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May 2015 archive

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2015 Lunar New Year

Fruit bowl at entrance to Lunar New Year celebration at Tysons Corner Center
Fruit bowl at entrance to Lunar New Year celebration at Tysons Corner Center

Tysons Corner Center

To celebrate the 2015 Lunar New Year at Tysons Corner Center, there was an event in their Concourse to show off Chinese culture. The Year of the Goat started on February 19. To attract visitors, there was a lot of color and sound echoing throughout the mall to signal what was going on that afternoon.

Crowd at Lunar New Year celebration at the Concourse in Tysons Corner Center
Crowd at Lunar New Year celebration at the Concourse in Tysons Corner Center
Decorations at Lunar New Year celebration at the Concourse in Tysons Corner Center
Decorations at Lunar New Year celebration at the Concourse in Tysons Corner Center

At the start of the Concourse there was a beautiful display of laterns and fruit that are symbols of luck for the new year. The eyes are drawn to all the color and motion that was on display. Luckily the mall had plenty of space for spectators to take in the action.

Decorations at Lunar New Year celebration at the Concourse in Tysons Corner Center
Decorations at Lunar New Year celebration at the Concourse in Tysons Corner Center

Demonstrations

Live Demonstration at Lunar New Year celebration at the Concourse in Tysons Corner Center
Live Demonstration at Lunar New Year celebration at the Concourse in Tysons Corner Center

Musicians played traditional instruments. One artist gave a demonstration of hanging traditional lanterns, and a group filled the hall with the sound of drumming. The most exciting display was the dancing Dragon that danced to the drums all around the Concourse and to part of the mall hallways to bring more into the audience. The dragon dancers interacted with some audience members that fed him lettuce for good luck.

Drummers performing at Tysons Corner Center
Live Demonstration at Lunar New Year celebration at the Concourse in Tysons Corner Center
Dragon dancing at Lunar New Year celebration at the Concourse in Tysons Corner Center
Dragon dancing at Lunar New Year celebration at the Concourse in Tysons Corner Center

Tommy McFly from 94.7 Fresh FM was the emcee for the events. He is always a professional welcoming everyone to the events in Tysons. He moved easily from in front of the crowd to in front of the camera to make sure everyone that participated had some shine throughout the afternoon. Happy new year!

Getting lettuce to feed the dragon at Lunar New Year celebration at the Concourse in Tysons Corner Center
Getting lettuce to feed the dragon at Lunar New Year celebration at the Concourse in Tysons Corner Center

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2015 Cupid Competition

Dancers at Arthur Murray Tysons during the 2015 Cupid Competition ©TimeLine Media
Dancers at Arthur Murray Tysons during the 2015 Cupid Competition ©TimeLine Media

Arthur Murray

For Valentine’s Day, the Arthur Murray in Tysons held a 2015 Cupid Competition at their studio. Not all of the competitions that we cover are large, multi-studio, regional spanning events. Some are local studio events that give studios an opportunity to give the taste of these kinds of events in their own venue.

Dance Studio in Tysons, VA during a competition ©TimeLine Media
Dance Studio in Tysons, VA during a competition ©TimeLine Media
Professional - Amateur dancers in Tysons, VA during a competition ©TimeLine Media
Professional – Amateur dancers in Tysons, VA during a competition ©TimeLine Media

Carlos Hernandez, the manager of the Tysons location, had us come out to cover the event. With help from some photographer friends, we got both stills and video of the competition. They had Leonard Theiss come to judge the dancers so they could have some feedback on their dancing to review with their teachers later.

Professional - Amateur dancers in Tysons, VA during a competition ©TimeLine Media
Professional – Amateur dancers in Tysons, VA during a competition ©TimeLine Media
Steve and Leonard Theiss at Arthur Murray, Tysons ©TimeLine Media
Steve and Leonard Theiss at Arthur Murray, Tysons ©TimeLine Media

The staff at the Tysons studio was sure to make everyone feel welcome. They had a few more people in the studio than their regular week nights, so there was a nice energy there for the dancers. I enjoyed making photos of the students dancing with their instructors. I also enjoyed getting photos of the staff performing a professional show to end the evening. It was a nice progress check for dancers in the studio, and it gave them a chance to see what is possible for their dancing by watching their studio mates show off what they have been working on. I am sure that this experience will spur more people to prepare for and dance at their next Freestyles or Showcase event.

Cupid Competition at Arthur Murray - Tysons, VA ©TimeLine Media
Cupid Competition at Arthur Murray – Tysons, VA ©TimeLine Media
Studio staff and students at the Arthur Murray - Tysons, VA ©TimeLine Media
Studio staff and students at the Arthur Murray – Tysons, VA ©TimeLine Media

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Happy Hour Headshots

Business portraits event in Fairfax, Virginia ©TimeLine Media
Business portraits event in Fairfax, Virginia ©TimeLine Media

Mobile Setup

To help boost my visibility in the local business community, I had a ‘Happy Hour Headshots’ event at the Auld Shebeen in Fairfax. The event was co – sponsored by my BNI chapter. As a way to increase the visibility of the chapter, we planned this event around inviting visitors and potential clients to attend and to get a new headshot as a benefit of attending.

Business portraits event in Fairfax, Virginia ©TimeLine Media
Business portraits event in Fairfax, Virginia ©TimeLine Media

BNI stands for Business Network International. Most business owners would say that word of mouth is the best way to get good referrals for new clients. BNI is a structured network designed to make that happen. The way that chapters, meetings, and the education that they have for members, they have a track record of really producing some meaningful connections. My group is the Fairfax Business Connection.

Business portraits event in Fairfax, Virginia ©TimeLine Media
Business portraits event in Fairfax, Virginia ©TimeLine Media

We meet every Wednesday for lunch. If there are some people that are in our network that cannot meet for lunch, the “Happy Hour Headshots” was a perfect way to connect with them later in the day. The members attended as well as some visitors from their network. Everyone had the opportunity to get some updated headshots, and we all built some new relationships in the process.

Business portraits event in Fairfax, Virginia ©TimeLine Media
Business portraits event in Fairfax, Virginia ©TimeLine Media
Business portraits event in Fairfax, Virginia ©TimeLine Media

It was great exposure for me! I could practice both my mobile lighting setup, and my headshots process in a group environment. Some aspects were easier with a lot of people in the room, but it definitely made easier smiles with lots of friends in the room. I hope you can join us for a meeting or another networking event in the future soon!

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