Cayuga Medical Center Gala

This event is a big annual fundraiser for the Cayuga Medical Center. It’s very important everyone has effectively a front-row seat to hear the person speaking at the podium and view the video and PowerPoint content. All three are integral in raising much-needed funds.

Four hundred people in a ballroom is not a lot but 400 people in a tent calls for a really large tent. Unlike a ballroom, you cannot have one screen for all to see because of the shape of the tent roof and its low height. Nor can you set up line array speakers to reach everyone for the same reasons.

So, distributed audio and video came to be the only viable solution. The tent for this event is set up on a golf course so the uneven grassy ground made it even more of a challenge.

Three 10-foot wide rear projection video screens were used with short-throw video projectors. These allow you to project a 10-foot wide image from only 5 feet from the screen.

For the folks in the back, some could see these screens but others were seated with their backs to these screens. For these folks, we provided three 70-inch TVs on floor stands.

Everyone had a great seat and it came off flawlessly. Although this year the event was canceled, we fully expect next year to be a “hybrid” version of past years. Many will likely attend in person and others may be attending “virtually” from home.

Cayuga Medical Center Gala - TV monitor on stand for attendees seated facing back of the venue