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Article: Demand is hot for anything Heat.
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- South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
- Article date:
- May 9, 2005
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Byline: Kathy Bushouse
May 9--If you want a measure of how popular the Miami Heat has become in South Florida, ask Debi Kieserman, event planner and crafter of elaborate Heat-themed party centerpieces.
To be exact: 5-foot-tall foam masterpieces, each painstakingly crafted and painted to look like a favorite Heat player.
"If I make one more Shaquille O'Neal and Dwyane Wade ... " said Kieserman, owner of Pompano Beach party planning company Visuals Inc. "It's unbelievable."
She's got two Heat-themed bar mitzvahs in the coming months, and she reports that since the Diesel steamed into town last summer, kids -- plus their parents and many ...