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Learn to defend yourself...for REAL.posted: November 25, 2009, 04:03 AM
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The GCL method of Modern Fighting Karate (Jissen Kumite – “reality fighting") is a 'traditional' martial art for the 21st century.
Using real-life physical altercations taken from security video, police reports, and eyewitness descriptions, we teach only techniques and concepts that have been used successfully in real-world situations. Physical fitness is also a major component of our training. Strength, cardiovascular endurance, and explosive power are all elements of this art that make it not only effective for self-defense, but also for weight control. More info: karatemeansemptyhand.com • Location: Seattle
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Baby Signs® Classes and Workshopsposted: November 24, 2009, 03:02 AM
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Have you ever wondered what your baby is thinking?
Babies have the gift of curiosity and thirst for knowledge. What if you were able to understand what your baby was thinking about, and provide an enriching interaction based on that knowledge? The Baby Signs® Program allows you to do just that! 
Babies can learn and use simple hand gestures, or sign language, to communicate what they need, what they want or what they see as young as 5 months old. Imagine if your 6 month old told you she wanted to nurse without crying, or your 11 month old told you he saw a dog across the street without grunting, or your 14 month told you the side walk was too hot for her bare feet without screaming! This basic ability to communicate before they can talk, gives babies a great boost to their self esteem, helps parents and caregivers appreciate the intelligence of their babies, and can dramatically reduce the frustration that parents and babies experience when communication is difficult. The founders of the Baby Signs® Program, Dr. Linda Acredolo and Dr. Susan Goodwyn, have completed intensive Research that demonstrates using signs with pre-verbal babies helps them learn to talk and gives them a jumpstart to their intellectual development in addition to other Benefits. Why not give your baby the gift of communication? Not sure how to get started? Baby Signs® Program offers parent workshops and play classes through Independent Certified Instructors across the country. These fun and interactive classes teach you everything you need to know to start signing with your baby, and give you the benefit of one-on-one consultation with an experienced instructor. Visit www.babysigns.com to find a certified instructor near you. Ask about our new program, On The Grow™, which offers fun and exciting classes for parents and children from birth to age 5.
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How to draw clothingposted: November 20, 2009, 10:22 PM
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Fun, affordable classes in the arts! For a full list of Seattle art classes, writing classes, acting classes, film classes and more visit classesandworkshops.com Sponsored by: ASUW
Experimental College
In this class you'll learn how to draw realistic clothing and drapery, working step by step, using an easy method. You'll learn about tension point, tension lines, and support points, folds and wrinkles, and the seven types of folds. A great class for those who are learning to draw the human figure, but would like to learn how to put some clothing on it. All drawing materials are provided. To sign up now, call 206-420-1309 or click the Add to Cart button below. If you don't see a button, go to the How to draw clothing class page.
See also: Drawing
for absolute beginners Registration basics: All classes are held in Seattle; most are on the U.W. campus. To sign up now, click on the Add to Cart link or call 206-420-1309. (Note: The Add to Cart button is a Paypal link, but you do NOT need to have a paypal account. You can use any Visa or MasterCard, or cash or check. Just click through and you'll see a place to enter your credit card information. Questions & answers: Are the classes sponsored by
a school? Do you have to be a UW student
to sign up? Where are the classes held?
How do I sign up? When can I sign up? Drawing & painting classes Writing classes Stage & screen (Acting & filmmaking) Computer classes Fun, affordable classes in the arts! Looking for professional, step-by-step instruction at an affordable price, from a teacher with years of experience? Check out our classes! For a full list of Seattle art classes, writing classes, acting classes, film classes and more visit classesandworkshops.com Questions? Email Nilsosmar@gmail.com or call 206-420-1309 • Location: Seattle University District
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Drawing in pen, brush and inkposted: November 20, 2009, 10:21 PM
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Fun, affordable classes in the arts! For a full list of Seattle art classes, writing classes, acting classes, film classes and more visit classesandworkshops.com Sponsored by: ASUW
Experimental College
Come spend a fun evening drawing, inking, and exploring a fascinating art form. In this class you'll learn to use brush pens, inking brushes, felt tip pens and nib pens to create striking high-contrast images. Plus: hatching, cross-hatching, and more. Note: the focus of this class is on learning to use brushes and pens, NOT on developing foundation drawing skills. If you're looking for a training in basic drawing skills (how to draw what you see, or see in your mind's eye), please take Drawing for absolute beginners first. To sign up for Drawing in Pen, Brush and Ink now, call 206-420-1309 or click the Add to Cart button below. If you don't see a button, go to the Drawing in pen, brush & ink class page
See also: Drawing
for absolute beginners Registration basics: All classes are held in Seattle; most are on the U.W. campus. To sign up now, click on the Add to Cart link or call 206-420-1309. (Note: The Add to Cart button is a Paypal link, but you do NOT need to have a paypal account. You can use any Visa or MasterCard, or cash or check. Just click through and you'll see a place to enter your credit card information. Questions & answers: Are the classes sponsored by
a school? Do you have to be a UW student
to sign up? Where are the classes held?
