Avid Education Reception at NAB 2017

Avid Education kicked off the 2017 NAB show with the 19 annual Avid Education Reception - and this year was one of the largest ever! Over 80 partners and instructors came out for an evening of food and fun at El Segundo Sol taqueria and cantina, on the Las Vegas Strip.

The Americas ALP Program Manager, Bryan Castle, welcomed everyone with brief but enthusiastic remarks, calling out several notable attendees including Jason Plews, Director of Avid Education Worldwide (and approver of the night's bar tab); Simon Maskrey, Sr. Certification Manager of Avid Education; and Paddy Bird, Founder of Inside the Edit.

Beer, sangria and delicious Mexican small plates made for a very Latin atmosphere. There were many familiar faces, including Jim Turner and the Moviola crew, Rik Stirling (Hennepin Technical College), and Chilitos Valenzuela, Avid Master Instructor and owner of AudioGraph Int'l. Also, in attendance were John Lynn and his team from GeniusDV, Neal Coffey from Syracuse University, Sam Walton of the Walton Academy, Tony Tong and the guys from AFI, plus many more.

There were also lots of new faces, including attendees from Fort Hays State University, BYU-Idaho, Golden West College, Eastern Arizona College, Keycode Media, Pellissippi Statue University, and many more.

There was also a strong Latin American contingency (del mundo hablahispana) with partners coming from Mexico, Colombia, Chile, and Spain, plus Brazil with ACIs from ProClass and TV Globo.

The evening took an intergalactic turn when Beth Sweeney from UCLA arrived with her Star Wars light saber - a big hit with everyone, especially Avid Master Instructor, Jeff Greenberg, who couldn't wait to test his mastery of the Force. There were unsubstantiated claims of Jedi mind tricks at play, but unlike Tatooine, thankfully no one lost an arm in this cantina.

Thanks again to everyone to came out this year. We look forward to seeing you next year as we celebrate 20 years as the Avid Education community!

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