Every Detail. Any Situation. No detail is too small. No situation is too complex. Julie Colyer Situation Events. Creating a special event is a highrisk venture. The difference between a public relations triumph and a nonevent rides on the thin line of flawless planning and execution. Organizations who have recognized thiscome to Julie Colyer and her team at Situation Events. www.newyork.timeout.com/ www.new.york.eventguide.com/ www.www.ny.com/events/ For more than fifteen years Julie Colyer has applied her expertise to events as important as a Papal Visit and Elvis Presleys 30th Anniversary Concert gala events for thousands in Central Park Annual Meetings and Capital Introduction events at exclusive international venues and headline talent performances for industrywide convention events. In addition to an uncanny creative ability for matching just the right elements with the venue and its audience Julie also has hardcore skills in budget control negotiation production management and an exacting framework for managing thousands of details simultaneously while facilitating execution in superb form. Under her guidance Julies company continues to grow. Her longstanding global relationships with the best in each field; thousands of artists world class production partners and an international list of venues that includes stadiums to intimate presidential suite settings has made Situation Events a star in a demanding industry. Andrew Johnson has a knack for matching your immediate needs and longterm goals with the rich resources of the artistic community. He specializes in fresh talent with an edge. He also has an ear and an eye for the subtle effects of music and entertainment. His proprietary digital talent database gives Situation Events the tools it needs to ensure the perfect match. Before joining Situation Events in 2002 Andrew worked at Zomba Records with Britney Spears NíSync Buddy Guy and R Kelly. Andrew has worked closely with prominent jazz artists such as Grammynominated Neana Freelon TS Monk and David Amram. Don Tretsky Production Manager Lighting Designer and Crew Chief for over 25 years Don has been on staff at many high profile events including The Bermuda Jazz Festival Eric Clapton at Avery Fisher Hall Newport Jazz Festival MTV Music Video Awards Port au Prince Haiti Vogues Corporate 1st Look and many other corporate special events including events for Novartis Tiffany Major League Baseball and Tourneau. He is also a preeminent lighting designer with over 20 years experience in rock and roll and stage set lighting design including tours with The Doors Santana Joe Piscopo and the The B52s. Doug Pope is an expert at coordinating all the working parts of a special event. In his long career in the events industry Doug has been Production Manager Technical Director Senior Technical Director Design Coordinator Scene Designer Site Manager and Head Designer. In addition to wearing so many hats Doug has worked for some of the top names in the live event business. They include: Neil Diamond The Archdiocese John Schreiber Group AnheuserBush Distributor Yanni SonyDavid Copperfield Howard Dean Campaign John Kerry Campaign Burger King TMobil Pepsi and LG. Robert Bennett has stage managed many stage productions in New York including Desire Under The Elms American Buffalo Wake and Sing! The Coast of Utopia Dancing at Lughasa The Cherry Orchard The Life and Times of Nicholas Nickelby and Bent. On national tour he headed two companies of Evita La Cage Aux Folles Grease Sugar Babies Shenadoah. Bob has also served as General Manager at The Brooklyn Academy of Music and Vice President of Stage Operations for Radio City Music Hall. He worked many special events from The U.S. Open to the recent visit of the Pope to NYC. His corporate events include The James Burke Awards; The Clayton Dubilier and Rice Annual Meeting the Sound Magazine Technical Awards. Bob has been a stage manager for The Clinton Global Initiative since its inception. Rich Costabiles presence lends a reassuring arm of support and structure to your productions with Situation and is currently the Chairman of th Stage Managers Association. His stage management experience includes on and offBroadway theatre special events and business meeting formats. His Broadway credits include the Tonynominated Translations The Odd Couple Mark Twain Tonight! Anna in the Tropics The Schoolfor Scandal and George Abbotts Broadway. For nine years running he has toured with Hal Holbrooks legendary Mark Twain Tonight! and before that was PSM on the tour of Death of a Salesman starring Mr. Holbrook andElizabeth Franz. He also tours with Roger Reess What You Will and has stage managed productions of White Christmas in Denver and Detroit. In Summer 2007 he worked at the ONeill National Music Theater Conference. Julie Colyer produced the Hackensack University Medical Center Gala Largest Entertainment Production Ever Presented at The Central Park Zoo New York City This stunning 1000 guest event featuring acrobatic and customized cirque and vignette performers required aerial rigging six stages music and lights != we couldnt and didnt disturb the zoos monkeys seals and plants. Music included AfroCuban bands and a rock n roll ice sculpture performance team carving a 600pound block of ice with chain saws. Julie Colyer produced a Reinsurance Industry Event Featuring Music and Enteratinment from the 1960s in New York