Texas Billionaire investor and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban celebrated his 60th birthday in style with a surprise party planned by his wife, Tiffany Stewart.
Onstage Systems enhanced a lavish tent in Mark Cuban’s backyard complete with audio, visual, staging, and lighting solutions. From artistic lighting features to personal video visuals, Onstage Systems transformed a small tent into a memorable venue fit for a Texas King.
Founded almost a century ago, the Dallas Petroleum Club has been a mystery to anyone outside the oil and gas industry. Members of this private club can be found on the 39th floor of JP Morgan Chase Tower enjoying the sweeping views of Downtown Dallas. Few people will ever get a chance to step inside this private club, but every year the Dallas Petroleum Club celebrates with their annual Petroleum Club Ball, giving the public a rare glimpse into this exclusive club.
Known as the apex of elegance, the Petroleum Club Ball is a one-night spectacle of live music, delectable cuisine, and dazzling decor. For years, Onstage Systems has provided AV production, decor lighting, staging, design, and technical support for the Dallas Petroleum Ball. From start to finish, we transformed this ordinary venue into a extraordinary destination.
In 2018, the Dallas Petroleum Club tasked us with a new challenge: design a stage that could accommodate not one headline act, but two. Our solution: we designed a 48’ diameter rotating stage to allow multiple bands to transition without any interruptions.
After dinner, the show began. We illuminated the main stage and Pat Green and his band put on an incredible performance. Hidden behind the draped backdrop was our second performer, Huey Lewis and the News, whose electrifying performance got everyone out of their seats and onto the dance floor.
The 2018 Dallas Petroleum Ball was a phenomenal success and Onstage Systems looks forward to serving the Dallas Petroleum Club for many more years to come.
For years we have provided AV production, design, and technical support to include decor lighting, audio, and staging.
Each year the Petroleum Ball host one or two bands, usually a headliner followed by a party band on a separate stage. This year, however, our client wanted something different. They wanted no downtime and two national acts!
To accommodate a growing crowd, the decision to reduce the number of stages to one main stage was made. The logistical challenges of doing this with two bands were further increased with the client requesting one band to immediately follow the other without interruption.
The momentum of the event would continue after the headliner to the party band was solved by Onstage Systems to provide a 48’ diameter rotating stage this year to achieve that goal.
After dinner, the Petroleum Ball main stage lit up with Pat Green and his band keeping the audience entertained. With both bands on the stage back to back and separated from sight by a drape, the guests were treated to not only a seamless performance but a creative transition as the real magic happened…
Huey Lewis and the News drummer took to the stage and started the sound of a heartbeat with his kick drum as the stage slowly turned. The band entered to the roar of an amazed crowd. Huey Lewis and the News moving performance electrified the crowd to an out of their seats experience for their entire set.
In addition to the great stage reproduction, Onstage Systems worked hand in hand with the decor design to help create exactly what the client was looking for.
Teamwork, across different companies involved in one project, is integral to a cohesive and well delivered overall product. In these cases, you know the left hand is talking to the right hand - and it shows in the final overall outcome!
The many challenges that we faced in presenting such an event push us to technical resolves and creative options that fuel us. These and other types of events are truly what drives us to the best of who we are.
The satisfaction of our clients in being able to take an abstract thought and transcend past even their greatest possibilities is what separates the good from the great.
