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UVLD was proud to partner with the exceptional team at Corporate Magic to light up the 100th anniversary celebration of United Way of Metropolitan Dallas this past fall.

Held at Fair Park, the event spanned multiple venues, with UVLD providing a robust onsite team to support four of them, including a headliner concert at the Cotton Bowl with Janet Jackson and Blake Shelton.

Led by lighting designer Jeff Nellis, the design team included David Rees, Thomas Pendergrass, and Sieun Ye. Special thanks, as always, to our outstanding electricians: Bill Hopkins, Mike Covino, Johnny Washam, Mark Maiocco, Eric Yee, Drew Scott, Russ Matoes, and Andrew Kress. Equipment was provided by our partners at Live Events and Clearwing.

Very special thanks to Jim Kirk and the entire Corporate Magic team, and executive producer Chris Laue.

It was an unforgettable celebration, and we’re honored to have been part of it. Here’s to the next 100 years of this remarkable organization!

What a week in Las Vegas. 🎰✨

UVLD’s Greg Cohen and David Rees had the best time working alongside some of our favorite collaborators — executive producers Karen McGetrick and Steve Coleman, show caller Alice Perlmutter, technical directors Erik Hendricks and Jake Siekman, and a crew of absolute rockstars including the very camera-friendly Johnny Washam and Tim Donovan.

The NDA stays locked, but smiling faces are fair game. 😊

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CES 2026 is a wrap, and UVLD was there in the thick of it! Lighting keynotes for Nvidia, Samsung, and Siemens, UVLD’s Paul Sharwell, Jeff Nellis, David Rees, David Seitz, Sam Swagert, and Abby Wells were there bringing light to the new year. Thanks as always to all of our awesome clients and partners!   

When road family meets home family, the total is WAY more than the sum of the parts. Many thanks to Matt Webb and his wife Rose for hosting this UVLD extravaganza at their home in Texas, bringing together the lighting teams from Prestonwood’s The Gift of Christmas and from the United Way 100 year celebration, both in production concurrently earlier this month in the Dallas area. To say Matt’s BBQ was better than anything on the Texas top 10 would not be an exaggeration! Too many people in this photo to name, but call outs to the UVLD members in attendance: Matt Webb, Greg Norgeot, Jeff Nellis, David Rees, David Seitz, Sam Swagert, and Sieun Ye. From our families to your families, wishing a warm and peaceful holiday season to all!   

Big shout out to our longtime partners at Insight Productions, Thom Herron and Jesse Wilhelm! Pictured here along with superstars Andrew Dewar and Bella McDaniel, all sporting some pretty great swag. We love the partnership always, and are grateful for all of the opportunities!

What. A. Team! UVLD partnered with LEO Events this fall on a sprawling multi-venue, multi-room event—eight fully produced stages, and we were thrilled to be there. We can’t share event pictures, but UVLD loves a night at a mid-level family friendly restaurant. Here at an extravaganza of wings and apps are our designers Greg Cohen, Matt Webb, Rob Cangemi, Helena Magee, Jeff Nellis, Matthew Piercy, Sam Swagert, Abby Wells, and Sieun Ye, along with a true powerhouse of an electrician lineup: Glenn Bowman, Pete Cambell, John Cambell, Brian Davies, Dave Favorita, Bill Hopkins, Mark Nead, Jeff Quinn, Robert Reichling, Sal Restuccia, and Johnny Washam. We were honored to bring our A-Team to this A-Level event produced by LEO. 

UVLD’s Greg Cohen, Paul Sharwell, Jeff Nellis, and David Seitz hanging with Executive Producer and longtime friend of UVLD Erica Wicks Brown during some recent shows in Las Vegas! Grateful to all of our awesome producers throughout the industry, couldn’t do it without you guys!  

We were honored to join LEO Events this August in lighting the Fred W. Smith Memorial at FedExForum in Memphis. Sieun Ye led the design, along with production electrician Andrew De Meo, and gear from Rob Charnetski at Christie Lites. The event was produced by Scott Quaid. Honoring the life of FedEx founder and former CEO Fred W. Smith, the event was a fitting farewell for a man whose vision shaped modern shipping.

Congratulations to our own Kevin Lawson for garnering his seventh Prime Time Emmy nomination, this time as a Lighting Director for the 2024 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony!  Collaborating often with lighting designer Allen Branton, Kevin is no stranger to the Emmy’s, having won the prize in 2022 for the same roll. In addition to his enormous breadth of lighting design experience ranging from Broadway to broadcast television to high end corporate work, Kevin also teaches lighting design and technology at the University Of Cincinnati. We’re proud to have him on our UVLD team!