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Broadway on the Driveway's 2010
Fiddler on the Roof Set, Designed by Mike Dace |
Our set designer, Mike, from St. Louis, MO used to do a lot of work with Meeting Planners International. He loved planning corporate events and conventions of all shapes and sizes. His design and decorating ideas stemmed from his consulting work with Disney's Magic Kingdom, as well as his background in film and live theatre. When Mike came on as our theatre company's set designer, we had found a treasure of a designer!
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Broadway on the Driveway's 1997
Fiddler on the Roof Set |
My respect for meeting planners & desigers climbs as I recall the event planning gems of wisdom we learned from Mike along the way. Take a good look at his "Fiddler on the Roof"set design (above). Now look at the "Fiddler on the Roof" picture from our theatre company's first "Fiddler on the Roof." set (left). Yes, the show was performed ON our driveway. And yes, the Fiddler was ON the roof! CRAZY, NO? Read more:
here A far cry from Mike's set design!
Mike designed our Christmas Dessert Theatre for the
"Gracie & Lacy Show." We talked about the venue, staging & songs in the show. At our design meeting Mike pulled out a cactus, a camel and a sombrero. I was confused. Apparently, I had missed a "S" in "DESSERT." I had asked him to design a "Christmas
DESERT Theatre Show!
Mike quickly re-grouped and designed a Candy Cane set (above)
with corrugated cardboard from
STUMPS and a good ole'
pipe & drape system.
Back in the day, Mike had an unforgettable
experience with pipe and drape that tops many a convention horror story. His client requested draping around the perimeter of the event space. The ceilings were exceptionally high. . . so you can imagine, there was a lot of drape! The night before the event, the fire marshall made a surprise appearance with the pleasant news that their drape was not flame retardant. . . and it must come down. Mike's team stayed up all night. . . spraying every last inch of the drape with flame- retardant spray. The next day, they were severely ill and sleep deprived - but the event was BEAUTIFUL.
Hey, the show much go on! Three cheers for
meeting & special events planners!
Yeah I completely agree that Meeting Planners play an important role in our successful events. So they deserve such events that have been especially organized in honor of the planners. I always hire the best planners for my corporate events NYC.
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