From: Diva Las Vegas organizers (dlvorg@geekbabe.com)
Date: Wed Sep 06 2006 - 09:05:07 CDT
In this mailing:
Org List
Church and Sunday
Strong Saturday Ending
Organ Concert
New Bar In Town
Sahara Room Rates
Possible Interest to LV Locals
Summary schedule of activities
Administrivia
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Church and Sunday:
Jamie writes:
>Maybe we need to do the MCC the same way that we do the other "off
>days" I agree that some people will be attending both. Have someone,
>that is planning on attending both, loosely organize an unofficial
>outing. This seems to have worked good in the past. For myself, I plan
>to arrive on Sat evening, prior, and depart on the following Sunday,
>hopefully after noon. I can see another Sunday prior informal get
>together that day and/or the evening.
>I have always enjoyed the food and serving at Bahama Breeze. I am on
>the "laid back" side of things and kind of go with the flow of the
>waitstaff. If they are slow, I will have another drink and wait. Suede
>was OK even with the seating. I spent sometime educating the bartender
>and finally got a seat in the bar area. The food was worth the wait.
>Sat evening found Tootsey and Me at Tony Roma's. We decided that the
>Buck Wild show was not for us , so we joined a few others at a local
>watering hole. I is possible that what happens is that by Saturday
>people have made new acquaintances and are wanting to find a quiet
>place to socialize, before heading home. I that light, maybe we could
>find a "quiet lounge" and have an extended Social time. Maybe with some
>easy listening music.
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Strong Saturday Ending:
Denise McCracken wrote:
>>>>We all know it's a long week and people are a bit tired by Fri.-Sat.
>We usually arrive Saturday, which is a day early if the event starts on
>a Sunday, but we will leave the following Saturday morning so that we
>can have Sunday to recuperate, wash clothes, etc. before returning to
>work Monday. We will hang around Ssaturday night if we're doing Rocky,
>though.
>>>However, I don't think fatigue and burnout are responsible for our
>>>mediocre turnouts.
>I don't think so either. I think that Vegas is a lot of fun, even if
>you hang around your hotel and play in the casino, and some people may
>find that they really don't want or need to go to all of the
>activities. And then some probably get drunk and forget about
>them...not that I would do that...
>Anyway, the low turnout for some activities shouldn't be any surprise,
>and it doesn't bother me at all. It would be totally unreasonable to
>think that the majority would be interested in any one activity.
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Mary Beth writes:
>Re: The Saturday night "burn out".
>I've not been to many of the Saturday night events because it takes me
>all day to fly back to Rhode Island and I usually have a flight
>requiring me to be at the airport at some ungodly hour like 5 a.m.
>(This year I needed to be back on Sunday and took a redeye at midnight
>Saturday.) I also ship a lot of my stuff out on Saturday morning since
>there is just too much stuff to drag back on the plane.
>I have, however, always liked the Friday night get-togethers.
>Perhaps the thing to do is to replace the Thursday production show
>with the big get-together dinner for the week (at, say, 6 PM), which
>would then split into the Limo Tour / Pity Party / Pub Crawl at 9 PM.
>You could then schedule the big production show for Saturday night,
>which might draw more interest, depending on what the show is. I know
>that on my last night on vacation I like to go out and do something
>big. Sitting in a mediocre restaurant or low rent production show
>isn't it.
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Organ Concert:
Annie writes:
>>>My profession is as an organist - recording and playing live for
>>>weddings, funerals and at the crematorium but my main love is the
>>I, for one, would like to hear a few tunes on a really large, and
>>really loud, pipe organ. My favorite is Fugue in D Minor, and I love
>>horror music, but I'll listen to church music if it's lively and
>>powerful.
>An organ concert? Hey, I would go. (I once knew the difference between
>a gemshorn and an erzahler!) :)
>I have no clue where we could hold such an activity. I don't even know
>if MCC has an organ, and if they do, I'm sure it's electronic, judging
>from the size/shape of the building.