How do I sign up? When can I sign up? Drawing & painting classes Writing classes Stage & screen (Acting & filmmaking) Computer classes Fun, affordable classes in the arts! Looking for professional, step-by-step instruction at an affordable price, from a teacher with years of experience? Check out our classes! For a full list of Seattle art classes, writing classes, acting classes, film classes and more visit classesandworkshops.com Questions? Email Nilsosmar@gmail.com or call 206-420-1309 • Location: Seattle
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Boot camp for filmmakersposted: November 20, 2009, 10:19 PM
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Fun, affordable classes in the arts!
For a full list of Boot camp for filmmakers: basic training In this class you'll learn how to make high quality independent movies that look and sound professional, and have a good chance of playing in major film festivals. Whether you're interested in making home movies for the fun of it, or have professional aspirations, this course will help. Topics covered include: - how movies are made, step by step - who's who on the set of a movie (what's the difference between a producer and director? What's a grip? What's a gaffer? What's a best boy?) (The basics you need to know, whether making a movie yourself or working with a crew) - camera angles, shot lists and storyboards: How and when to use closeups, medium shots, reverse shots, over-the-shoulders, and other angles to tell your story - how to use a shotgun mic and boom pole to record high quality audio (you'll get hands-on experience recording audio, and learn how to avoid common audio problems) - cameras and camcorders (you'll learn the differences between standard def and high def camcorders, consumer, prosumer and pro models, and how to find a camera that has the features you need but fits your budget) Plus, you'll learn how to hold auditions; where to find actors and crew; tips for getting your movie seen and distributed; and some basic info about contracts, release forms and other essential information. See also: Let's
Make a Movie To sign up now, call 206-420-1309 or click the Add to Cart button below. If you don't see a button, go to the Boot camp for filmmakers: basic training home page
Student commentsThe instructor is professional and well organized and had patience for questions from beginners. I will recommend the class to my friends. - R.W., Seattle took your class and I finnnnnnnally know what a best boy is!! Plus a million other things I was wondering about. Thanks for all the fun and helpful info. - Megan R., Seattle I took your advice about how to camcorder for "free" - it was a win-win situation - worked great! - Neil G. I learned exactly what I have been wanting (and needing) to. - Chris L., Seattle Thanks for showing us how to make a low budget movie look great. - H.T., Seattle You took me from doing amateurish films to making the kind of movies I had been trying to. Thank you for all of your help. - Jerry W. Kent ... just to say thank you for the class Nils. I feel like I'm on track now to make more professional movies and actually start getting them into film festivals. - Alan D., Bellevue Questions and answers Can you tell me more
about the instructor? What's the difference
between this class and your other film classes? Are these hands-on
classes? Which one should I
take first? Will these classes
provide me with crew training? Registration basics: All classes are held in Seattle; most are on the U.W. campus. To sign up click on the Add to Cart link, or call 206-420-1309. The Add to Cart button is a Paypal link, but you do NOT need to have a paypal account. You can use any Visa or MasterCard, or cash or check. Just click through and you'll see a place to enter your credit card information. Registration questions? Call 206-420-1309 or click here. Frequently
asked questions: Do you have
to be a UW student to sign up? Where are
the classes held? How do I
sign up? When can
I sign up? Drawing & painting classes Writing classes Stage & screen (Acting & filmmaking) Computer classes Fun, affordable classes in the arts! Looking for professional, step-by-step instruction at an affordable price, from a teacher with years of experience? Check out our classes! For a full list of Seattle art classes, writing classes, acting classes, film classes and more visit classesandworkshops.com Questions? Email Nilsosmar@gmail.com or call 206-420-1309 • Location: seattle University District
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Lighting for film and videoposted: November 20, 2009, 10:19 PM
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Acting for the Cameraposted: November 20, 2009, 10:08 PM
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Fun, affordable classes in the arts! For a full list of Acting for the camera Sponsored by: ASUW
Experimental College In this class, we'll work through a number of exercises designed to get students more comfortable and familiar acting while a camera is rolling. We'll film an interview, a monologue, and some short scenes. You'll learn how to adjust your performance to changes in the camera situation, how to walk to a mark, where to look, where not to look, how to speak in a natural and relaxed way when the camera is rolling, and more. Whether you're a beginning actor thinking about a career in film or video, and wanting to see what it's like acting in this medium, an experienced stage actor wanting to make the transition to film, or a non-actor wanting to get more comfortable on camera, the class will help. This class is open to all age groups. (Note: if you have never acted before, you should take Beginning Acting before, or the same quarter as, this class) See also: Let's
Make a Movie To sign up now for ACTING FOR THE CAMERA, call 206-420-1309 or click the Add to Cart button below. If you don't see a registration link, go to the Acting for the camera home page.
