Today, in a Tampa, FL small claims court, En Fuego Studios, Inc won a default judgment against Galaxy Pageants, Inc in a breech of contract case.  This ends an almost year long chapter of En Fuego Studios, Inc ("Studios") relationship with Galaxy Pageants, Inc ("Galaxy").  Galaxy had contracted Studios to produce, sell, and distribute DVD's of their 2009 Galaxy International and Belleza Latina pageants, held at the Saddlebrook Resort July 10-12, 2009, to any delegates who would order the DVD.  This episode started when Galaxy, represented by its owner Maria Torres, was in violation of their contractual obligations by not adhering to Studios' payment schedule; which required a payment installment after completion of principle video production.  After an initial rough cut given to Galaxy, Studios delayed any more versions of any DVD's to Galaxy for revision until the installment had been paid, but never stopped editing the final DVD for the 18 orders that were placed.   When the DVD was completed, Galaxy was sent to collections via Ethan & Associates, who were unsuccessful in retaining the balance of the contract.  Studios refundedthe money for all of the delegates who ordered the DVD in January 2010.

The resulting lawsuit was filed January 26, 2010.  Galaxy was served their summons but failed to appear in court.

Upon getting the official written notice from thecourt, Studios will contact the people who had previously ordered the DVD on how to acquire their copy, and release the DVD's for sale through the Studios website.

Attached are the complaint and the statement fromthe collections agency. 

En Fuego Studios complaint against Galaxy Pageants, Inc (1.93 mb)

As of February 1, 2010, we have ceased our SD video production and have gone exclusively to HD. We have seen in the past couple years, when television and video clients had been given a choice between standard and HD productions, 9 time out of 10 their decisions were based on budget.  Consequently they may have not got the best product to promote their services.  Now every customer, no matter their budget or their distribution medium, will have their productions produced with HD quality.

En Fuego Studios takes pride that our staff are not only loyal employs of our EFS, but enjoy substantial freelancing careers.  Jayson Matteucci was tapped by Simmons/Shelley Entertainment to work on the upcoming MTV series "Sprite Step Off" earlier this month.  Freelancer Caroline Penn, who worked camera with us on the Galaxy Int'l Pageants, was also working with SSE as a Field Producer.  The episode which features college step dance teams competing to be the best in the country, was filmed on the UCF Campus over the course of a week.  Be sure to check your local listings (or our website) for show times on MTV and MTV2.