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Well most stuff done! now to figure out how to get it all there.... :D Looks like Snow will stop tonight and only be about 1-3 inches and tomorrow will be about 20 degrees all day.
Here is the schedule
9am get to Royal Oak Womens club to drop off first load
-Start setup and run the whole day
6pm go home and change
8pm START TIME! There will be Valet Parking from 8pm till 9pm and then again from 12:15am till 12:45am
DirectionsTake best route to I 696 and Woodward. Go North on Woodward for about 1 mile to FOURTH ST. turn right on to fourth st. Go to Pleasant St turn right and the corner house. (there is also parking in Church lot right next door.)
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Location: Royal Oak Woman's Club , 404 S. Pleasant Street, Royal Oak, MI 48067
Contact if you have a problems or a question :
Brannos (586)945-0327
Rebecca (586)945-0335
Look forward to seeing everyone one there and Coat Check will take the 20.00/person donation at the door. |
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The Oscar |
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Officially referred to as the "Academy Award® of Merit," the 13½-inch, 8½-pound statuette awarded to each individual who wins an Academy Award® takes twelve workers five hours to hand cast and complete at R. S. Owens, the factory in Chicago, Illinois, that has been responsible for production since 1982. The carefully protected steel mold gives shape to a britannium alloy, roughly 90 percent tin and 10 percent antimony, though initially Oscar® was solid bronze. Because of rationing during World War II, the Academy used plaster, but, at the war's conclusion, the plaster statuettes were replaced with gold-plated replicas. Today, with sanding and polishing each step of the way, the statue receives layers of copper, nickel, silver, and, finally, 24–karat gold plating. A layer of epoxy lacquer provides the protective outer coating. Each statue bears its own serial number engraved at the bottom, at the back of its base, which has been made of brass since 1945 (it was black Belgian marble before that date). After the recipients have been announced, R. S. Owens then produces brass nameplates with the winner's name and category. The famed MGM art director Cedric Gibbons (1893–1960) designed the statuette, and sculptor George Stanley was paid $500 to shape the model in clay. Alex Smith cast the design in 92.5 percent tin and 7.5 percent copper, finishing it with gold plating. Gibbons's original design was a knight holding a double-edged sword, standing on a film reel with five spokes, each spoke representing one of the original five Academy branches. |
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Join us in the Hotel Hollywoods Sunset Lounge |
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History of the Oscar |
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It's been called "the Academy statuette," "the golden trophy" and "the statue of merit." The entertainment trade paper, Weekly Variety, even attempted to popularize "the iron man." Thankfully, the term never stuck. Born in 1928, the Academy Award of Merit — which we know as simply "the Oscar" — depicts a knight holding a crusader's sword, standing on a reel of film with five spokes, signifying the original branches of the Academy: Actors, Writers, Directors, Producers and Technicians. Weighing 8.5 pounds and standing 13.5 inches tall, the statuette was designed by MGM's chief art director Cedric Gibbons. Frederic Hope, Gibbons' assistant, created the original Belgian black marble base; artist George Stanley sculpted the design; and the California Bronze Foundry hand cast the first statuette in bronze plated with 24-karat gold. The Origin of the Oscar Name
A popular but unsubstantiated story has been that the moniker caught on after Academy librarian and eventual executive director Margaret Herrick said that the statuette resembled her Uncle Oscar. Its first documented mention came after the sixth Awards Presentation in 1934 when Hollywood columnist Sidney Skolsky used it in reference to Katharine Hepburn's first Best Actress win. The Academy itself didn't use the nickname officially until 1939. Oscar has changed his look on occasion. From the 1930s through the 50's, juvenile players received miniature replicas of the statuette; ventriloquist Edgar Bergen was presented with a wooden statuette with a movable mouth; and Walt Disney was honored with one full-size and seven miniature statuettes on behalf of his animated feature SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS. In support of the World War II effort between 1942 and 1944, Oscars were made of plaster, to be traded in for golden statuettes after the war. Additionally, the base was raised and changed from marble to metal in 1945. And in 1949, Academy Award statuettes began to be numbered, starting with No. 501. |
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New Year's Eve in the Golden Age of Hollywood (2008-9) |
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BigCityBall welcomes you to another Spectacular New Years Eve Party!Attend this special New Year's Eve presentation of the Academy Awards!
As we prepare to enter the New Year of 2009, we thought it would be fun to have a real, fun, fancy dress New Year's Eve party. We open the doors to our second BigCityBall New Year's Ball at 8:00 pm and welcome all SCA members and guests to come and ring in the New Year with friends.
Most of us can't make it to the pre-eminent New Year's celebration in Times Square, or to the annual Academy Awards gala. For years we have been content to watch the festivities on television. Not this year! We will bring Hollywood to Detroit and party with our friends past midnight. Join the celebration with 100 of your SCA friends in a fun and festive environment that is sure to dazzle you.
This year our party is set in Hollywood, on New Year's Eve. Rather than a specific year, our setting is the Golden Age of Hollywood. So dress formally, dress glamorously, and strut your stuff at this party.
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New Year's Eve in the Golden Age of Hollywood (2008-9) |
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BigCityBall welcomes you to another Spectacular New Years Eve Party!Attend this special New Year's Eve presentation of the Academy Awards!
As we prepare to enter the New Year of 2009, we thought it would be fun to have a real, fun, fancy dress New Year's Eve party. We open the doors to our second BigCityBall New Year's Ball at 8:00 pm and welcome all SCA members and guests to come and ring in the New Year with friends.
Most of us can't make it to the pre-eminent New Year's celebration in Times Square, or to the annual Academy Awards gala. For years we have been content to watch the festivities on television. Not this year! We will bring Hollywood to Detroit and party with our friends past midnight. Join the celebration with 100 of your SCA friends in a fun and festive environment that is sure to dazzle you.
This year our party is set in Hollywood, on New Year's Eve. Rather than a specific year, our setting is the Golden Age of Hollywood. So dress formally, dress glamorously, and strut your stuff at this party.
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