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comments on Nils's acting classes: I'd actually like to thank you. After taking your (Beginning Acting and Let's Make a Movie) classes last year, I now have had two acting gigs. One in a movie called Sideways Japan... it was a Fox production... and I was in a commercial in Hollywood, that was a Time Warner production. The reel we made was very useful helping me perform in front of camera and the fact the directors thought I was funny and comfortable in front of camera got me the gigs. So your class I did pick up some pointers and payed attention. Tell everyone to not give up and give it your all if you want to make it. It was a slow start, but now im living in la and loving it. Thanks again, your classes are good. -K. S., Hollywood Nils Osmar created a safe atmosphere which enabled me to do things I'd never done before. He has a calm positive demeanor that is very supportive. The course was well structured with exercises that required participation and that were actually fun to do. - L.P.A, Seattle Hey Nils, thanks for the class - had a really good time this quarter. I really came at the class from the direction of directing. I had successfully directed two plays back in Britain, but I always felt that I was on shaky ground when I tried to give advice to actors that went beyond "okay, say it louder this time". There's nothing that makes you feel a fraud quicker than standing up in front of lots of people who look to you for advice and not having any to give. This class definately helped - as well as helping me to develop my own acting it helped me to appreciate how to develop that craft in others. I was suprised how much of a difference the warm up exercises (sound ball, name ball, even something as simple as yawning) made in my performance. I warn you that I plan to steal these techniques wholesale and use them in my own rehearsals. I really enjoyed the improv element of the class - it always felt like just one step away from playing a childish game, which I always enjoy. It was also great to have a chance to work on a monologue with you, especially in front of a small, friendly audience. Your advice on the 'business' side of acting - headshots, auditioning, etc. - was also very useful. Great class, Nils. The perfect way to break into acting, as well as being a really fun time. Cheers, Hi Nils, I just wanted
to thank you for a great class last night! Clearly, people were
a little nervous about getting up to perform their monologues,
but you have fostered a very supportive environment which makes
it much easier to get up there. I think you did an excellent job
at figuring out how to help each individual to take the next step
with their piece, despite a wide range of skill levels. I'm looking
forward to next week! I really think you are a great instructor, and you seem to have a genuine interest in and enjoy helping people develop their skills (I hope it's not just your excellent acting ability . . . no, I know it isn't!) =) And it was fun - Pritam (Seattle) A week after your class
(I) went to my very first audition! Talk about absolute terror.
I did the same monologue I did in class, for ________. and guess
what? I got offered not only one role, but two roles from two
different directors, from that one petrified , shaking monologue.
on my very first audition! I was shocked... anyway i took up one
of the projects (two just seemed overwhelming), and the final
shoot will likely be this monday. ...i couldn't have done it without
your great class. thanks! I loved the improv
and the character work, and the short scenes, and the longer scenes
we did at the end. It was all very well structured. I have to
admit that I was concerned about memorizing, and worried that
I would have trouble with the monologue. But the memorization
techniques really helped... Your class was the highlight
of my week for the whole quarter. It was really relaxing and fun. Registration basics: All classes are held in Seattle. To sign up click on the Add to Cart link, or call 206-420-1309. The Add to Cart button is a Paypal link, but you do NOT need to have a paypal account. You can use any Visa or MasterCard, or cash or check. Just click through and you'll see a place to enter your credit card information. Registration questions? Call 206-420-1309 or click here. Frequently
asked questions: Do you have
to be a UW student to sign up? Where are
the classes held? How do I
sign up? When can
I sign up? Drawing & painting classes Writing classes Stage & screen (Acting & filmmaking) Computer classes Fun, affordable classes in the arts! Looking for professional, step-by-step instruction at an affordable price, from a teacher with years of experience? Check out our classes! For a full list of Seattle art classes, writing classes, acting classes, film classes and more visit classesandworkshops.com Questions? Email Nilsosmar@gmail.com or call 206-420-1309 • Location: University of Washington
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Final Cut Pro classes Seattleposted: November 20, 2009, 10:06 PM
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Fun, affordable classes in the arts!
