Using iDVD for simple presentation

I've produced two iMovies that I'm sending to a 3rd party to be used during an awards presentation. I'd like a simple "cue #1" & "cue #2" menu set up. What is the simplest way to go about doing that?
Thanks,
Gee

My problem, or rather the problem that I want to avoid is that I don't need a theme. I imagine the person running the program would like to be able to simply start the cues one at a time without having to go to a menu page. What I've done is I've put the two iMovies together into one iMovie file, and added a chapter marker at the top of the second cue. I imagine that the presenter will be able to pause after the first movie, and then go to the next chapter for the second.
If you use one of those simple themes, e.g. "Transparent Blue" which has no animation, no sound, all you get is a rather plain 2-tone background, the 2 movies you add to the theme would be 2 text labelled buttons. You have the choice of having a title or not as well. This gives the presenter quite easy to just pick one of the buttons to start one of the movies. When the 1st movie finishes, or hit the stop button, you return back to the menu, then you can select the next movie.

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... glad that you came to the rescue SO quickly!!!
well, after the 2nd coffee I'm even faster! (early morning here... )
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302961
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