15/08/17

DePelchin Children’s Center 125th Anniversary

DePelchin Children’s Center celebrated its 125th anniversary with “Family Ever After” on May 2, 2017 for which Ward & Ames planned and produced the landmark celebration. Incorporating three acts, “Yesterday,” “Today,” and “Tomorrow,” the story of DePelchin was told from three key people who had actually received the benefits of this extraordinary organization. The evening’s finale presented a 125 voice children’s chorus representing each year of the Center’s history. The heartwarming performance created unprecedented emotion throughout the audience.

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20/01/17

MD Anderson Cancer Center’s 75th Anniversary

As the event designers, managers and producers for MD Anderson Cancer Center’s 75th Anniversary, we created a weeklong experience that saluted the Center’s 19,000 + employees, staff and volunteers with 6 events including the Gala dinner pictured here. We planned this milestone over a 2 year period to properly salute this great institution with a truly archival celebration. The Gala included appearances by Gerald McRaney and Bob Schieffer, performances by The Houston Symphony directed by Richard Kaufman, Yolanda Adams, Ana Maria Martinez, The Tenors, Reba McEntire, Ernest Walker’s Houston Celebration Chorus and Steve Roddy’s Houston Children’s Choir. Special guests Chancellor William McRaven, Secretary James Baker, III, Former President George H. W. Bush and Vice President Joe Biden provided impactful testimonials. Over 2,000 guests filled a 51,128 sq. ft. temporary environment we had constructed on the MD Anderson campus and it was an uplifting and emotional week of branded messaging. We are grateful to MD Anderson’s hierarchy for entrusting us with this unprecedented, challenging week of event planning and were honored to be on their team again after producing 25 years worth of prime events leading up to this piece de resistance in Making Cancer History.

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09/03/16

MD Anderson Cancer Center Capital Campaign Launch Dinner

The Hilton Americas was transformed by Ward & Ames into a dinner in the round featuring a 45 piece orchestra for 800 attendees with performances by Barbara Padilla and video content for the premier Houston based MD Anderson Cancer Center. Cancer survivors provided testimonials in the round with video monitors as each motioned to strike through cancer making “Cancer History”

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09/03/16

UT Health Inaugural Constellation Gala

UT Health Inaugural
Constellation Gala

Ward & Ames was the event production manager designing the inaugural UTHealth Constellation Fundraising Dinner. The Hilton Americas Ballroom was transformed creating the feel for the guests of having dinner in an IMAX Theatre. An 85 foot curved pan screen video center was flanked by additional left and right LED screens and fiber optic lighting curtains. Ward & Ames created the Telly Award winning video content for the event which wrapped around the guests enveloping them with experiential video content throughout dinner. This also included a special tribute to the famous Dr. Red Duke as well as videos focused on aspects of UT Health’s schools of medicine

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09/03/16

Rendezvous With Houston Methodist Dinner

Ward & Ames produced the 2015 Rendezvous with Houston Methodist major fundraising event for 1,450 attendees. Ward & Ames implemented custom designed video bit mapping experiential content on a 45 foot center LED screen and flanking outboard screens left and right. Three world class tenors performed a moving rendition of The Lord’s Prayer with the invocation. 3D video content transported the guests throughout the night emulating the major medical and scientific breakthroughs being accomplished by Houston Methodist researchers and doctors. These videos highlighted the Leading Medicine profile firmly established by Houston Methodist. A high-impact dancer and 3D video finale transitioned the guests to dancing and the event raised 2.7 million dollars

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09/03/16

Omega Apollo Speedmaster Houston Launch

Ward & Ames was production infrastructure partner for the Omega Apollo Speedmaster Houston Launch. This included sourcing and transitioning a private jet hangar facility which was re-imagined to create the surface of the moon for dinner attendees. There was also a very special surprise guest in attendance

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30/09/15

41 @ 80

41 @ 80: An 80th Birthday Salute to our 41st President took place at Minute Maid Park on June 12, 2004 and at the George Bush Presidential Library at Texas A&M on June 13th. The main dinner for 5000+ was held on the concourse level and the concert was held on the diamond between 1st and 3rd base. The evening featured performances by the Houston Symphony Orchestra, Wynona Judd, Tommy Tune and Manhattan Rhythm Kings, Michael W. Smith, Amy Grant and Vince Gill, Dennis Miller, Randy Travis, Ronan Tynan, Oak Ridge Boys, Crystal Gayle, Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers, Yolanda Adams and Lee Greenwood.

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28/09/15

Baker Botts

Baker Botts, L.L.P.

Ward & Ames chose the Toyota Center for this over-the-top event marrying the themes of Vegas, Cirque du Soleil and Morocco. Massive contemporary chandeliers, a seductive Kasbah lounge, serpentine buffets with exotic cuisine and a four-sided bar filled the arena while the athetically artistic performance of “Anti Gravity” and the power-packed music of “Splash” entertained 1200 guests.

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27/09/15

BHP Billiton

For BHP Billiton’s 2014 Year-End Meeting and Luncheon, Ward & Ames transformed a section of Houston’s NRG Center into a carpeted meeting space for 2,000 guests. A large video screen served as a stage backdrop which displayed presenters’ content blanketed by drape and supporting video screens and drape enhancing the ambience. For a relevant guest interactive segment we facilitated a game show designed to test the knowledge of the company’s executives. A combination of custom animated screen graphics and constructed set pieces created a realistic game show environment complete with a charismatic host.

Ward & Ames pro direct and managed the 2013 BHP Billiton Annual Meeting at the Hilton Americas Hotel, Houston. The event, consisting of various video and graphic presentations by some of BHP Billiton’s top executives, at an interactive lunch, was orchestrated in a 40,000 square foot ballroom and attended by 2,000 employees. Event services included large scale video and graphics design, show direction, custom scenic and stage design, as well as complete transportation logistics for all attendees.

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26/09/15

Black Tie & Boots

Black Tie & Boots Inaugural Balls

Black Tie & Boots 2013 was held at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center on the Potomac at National Harbor Maryland, January 19, 2013. The Sponsor Dinner was held January 18. Ward & Ames Special Events was responsible for the production of sound, lighting, video, labor and décor as well as the coordination of Texas Fair held in the Potomac and Maryland Ballrooms and the National Harbor, Cherry Blossom rooms as well as the Chesapeake hallway. Ward & Ames designed the event template for and produced five of the Balls at the Marriott Wardman Park during the Reagan/Bush, Bush/Quayle and Bush/Cheney inaugurations.

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DePelchin Children’s Center 125th Anniversary

DePelchin Children’s Center 125th Anniversary

MD Anderson Cancer Center’s 75th Anniversary

MD Anderson Cancer Center’s 75th Anniversary

MD Anderson Cancer Center Capital Campaign Launch Dinner

MD Anderson Cancer Center Capital Campaign Launch Dinner

UT Health Inaugural Constellation Gala

UT Health Inaugural
Constellation Gala

Rendezvous With Houston Methodist Dinner

Rendezvous With Houston Methodist Dinner

Omega Apollo Speedmaster Houston Launch

Omega Apollo Speedmaster Houston Launch

41 @ 80

41 @ 80

Baker Botts

Baker Botts, L.L.P.

BHP Billiton

BHP Billiton

Black Tie & Boots

Black Tie & Boots Inaugural Balls

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