Wish Upon a Wedding LA/OC & Brides Southern California announce the

2011 GALA DeSiGn ChALLenGe!

WhATA Design Challenge & Showcase will be launched as another way LA/OC event Companies can participate and give back to WUW

Southern California. The Design Teams will have a chance to hone their creativity in producing a pre-determined, international Royal

Theme Concept as an inspirational Vignette to be featured at the LA/OC Blissful Wishes Ball & it’s subsequent event coverage on

September 21, 2011.

The Design Challenge will focus around each team prior to the LA/OC gala to reach out to their own pool of family, friends, & fellow

industry colleagues to further support their participation in WUW Design Challenge by “pledging” donations on each team’s behalf. All

donations pledged will benefit the WUW LA/OC Fund Raising efforts for 2011.

WhenTeams will be “challenged” to raise pledge/donations from their own contacts from July 19th-September 19th. The team who has raised the

most money from pledge/donations will be announced at the Gala, on September 21st where all designs will be featured {during the Cocktail

hour 5:30-7pm}.

Brides Southern California will give the winning team a one-time advertising package in the Spring/Summer 2012 issue equal to the amount

that team has pledged. Advertising package opportunity requires a minimum pledge of $3,500 (equal to a half-page package) and is not to

exceed $7,500 (equal to full-page package). The team’s in-book ad will be designed by Brides Southern California to feature each of the

three participating companies.

All participating teams will be recognized in the Spring/Summer 2012 issue on the Wish Upon a Wedding gala recap page. All Design

Challenge Teams (15 companies) will also receive a complimentary basic listing on Brides.com ($720 value).

WhOFiVe Design Teams of ThRee companies each {15 companies total} will be a part of the Design Challenge.

Design Teams will be formed on a First Come, First Serve basis, once all registration requirements are met to be considered a Design Team.

each Design team may comprise of a Florist, event Planner, Caterer, Lounge Company, Stationer, Linens Company, etc. BUT OnLY ThRee

companies per team will be featured. it is up to the Design Team to submit which ThRee companies will be the primary representatives of

the Team. Because of conflict of interest, no other basic rentals company may be featured as a primary Design Challenge company unless

they are providing specialty items {lounge/specialty furniture or linens, etc.}.

hOWTeams will be sought between July 8th-18th {via Facebook, Twitter, Direct email contact}. Pledging for donations will BeGin/OPen on July

19th and enD on September 19th

Please see attached for the Official Registration Form & Terms & Conditions

exhibitor Payment info: $150 Contribution Fee per Design Team due AFTeR Confirmation (Wish Upon a Wedding: Federal Tax i.D. # 27-1370138)

iMPORTAnT inFORMATiOn TO nOTe:Please submit your completed Registration Form & signed Terms & Conditions (next page) to the WUW event Planning Chair. ALL entries submitted will be selected on a first-come, first-serve basis and confirmed by the event Planning Chair upon further review. Once your form has been received and reviewed, you will be contacted and informed if your team is a COnFiRMeD participant in the Design Challenge. if you are a COnFiRMeD PARTiCiPAnT, the $150 Contribution Fee will be due immediately and made payable via the WUW LA/OC eventbrite Page (a link will be sent by the WUW event Planning Chair).

Please fax or email your COMPLeTe Registration Form to:Candice Maloney, LA/OC event Planning Chair

562.391.1712 (fax) | laevents@wishuponawedding.org

ThAnK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT & BeST OF LUCK!

OFFiCiAL DeSiGn ChALLenGe eXhiBiTOR ReGiSTRATiOn FORM

BeneFiTTinG WiSh UPOn A WeDDinG LA/OC ChAPTeR — 9.21.11

DeSiGn TeAM COnTACT inFO (Please provide info for the ThRee Primary Companies exhibiting):

Company name # 1: Type of Business:

Contact name: Contact Title:

Address:

Telephone: Fax:

email: Website:

Company name # 2: Type of Business:

Contact name: Contact Title:

Address:

Telephone: Fax:

email: Website:

Company name # 3: Type of Business:

Contact name: Contact Title:

Address:

Telephone: Fax:

email: Website:

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Royal Vignette Theme: Please number preference (note: FiVe Vignette Themes will be assigned on a 1st Come/1st Serve Basis):

Africa China France india Mexico Russia

OFFiCiAL DeSiGn ChALLenGe eXhiBiTOR TeRMS & COnDiTiOnS1. Only ThRee Primary event Companies per Design Team are welcome to participate in the Design Challenge with one contact listed per company. All three company representatives will be required to sign the registration and terms. nOTe: it is up to the Design Team to submit which ThRee companies will be the primary representatives of the Team as only ThRee companies per team will get media and event coverage. The Design Team may highlight in any signage or their OWn subsequent marketing, etc. the participation of additional vendors at the Design Vignette, but only the ThRee main vendors/companies will be featured.

