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Mag ranks D.C.'s best events

By: Jeff Dufour
Editor at Large/Columnist, "Yeas & Nays"
09/23/08 12:05 AM EDT

Party priorities
 
If you're one of the Washingtonians lucky enough to bounce around the city's cocktail circuit, you're no doubt familiar with the annual parties and galas that dominate the scene.
 
BizBash, a new magazine that caters to, well, caterers and party planners, has gone ahead and ranked the city's top events.
 
Among the winners:
 
Best Sporting Event: Legg Mason Classic
Best Food & Restaurant Industry Event: Rammy Awards Gala
Best Benefit: Knock Out Abuse and Fight Gala                                         
Best Holiday Event: White House Easter Egg Roll
Best Fashion & Beauty Industry Event: Fashion Fights Poverty Runway Show
Best Parade, Walk & Festival: National Cherry Blossom Festival
Best Arts & Entertainment Event: Kennedy Center Honors
Best Literary & Publishing Industry Event: National Book Festival
Best Trade Show, Convention & Meeting: Washington Auto Show
 
A curious choice can be found in the magazine's Best Political & Press Event category, where the honor went to the State of the Union Address and not to the love-it-or-hate-it White House Correspondents Association Dinner or the exclusive Gridiron Club dinner.



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