For a full list of Beginning Editing in Final Cut Pro In this basic introductry class, aimed at beginners, you'll learn how to use the popular software program Final Cut Pro to scan in video footage from a camcorder and assemble it into professional-looking movies. Course covers basic principles, filters and effects, titles, audio, split-screen and other simple special effects, and exporting the finished video as a Quicktime movie. Important notes: 1) Final Cut Pro runs only on Macintosh computers. If you own a P.C., I'd suggest looking for a class in Adobe Premiere instead. 2) This class is demonstration, not hands-on. That is, it's held in a regular classroom, not a computer lab. (Students with Macintosh laptops are welcome to bring them and work along with the exercises if they like) To sign up now, call 206-420-1309 or click the Add to Cart button below. If you don't see a button, go to the Boot camp for filmmakers: basic training home page
See also: Let's
Make a Movie Student comments about Nils's film classesThe instructor is professional and well organized and had patience for questions from beginners. I will recommend the class to my friends. - R.W., Seattle took your class and I finnnnnnnally know what a best boy is!! Plus a million other things I was wondering about. Thanks for all the fun and helpful info. - Megan R., Seattle I took your advice about how to camcorder for "free" - it was a win-win situation - worked great! - Neil G. I learned exactly what I have been wanting (and needing) to. - Chris L., Seattle Thanks for showing us how to make a low budget movie look great. - H.T., Seattle You took me from doing amateurish films to making the kind of movies I had been trying to. Thank you for all of your help. - Jerry W. Kent ... just to say thank you for the class Nils. I feel like I'm on track now to make more professional movies and actually start getting them into film festivals. - Alan D., Bellevue Questions and answers Can you tell me more
about the instructor? Registration basics: All classes are held in Seattle; most are on the U.W. campus. To sign up click on the Add to Cart link, or call 206-420-1309. The Add to Cart button is a Paypal link, but you do NOT need to have a paypal account. You can use any Visa or MasterCard, or cash or check. Just click through and you'll see a place to enter your credit card information. Registration questions? Call 206-420-1309 or click here. Frequently
asked questions: Do you have
to be a UW student to sign up? Where are
the classes held? How do I
sign up? When can
I sign up? Drawing & painting classes Writing classes Stage & screen (Acting & filmmaking) Computer classes Fun, affordable classes in the arts! Looking for professional, step-by-step instruction at an affordable price, from a teacher with years of experience? Check out our classes! For a full list of Seattle art classes, writing classes, acting classes, film classes and more visit classesandworkshops.com Questions? Email Nilsosmar@gmail.com or call 206-420-1309 • Location: University of Washington
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Baby Model Auditions - Gap Gerber Pampers - Great Pay, Toddler Casting Calls, Infant Casting Callsposted: November 20, 2009, 08:42 PM
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Baby Model Auditions & Infant Model Casting Calls Gerber, GAP, Disney Channel, Hannah Montana, Nickelodeon and Many More. Getting Baby Free Baby Model Auditions & Free Baby Audition Casting Calls is Easy as 1, 2, 3... 1. Make copies of any size recent photo. No need to spend money on professional head shots. Casting directors agree that babies and children change too quickly. On back of the photo write your child's name, age, contact number. 2. Include a short note about what you would like to pursue (modeling, commercials, film, TV, print) 3. Mail to our list of casting directors They are holding FREE baby model auditions and free baby casting calls now. commercialkids.com/ck/kidsmanagers.cfm You do not have to live in Los Angeles or New York to pursue your dreams. Kids Gap Model to feature films, projects are filmed worldwide and we supply you the up-to-date names and addresses of all casting agents that can get your child actor, child model, teen model, child singer or child dancer working now. Casting agents, commercial casting directors, movie auditions, baby model casting calls and more for baby modeling auditions, infant modeling auditions, baby acting auditions and baby model castings. Still confused? Check out NEW Complete Kits! Acting and modeling in television commercials and print ads is a great way to gain experience in front of the camera, earn big money, start a college fund and get noticed for other television and film roles. CommercialKids.com is the only place to find legitimate licensed child talent agents, children's modeling agents and the most up-to-date free baby casting calls available anywhere. The official information that will lead to your child's success. Parents you do not have to enter your kids in baby beauty pageants, baby contests, or talent shows to be seen by legitimate licensed kids agents and casting directors. Our casting calls are always FREE and our children's agents never charge fees or dues. These licensed professionals earn ten - twenty percent commission on work they get you after you have been paid for the job. Since 1992, CommercialKids.com has been providing parents and children the most up-to-date names and addresses of all legitimate, licensed talent agents and casting directors nationwide! Unlike "old" "outdated" directories that are printed only once every year or so, we update every list daily and print it to order. Talent 18 years and above visit our partner site SHOWBIZLTD.com for more up-to-date information and employment opportunities in show business. Celebrity Testimonials Stars and Studios Rave about CommercialKids.com "I often recommend CommercialKids.com to people trying to get started in the Entertainment