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Peter Pan

Tysons, Virginia

threesixty theater at Tysons
threesixty theater at Tysons

Last summer, a production of J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan came to Tysons, Virginia. Tysons Corner Center sponsored the production by threesixty entertainment. Rather than a traditional theater, they built a big top tent! When the tent was almost completed, I photographed the flag raising. This was enticing the traffic around the tent that the show was almost ready to start!

flag above Tysons tent for threesixty Theater
flag above Tysons tent for threesixty Theater
flag raising in Tysons, VA
flag raising in Tysons, VA

Ten tons of rigging created the temporary venue. Before it was opened to the general public, Fairfax Board of Supervisors Chair, Sharon Bulova, introduced the production. Charlie Burnell, Founder of 360 Entertainment and Producer of the tour gave us a sneak peak of the setup. Surprisingly, they created at 1500 seat theater under the tent! In addition to a circular stage in the middle, a video screen above the stage would add to the visual elements of the play.

Flag Raising Ceremony

Sharon Bulova at the threesixty Theater
Sharon Bulova at the threesixty Theater
Charlie Burnell - threesixty Entertainment
Charlie Burnell – threesixty Entertainment
inside the 360 theater - Tysons, VA
inside the 360 theater – Tysons, VA

Tysons Corner Center

Due to their partnership with the production company, Tysons Corner Center displayed media for the show around the mall. In like fashion of their circular stage, some of their media was displayed this way.

Some of the actors made appearances during the Plaza concerts.

Peter Pan and Tinkerbell above the Plaza - Tysons, VA
Peter Pan and Tinkerbell above the Plaza – Tysons, VA
Captain Hook above the Plaza - Tysons, VA
Captain Hook above the Plaza – Tysons, VA

Peter Pan – Opening Night

Finally, I was able to see some of the full production on opening night. Whereas the tent and the stage setup was impressive as a construct, the final set with the lighting and video projection was amazing! Surely they transported children in the audience out of suburban Virginia to the place and time of Peter Pan.

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Nancy Kerrigan at Tysons Corner Center

Ice Skaters with Nancy Kerrigan at Tysons Corner Center
Nancy Kerrigan at the entrance to Tysons Corner Center
Nancy Kerrigan at the entrance to Tysons Corner Center

An Olympian Visits

Nancy Kerrigan will likely come to mind when you think of ice skating. She made the USA proud with her efforts on the Olympic teams in 1992 and 1994. For the first holiday season that Tysons Corner Center has their Plaza open to the public, they have a large ice rink installed. To open the rink for skating to the public, they had a show featuring some area ice skaters, and Nancy Kerrigan. What a way to open this exciting new installation!

Ice Skaters with Nancy Kerrigan at Tysons Corner Center
Ice Skaters with Nancy Kerrigan at Tysons Corner Center

I was inside covering other events inside the mall as I posted about previously. So I asked a photographer Nick Tettey from JB Elliott Photography to help me get photos of the ice show. To see his photos of the event, you can visit the Facebook page of Tysons Corner Center. I came outside to catch the end of the show which gave me the opportunity to see Nancy skating live. To see a professional that has practiced performing for large crowd for most of her life is a gift. You can tell the muscle memory she has built to do such complicated movements and to make them look effortless.

Ice Skaters with Nancy Kerrigan at Tysons Corner Center
Ice Skaters with Nancy Kerrigan at Tysons Corner Center
Ice Skaters with Nancy Kerrigan at Tysons Corner Center
Ice Skaters with Nancy Kerrigan at Tysons Corner Center

Meet and Greet

After their show was done, Nancy and her skaters came inside to get some nice photos together. The stage set up in the Concourse was a much better setting for photos than the very dark and cold ice skating rink setup out on the Plaza. So I setup a large strobe as high as I could get it on a light stand. From here, it was very easy to get nice photos of the group together with Nancy.

Nancy Kerrigan Meet and Greet at Tysons Corner Center
Nancy Kerrigan Meet and Greet at Tysons Corner Center

She was very generous with her time. Lots of people wanted to come up to get some selfies with her, and she did so nicely with everyone that waited to see her.

At the end of the event, Nancy took a lot of time to meet with an older gentleman that came to ask her what the event was about. In explaining all of his buttons that he wore on his jacket and hats, he said that he used to be a pilot that used to fly Air Force One! Nancy humbly told him that she used to skate for the USA. I really enjoyed seeing her interaction with him and how she succinctly summarized her amazing career!

Nancy Kerrigan Meet and Greet at Tysons Corner Center
Nancy Kerrigan Meet and Greet at Tysons Corner Center

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Pentatonix performs at Tysons Corner Center

Pentatonix visits the HGTV Santa set at Tysons Corner Center

Pentatonix visits the HGTV Santa set at Tysons Corner Center
Pentatonix visits the HGTV Santa set at Tysons Corner Center

Pentatonix!!

If you are a popular music fan, you have probably heard of the a cappella group, Pentatonix. They came onto the scene when they competed and won NBCs competition show, The Sing Off which had groups from all across the country come to compete each week. Being a fan of a cappella groups from before this current craze began, I really gravitated to watching the show. In college, I spent all my extra time rehearsing with my a cappella group, and all my extra money on CD and tape recordings of other groups.

Pentatonix visits the HGTV Santa set at Tysons Corner Center
Pentatonix visits the HGTV Santa set at Tysons Corner Center
Pentatonix visits the HGTV Santa set at Tysons Corner Center
Pentatonix visits the HGTV Santa set at Tysons Corner Center

It was a very exciting opportunity for me to photograph Pentatonix as they came to perform in the Concourse of Tysons Corner Center. Since it was in the holiday shopping season, they performed some holiday his for the crowd. If you are unfamiliar, a cappella group produce all of the sounds using their voices as the only instruments. They can produce all the backing tracks as well as percussion sounds with their creativity. This adds to the interest when listening to this style of music to see how they interpret and create these sounds with just their mouths!

Concourse Concert

Pentatonix performs holiday music at the Concourse in Tysons Corner Center
Pentatonix performs holiday music at the Concourse in Tysons Corner Center
Pentatonix performs holiday music at the Concourse in Tysons Corner Center
Pentatonix performs holiday music at the Concourse in Tysons Corner Center

As part of the holiday celebrations at the mall last year, Pentatonix walked through the HGTV Santa set to look through the Elf village and visit with the big guy. After their visit, they went to the Concourse where a GIGANTIC crowd was waiting for them to perform! This was the most amount of people I have ever seen gathered for an event at Tysons Corner Center. They were stacked almost all the way down to the end of the Concourse almost filling in the width of the space!

Thankfully, Nick Tettey from JB Elliott Photography was there to help me cover this with me. Once I was in position right at the front of the stage, I could not move, so Nick helped me to get some other angles with the crowd a little further back in the crowd. Pentatonix did not disappoint in their singing either! They really sounded amazing, and they got a great reaction from the crowd that came to see them. Luckily there was no problems even with all the people that gathered to see them. Thanks to the mall security that had a great plan for keeping everyone safe and able to enjoy the music!

Pentatonix performs holiday music at the Concourse in Tysons Corner Center
Pentatonix performs holiday music at the Concourse in Tysons Corner Center

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