward to meeting with you as we get closer to your wedding date.

The fashion show went off quite well. Considering how little time I had to prep for it, it's amazing that it worked out well. It goes to show the quality of professionals who come together for this presentation. Special mahalos goes out to DUN, who produced the show, and ERICA, who directed it. Sound and stage lighting were provided by GIL & ROMEL with ND Mixx Productions. The models were also great to work with. And of course, the interactive games and hosting for this event was presented by...moi. If I get invited to do the October show, expect greater things, since I will have even more time to prepare and rehearse!

To the brides who I met at the expo: have you signed up for my VIP list yet? If not, email me so I can add you to it! Membership gets you access to my monthly Wedding Newsletter, filled with tips and ideas to help you create a FUN, STRESS-FREE, and UNIQUE wedding celebration that you and your guests will REMEMBER FOREVER. And the cost for VIP membership? Absolutely nothing...

So the World Class Wedding Expo starts tomorrow, and I am approaching it with both a sense of excitement and a sense of nervousness.

Excitement because I love these events! I enjoy meeting new brides-to-be and getting them excited about their celebrations! So if you are reading this and plan to drop by the expo tomorrow, visit my booth to say hi!

I'm experiencing some nervousness because I have been asked to host the fashions show. THIS...IS...BIG. I know that I've done large crowds before and performed at several large weddings, but for some reason, I am actually more nervous about tomorrow than anything previously! I guess a part of me is afraid that I am going to choke so badly tomorrow that no one will want to work with me again. But the professional in me says to focus in, forget all of the things going on around, and just nail the performance, like I usually do! Positive thinking can do wonders, so I definitely should psych myself up for this!

Sooo...if you're in the neighborhood tomorrow, drop by, say hello, see me at the fashion show, and let's all have a fabulous time.

I've got great friends.

I've got great friends.

Just in time for the wedding expo, ERIC KIM from Imaginewurks has put together an awesome demo video based on our work at Wini & Kin Wai's wedding in January 2008. Here's a little teaser. The titles were added by me, but the footage and editing is Eric's creation. If you are looking for a great videographer for your wedding, check out Imaginewurks' website, give Eric a call, mention that Marino from Ninja Entertainment sent you, and Eric will take good care of you!

Thanks to Eric & the Imaginewurks team for the awesome job! It was a pleasure working with you!

More videos to come in the next few days, as we ramp up towards the wedding expo! Stay tuned!

Hawaii Bridal Expo

To all of the brides-to-be who dropped by my booth at the Hawaii Bridal Expo two weekends ago: thank you! It was a pleasure meeting all of you. I look forward to hearing your stories and sharing what I can do to help you make your wedding celebration very fun, memorable, stress-free, and unique!

Let's take it back to the old school

One of the neat things about participating in a wedding expo is I run into friends I haven't seen in ages. At this most recent show, I ran into several friends & former classmates from college days at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. It was fun catching up with many of them, seeing what they have done with their lives since graduation, and how they have changed. Some of them were still very much single but had come along in support of their friends. Others had found love and were ready to settle down with the right person. Some had found careers in their majors (I spoke to A LOT of music teachers who I took the same music classes with--I was a music major). Others had found a different calling. A few served our country in the military. What was amazing was the fond nostalgia we had about "the good old days"...even though we graduated just a few years ago. Yikes! It's amazing how much things change, they still stay the same...

To all who dropped by my booth to chat, say hello, and catch up: thank you. Hopefully we can continue the conversation we started at the expo!

And now, for today's Wedding Tip For The Day: If you're having over 200 guests at your celebration, you may want to consider having TWO OR MORE guestbooks available at the registration table for when your guests check in. Sometimes the guestbook becomes the bottleneck that causes your guests to wait in an unappealing long line, and in some cases may even delay the start of your presentation. We did one wedding where the bride invited 750 guests (at the Sheraton Waikiki), but only had one guestbook to register them. The line stretched around the foyer area, outside on the lanai, down the Grand Staircase, and into part of the lobby downstairs, and it nearly delayed the start of the program by 30 minutes. Fortunately, we had an extra guestbook in our "Wedding Emergency Kit", and we were able to get most of the guests checked in within 15 minutes.

Alternatively, you could leave scrapbook pages on each table, and during the program, have your emcee ask your guests to fill in some pages with their names, addresses, and words of advice or wisdom for you and your new spouse. Your emcee will also mention that these pages will be collected at the end of the night and binded into a scrapbook/guestbook. Think about how original and unique your guestbook will be! And if you are a scrapbooker, think about how much fun you are going to have putting this ultimate wedding scrapbook together!

Have a fabulous week!

Warmly,





Marino M. Regalado
Emcee & Interactive Entertainment Specialist
Ninja Entertainment

Thank you for dropping by my booth!

We had a splendid time at the Bridal Expo this weekend! To the many brides & grooms who dropped by my booth, thank you for meeting me and saying "Hi!" It was great finding out a little about your wedding day. I look forward to meeting you personally and hearing more about your plans, as well as sharing some ideas to make your wedding more FUN, STRESS-FREE, UNIQUE, and MEMORABLE!

One thing I noticed: there's a lot more neighbor island brides inquiring about my services. Yes, I do emcee at neighbor island events! Whether it be Kauai, Maui, Hilo, or Kona, I can help you make your "destination wedding" very memorable and fun for you and your guests!

Thank you again for dropping by my booth. I look forward to serving you!

Warmly,

Marino
Emcee & Interactive Entertainment Specialist (tm)
Ninja Entertainment

Expoooooo!!!!!!!

Tomorrow is the World Class Wedding Expo at the Convention Center, and YOU are invited! Come on down and check out the latest in bridal fashions & trends, sample the menus from various locations and cakes from many wonderful cake artists, and most importantly, drop by and say hello! I'll be there on both days (Friday and Saturday), so if you've got some free time and still need to find stuff for your wedding, now's a good time to come by.

The expo starts at 6pm on Friday and goes to 10pm. On Saturday, it starts at 11am and goes to about 4pm. I'll be in booth 112, right near the entrance. Look for the guy in the tux showing some pretty funny videos from past wedding receptions!

Today's Wedding Tip for the Day is expo-related: Guys: if you have not found your tuxes for your wedding yet, the best place to get awesome deals are at a wedding expo! Usually there's some sort of discount involved; simply ask the tux experts there and see what they can do for you!

Please welcome DON & MISTY to our "family" of brides & grooms! We met last night to talk about their wedding next Friday, and it sounded like they wanted something really simple, but fun and interactive at the same time. So we're helping them create a really unique party that will include a lot of personalization. For instance, because many of their guests like to sing, we're going to invite the guests to serenade the newlyweds if they wish to see Don & Misty kiss. It should be interesting to see what songs the guests will choose! And because many of Misty & Don's guests are already married, instead of doing a typical bouquet toss, we're going to do the Anniversary Game and present the bouquet & garter to two very special people to them...It should certainly be a very pleasant surprise for the two people when they find out they're being honored that night.

Last but not least: if you haven't been following the local news lately, the good news is that the Hawaii Superferry finally got approved to sail. With service hopefully starting early next month, it will allow me to better serve my neighbor island clients. Planning to get married on the Big Island, Maui, or Kauai? Call me. Instead of simply emceeing the event, I now can provide DJ dance music for entire evening, meaning a more awesome, fun-filled celebration from beginning to end! I'm excited!

Have a great weekend!

All the best,

Marino M. Regalado
Entertainment Director
Ninja Entertainment