From: Diva Las Vegas organizers (dlvorg@geekbabe.com)
Date: Wed Feb 13 2008 - 12:34:08 CST
In this mailing:
Org List
Friday Dining Option
Art Tour
EON and Limo
Various Discussion Items
Various Discussion Items (continued)
Summary schedule of activities
Administrivia
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Org List:
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Friday Dining Option:
Jay writes:
>I'm working on some more DLV ideas. I'm not sure where to proceed
>here. I'm looking at doing a buffet dinner for the friday night
>upscale option. Is that acceptable. my reason for that is because
>many of the restaurants are busy on friday nights and i don't
>want to deal with the reservation issue.
>So if the dlv committee deems my suggestion acceptable, I herby
>propose an upscale dinner option at the spice market buffet in
>the planet hollywood. start time to be determined. How long
>the wait time will be i don't know. but what's a few minutes
>when your having fun.
We had you scheduled at South Point for a Friday evening dining
option. So, we'll change your dining option from South Point
to Planet Hollywood on Friday Night.
>I want this to be the best DLV ever. I only hope I can help
>make that happen.
Volunteer help is what makes DLV work. And, your volunteer work
is appreciated by all.
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Art Tour:
JoAnn writes:
>Regarding the Art Tour-- Sarah is on vacation but we both think
>we would like to have the Art Tour on Wednesday as an alternate
>to the golf. Also the Thurdsay with High Tea, the Show, and Limo
>Tour is a good schedule without have an Art Tour, too.
The Art Tour is now penciled in for Wednesday morning, rather
than Thursday morning. You can announce the meeting area as
time gets closer.
If the Art Tour is at the Bellagio, you might want to coordinate
Lunch w/Ginger to be at the Bellagio Buffet.
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EON and Limo:
Marcia writes:
>I dont have a lot of details of my planned events so far. But
>I would like to do the Prime Rib Loft this year, and would be
>willing to help out for that event.
>Also I am planning on going on the limo tour also, so if you
>need some help with that let me know. As more events are
>determined, I could do more for you if needed.
We'll put you down for assisting for EON at Prime Rib Loft if
needed.
Also, JoAnn and/or Annie will be in touch with you on the Limo
Tour. I know they will also be recruiting another Limo volunteer
in addition to you.
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Various Discussion Items:
Jamie Renae writes:
>I feel that the Thurs evening show needs to be less that $100.
>Even that is quite pricey. I know that the shows are expensive,
>but we need to offer a good time at a price that our attendees
>can afford.
>Last year, we were thinking about the George Wallace show as
>a second option to Love. Then a second headliner - can't
>remember who, joined GW and the ticket price shot up over
>$100, which effectively shot GW down.
(Annie has some comments on this topic further on in this mailing.)
>My personal opinion of the complaint, of new attendees being
>left out, is a direct result of Tootsey being absent. She is
>the "Worlds Greatest Greeter". I don't know of anyone else
>that can memorize everyone's name on first sight. Fortunately,
>she is returning this year!!! ;))
Yes, Tootsye's return will be a welcome blessing to us all!!
>When will we be setting up the sign- up lists?
The activities that require sign-up will come out around
April 1.
We will inform everyone of the exact day that sign-ups are
available in the last few weeks of March.
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Various Discussion Items (continued):
Annie writes:
>>Re newbies, why not identify them with a "green" colored
>>nametag??
>If this is indeed a priority it can be done, just by printing
>the tag inserts for newbees and returnees on different stock.
>It does complicate the process, in particular for those who
>register at the last minute.
>I can see the one advantage of this, but I want to avoid
>any opening of the door for further classification of our
>attendees, as at some other events, certain tags are seen
>as status symbols, and, IMAO, that's something we don't
>need.
>We need some further feedback on this idea.
>>I am a friend of Denae Doyle who lives in Santa
>>Cruz,CA. Denae gives fabulous workshops on how to act fem,
>>and her presentations at the various TG conferances are
>>always packed.
>My big burning question is, who will pay for it and how?
>Even with no lodging or entertainment expenses, it's gonna
>be a few hundred at least.
>On a related topic ...
>IIRC, there was talk with someone (JB?, Diane?) about somebody
>at the Arthur Murray Studio suggesting that they do some kind
>of a comportment workshop. Has there been any more on this?
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>>>I'm looking at LeReve at Wynn. ...
>>>LeReve is pricey but if people were willing to pay about
>>>$110 per ticket for Love then they should be willing to spend
>>>about $135 for LeReve.
>>Comments on LeReve at Wynn for the production show?
>I share the concern about LeReve being spendy!
>However, I do think that it would work well. We did get a good
>showing at Love last year, which is in the same price range.
>Would LaReve appeal to our group as much as Love? Does the appeal
>to our group override the expense?
>Is there a show that's more reasonably priced, one that we haven't
>seen in recent years, one that would be of interest to our group,
>and would be timed to work with the other Thursday activities?
>Spamalot is the only one that comes to mind immediately, but to
>make that work as our pre-limo show it would require a complete
>rescheduling of two evenings.
>Any of several Cirque shows might work, but they are not that
>much cheaper than LeReve.