Industry." -Academy Award winner Bruce Cohen Film/TV Producer (Jinks/Cohen), "Milk", "Pushing Daisies", "Big Fish", "Down With Love", "American Beauty","Flintstone's in Viva Rock Vegas", "Mouse Hunt", "To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar" "CommercialKids.com is the one stop shopping place for anyone looking for up to date addresses and listings for all of the entertainment industry. Whether you're an actor, writer, producer, director, juggler, fire eater, or belly dancer, their lists of contacts are invaluable. Great idea, great service!" -Jim Fall -Disney Channel Disney Director "The Lizzie McGuire Movie", "Trick" "CommercialKids.com Industry savvy products and detailed insider's information make me nervous. It means anyone can now have access to sources I've spent 16 hard-working years developing on my own. I can't think of a better way to get one's foot firmly planted in the doorway to success in the entertainment business. I highly recommend their goods and services." -Bennett Yellin - Film Writer - Farrelly Brothers films "Stuck on You," "Dumb & Dumber", "The Pooch & The Pauper" and many other feature films "As talent agents we are asked all the time by our clients how they should go about promoting their careers - CommercialKids.com Casting Director Mailing Labels are the answer" -Sheila DiMarco Talent Agent Commercial Talent Agency Los Angeles "Commercial Kids brings creating success in the entertainment industry into the new millennium. They make it easy and professional." -Herb Hamsher -Personal Manager To Emmy-Winner Judith Light "Who's the Boss?", "Ugly Betty" "My office, my students and I have been recommending CommercialKids casting director mailing labels and talent agent mailing labels for years, keep up the great work." -Stuart Stone - TV Commercial Casting Director "Whenever I want to do a casting director mailing, I use CommercialKids. They are always up to date and current, and I always know that they cover every casting director in town. Plus they are priced great!" -Michael Corbett Actor/TV Host - EXTRA! David Kimble "The Young & The Restless" "I like to do Casting Director mailings quarterly, just to remind people that in addition to being on "Guiding Light" I am still available for other projects. Using Commercial Kids I can advertise quickly and affordably while still presenting a professional image. Commercial Kids. are always up-to-date and cover all areas of the business." -Beth Chamberlin - Soap Opera Star Beth Raines Spaulding CBS Daytime Drama "Guiding Light" "When I think of the time I wasted looking for updated addresses of casting directors and talent agents... arggh! Where was Commercial Kids when I needed it?" -Douglas Sills Broadway Actor "Little Shop of Horrors"," The Scarlet Pimpernel" TV - "Sabrina The Teenage Witch" "Without having an actor's photo in front of me, I can't bring them in for an audition. When you use the mailing labels and mailing lists provided by Commercial Kids You can be sure that every casting director in town will see you. A must for anyone that wants to work!" -Tina Treadwell Personal Manager/former VP Talent Development Disney Channel "Thank you, thank you Commercial Kids. Because of your "Lights, Camera, Kids" video, our son booked his first commercial. Now we are getting our 8-month old daughter into it. P. S. Jared's first residual check was for $6100.00. Now we are auditioning for the Disney Channel and Nickelodeon often." -Jill Clemmons - Mother in Chicago "Leave it to the folks at CommercialKids to help everyone connect with legitimate licensed entertainment industry contacts. Great service." -Howard Dean -former Governor of Vermont • Location: Bellingham, Everett, Olympia, Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma, Tri-Cities, WA
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Kids Casting Calls - Seen On "Entertainment Tonight" Gerber & GAP Types Wantedposted: November 20, 2009, 10:12 AM
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E.T. Exclusive: CommercialKids.com Best Children's Casting Calls Anywhere Lead story on CBS Entertainment Tonight. Mary Hart says “CommercialKids.com is the best place to start a child modeling and acting in commercials, print ads, television and films. Newborns to age 18, Commercialkids.com makes getting started easy, saving parent’s money and time. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) August 30, 2009 -- CBS Entertainment Tonight and Mary Hart feature story on getting children in modeling, acting and TV commercials the right way. No fees, no dues ever. CommercialKids.com, presents an opportunity for free casting calls and legitimate licensed children’s talent agents that do not charge fees -- people that can land a child in motion pictures, a television series, television's next big commercial, print ads, or a music career. Babies and children of all ages nationwide already are earning millions of dollars each year by taking advantage of the opportunity CommercialKids.com offers. The film, television, commercial and modeling industry has never been busier. With more than 500 TV networks and movie studios constantly in production, the need for talent has never been greater. Each year thousands of parents spend hundreds, and often thousands of dollars presenting the talents of their baby, child or teen to baby modeling agents, kid's talent agents, casting directors and producers. Thousands more are spent on photo-shoots, head shots, traveling, and associated fees. CommercialKids.com is the place to find legitimate licensed talent agents, child modeling agents and open casting call auditions with no fees to pay ever. The children's talent agents and baby modeling agent listings provided by CommercialKids.com can position a baby, toddler, child or teen to be seen by all successful legitimate talent agents, film producers, music agents, music managers, dance agents and casting directors nationwide. Parents do not have to enter baby contests and beauty pageants to