>Las Vegas just doesn't have those old cavernous patrician brick or stone
>urban churches which house those brilliant Schantz or Aeolian-Skinner
>(ala St. John The Divine) instruments.
>Maybe the University has one? Anybody know? Do they allow guest
>recitals? Hmmmm ... I think we do have a few people with connections
>at UNLV, don't we?
>Most of the churches I've seen in Las Vegas are of contemporary design
>and post-50s vintage, meaning if they have an organ at all, it will be
>one that is OK for a wedding or a Sunday service, but will most
>definitely not melt bricks in concert.
>Oh well ... :)
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New Bar In Town:
Diana Colizzi writes:
>Here's a place to consider for the Country and Western fans in the
>group..... it's called Charlie's Las Vegas and it is on Arville by the
>Orleans. Might be good for the bar crawl or any other night. It's
>billed as a gay club btw. They also have a Sunday afternoon beer
>bust. Haven't been there but if it's nothing else at least it's new.
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Sahara Room Rates:
Grace King writes:
>Just been looking at the Sahara room rates for the dates of DLV and
>find that for the week planned they are typically $148 a night. The
>weeks either side are around $68 which is vastly different and more in
>line with this year's prices. Any way of getting some kind of reduction
>for Diva participants?
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Randi writes:
>I just noticed that the Sahara posted the rates for April. Not good.
>Here they are:
>4/22 $140
>4/23 $140
>4/24 $140
>4/25 $140
>4/26 $68
>4/27 $147
>4/28 $147
>4/29 $68
>The week before is all $68 except Fri @ $147, Sat @ $147 and Sun @
>$140. A little better but either way may decide my attendance.
>There's only so much a gal is willing to spend.
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Possible Interest to LV Locals:
> Hi-
>My name is Ashley Kaplan, and I work for Logo, the gay television
>network. We are planning on shooting a travle guide to Las Vegas for
>the LGBT community. We want to provide our viewers with as much
>information on Vegas as we can and also give the "T" in LGBT a voice.
>In short, I'm trying to find a local Las Vegas T-girl, with a great
>personality and face for the camera, who is interested in showing us
>around her local hot-spots (ie, where she goes out for drinks, the best
>place for dinner, the nicest spa etc.) I'm not sure if you know of
>anyone who might be interested, but any direction would be greatly
>appreciated.
If anyone who lives in the LV area is interested, please reply to this
mailing for more information.
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Summary schedule of activities:
Preliminary and subject to change.
Monday, April 23:
1:00pm Lunch With Ginger (TBD)
6:00pm Happy Hour (Suede - MV)
7:00pm Dinner (Suede - MV)
Ev Welcome Celebration (Suede - MV)
Tuesday, April 24 :
AM Lake Mead Boat Cruise (Lake Mead)
1:00pm Lunch With Ginger (TBD)
PM Skydiving With Or Without Densie (Golf course)
Ev Night Of The Soiled Doves IV (CR - SV)
Wednesday, April 25:
AM-PM Diva Las Vegas Invitational Golf (Golf course - MS)
AM-PM Art Tour (TBD)
1:00pm Lunch With Ginger (TBD)
PM English High Tea (Four Seasons)
6:00pm Happy Hour (Various)
7:00pm Eating Out Night (Various)
7:00pm EON Milanos option (Milanos - MS)
7:00pm EON Blue Ox option (Blue Ox - MS)
7:00pm EON Nora's choice (TBD)
9:00pm Alternative Bar Crawl (Various - SV)
Ev Slot Tournament (Blue Ox - MS)
Ev Fremont Street Experience (FSE - MS)
Ev Theater Night (TBD)
Thursday, April 26:
1:00pm Lunch With Ginger (TBD)
Ev Production Show (TBD)
Ev Limo Tour (TBD)
Friday, April 27:
1:00pm Lunch With Ginger (TBD)
6:00pm Happy Hour (Bahama Breeze - MS)
7:00pm Dinner (Bahama Breeze - MS)
Saturday, April 28:
1:00pm Lunch With Ginger (TBD)
PM SBS Social (TBD)
Ev Production Show (TBD)
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