MOST IMPORTANT 9/11 COMMEMORATION IN THE WORLD (OUTSIDE OF NEW YORK) IN PARIS
(FOR NY-BASED NONPROFIT THE FRENCH WILL NEVER FORGET)
To commemorate the tragedy that occurred in the United States on September 11, 2001, New York-based organization The French Will Never Forget (TFWNF) hired international event producers Citizen Events to produce what has been described as the most important commemoration event anywhere in the world apart from New York.
To demonstrate the support and gratitude which the French people feel for their longtime American allies, the events took place around a scaled reproduction of the World Trade Center Towers, in front of the Palais de Chaillot Esplanade, Place du Trocadéro in Paris, France.
Each tower, approximately 80-feet high, was built within 3 days and 2 nights. The first tower listed the names of all 9/11 victims who lost their lives, the second showcasing hundreds of messages of supporters from across the globe.
To open the ceremony, in the presence of the American Ambassador to France, Charles H. Rivkin, the Mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoe, many French and US Officials, a group of 70 teens came out carrying giant U.S. and French flags (each 30' x 60'),
Three young American performers opened a very emotional ceremony by interpreting Amazing Grace, before performing the Star Spangled Banner, in front of 500 VIPs and 20,000 Parisians who braved the rain to honor the victims and their families, and celebrate the heroes of 9/11.
At nightall, a concert was performed by the 50-strong “Académie de Musique du Palais-Royal” orchestra, and accompanied by their choir of 100 young adults.
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RECORD CONCERT IN RHEIMS HALF-A-MILLION SPECTATORS |
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Created, produced and managed one of the most important events of the Year 1999 in France: A unique concert when world-famous American Opera Diva, Jessye Norman , sung on an outdoor stage built in front of the sublime Rheims Cathedral (UNESCO World Heritage) to celebrate the “Rebirth of the Sun” at the end of the "Last Total Solar Eclipse of the Millennium".
The event, attended by over 500,000 spectators, aired live on the number-one French national television Network (TF1) with more than 9 million viewers in France. This equated to more than 56% of the total audience at that hour, equaling one of the best ratings of the year for the network .
Numerous media reports, including live broadcasts of the event in the UK, Japan, Germany, Israel, the Middle East and many other places in the world. |
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PUBLIC ROAD SHOW ECLIPSE 99 TRAIN
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This road-show was organized aboard a train that traveled through France during a three-week period, stopping each day in a different city. Thanks to a major national and local advertising campaign, the public was invited to board the train for a free visit.
Based on our creation and design, a team of twenty-six decorators built a stunning décor in side the train in less than 5 days.
Each of the more than 150,000 visitors traveled through time and space, learning first about the history of the Sun over the centuries, seeing an Egyptian pyramid and an Aztec solar clock.
The visitors then moved on to a reproduction of the Apollo cockpit, listening to the final countdown, before walking on the Moon alongside Neil Armstrong and hearing him say his world-famous, " One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
The visitors ended their visit in a lifelike reproduction of a little European village, where the darkness at noon was stressful, where you could hear dogs barking to death and learned that birds fell to the ground.
The visit then went on to the sponsors' carriages before each guest left the train with a special pair of Eclipse protection glasses.
Thanks to this spectacular road show, not only were we able to directly inform 150,000 visitors, but we met more than 300 journalists aboard the train. This generated unprecedented media coverage and made the phenomenon and its dangers known nationwide, thus preventing what could have been a major health disaster. |
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BRITA PUBLIC EVENTS
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TASTE OF FRANCE 2013 IN NEW YORK
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FIRST TRAIN INTERNET
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Our concept was to deliver to a very ignorant population (less than 20% had Internet at the time) global and simple information about the Internet.
The goal was to educate the public, children, adults and seniors, on the internet and how it would become a major component of everyday life.
We built decors, including a Town Hall, a classroom and an apartment, and explained in each circumstance how the internet would facilitate their life. 105 computers were on board, and each day (long before wireless technology), the Internet Train would be connected to the Internet. Internet Initiation Classes, Internet Café, Seminars, Lectures. Sponsored by major companies such as Zebank (Louis Vuitton Group), Nortel Networks or Carrefour, the Internet train was used by the Ministry of Public Services to launch the main official national Internet web site (Service-Public.fr)
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SAMBA SENAT: BRAZILIAN FESTIVAL |
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Conceived and organized a spectacular Brazilian concert in the Official Courtyard of the Senate with a record 13,000 spectators attending.
Thousands more listened from outside. The Senate opened its doors to the public for this unique, exceptional and surprising event, which was the second major event during the 2005 Music Festival (every year on June 21).
Our team flew more than 40 Brazilian artists to Paris for this one-of-a-kind Brazilian Festival, featured in such an exclusive setting.
These artists were joined by a group of more than 200 European Battucada players, who performed at the beginning of the event and marched out of the Senate into the streets of Paris to close the event, followed by a crowd of more than 5,000 people!
The success was so extraordinary that the event, one among 20,000 musical events that day, benefited from extensive coverage by most of the national media including television, radio and newspapers.
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Best of France, the largest event promoting France ever produced abroad -Times Square & Broadway, New York
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PUBLIC EVENTS
