One of the many highlights at this year’s Association of Bridal Consultants conference in Newport Beach, CA was meeting Colin Cowie and listening to him share some of the fabulous events he has been part of creating. When the doors opened to allow us into the ballroom for our “Couture Luncheon” starring Colin, you would have thought there was a million dollar prize in the room that we had to run and find. The milion dollar prize was getting a table close to his or being front and center to listen to him speak. At 6.5 months pregnant, I was very pleased to say I made it not only to the front of the room near the stage, but also next to his table- DOUBLE SCORE!
As Colin shared just a few of his magnificent events with us, I was in awe of how his mind is this never-ending, churning pool of creativity. None of his event looks alike or feel alike- each is uniquely fabulous!
Here is Colin in action talking to us…
During Colin’s talk, he was asked many question by various consultants. One that I found interesting was “What have you not done that you still want to do?” Colin responded by saying “working in the whitehouse…I have been texting Oprah in hopes of working Obama’s inauguration”. Oprah…if you are reading…return the man’s text!!!!
We were fortunate that Colin took time to autography books for us…her was my moment with Colin…
Although the events he shared with us were amazing, my close proximity to his table, and great viewI had for his talk…the climax of the afternoon was by far his generosity in auction off the opportunity to assist him at one of these beyond-platinum weddings. He had done this in the past for the ABC and 2 lucky ladies paying $7,000 each had a once in a lifetime opportunity to shadow him for a day. Some may say that is a lot of money, but for those in the industry, the experience, knowledge, and opportunity of doing this is just priceless. This year he generously offered to auction his services again. After what seemed like forever of bidding (really only 15-20 minutes), we had 3 ladies who were not going to give up their bid. The price tag had gone up to $10,000 and none of them were backing off! Colin announced he would take on all three each paying $10,000….but then it did not stop. He announced that ANYONE wanting to pay $10,000 could have this opportunity. Within minutes, 13 PEOPLE joined him on the stage, and just like that, the Miss Dorothy Education Scholarship with the ABC raised $130,000!!!!!! I was tempted to join the bandwagon…but I figured I may be homeless when I returned home to my husband 
Thank-you to Colin for not only sharing your inspiring stories and events, but for making this year’s ABC conference a record-breaker!!