NY Hippie dancers in the entrance way a solo performance of classic 60s hits a custom conceived 1960s game show and psychic performers of all types with a tiedye twist were just some of the highlights of this groovy party. Julie Colyer produces Money Manager Holiday Events Magnificent Annual Meetings and Holiday Parties for not so easy to impress upscale investors at the St. Regis Hotel L'Hotel Plaza Athenee Racquet and Tennis Club New York Every year for the last five years we've been called to present a different celebrated artist in a special performance for the staff of this multinational investment company. Julie Colyer produced a NonProfit Chef Event including MUSIC DANCING AND AMAZING FOOD FROM THE WORLDS TOP CHEFS at Rockefeller Center NY This warm summer evening benefit began with 75 of the world's top chefs preparing food for lucky party goers continued with an afterdinner surprise performance by some of Broadways newest stars and ended with dancing to a 12piece band in the Rockefeller Center gardens. Julie Colyer produced International Entertainment EVENT ELEMENTS FROM 8 CULTURES in New York NY African Indian Russian Latin South American Middle Eastern Chinese and Indonesian were the represented cultures in this multiday nonprofit fundraising event. Julie Colyer produced Convention/Trade Show Event BLUES LEGEND BUDDY GUY PERFORMED AT THIS BLOWOUT CONVENTION AFTER PARTY House of Blues Orlando FL Headline Blues performer Buddy Guy and a giveaway of three classic guitars signed by the legend himself attracted more than 1500 guests to Eurohypo's industrywide convention event. Julie Colyer produced Imperia Russian Vodka Launch THIRTYTWO PIECE CLASSICAL ORCHESTRA TRADITIONAL RUSSIAN FOLK PERFORMERS AND DURAN DURAN SUPPORT FASHION INDUSTRY EVENT at Liberty State Park NY Imperia Vodka's launch on New York's Liberty Island called for the most authentic of Russian performers to entertain the most discriminating of clients the Russians of course. A thirtytwo piece classical orchestra performed an allRussian repertoire while companies of traditional Russian folk musicians and dancers entertained guests at the feet of The Statue of Liberty. Situation Events is an energetic satisfaction driven team that believes in the power of live events for business communication relationship building and marketing. Built on the strength of our fifteen years' experience in the industry our veteran team of collaborative contributors and our cuttingedge technical and streaming media team Situation is an ever growing group of creative minds and unique individuals focused on providing solutions and simplicity in an increasingly demanding event industry. We're producers and planners of special events and business meetings. We've delivered concepts and events for product launches financial announcements annual meetings corporate anniversaries client receptions conventionwide events holiday parties intimate executive entertainments benefit galas and private celebrations and affairs. These opportunities have taken us from Monte Carlo to the feet of the Statue of Liberty giving our clients memorable and imaginative happenings. With fifteen years' event production experience across an array of industries we have the contacts volume buying leverage and skill sets to deliver the outstanding event and targeted message you need. We specialize in putting you together with and managing your unique and essential event elements: your venue event and menu design entertainment production management technical direction webcast design postevent client communication and postevent reporting to executives with your events' essential message and purpose. You can choose to work with us on as many or as few elements as you need. One of the most important aspects of what we do for you involves budget preparation and control. We constantly review and control every aspect of your budget throughout the planning and production process. We're skilled contract negotiators and manage the services and costs of hundreds of different event vendors annually. It's our specialty and our responsibility to protect you from avoidable budget overages. We bring your event in on point on budget on time every time. When Situation is on your team you'll have more of everything on your side. All it takes is one call and we'll answer with a multitude of targeted solutions. Our global team of veteran event managers and producers venue contacts event designers entertainment resources production managers technical directors and webcasting and media experts allows us to make just about anything happen just about anywhere. We understand the importance of the marketing goals behind your special events and we know how to help you achieve them. Our job is to take your guests into an environment that is uniquely yours together with the excitement of your message while controlling expenses and managing your budget this is how we work. Situation offers creativity combined with fiscal experience and responsibility making it possible for you to focus on your core business while we focus on your events. Take care of your core business while we take care of your events.With more than fifteen years in the industry and thousands of events we manage your events and your budgets with flawless precision. Julie Colyer will tailor recommendations to your goals and that makes your special event more special than you ever imagined.