Wedding Planning Class at Kapiolani Community College

Wedding planners take on many roles, wear many hats, diversify themselves so many times you could almost swear they clone themselves! And now Mona has taken on another new role-- that of a teacher! Mona has taught students before, the first time being much younger students, in Japan, where Mona taught them English skills. This time however, the students vary in age, some originally from the mainland and now live in Hawaii, others from Japan and now live in Hawaii, while others have lived in Hawaii all their lives.

Mona was approached by Keri Zittnan, from Kapiolani Community College Not for Profit Project Manager, to teach a first-time-ever-offered-wedding planning class through a company called Lovegevity. The paperwork was signed and the class launched on Thursday,September 24 with 19 students, one following along in Maui via internet.

The first guest speaker for the class was photographer extraordinaire, Dave Miyamoto.



Dave spoke with the students about different styles of photography showing his work in various album styles. Dave also spoke about his role as President in the Oahu Wedding Association and how members of OWA can benefit from networking with various vendors throughout Hawaii.




Big Mahalo to Dave for taking time out of his extremely busy schedule to come speak with the future Hawaii Wedding Planners!!

An amazing opportunity, and an option for the wedding planning students, since the event occurred on a non-class night, Tanna Dang of The Wedding Cafe, was gracious enough to let the students attend the Wedding Cafe' Cake and Wine tasting workshop, the grand finale' to all the other fantastic workshops put on for brides and grooms twice a year. This wonderfully sweet event takes place at the famous Bayer Estate and the cake vendors didn't disappoint!





Stay tuned for further updates of the first ever wedding planning certificate course!!