The annual Ronald McDonald House Charities Awards of Excellence Gala is a black-tie dinner/auction designed to honor individuals for their charitable work and to raise funds. EVI was hired to produce an entertaining, heart warming event that would leave the audience proud of their involvement with the charity and excited about future participation and donations.

A spectacular EVI Signature Series Show was the perfect solution for this prestigious celebration. EVI provided a completely custom entertainment program featuring 15-time Grammy Winner David Foster, with special friends Richard Marx, Brian McKnight, Jordan Hill and Warren Wiebe, backed by a 70-piece orchestra and the best rhythm section in the industry. EVI provided project management, creative, celebrity artists/symphony booking, original finale song, scripting/editing original videos, crews, and staging with seven-camera broadcast coverage, TV mix truck, 120 mics, studio-quality sound, video projection, scenery, and lighting designed with 350 conventional and motion Vari-Lites.

The event raised over $52 million in donations in one night! RMHC provides comfort and care to children and their families by supporting Ronald McDonald Houses in communities around the world and by making grants to not-for-profit organizations whose programs help children in need.