2. A minimum $150 Contribution per Team must be submitted AFTeR the completed registration form is ACCePTeD & APPROVeD by the WUW event Planning Chair. *Monies MUST be sent in via the WUW LA/OC eventbrite page (that links to PayPal).

3. The $150 Contribution Fee will cover ThRee TiCKeTS (discounted) into the main Gala event. Design Teams may opt to keep those tickets OR give to the TOP contributor who pledged the most for them! *Additional tickets will be charged the nORMAL eVenT TiCKeT PRiCe: $95 per person.

4. The First FiVe completed registration forms with money contributions received will be immediately entered into Design Challenge and international Royal Theme to design will be selected per the Design Team’s preference and on a first-come, first-serve basis: Africa , China, France, india, Mexico, OR Russia (the last team will have their choice to select one of the final two themes left).

5. A WUW event Planning Committee Member will be assigned to each Design Team as their Point of Contact “Rally Captain” throughout the Planning Process.

6. An inspiration Board MUST be submitted by each team to it’s’ “Rally Captain” by July 28, 2011 and can be used throughout the Pledging time at the Design Team’s discretion to “garner support” from friends, family, other event companies.

7. A Complete Settings & inventory List of ALL items to be featured in each Design Vignette MUST be turned in to each team’s “Rally Captain” by September 14, 2011 (7 days prior to the event).

8. Design Team Companies may use own resources at an unlimited budget of their choice/comfort level to produce vignette since this is not a “popularity or based on creativity” design challenge.

9. Vignettes must be COCKTAiL-hOUR friendly & FUnCTiOnAL as they will be featured on the lawn, in each corner and one centered area of the Richard nixon Library during the WUW LA/OC Cocktail hour. (Set-Up Date/Times TBD at a later Date – STRiKe may be immediately following Cocktail hour on night-of event). Backdrop panels &/or Tenting may be brought in at the Design Team’s discretion as it relates to the design and fits the space.

10. Because of conflict of interest with the 2011 Gala Rentals Sponsor (Signature Party Rentals), no other basic rentals company may be featured as a primary Design Challenge company unless they are providing specialty items (i.e. tenting, draping, lounge/specialty furniture or linens, etc.). AnY BASiC RenTALS SUCh AS TABLeS (COCKTAiL & GUeST/BAnQUeT), ChiAVARi OR BAMBOO ChAiRS are limited and may be reserved on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please contact your “Rally Captain” contact for more details.

11. nO electricity will be provided on the Lawn. Usage of LeD lights & votive/hurricane candles are permitted.

12. One Site Visit to Richard nixon Library will be MAnDATORY for all Teams to participate in (one representative per company will be OK) at an undetermined date in August 2011.

13. PLeDGeS CAn OnLY Be MADe ViA The LA/OC eVenTBRiTe PAGe UnDeR The DeSiGn ChALLenGe TAB WheRe eACh DeSiGn TeAM nAMe (The COUnTRY TheY ARe DeSiGninG TO) LiSTeD FOR PeOPLe TO PLeDGe/SUPPORT TheM. each Team is welcome to e-Blast/Post the Link on their respective blogs/facebook/twitter pages to promote pledges/donations throughout the challenge.

14. PLeDGinG FOR ALL TeAMS BeGinS On JULY 19, 2011 & enDS On SePTeMBeR 19, 2011. Pledge amounts made are UnLiMiTeD ($1 and up) and all monies must OnLY be paid via eventbrite (paypal link) to WUW.

We fully understand & agree to the Terms and Conditions outlined above as it pertains to our participation in the Design Challenge.

Company Rep #1 Signature & Date Company Rep #2 Signature & Date Company Rep #3 Signature & Date