"YOU GOTTA HAVE HEART"
Last night, GMC produced the Greater Nashville American Heart Association "Heart Gala" for the fifth time. The Heart Gala is one of Nashville's most successful and popular fundraising events with proceeds going toward finding a cure for heart disease. Each year, the gala's silent auction, dinner and live auction raise substantial funds for the association's research efforts. Nashville's Schermerhorn Symphony Center was the home of the Heart Gala again this year. For info on the work of the Heart association, go to their website at...
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200167&division=GSA044
The event's theme was "All You Need is Love", and featured 1960's inspired decor and music by "1964 - The Tribute". "1964" is a Beatles tribute band, and they were fantastic! Brandon Thomas, one of our producers, oversaw the event and our production and scenic teams did a great job of supporting the effort. Holly Whaley directed the creative aspects of production on behalf of the Heart Gala, and Alyson Tudor coordinated the overall event as the staff event manager for the AHA. Jim Sheridan did a great job of stage managing the show, and Jonathan Yeaworth handled AV coordination for the event. Johnny Jones handled audio, and Chris Lyle, Jacob Driver, and Cris Arsenault managed the scenic install. It was a great team effort and the evening was a big hit with attendees! Thanks to Allison Huber and the Schermerhorn staff for all their help throughout the planning and execution of the event!
Our scenic department built a cool set reminiscent of the Beatles' first appearance on the Ed Sullivan show. "1964" looked right at home in front of the set. Here are some shots from the evening!
This is a shot of "1964" and our go-go dancers performing on stage during the dance portion of the evening. The band and dancers were great! We loved all that Beatles music!
Brandon, Holly, and the Schermerhorn staff spent several hours designing lighting looks for the show.
The program included a moving "thank you" from parents of a young child who had been helped by the association's work.
Here's Laura Turner Hall just before the doors opened.
The set was inspired by the set created for the Ed Sullivan show more than 40 years ago. It looked great with the Center's lighting effects.
If you closed your eyes and listened, you would have sworn the Beatles had "come together" for one last show!
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