SCCC Awards Banquet
The Sarpy County Chamber of Commerce held its annual Awards Banquet Thursday evening, October 9th at the LaVista/Embassy Suites Convention Center. Festivities began at 5:30 with cocktails and conversation as attendees began arriving. Awards night is always fun, but as the event’s audio engineer and narrator, I had no idea what was about to go down.
The event immediately shot to another level when self-propelled fireball “enter-trainer” Jimmy Cusano appeared in a colorful zoot suit and began his high-octane presentation out amid the attendees who had been seated for dinner. Jimmy had everyone smiling for his entire performance, which was action-packed and very humorous but laced with much wisdom, common sense, great ideas, encouragement and new perspectives for all of us to consider in our business and personal affairs. He had the ballroom completely engaged and had businessmen in nice suits up dancing (no music, btw), people with their hands held high overhead, clapping, pointing and laughing out loud and hugging attendees that they did not personally know! What a deal!
Jimmy worked the whole ballroom, end to end, and by the time everyone was done standing, sitting, dancing, pointing, clapping, hugging and laughing, he had made lots of good points about the vitality of the Sarpy County Chamber of Commerce and the power and influence we have when we work together.
Following Jimmy’s presentation/pep-rally and a delicious meal, the awards ceremony began in earnest. Sarpy County Chamber President Karen Gibler kicked things off and showed a very humorous clip parodying the Pharrel Williams hit “Happy” with some familiar SCCC faces dubbed in; what a hoot! A series of Sarpy County Chamber officials took turns at the podium and several videos were shown by nominees and winners who could not attend in person.
The awards ceremony proceeded smoothly except when yours truly accidentally skipped ahead in the script and began describing a winner who had not yet been announced…but since Jimmy had just emphasized our need to be able to laugh at ourselves, I laughed at myself and went on.
All in all, it was a splendid evening that showcased much of what is so great about Sarpy County and the Chamber of Commerce. Midwest Sound & Lighting is proud to partner with the Sarpy County Chamber of Commerce for these events and we look forward to the next event.
My office at SCCC Awards Night
SCCC Awards Night attendees hold hands for Jimmy Caruso