>Would something like American Superstars or Legends In Concert
>be of a significant interest to our group?
>The ones that we've done in the past 5 years are:
> 2003: Jubilee (Bally's)
> 2004: "V" (some schedules say Ovation)
> 2005: Folies Bergere (Tropicana)
> 2006: La Cage (Riviera)
> 2007: Love (Mirage)
>I really think it's too early to circle back and do any of
>those again for 2008.
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>>This is Amy at the Glamour Boutique.....I just wanted to confirm
>>for your schedule the open house date.....We can have the open
>They prefer Wednesday. It's on the schedule. They are moving the
>corset give-away to the Open House. You should have got a copy
>of the note.
>>What I think would work well is that we have THREE or
>>FOUR greeters. I could check the name off the list and
>>give them the badge and then hand them off to an
>>official greeter who would take them in tow and
>>introduce them to some of the other girls.
>I'm thinking that number is about right for the Welcome
>Celebration, which is the only activity where we should
>have a large influx of newcomers.
>We should also have at least minimal coverage at the first
>Lunch With Ginger and the Studio Lites, each which will get
>a few newbees.
>I would like to see the greeters grab the newbees before they
>get on line to sign in. Greeters can also help to manage the
>line and keep it short by occupying time, perhaps even doing
>some introductions, and then walking the newbee through the
>actual check-in, which should only take a couple minutes max
>if the line is under control.
>>This would only be necessary for the first timers!
>Actually, I think it might be a good idea, at least for this
>coming year, for the greeters to check signals with each of
>the first-time returnees. If you look over the returnee
>registrations, you'll see that there's a shortage of those
>who first attended in 2007. I think we need to pay some
>attention to those who may have felt somewhat like outsiders,
>which is contrary to our style and reputation.
>>Their kindness and
>>support gave me a good feeling about Diva that remains
>>with me to this day! I think the first impressions
>>that we get are SO important!
>I think it's extremely important that we work to keep the
>reputation of being a group that's easy to break into, one
>which is indeed open and welcoming of newcomers.
>We've got a good reputation in the community, and that's
>one reason we've grown consistently for the past 12 years
>and we're now regarded as one of the major players in the
>TG event scene!
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Summary schedule of activities:
Preliminary and subject to change.
Monday, April 21:
11:00am Studio Lites Open House (Studio Lites - SV)
1:00pm Lunch With Ginger (Sahara Buffet - MS)
2:00pm Walk Off Your Lunch (Sahara - MS)
6:00pm Happy Hour/Business Hour (Blue Ox - MV)
7:00pm Dinner (Blue Ox - MV)
8:30pm Welcome Celebration (Blue Ox - MV)
10:00pm Rock Star Karaoke (HOB - Mandalay - MS)
Tuesday, April 22 :
1:00pm Lunch With Ginger (Sahara Buffet - MS)
2:00pm Walk Off Your Lunch (Sahara - MS)
5:00pm Night Of The Soiled Doves (CR - MV)
6:00pm Local Happy Hour (Bellagio Fontana Bar - MS)
7:00pm Local dinner (Bellagio Buffet - MS)
Wednesday, April 23:
9:00am Diva Las Vegas Invitational Golf (Desert Rose - MS)
AM-PM Art Tour (TBD)
AM-PM Glamour Boutique Open House (Glamour Boutique)
1:00pm Lunch With Ginger (Sahara Buffet - MS)
2:00pm Walk Off Your Lunch (Sahara - MS)
6:00pm Happy Hour/Business Hour (Freezone - SV)
7:00pm Eating Out Night (Various)
7:00pm Milano's option (Milanos - MV)
7:00pm Prime Rib Loft option (Prime Rib Loft, Orleans - MS)
7:00pm Trevi option (Trevi, Caesars Palace - MS)
Ev Mainstream-Alternative Night (Various)
Ev Alternative Bar Crawl (Several - SV)
Thursday, April 24:
1:00pm Lunch With Lori (Harrahs Buffet - MS)
2:00pm Walk Off Your Lunch (Sahara - MS)
3:00pm English High Tea (Four Seasons - MS)
6:00pm Happy Hour (TBD)
Ev Big Show Pity Party (TBD)
7:00pm LeReve Show (Wynn - MS)
8:45pm Limo Tour (Wynn - MS)
Friday, April 25:
2:00am Charles Bar (Bellagio - Allegro Bar - MS)
1:00pm Lunch With Ginger (Sahara Buffet - MS)
2:00pm Walk Off Your Lunch (Sahara - MS)
6:00pm Happy Hour/Business Hour (TBD)
7:00pm Dining options (Various)
7:00pm Upscale option (Planet Hollywood Buffet - MS)
7:00pm Alternative option (Suede - SV)
7:00pm Affordable option (TBD)
Ev Activity options (Various)
Ev Dancing option (TBD)
Ev Socializing option (TBD)
Ev Gaming option (TBD)
Saturday, April 26:
6:00pm Happy Hour (Bahama Breeze - MS)
7:00pm Dinner (Bahama Breeze - MS)
8:30pm Farewell Bash (Bahama Breeze - MS)
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