Are you ready for this week’s Pressing Matters Dear Readers? Here are today’s topics; Alice and her Wild West Show • Gather together your Muchness • There’s a summit for donuts? • Mathletes • Align your donors, practice your walking, and mark your calendars • Chocolates, handbags, and AP specials - Oh my! • Day One Disneyland
Ever wonder what it was like to sit in a theatre watching a movie back in the days of the silent film? Here’s your chance to experience that, and one of the films is Walt Disney’s Alice’s Wild West Show. Here's the details:
Sunday, May 23, 2010 at UCLA’s Royce Hall, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra proudly presents Buster Keaton’s hilarious silent comedy, The Cameraman (1928). The movie follows Buster Keaton as he sets out to impress a pretty office worker at MGM Newsreels by trading in his tintype operation for a movie camera to compete with the big boys. The LACO performs the world premiere of Timothy Brock’s original musical score, courtesy of the Rigler-Deutsch Foundation. In addition, we are happy to announce the showing of Walt Disney’s Alice’s Wild West Show (1924). This short black and white silent film combines live action with animation as Alice puts on a show for the neighborhood kids of her wild west adventures. Everything goes well until the local bully, Tubby O’Brien, shows up…
For more information or to buy tickets, call Jacquie, Marcella or Laura in the box office at 213 622 7001 × 215. Or visit: http://www.laco.org/events/135/
Remember that crazy dance of happiness the Mad Hatter performed at the end of Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland? Think you can dance like that? Well, get your Futterwacken on, there’s going to be a contest – with prizes! From the press release:
In celebration of Frabjous Day and the upcoming Blu-ray & DVD release of Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland on June 1st, Walt Disney Studios is asking America to "Show Us Your Best Futterwacken!" The contest challenges ALICE fans to submit their best interpretation of the Futterwacken dance and add their own original twists, turns and dance moves. So start gathering your muchness and go completely Gallymoggers as you Futterwacken vigorously! The more creative your dance moves, the better your chance to win!
For details on how to enter and what prizes you can win visit: http://alicedance.disney.go.com/
This event is a bit in the future, but it sounds like fun, but then again … anything involving donuts sounds like fun:
We are less than two months out from the Donut Summit, and, oh boy, are we getting excited. Or at least I am getting excited because, well, DONUTS! If you haven’t already marked your calendars in indelible ink, the Donut Summit is scheduled to take place Sunday, June 13th at 1pm. The festivities will take place in Griffith Park, at the picnic area near the Vermont entrance. (We will have a big, donutty sign, so we’ll be easy to find!)
For details visit: http://la.metblogs.com/2010/04/26/47-days-until-the-donut-summit/ You can also follow the Donut Summit on Twitter: twitter.com/donutsummit
The date for this year’s CHOC Walk at the Disneyland Resort has been set, so mark your calendars and get those donors lined up for this worthy cause:
Join us Sunday, October 17th for the 20th Anniversary of the CHOC Walk in the Park as we celebrate 20 Years of Miracles and Magic! Upon arriving at the Disneyland Resort, you realize this is a celebration of the continuous support CHOC Children's and CHOC at Mission has received from our community.
I couldn’t locate any information for signups yet but the place to visit for more information is: http://www.choc.org/ To find out about last year’s CHOC Walk – what it was like, how much money was raised - visit this link.
I’m absolutely horrid at math, but I’m loving this next press release anyway:
Nation's Best and Brightest Vie for Top 'Mathlete' Honor at the 2010 Raytheon MATHCOUNTS National Competition May 6-9 at Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort, Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The MATHCOUNTS finalists from across the United States will compete to earn the titles of 2010 National Champion and National Champion Team.
This year's finalists advanced beyond more than 100,000 middle school students from 50 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Territories, winning their school, local and state MATHCOUNTS competitions. The national competition is the culmination of the MATHCOUNTS enrichment and coaching program that promotes middle school mathematics achievement throughout the United States.
For more information visit: https://mathcounts.org/Page.aspx?pid=1537
A couple of events you might want to know about are happening this weekend (May 8th) at Disneyland and Downtown Disney:
• Sterling Confections Showcase - Jim Martin, President of Sterling Confections will be on hand from 9 am to 11 am at Candy Palace in Disneyland park and then from 1 pm to 4 pm at Marceline’s Confectionery in Downtown Disney to talk about the process of candy making and Mickey Truffle Bars. The bars are currently available in Double Hazelnut Caramel and Pineapple Ginger Macadamia Nut flavors, and can only be found at Disney Parks.
• Steve Madden Handbag Trunk Show - Melissa Klostermann from Steve Madden handbags will be on hand for a special trunk show to showcase some of the latest releases and upcoming collections from 2pm to 6 pm at Disney Vault 28 in Downtown Disney. Prices vary, Guests that purchase a Madden handbag during the trunk show will receive a special gift with purchase.
Also there are several 'Purchase with Purchase' opportunities for APs going on at the Disneyland Resort right now. Items include: • Disney Parks - Packable Jacket • Disneyland Resort - Weekender Tote, Beach Towel, 2-Piece Luggage Set
For all the details visit: www.ArtofDisneyParks.com.
I will leave you with this … news of the latest art exhibit opening at The Disney Gallery in Disneyland on May 22, 2010. From their website:
DAY ONE DISNEYLAND: Original Inspirations for "The Happiest Place on Earth" - Join us as we unveil the new 55th Anniversary themed exhibit at The Disney Gallery which will showcase original inspirations for The Happiest Place on Earth. This new exhibit will capture your imagination while it takes you on a visual journey back in time. The Disney Gallery will also offer a selection of 55th Anniversary inspired original art, giclees and deluxe prints by Walt Disney Imagineers and Disney inspired artists as Steve Adams, Charles and Bruce Boyer, Jeremy Fulton, Larry Nikolai, Maggie Parr, Jimmy Pickering, George Scribner, Mark Seppala and Yakovetic.
To view the artwork and to find out more information about each artist (a feature I particularly like), visit this link.
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