The Exxon Mobil Social Club Ball was held at Grand Hyatt Melbourne in August. Encore (formerly Staging Connections) managed the entire event including all styling, entertainment and technical production. The theme was vintage circus and everything from the stage set (complete with Lion and Elephant cut outs) to the roof draped with fabric to look like the inside of a circus tent came together to set the scene for the ball.
This event was created by our talented Melbourne event production team and was held by Crown Melbourne to celebrate the last night of an Australia wide Mega Famil. The event design was inspired by the street art and laneways of Melbourne and the room featured a 33 metre long table under a suspended ceiling installation created from milk crates and neon acrylic strips. The look was completed with limited edition spray paint can centrepieces and intelligent lighting, audio and vision.
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Early this year, our South Australian team were tasked with creating a magical, ‘Hogwarts’ inspired event. To truly immerse the 240 guests into the Hogwarts theme, our team pulled out all stops – from the location, to the lighting and styling and down to delicious catering by local, Ellie Beer Catering – everything oozed magic and made you feel as if you were really at Hogwarts.
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Encore were asked to create a spectacular Welcome Dinner for the annual Joymain incentive trip with Sydney as the destination for 2015. The Royal Hall of Industries was the perfect venue to cater for the 1600 mainland Chinese including 100 of the company’s VIPs. Over the course of the day, we arranged a host of entertainment and performances that brought to life the true blue Australian culture to make this year’s incentive bigger and better than ever. From jumping kangaroos, boot-scooting cowboys, to Priscilla Queen of the Desert Drag Queens and Harley Davidson’s all set against a projected Sydney Harbour backdrop, the event was a pleasure to deliver, showcasing our expertise in delivering truly integrated events.
The Queensland Hotels Association (QHA) Awards for Excellence Gala Dinner & Presentation – now in its 23rd year – was held at the Great Hall at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre on Wednesday 23 September. 1,000 guests flocked to this annual awards event which recognises the state’s best pubs, hotels and hoteliers. Hotels large and small from all over Queensland participated in the 2015 awards program, which this year saw a record number of nominations. The brief was to deliver a spectacular awards night with the main focus on creating a stunning stage environment and engaging multimedia content. The challenge was striking the right balance between being respectful of the 100 year ANZAC tribute and festivities celebrating award winners. The hero of the room was the massive 27x4m curved screen provided by BCEC. Our crystal chandelier complemented the ‘big look’ and added glamour and a celebratory ambience for award recipients and their colleagues. The highlight of the evening was the opening showreel we created as a homage to the ANZACs.
A spectacular stage design created for a spectacular event – the 2015 Grand Final Eve Luncheon. AFL players, media personalities and industry celebrities came together to celebrate one of the biggest events in the AFL Grand Final Week. If it was a game of numbers we definitely won – 6 x 16ft screens with 10k lumen projectors and 2 x 30ft screens with 18k lumen projectors. All managed and operated flawlessly by our in-house team of AV technicians at Crown Melbourne.
This year’s 2015 BMW Australian Racehorse of the Year Awards was held at Melbourne Cricket Ground and attended by the racing industry’s elite. Encore were engaged to deliver all the audio visual in creating a dynamic event environment to support the award presentations. Whilst ‘Dissident’ was crowned the country’s best, the stunning Event Backdrop branding the stage was certainly one the highlights of the evening.
A fantastic Spy / Casino themed gala dinner delivered by our Adelaide team at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre. Encore delivered all the AV, lighting, furniture, staging, styling and on-screen multimedia. The theme was carried across the entire event space from the custom Spy themed printed Event Backdrops lining the red carpet entrance, to the Martini cocktail bar and lounge area, as well as casino tables and centrepiece styling.
Another magical evening for the Living Grand event by Hyatt Australia. This year’s theme, Garden of Good and Evil, was created using stunning floral installations, live performances by mystical creatures and choirs, vibrant mood lighting and sound FX. The end result was an enchanting evening for Hyatt Australia’s special guests. Big thank you to Trumpet Events, Active Draping and Style By Nature for helping us create this truly extraordinary event!
It was a star-studded evening for this year’s Starry Starry Night fundraising event. Encore were engaged by Peter Jones Special Events to deliver all the audio vision, production management, lighting and staging for this prestigious gala dinner, which raised a staggering $700,000 towards keeping our children safe from violence. The event attracts more than 1,000 guests alongside 100 celebrities and entertainment stars, who individually host tables and perform a variety of singing and dancing acts. Special performances by (MC) David Campbell, Leo Sayer, Gorgi Coghlan and Waleed Aly from The Project amongst many others! The stunning room look was created using a black gloss, gold mirror and brushed metals, with the ceiling installation a hero for the evening. With so many celebrities and the like in attendance, we used our Event Feed to display all the social buzz live on screen. The activity this generated resulted in the event’s hashtag trending on Australia’s Twitter feed that evening.