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It started with talk and sketches nine months before the unveiling in front of a national audience of more than 4 million. See the documentary!
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The 1”: 1’ scale model that traveled to ABC with our colorful pitch book in May 2009, along with a mariachi trio that invaded Diane Sawyer’s office, to her delight. The music and the maquette sold ABC on San Antonio. See the documentary!
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Summer passed quickly with finalizing the window design, meeting with ABC about details, and working with an extraordinary team of artisans to build the hundreds of elements required for the window design to live up to its promise. See the documentary!
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We saw the window elements crated and put on a designated truck we contracted to get it safely to NYC. At the end of the 1,800-mile trip from San Antonio to Manhattan: ABC stagehands offload the window components under Jill’s watchful eye. See the documentary!
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Jill spends a Saturday at ABC working with stagehands and electricians to ensure that all the window components are assembled correctly and that the lights and moving parts behave. Here the window is in place in ABC’s ground-floor studio just before being “gift wrapped” in preparation for the unveiling. See the documentary!
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Diane Sawyer, Robin Roberts, and San Antonio’s mayor, Julian Castro look pleased… maybe a little giddy… as the window is revealed. Jill was in the wings praying that all lights, motors, and attachments would perform as planned. They did, perfectly. See the documentary!
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he San Antonio window decorated Good Morning America’s set and Times Square for a month, twinkling and turning for NYC and a national audience. Television coverage of San Antonio’s holiday window garnered the city close to an hour of free national airtime, a value in the millions of dollars. See the documentary!