be seen. These legitimate casting calls are always free. There are no upfront fees. All talent agents and are commission based. Only after the child is paid for a job does they get agent get paid a ten percent commission. Adults 18+ looking for talent agents and casting calls go to Showbizltd.com for the most up to date information in show business. "I do know you need every advantage you can get in this business. Don't pass up this one. Commercial Kids is the best." -- Betty DeGeneres, Author/Celebrity Mom "As talent agents we are asked all the time by our clients how they should go about promoting their careers - CommercialKids.com is the answer"-- Sheila DiMarco, Talent Agent Los Angeles Founded in 1992, CommercialKids.com has been providing the most up-to-date contact information of legitimate, state-licensed, children's talent agents, baby modeling agents, kids commercial agents, children's casting directors, child music agents, kids managers, child dance agents, kids open casting calls and children's auditions. Celebrity Testimonials Stars and Studios Rave about CommercialKids.com "There is nothing wrong with this service. You'd have to be an idiot not to use this service. So buy Commercial Kids casting director labels today 'cause you don't want to be an idiot do you?" -Ellen DeGeneres Emmy Award winning Superstar/Comedian "I often recommend CommercialKids.com to people trying to get started in the Entertainment Industry." -Academy Award winner Bruce Cohen Film/TV Producer (Jinks/Cohen), "Milk", "Pushing Daisies", "Big Fish", "Down With Love", "American Beauty","Flintstone's in Viva Rock Vegas", "Mouse Hunt", "To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar" "CommercialKids.com is the one stop shopping place for anyone looking for up to date addresses and listings for all of the entertainment industry. Whether you're an actor, writer, producer, director, juggler, fire eater, or belly dancer, their lists of contacts are invaluable. Great idea, great service!" -Jim Fall -Disney Channel Disney Director "The Lizzie McGuire Movie", "Trick" "CommercialKids.com Industry savvy products and detailed insider's information make me nervous. It means anyone can now have access to sources I've spent 16 hard-working years developing on my own. I can't think of a better way to get one's foot firmly planted in the doorway to success in the entertainment business. I highly recommend their goods and services." -Bennett Yellin - Film Writer - Farrelly Brothers films "Stuck on You," "Dumb & Dumber", "The Pooch & The Pauper" and many other feature films "As talent agents we are asked all the time by our clients how they should go about promoting their careers - CommercialKids.com Casting Director Mailing Labels are the answer" -Sheila DiMarco Talent Agent Commercial Talent Agency Los Angeles "Commercial Kids brings creating success in the entertainment industry into the new millennium. They make it easy and professional." -Herb Hamsher -Personal Manager To Emmy-Winner Judith Light "Who's the Boss?", "Ugly Betty" "My office, my students and I have been recommending CommercialKids casting director mailing labels and talent agent mailing labels for years, keep up the great work." -Stuart Stone - TV Commercial Casting Director "Whenever I want to do a casting director mailing, I use CommercialKids. They are always up to date and current, and I always know that they cover every casting director in town. Plus they are priced great!" -Michael Corbett Actor/TV Host - EXTRA! David Kimble "The Young & The Restless" "I like to do Casting Director mailings quarterly, just to remind people that in addition to being on "Guiding Light" I am still available for other projects. Using Commercial Kids I can advertise quickly and affordably while still presenting a professional image. Commercial Kids. are always up-to-date and cover all areas of the business." -Beth Chamberlin - Soap Opera Star Beth Raines Spaulding CBS Daytime Drama "Guiding Light" "When I think of the time I wasted looking for updated addresses of casting directors and talent agents... arggh! Where was Commercial Kids when I needed it?" -Douglas Sills Broadway Actor "Little Shop of Horrors"," The Scarlet Pimpernel" TV - "Sabrina The Teenage Witch" "Without having an actor's photo in front of me, I can't bring them in for an audition. When you use the mailing labels and mailing lists provided by Commercial Kids You can be sure that every casting director in town will see you. A must for anyone that wants to work!" -Tina Treadwell Personal Manager/former VP Talent Development Disney Channel "I do know you need every advantage you can get in this business. Don't pass up this one. Commercial Kids is the best." -Betty DeGeneres - Author/Celebrity Mom "Thank you, thank you Commercial Kids. Because of your "Lights, Camera, Kids" video, our son booked his first commercial. Now we are getting our 8-month old daughter into it. P. S. Jared's first residual check was for $6100.00. Now we are auditioning for the Disney Channel and Nickelodeon often." -Jill Clemmons - Mother in Chicago "Leave it to the folks at CommercialKids to help everyone connect with legitimate licensed entertainment industry contacts. Great service." -Howard Dean -former Governor of Vermont • Location: Bellingham, Everett, Olympia, Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma, Tri-Cities, WA
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Baby Signs® Program Early Childhood Educator Trainingposted: November 19, 2009, 03:02 AM
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Baby Signs, Inc. is a featured presenter at the 2009 NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children) Annual Conference in Washington DC.We've certified child development centers and family childcare providers across the nation. In fact, the US Department of Defense has contracted with us to implement our program on military child care centers on Air Force, Army, Marine Corps and Navy bases worldwide.Using the Baby Signs® Program in the classroom has been proven to:
