Bridal Fantasy Edmonton & Calgary 2012 has come and gone…

A extra special thanks from Gay Derk:


President/Editor of the Bridal Fantasy Group

Looking forward to Bridal Conference Edmonton on September 23, 2012 (Exhibitor space still available)

Thank you to everyone for an absolute amazing Bridal Fantasy Show(s). We had record attendance and number of exhibitors at both our Calgary and Edmonton show. What a way to celebrate our 30th Anniversary.

Thanks to our exceptional exhibitors you definitely take your weddings and customer service to the next level.

A List of Edmonton’s Exhibitors for 2012
A list of Calgary’s Exhibitors for 2012

A list of our 2012 Trip, Media and Fashion Show Sponsors

Thanks to our fabulous celebrity guests:

Bridal Fantasy Calgary

Slice TV’s
Jane Dayus-Hinch
From Wedding SOS

Bridal Fantasy Edmonton

Slice TV’s
Renee Strauss & Kevin Lee
From Brides of Beverly Hills

And of course Manny Diotte...

Thanks to the incredible John Chwyl “The Fashion Guy” and his incredible team Mona, Cheryl, Tim, The McKinley Family: Pat, Rick, Kelly, Kerry, Carmel and more.

Vince and Kyle with sound and lights. The Edmonton Expo Center for such a great facility, and of course Jerry our Customer Service Representative.

Thanks to Anne Gurney from Grant McEwan who designed our castle. She has brought magic to the show over the years.

A big thanks to our models, our fabulous dancers… our child dancers who have performed “Be our Guest” to thunderous applauses. Thank-you for all your hard work!

Thank-you to our Derks and Bridal Fantasy team! It takes a lot of hard work and organization to pull off an event and magazine of this size.

Thank you to Heidi Dennis whose sales and vendor organization skills are truly proficient. Heidi's contributions to the magazine and décor section will give brides lot of great information. Thank you to Mandy Bilous, our Marketing Director who did an outstanding job on marketing the Bridal Fantasy shows. Obviously the numbers speak for themselves!

Thank you to Sereena Schneider who has handled hundreds of calls, reams of paperwork, and organization to make these shows possible. The Show Office ran so smoothly! Thank you to Shannon Gamache, new to our team Shannon has been handling out blogging, tweeting, facebooking, youtube channel and some of the exhibiting and magazine sales and is doing an awesome job.

Thanks to Jim who has always been there helping with move in, move out, the doors, and the volunteers.

Thanks to Lori, Laura, Stephanie and Stanko in Accounting and Main Office.

Thanks to our fabulous Derks Staff all of you included… our store managers Tim, Justin, Dean, Marjie, James and Tracy who pulled all the clothing and organized move in/move out of the castle, the Derks booth. All our Volunteers and helpers… Nikolas, Dorothy, Carolyn, Ollie and so many more! Can you imagine working a show on your 80th Birthday! Happy Birthday Oliie! Eighty Years Young.

Thanks to the famous Italian Centre Spinelle’s Sandwiches for lunch!

Thanks to my family Darrell, Landon, Sterling, Michelle, Catherine and my darling grand babies Ava and Spencer!

It takes a whole lot of people and whole lot of team work to bring this show together! And to pull it all off.

Lastly, and most important thanks to all of our beautiful brides. We wish you joy, happiness, and all the love a celebration like your wedding brings. The celebration of your love with all your family and friends!