james sands china ltd. achievement highlights
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A short presentation of James E Redcay III's achievement as the Entertainment Manager of Sands Cotai Central Macao's "Silk Road Caravan" Cast of Artists.TRANSCRIPT
{James E. Redcay III
Senior Manager - Entertainment Sands Cotai Central, Macao
Sands Cotai Central StreetmosphereOverview
• Designed, structured, and created the Entertainment department for SCC, including day-to-day operations of 60 artists (115 max) conducting approximately 100 performances per day, 10 hours per day.
• Built and expanded a network of entertainment agents in China, Taiwan, Mongolia, the Philippines, Macau, Hong Kong, Tahiti, Fiji, Australia, and the US.
• Arranged and conducted artist audition trips internationally.
• Coordinated special events at SCC, Venetian, and Sands Macao with SCC artists.
• Designed and supervised the creation of all SCC Entertainment back-of-house spaces, including dressing rooms, rehearsal rooms, and wardrobe.
• Organized and procured all A/V supplies necessary for daily Streetmosphere operations.
Sands Cotai Central StreetmosphereThe DreamWorks Experience at Cotai Resorts
• July 1st, 2013: Sands Cotai Central launched “The DreamWorks Experience at Cotai Resorts”, a full-scale entertainment department based on the fabulous characters of Dreamworks Animations. Day-to-day operations for this program are run directly by myself and my reporting management team.
• Franchises currently represented include Shrek, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon, The Croods, and Mr. Peabody and Sherman.
• 2013 Total Revenue (July-Dec) totaled $8.1 million USD
• Offerings include character breakfasts (2 shows daily), meet & greets with photo opportunities (7 hours daily), and a once daily parade with 50 artists through the entire property featuring all characters plus acrobats, dancers, stilt-walkers, jugglers, and more.
• Characters participate in and are marketed for special events for both adults and children, including corporate events, weddings, pool parties, birthday parties, movie nights, and more.
• Current SCC team liaises directly with DreamWorks for approval on all creative content we produce in-house.
• All auditions conducted in Manila and Eastern Europe for artists for this project were handled internally by myself with our existing Entertainment team assisting.
Mongolian DancingSands Cotai Central StreetmospherePhase I / Parcel 5 (Holiday Inn/Conrad) - Highlights
Mongolian Music & Singing
Magicians, Stilt-walkers, Living Statues
Taiwanese Music Ensembles
Chair Balance Act Sword Balance Act Hand Balance Act Hula Hoop Act
Phase I / Parcel 5 (Holiday Inn/Conrad) – Highlights Continued…
Terra Cotta Warrior Living Statue
God of FortuneLiving Statue
Chinese Vase GreeterPortrait / Caricature
Artist
Phase I / Parcel 5 (Holiday Inn/Conrad) – Highlights Continued…
Sands Cotai Central StreetmospherePhase II / Parcel 6 (Sheraton) - Highlights
Polynesian Dancers(Including artists hailing from Tahiti, Hawaii, Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, New Zealand and Australia)
Tiki Stilt-walkerMaori WarriorLiving Statue
Easter Island Mo’ai
Phase II / Parcel 6 (Sheraton) – Highlights Continued…
Sands Cotai Central StreetmosphereCustom Stage Designs
2 Fabricated 1 Fabricated
Sands, Venetian, Four Seasons, SCCBackground Music
• Maintain and manage the background music for ALL Sands China Ltd. Properties: Sands Macao, The Venetian, Four Seasons, and Sands Cotai Central.
• Includes the creation of custom playlists for casinos, hotel lobbies and lounges, F&B outlets, retail outlets, spas and health clubs.
Venetian – Creative Production Dept. - Lead Artist (April - December, 2011)
• Assisted to produce all Streetmosphere productions. Composed, arranged, and rehearsed all music, singing, blocking, etc.
• Musically trained incoming Streetmosphere and Gondolier artists.
• Maintained Streetmosphere and Gondolier core repertoire music scores and library.
• Managed and coordinated all audio/visual equipment belonging to Entertainment Creative Production Department.
• Created and maintained an updated comprehensive welcome manual for Entertainment Creative Production artists.
• Managed and led artist performances in Internal/External Special Events for the Creative Production Department.
Venetian Lead Artist (April - December, 2011) - Continued…
• Managed and coordinated all music editing for Creative Production Department, including artists working in Venetian, Four Seasons, and Sands, and Special Events across all 3 properties.
• Created, managed, and coordinated all Background Music for Sands China properties.
• Throughout 2012 and 2013, I have worked to bring classical music concerts to the Venetian Theater under the direction of our Entertainment VP and Sands China President to promote the theater as a center of culture - reflecting all types of music, performances, and entertainment.
• Collaborations with the Macau Orchestra to permanently produce a large portion of their annual season of concerts in the Venetian Theater has begun late 2012, under my leadership, with future concerts happening throughout 2014.
• Working with agents across Asia, the United States, and Europe, I am now working on bringing a complete classical music series to the Venetian Theater beginning in late 2014, featuring some of the best and brightest stars in the classical music world.
The Venetian MacaoUpcoming Projects / The Venetian Theater