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Form/Space Atelier Program For November 2009posted: November 10, 2009, 02:49 PM
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Current Exhibition
Show Title: Actaeon At Home Show Duration: November 13- December 6, 2009 Opening Reception: November 13, 6PM, as part of the Belltown ArtWalkwww.belltownartwalk.com Experimental Filmmaker Vladimir exhibits her 5th interactive film experience Actaeon At Home. Vladmasters are handmade View-Master™ reels designed, photographed, and hand-assembled by Vladimir. They make use of toys, neglected household objects, and odd ephemera to tell 28-picture tales of train chases, missing steam shovels, disastrous dinner parties, and overly adventurous cockroaches. Actaeon, to the ancient Greeks, was a hunter unlucky enough to get a good look at Artemis bathing naked amongst her nymphs. For his trespasses, Actaeon was transformed into a stag and then devoured by his own hounds. Our Actaeon, may or may not have anything to do with the historical Actaeon. He is a small man in a room with striped wallpaper and antlers and a typewriter and a collection of Currier & Ives prints. Oh, also there is a train chase. This new Vladmaster is narrationless. Instead of talk there is the Apt Ensemble, a trio of musicians who lead you through the Vladmaster story playing a variety of instruments and providing the odd sound effect. Listen carefully and you will hear everything from a pump organ to a tuba to a musical saw to a train whistle. This is also the first Vladmaster set photographed entirely in glorious black and white. This Vladmaster was made to debut in a live performance with the band and emcee Tim Nickodemus for the 2005 PDX Fest Invitationals where Vladimir was, with some tongue in cheek, crowned the World Champion of Experimental Film. This set consists of four handmade Vladmaster reels, the box to keep them in, and the mini-cd soundtrack. The music was written by Peter Broderick and Nathan Crockett; performed by the Apt Ensemble (Peter Broderick, Nathan Crockett, and Branic Howard) and recorded by Peter Broderick. Tim Nickodemus introduces the CD. Douglas Jenkins is the human star of the photographs. The story was written and photographed by Vladimir who also designed the reels and box. Interview by Ross Simioni Illustration by Tony Millionaire http://www.vladmaster.com/press/articles.php?article=9 "MOST OF THE TIME DURING MY SHOWS, I'M LOOKING AWKWARDLY DOWN AT THE FLOOR AND WAITING FOR THE SOUND TRACK TO END." Inspirations for Vladmasters: Galaga Frogger Gertie the Dinosaur EarlyFritz the Cat The artist who goes by the name Vladimir is one of the only known filmmakers working with View-masters, which, if you remember, are those cheap-looking toy binoculars usually filled with images of zoo animals or dinosaurs. Instead of watching her so-called films on movie screens, audience members hold "stereoscopic viewing devices" up to their eyes and click through picture reels of dioramas, action figures, and abstract photographs of trains. She calls them Vladmasters. Through her website, Vladimir mails her handmade films around the world, each one accompanied by a spoken-narration CD and sound track. Her "picture stories" have included adaptations of Calvino and Kafka, along with some of her own writing, like the one about the pseudo-mystical congregation of farming machinery. She claims to "seek out the forgotten, the discarded, and the overlooked objects of this world...and [takes] tiny, tiny photographs in order to tell their stories." Since 2003, she's become and anomalous staple in the independent film festival circuit, winning the World Champion of Experimental Film title on multiple occasions. She remains active in her hometown of Portland, Oregon (also the home of the View-Master), where she works as a projectionist, creates her own scretch-it Vladlast lottery tickets, builds Super 8 film experiments, and works as a quality assurance engineer at a software company. This interview took place over email, with Vladimir responding from both Portland and Brisbane, Australia, where she was participating in the Other Film Festival. —Ross Simioni I. MOVIE PROJECTION AS SELF-ABNEGATION THE BELIEVER: When you set up a performance — or is it better to call it a screening? — what happens, exactly? VLADIMIR: Sometimes I compare my performances to synchronized swimming. At a performance, everyone in attendance is given a viewer and a set of my handmade disks. There is a brief instructional introduction, and then we begin the sound track, which leads everyone through a tiny private screening experience just past the end of their nose. There are ding noises on the sound track to cue the turning from one image to the next. Sometimes there is a narrator and sometimes there's just music. Perhaps the most exciting moment is participating in the ker-think of tens or hundreds of View-Masters turning simultaneously after that very first ding. BLVR: Would you say that’s the ideal scenario for someone to experience the vladmaster? In a theater, like most films? I just received the vladmasters you sent me in the mail, watched them all in my living room all day, and really enjoyed the private storytelling feeling. It felt almost like reading. V: I like both the theater and the personal experience. The great thing about the theater is that there is a sort of euphoria and excitement that comes from the experience of just being in a crowd of people who are all holding View-Masters and all experiencing this sort of simultaneous media for the first time. The crowd experience is really wonderful, but I think that the more personal private experience that you had in your living room is probably more conducive to reflection and paying attention to the story. Perhaps you could call one a roller coaster and one a scenic drive? BLVR: A little while ago, I heard David Lynch talking about his appreciation of the