50' Rear Projection Screen Provided to Avid Group
CSSI helped Avid Group create an event for Andersen Consulting in Miami this summer. It was part meeting, part retreat and part celebration for Andersen's newly named Associate Partners.

Angie Weber designed the set that included a curved stage with run-off wings. Palm trees filled out the space and added to the show's Cuban theme. Mike Dalton's lighting also added to the Latin flavor with his use of tropical yellows and pinks.

Chicago Scenic provided a 50-foot-wide rear projection surface that used a revolutionary new technique: all of the projected images were digitally based. Because the screen was so large, three individual digital graphics, each projected from a separate computer, were merged together on the screen to form one cohesive moving image.

CSSI Works on Three City of Hope Events
This fall, CSSI worked with Creative Entertainment on three City of Hope events. The first was a banquet at the Sheraton Hotel for the Hardware Show. CSSI collaborated with Ronsley Special Events to create the staging, backdrops and floral arrangements. Tom Ryan was the designer for this event.

CSSI's rental skyline set was used once again this year for the event held at Navy Pier for the construction industry.

The third event was for the office products industry which featured the Shoji towers from last year's Hardware Show and reconfigured screen surrounds from this year's Hardware event.

Project Manager Gary Heitz worked with Gabriel Jacobson, Katie Husted and Leigh Hamilton of Creative Entertainment, and Kathleen Birkett and Nancy Doyle of City of Hope.

CSSI Designs and Builds Sets for Multi-Venue Event
CSSI worked with Media Projects' David Tekler on the 11th Annual World Conference on Tobacco or Health. The event involved two ballrooms at the Chicago Hilton and Towers where CSSI designed and built a multipurpose stage and backdrops to accommodate a variety of meetings, breakout sessions and awards ceremonies. With assistance from SGA Production Staging CSSI also provided arena-style seating in the Grand Ballroom at the Palmer House.

Project Manager Gary Heitz, in addition to providing all of the scenic and display elements, worked with Media Projects to coordinate all of the labor and technical aspects for the multi-venue event. CSSI's Tom Ryan was the designer and Mark Goeke led the job.

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