WVU Children’s Hospital Gala 2024: The City of Lights

WVU Children’s Hospital Gala

The WVU Children’s Hospital Gala is an annual fundraiser for the WVU Children’s Hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia and the surrounding communities that they serve. The 2024 theme was The City of Lights. For this event I was the associate lighting designer, programmer, and drafter. Leading up to the event, we transformed the lobby and a ballroom into magical event full of speakers, an auction, and a dance. I programmed different looks for the stage and the main rig with the lighting designer to go with different songs the band would play, the auction, and the different speakers throughout the night. During the event, I was busking and coordinating with the second programmer between looks and different effects.

Event Photos

Behind the Scenes

Behind the Scenes:

A little behind the scenes look into transforming a ballroom for the event.

By the numbers:

-44 Moving lights

-86 LED fixed fixtures

-48 Conventional fixtures

-21 Channels worth of LED scenic elements

-800 Individually controlled LED festoon lights

-11 Universes of DMX

Design Team:

Scenery: Brok Décor International

Lighting Designer: Joshua Williamson, Compass Productions

Associate Lighting Designer/Lead Programmer/Drafter: Maren Taylor

Second Programmer: Hayley Chamberlain