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Stacy Carr, Clive Davis’ Right Hand for His Pre-Grammy Gala, on Organizing, Inviting, Seating and Managing Music’s Most Exclusive Night
Stacy Carr, Clive Davis' right hand for his Pre-Grammy Gala, remembers Robin Williams' unplanned stand-up, Sharon Osbourne throwing a drink and more.
I do menu, I do flowers and décor, I do the floor plan, the flow and entrance, our guest list, invitations, RSVPs, check-in, routing the VIPs, the red carpet, seating and tables. Clive and I, of course, were side-stage during the performances, and we basically froze everything — the only solution was to remove the tables, line up the chairs in the rear, more like theater-style seating, which the fire marshal felt was safer and freed up some space, and that solved the problem. I mean, I have the advantage of being on the inside so “surprising” doesn’t really apply(laughter), but I think it’s the all-star lineups: people jumping onstage, or you’ll have Alicia Keys and Patti LaBelle doing a song and then Stevie Wonder comes up and starts singing with them, and then two seconds later, Justin Timberlake and Beyonce and Kelly Rowland are up there.
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