What Happens in Vegas...
I just got back from a Bat Mitzvah in Las Vegas. Not relatives, but close family friends who my mom grew up with. We have attended 2 other services for their other children and this one was for their youngest. It was insane. I was not prepared for what I experienced. I thought that the others had set a precedent, but I was not expecting anything like it. The party itself actually made it into a gossip column.
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Jun. 05, 2007
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NORM: Parents think big for bat mitzvah
NORM CLARKE
In the one-upsmanship capital of the world, Erica Jill Fieldman's bat mitzvah might have set the bar.
For starters, her parents, Showcase mall developer Barry and Amy Fieldman of Henderson, rented the cavernous Fashion Show mall on Saturday from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. and transformed it into a fashion-themed takeoff of "The Devil Wears Prada."
Erica, an aspiring designer, and 100 of her mostly preteen friends made a grand entrance on a purple carpet lined with actors portraying paparazzi and media hounds.
When the 12-year-old entered, photos from her childhood and a recent fashion shoot flashed on three large screens, with her pink-logoed fashion design label, E. Jill. Purple and pink are her daughter's favorite colors, her mother said.
Professional models, friends and family appeared in an Erica-helmed fashion show, with her daughter playing "the bitch fashion designer" to the hilt, the mother said.
At the end of the fashion show, confetti cannons erupted, and Erica received the traditional bouquet of roses.
The more than 300 guests sat at dinner tables featuring prominent designers. Models wore tablelike attachments topped with desserts.
Females dancers performed inside transparent bubbles while the runway doubled as a dance floor. Another area was transformed into a speakeasy for the children.
Witnesses estimated the coming-of-age extravaganza, planned by LT Eventions and catered by Wild Truffles, might have cost more than $500,000.
Fortunately, said Amy Fieldman, it is their last mitzvah. For their oldest son, Michael, they had an skating rink set up in a ballroom at the Rio. Another son, Kyle, a horse lover, was treated to a hoedown for 200 at Sandy Valley Ranch.
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Jun. 05, 2007
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
NORM: Parents think big for bat mitzvah
NORM CLARKE
In the one-upsmanship capital of the world, Erica Jill Fieldman's bat mitzvah might have set the bar.
For starters, her parents, Showcase mall developer Barry and Amy Fieldman of Henderson, rented the cavernous Fashion Show mall on Saturday from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. and transformed it into a fashion-themed takeoff of "The Devil Wears Prada."
Erica, an aspiring designer, and 100 of her mostly preteen friends made a grand entrance on a purple carpet lined with actors portraying paparazzi and media hounds.
When the 12-year-old entered, photos from her childhood and a recent fashion shoot flashed on three large screens, with her pink-logoed fashion design label, E. Jill. Purple and pink are her daughter's favorite colors, her mother said.
Professional models, friends and family appeared in an Erica-helmed fashion show, with her daughter playing "the bitch fashion designer" to the hilt, the mother said.
At the end of the fashion show, confetti cannons erupted, and Erica received the traditional bouquet of roses.
The more than 300 guests sat at dinner tables featuring prominent designers. Models wore tablelike attachments topped with desserts.
Females dancers performed inside transparent bubbles while the runway doubled as a dance floor. Another area was transformed into a speakeasy for the children.
Witnesses estimated the coming-of-age extravaganza, planned by LT Eventions and catered by Wild Truffles, might have cost more than $500,000.
Fortunately, said Amy Fieldman, it is their last mitzvah. For their oldest son, Michael, they had an skating rink set up in a ballroom at the Rio. Another son, Kyle, a horse lover, was treated to a hoedown for 200 at Sandy Valley Ranch.