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.
Encore was engaged by Auto & General to create a gala dinner event that was a work of art, celebrating and honouring its 1,200 guests. Transporting guests into a fantasy world of crystals and Vanity Fair inspired parties that surprised and delighted them. Utilising the symbol for a 15 year partnership, crystals were selected as the basis of the event creative concept. The grand entrance was created using red carpet flanked by bollards and rope and a custom branded media backdrop for photo opportunities. Once guests entered the main room, they were greeted with a stunning ‘Vanity Fair’ style Event Backdrop covered entirely in lush greenery and featuring white 3D lettering of ’15 years’, – creating another perfect photo op for guests. The hero room feature was the giant mirror ball surrounded by 6m long crystal beaded chandeliers, and when lit cast thousands of moving sparkles around the room. As a special treat for the guests, they were treated to a flash mob performance by several Auto & General employees and finished with Captain Risky. Our unique concept included a lovely 12mL x 6mH beaded ‘crystal’ curtain used as the backdrop for the in house stage. This allowed a grand entrance for the star performer at the end of the night; Guy Sebastian.
Paying homage to the intricate Maori flax weave, the Encore New Zealand events team created a stunning gala dinner for the 2016 New Zealander of the Year Awards. Our role as the audio visual partner was to provide the perfect event environment to support the awards ceremony, live performances and room arrangement for 690 guests. This included all the audio, vision, lighting, stage design and production management. The stage design was constructed using 13 Expo stand panels, re-purposed in zig-zag arrangement to provide a complementary for the content to be projected onto using three 10K projectors. On either side of the centre stage were two 16ft wide screens displaying the videos, awards categories and live camera feed. Being a live broadcast event, it was crucial all audio visual elements ran flawlessly with as much exposure of sponsor logos and branding as possible. It was another successful year, and we’d like to extend our congratulations to all the winners!
Encore delivers all the audio vision, lighting and staging for the 2016 Santos Tour Down Under cycling event in Adelaide.