Julie Colyer Situation Entertainment. Music and Entertainment for Special Events. No detail is too small. No situation is too complex. With more than twenty years of experience and thousands of events elegant and intimate or grand and elaborate we deliver music and entertainment for your event with flawless precision. We tailor our recommendations to your goals and that makes your special event more special than you ever imagined. 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 and 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. Small Ensemble Special Event Support GLOBAL SPECIAL EVENT ENTERTAINMENT SUPPORT Global Special Event Entertainment Support Music and entertainment can be powerful relationship building tools. They present ideal opportunities to enhance relationships and forge bonds. We help you to make strategic choices from our unique catalogue of talent and resources which serve to reinforce your message and brand. Tell us your goals we'll make them ours. Give us your budget we'll work with it. Describe your ideas we'll listen to them. Reveal your concerns; we'll address them so you don't have to. How? Years of experience thousands of events a creative collaborative and loving what we do. We've delivered music and entertainment concepts for product launches fashion shows holiday parties corporate business meetings convention blowouts intimate executive entertainments charitable benefits and private celebrations and affairs. These special events have taken us from the beaches of Bermuda to the feet of the Statue of Liberty giving our clients memorable and imaginative happenings such as high flying acts in the Central Park Zoo and a college marching band performing a rock tune on a fashion ©_about_who_pg2=show runway. Our CEO Julie Colyer and our Director of Artist Relations Andrew Johnson began their careers at major recording labels where they learned how to identify and develop talent. Their early experiences in the music industry also taught them the gift of proactive problem solving preparing them for the challenges that lay ahead in the events industry. We specialize in matching essential elements like music entertainment and talent with your event's marketing goals. If we don't have the right fit for you in our already impressive database we'll do the scouting research and auditions to find it. All of our audio video and print media have been digitally processed; this way you can actually experience the music and entertainment we recommend before you approve it. We don't do anything until we understand who what when where and why from you. Once we have all the facts then we make recommendations that have been tailored for your situation; it's what Situation Events is known for. Not only will your guests enjoy the event you and your client will enjoy the results. We understand the importance of the marketing goals behind your special events and we know how to help you achieve them. When Situation Events 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. We can also handle all aspects of your entertainment production sound lights staging power venue liaison and more if you need it. Our services also include an onsite production manager as a member of your team for every event. You take care of business; we'll take care of everything else.