McDonald's Hosts Worldwide Convention
The Golden Arches shone brightly at the 2004 McDonald’s Worldwide Convention, held in Florida this March. Working with Jack Morton Worldwide, Chicago Scenic built the major set pieces for this international meeting, designed by Eddie Kanasiak.

The large stage, constructed by SGA, was built with ramps to support the Bentley used in the show. On the stage were huge gold grid panels covered in gold leaf that traveled to different positions on the stage. Two giant arches on either side of the stage served as projection surfaces during the meetings. The entire staging and drapery was rigged to reveal the tradeshow which was behind it.

CSSI played an instrumental part in the filming of a video piece that was showed at the convention. The film was created in our shop using the bus shelters CSSI is currently constructing (see page 3 for details on this project) to make it appear that the movie took place outside. Actors pretended to paint one of the convention’s backdrops so that attendees could see how it was done.

Project Manager Gary Heitz worked with producers Kevin Howell and Pam Morgan of Jack Morton Worldwide, David Graham of Borealis Events was the technical director, and CSSI’s Andy Lemerand was the job lead.

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