THE NEWS from EventWorks, Inc.

This is our favorite holiday! Thanksgiving is truly a win-win. No stressful gift shopping, no greeting cards, lots of wonderful food and drinks with friends and family. And time to reflect. We have a lot to be grateful for this year and we are so aware of how lucky we are! Lee Dyson feels the same way. He called a few days ago and shared his new Thanksgiving Song List. It's the perfect soundtrack for your Turkey Day. DJ Lee Dyson: "Gratitude is always a good place to go to keep perspective on your life and the world around you. Sometimes we get spun up in daily life and forget to take a pause and think about that. Of course Turkey Day is the perfect day to focus on this so I’ve put together a soundtrack to help. Gobble Gobble!" We hope you catch planes, trains and automobiles to join your favorite group of people for a wonderful holiday! Happy Thanksgiving!

It's all about motivation, motivation, motivation - and Jewel gave 150%! We recently produced a large fundraising event in Orange County. Our client had secured Jewel for a 60-minute set and we had included her in our overall decor in many details. Crystals adorned the floral - and we had Jewel perform in front of beaded stage backdrop to add some sparkle. We were ready for the multiple Grammy winning artist. The contract stipulated a 60-minute set - but Jewel delivered so much more! Ted Bowers: "She is known for her social engagement and her real work for philanthropic causes. Our client could not have made a better choice. Jewel and her production crew were truly appreciative and committed to the purpose of the evening!  Jewel donated a signed guitar for the silent auction and she gave her all on stage. Ted Bowers: "Jewel was fantastic! She was contracted for a 60 minute set and performed for almost 90 minutes. She had the audience mesmerized. Jewel relaye...

Rebecca, Manuel, Ella, Kate and furry Beatrice, Melissa, Kory, Marguerite and Gayane. We have been waiting for a chance to let you have a look behind the scenes with our Director of Floral and Event Design Kate Brack. A couple of weeks agothe whole team was hard at work in our studio for a local fundraising event we love. The Event: a large, annual Fundraising Dinner Gala and Concert in Southern California. Location: a Hotel Ballroom. The Challenge: the client changes the theme and the message every year. It is our task to integrate these and create a comprehensive look and feel by tying the invitation's design into every aspect of the night. Kate Brack: "The invitation featured a color palette of deep amethyst accented by tangerine.  Furthermore, the featured entertainer of the night was singer Jewel. We took these colors and added sparkle throughout the design. We integrated this theme in everything: the centerpieces, votives, stage backdrop and bars. The cen...

What did it take to create "The Perfect Storm" in Cleveland? We got lucky: Wonderful Client + Great Cause + Beautiful Location + the COMPANY MEN  #throwbackPOP As one band member from the COMPANY MEN put it: "It felt like Summer Camp". Our client is a Cleveland native and after she graciously gave us her personal city tour a while back, we fell in love with it, too. There is so much to do and see in this re-energized city that we expanded our horizons beyond the Rock'n Roll Hall of Fame and LeBron. And yes, those two are pretty fabulous, too! So we were looking forward to returning here a few weeks ago to produce a very worthwhile event. Event Producer Kristen Rensch: " Our client is very involved in local philanthropic endeavors, and this particular event was organized to thank the supporters of a unique local playground, that is equipped for special need families, for their participation. We hired the COMPANY MEN to provide the entertain...

We love to re-purpose. It makes environmental and economic sense and it allows us to offer great rates to our clients. But our extensive collection of decor elements and furniture and our fabrication studio outgrew our old warehouse space. Repurposing in Action! Production Manager Carolyn Vasi and her great crew needed more room. Fortunately for us, a next door neighbor moved - and we jumped on the space! We added 7500 square feet of warehouse space, now happily spreading out over 30 000 square feet total. Carolyn Vasi: "We got the keys on Labor Day weekend and went right to work to remodel the adjacent building for our purposes. Our amazing crew did it all in just over 6 weeks. They built and installed new ceilings above the office space to create more storage, built new floor-to-ceiling shelving and re-organized it all! We doubled the work shop space! Manuel and his crew can spread out. We have better, more accessible storage. It speeds up the work process." ...

Janet and Ted returned red-faced from Shanghai on Friday! Yep, our intrepid world travelers got themselves into trouble in this beautiful city - but they were saved by the incredible kindness and outstanding helpfulness of local law enforcement and hotel staff! So what happened? Janet: "We had some free time to explore this fascinating, cosmopolitan city. Ted and I were walking along one of the busy streets of Shanghai when four "20-something" students approached us, wanting to practice their English. They were quite friendly and charming.  So we chatted away. They told us about a tea festival down the street. Always up for a new experience, we went along.  We entered a small tea shop and learned a lot about tea and these 20-year-olds. We had a great time and felt, when the bill came, that we should offer to pay. That evening, over dinner, Ted and I thought about the bill and could not help but wonder whether we had been overcharged as it was somewhat confusin...

If found guilty of copyright infringement, under the criminal portion of the law, or liable, under the civil portion, you may face a penalty of five years imprisonment and up to $250,000 in damages. Did we get your attention? What we are talking about is a specific niche in overall copyright law: the soundtrack of your event sizzle reel. You produce a gorgeous affair, Your video team is taping hours of footage. You edit an exciting few minutes,  showing decor, costumes, location, catering and entertainment to promote and demonstrate your work and place the video on your YouTube or Vimeo channel. More often than not we use the native sound, i.e. the band's stage performance audio on the reel. In some cases, we use another song on the soundtrack. So what rights do we have to worry about? Record companies and copyright companies have developed software that allows them to find the most obscure video and its soundtrack. And they will come after you if you violate any copyrigh...