Graduation: Celebrate with Style! A Graduation Party Planning Guide [Paperback]

Ginger Venable (Author), Mary J. Anderson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 21, 2000

Get the advice you'll need to plan a memorable graduation party. Written by parents who have recently survived a senior's year this 94-page "how to" guide will help you create a party without all the stress. It includes ideas that will save you money when it comes to menu planning, decorating, personalizing invitations, buying gifts and much more. Helpful schedules, budgets, to-do lists, must do ideas and lots of other tips are included. This second edition includes advice on prom activities and school sponsored all-night lock in parties.

Editorial Reviews

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Here is what people are saying about Graduation: Celebrate with Style!

"I enjoyed reading your book so much! It was informative, practical and FUN! Great Job!!" Carol Kuhl, Bloomington MN

"Your book is fabulous! Fun ideas!! Easy reading! Really helpful! Well thought out! Way to go!" Vicki West, Riverside, CA

"This party threw me for a loop, and I entertain a lot! This book was full of great ideas!"

"Very informative and fun. Lots of ideas and tips for success. Excellent!"

"Great idea, timely, a real service and fun too! There is no where else to get this much needed kind of information." Donna O'Neill, Annandale, VA

"Much more than I expected. They know what they are talking about! They have first hand experience." Janine Gass, Yorba Linda, CA -- Readers

This book gives tips on every aspect of planning a graduation party. Anderson & Venable will put your fears to rest. The guide starts with the basics, such as choosing a theme and ordering invitations, and goes on to lining up entertainment, preparing food, and lots of other tips. -- Minneapolis Star Tribune

About the Author

When Mary J. Anderson's son Ryan graduated from high school she found little, if any resources available to help her plan his graduation open house. After networking with other parents she found a wide variety of resources and hosted a memorable celebration. Since then she has interviewed over fifty parents about their graduation parties and with the help of her friend, Ginger Venable has compiled this second edition of Graduation: Celebrate with Style! A Graduation Party Planning Guide. They hope it will provide inspiration and some good laughs to any parent planning a graduation party. Celebrate!

Product Details

• Paperback: 94 pages
• Publisher: Lanewood Marketing; 2nd Rev edition (January 21, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0967125316
• ISBN-13: 978-0967125312
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,232,291 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #9 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Cooking, Food & Wine > Special Occasions > Party Planning
  • #36 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Cooking, Food & Wine > Special Occasions > General

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sound, Sensible, Straightforward Advice, May 2, 2001

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Cynthia Levine (Eden Prairie, Mn USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Graduation: Celebrate with Style! A Graduation Party Planning Guide (Paperback)

The book is a WINNER and a welcome relief to a Neanderthal party giver such as myself. When I think what I put my son through two years ago for his high school graduation, I cringe inwardly and ask the heavens for forgiveness. But life is made for second chances and my daughter is graduating from high school in a couple of months (June 2001).

My communications with my strong-willed seventeen-year-old daughter can become, even with the best of intentions, an unfortunate "tug of war." By following the authors' advice in the section titled "Don't Forget the Guest of Honor," this book has already paid great dividends. Within fifteen minutes of asking my daughter the questions suggested by Ginger and Mary in this section, I had a clear and concise idea of the type and size of celebration she would enjoy and, miraculously, not a single frustrated word was said between us. My daughter seemed genuinely pleased with the thoughtfulness of my questions as well as some of my ideas. The fact that the questions and ideas came from "Graduation: Celebrate with Style!" shall remain my secret - I plan to take full credit for everything and bask in my daughter's good feelings. Using the SOUND, SENSIBLE, STRAIGHTFORWARD ADVICE given by Ginger and Mary in "Graduation: Celebrate with Style!" I am confident that my daughter's graduation celebration will be memorable and appreciated by the guest of honor

One warning to readers - do not read the book before going to bed. I got so excited thinking of ideas for my daughter's graduation celebration that I had a hard time falling asleep.