Academy Awards Party a HUGE Success!!!
First off , THANK YOU to all of our wonderful sponsors:
- The Weekly Volcano - provided three weeks of free ad space!
- The Swiss - served some great hot appetisers and treats!
- Corina Bakery - Ahhhhh - Corina, I'm in love. This is the best bakery of all time!
- Just Right Printing - They not only gave us our posters and postcards for this event, but did an amazing job!
- Stadium Video - As always, Stadium is there! The best video store in town!
- Cafe by the Bay - Pan Asian treats and appetisers got us started right! I eat here every week. Yum!
Your contributions made this event possible. THANK YOU!!!
Ok, I'm kind of over-doing it on the exclamation points, but they all deserve it.
And I would like to encourage everyone who supports the Grand to also support these excellent local businesses. They gave their support to us without a second thought. Tacoma is such a great little town! This wouldn't happen in a big city, and again, support your local businesses because they supported us!
Many thanks also to our many donors, who gave to our raffle:
Buzzard Records
Chopstix
Galanga Thai
Gary's Steak out & Bar
Gateway to India
Il Fiasco
Meconi's Pub & Eatery
Pour at Four
Primo Grill
Rosewood Cafe
Southern Kitchen
Vin Grotto
The Swiss
Embellish Salon
Hob Nob & The Harvester Restaurants
Meadow Park Golf Course
Puget Sound Pizza
Wow - look at how many great places in Tacoma want to help us out. Help them out by paying them a visit. :)
A big thanks to everyone who participated in tonight's Oscar Party! I was very impressed by how many people in Tacoma are happy to be a part of this event. Hurray for Tacoma!
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I'm tempted to list all the winners from tonight's Oscars, but you can find them easily at - www.oscars.org
It was a night of a few surprises, and I was surprised mostly by the winner for Best Picture - CRASH. Wow. To me this means two things:
1. The Academy can remember a film that came out at the beginning of the year. This actually means a lot, because sometimes a studio will wait to release a film so it will get a chance at an Oscar. Maybe, just maybe, this will help allow good films to be spread out over the year.
2. A 'difficult' film with a lot of depth and some less than pretty characters can win Best Picture. Hollywood has proven it is willing to support a film that is a real challenge to watch/enjoy/understand. Crash was a film that, like the French New Wave films of the 60's, one must be actively engaged in the film to truly get it. Bravo to the Academy. Bravo!
I would also like to thank the Academy... just kidding.
Thank you once again to everyone who participated in this year's Academy Awards Party. See you next year, and as always, see you at the movies!!
shawn@grandcinema.com
- The Weekly Volcano - provided three weeks of free ad space!
- The Swiss - served some great hot appetisers and treats!
- Corina Bakery - Ahhhhh - Corina, I'm in love. This is the best bakery of all time!
- Just Right Printing - They not only gave us our posters and postcards for this event, but did an amazing job!
- Stadium Video - As always, Stadium is there! The best video store in town!
- Cafe by the Bay - Pan Asian treats and appetisers got us started right! I eat here every week. Yum!
Your contributions made this event possible. THANK YOU!!!
Ok, I'm kind of over-doing it on the exclamation points, but they all deserve it.
And I would like to encourage everyone who supports the Grand to also support these excellent local businesses. They gave their support to us without a second thought. Tacoma is such a great little town! This wouldn't happen in a big city, and again, support your local businesses because they supported us!
Many thanks also to our many donors, who gave to our raffle:
Buzzard Records
Chopstix
Galanga Thai
Gary's Steak out & Bar
Gateway to India
Il Fiasco
Meconi's Pub & Eatery
Pour at Four
Primo Grill
Rosewood Cafe
Southern Kitchen
Vin Grotto
The Swiss
Embellish Salon
Hob Nob & The Harvester Restaurants
Meadow Park Golf Course
Puget Sound Pizza
Wow - look at how many great places in Tacoma want to help us out. Help them out by paying them a visit. :)
A big thanks to everyone who participated in tonight's Oscar Party! I was very impressed by how many people in Tacoma are happy to be a part of this event. Hurray for Tacoma!
-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
I'm tempted to list all the winners from tonight's Oscars, but you can find them easily at - www.oscars.org
It was a night of a few surprises, and I was surprised mostly by the winner for Best Picture - CRASH. Wow. To me this means two things:
1. The Academy can remember a film that came out at the beginning of the year. This actually means a lot, because sometimes a studio will wait to release a film so it will get a chance at an Oscar. Maybe, just maybe, this will help allow good films to be spread out over the year.
2. A 'difficult' film with a lot of depth and some less than pretty characters can win Best Picture. Hollywood has proven it is willing to support a film that is a real challenge to watch/enjoy/understand. Crash was a film that, like the French New Wave films of the 60's, one must be actively engaged in the film to truly get it. Bravo to the Academy. Bravo!
I would also like to thank the Academy... just kidding.
Thank you once again to everyone who participated in this year's Academy Awards Party. See you next year, and as always, see you at the movies!!
shawn@grandcinema.com
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