laptop computer, how it has completely transformed cinema by encouraging people to watch films alone, more like the intimacy of books. It also encourages people to use headphones, which brings a renewed appreciation to the way sound and music function in a film. V: I really like this idea. The intimacy of the viewmaster viewing experience is very important to me. I’m a projectionist and one of the wonderful things about projecting movies is that you get to hold every part of them in your hand. You get to see the film as an object and to see the individual frames. I think the View-Masters present a similar experience: you can view them narratively, as time-based, alongside the soundtrack, but you can also hold them in your hand, see their individual parts, and appreciate them as craft objects. BLVR: That reminds me of how Stan Brakhage painted directly on his film. When I first realized what he was doing, my idea of film was suddenly transformed from an abstract thing, with images floating in the air, to the idea of actual physical film stock. He broke that “fourth-wall” of physicality. V: I’m sad to say I haven’t seen very much Stan Brakhage, but I was fortunate to see two nights of films by his close friend and collaborator Phil Solomon when he visited Portland. He treats the surfaces of his films chemically so that you see the surface layers buckling and peeling. The original images decay and fray and become submerged beneath the layered surface so that his films are filled with a sense of beauty and loss. There is also a Bay Area collective called SILT who often work with the decay of the film image by leaving their films in holes in the ground to get moldy and be eaten by creatures. I saw a wonderful 8mm film they hand-fed through a broken projector, sometimes holding it too long in front of the lamp so that you could see the image start to melt. Perhaps at the other end of the film-as-object spectrum, there are Bruce McClure’s films. He strips film down to its most basic elements: light and dark. He does multi-projector performances in which each projector is running an identical film loop that consists of several black frames followed by a single clear frame. He uses dimmers, the focus on the projectors, and occasionally gels or different shaped gates to manipulate the stroboscopic shapes created by the film. The sound for his performances is generated by passing the sound of the frames running through the projector through various pedals to create a rhythmic pulse that matches the pulse of the visuals. They are without doubt the most physiologically affecting films I’ve ever experienced. BLVR: The concept of viewing a film has always been so removed from the idea of performance, but with your work and, say, McClure's, there's that element of it's-happening-right-now — something you don't get with pre-recorded films. Do you think this connection with film comes from your work as a projectionist, where you're sort of "performing" the film? V: When you’re a movie projectionist, the goal is actually one of self-abnegation. A good projectionist is an unnoticed projectionist. This is perfect for me because I’m always trying to make myself disappear. I’ve always just used the word “performance” for lack of a better alternative with my own shows. Most of the time during my shows, I’m looking awkwardly down at the floor and waiting for the soundtrack to end. If anyone can be said to be doing the performing, or the projecting, during my shows, it would be the individual audience members. The thing I’ve taken from projecting is just the intimacy with the medium. Because we tend to show older prints, before we show a film, I pass every reel through my gloved hand to check for damage. When you do this, you become hyper-aware of the individual frames and of the process of these discrete pieces becoming a fluid whole. It is exactly like calculus. I think that there are many people who turn their films into performances and also make the audience hyper-aware of film’s construction and mechanism. Bruce McClure is certainly one of them. I’ve just been lucky to see three of his performances in the space of a week and a half at the utterly amazing OtherFilm Festival in Brisbane Australia. Almost every film there had a performative element. The projectors were always in the same room as the audience and mostly projected by the filmmakers. I saw two wonderful multi-projector performances by the great Australian filmmaker Dirk De Bruyn. He began each of his shows by shining a flashlight around the raised arms and reels of the 16mm projectors. The shadows of the reels would play around the audience as a sort of initiation into film via a ritualistic invocation. There was also a performance by Sally Golding and Joel Stern, two of the organizers of the festival who also do performances under the name Abject Leader. Joel does live soundtracks and Sally makes films. She’s a fellow projectionist and also a film preservationist and her work is steeped in experimentations with film substance and film history. The performance that they did at the festival dealt with early cinema color techniques in which consecutive frames of film would be shot behind red, green, and blue filters onto black and white film and then projected back through those same filters to create a full spectrum effect. Sally set up three projectors pointed straight into the audience, one each with a red, green, and blue filter, and then stood in the center of the room holding up a large picture frame filled with tracing paper. She makes the audience stare into the glare of the projector and then rescues us by physically interrupting the glare and locking the three projections into a single image. BLVR: One thing I've never been entirely clear about is the job of a projectionist. What's the whole process there? V: The average feature film comes in two very heavy metal cases each containing three 20-minute reels about 18 inches in diameter. Probably 95 percent of theaters run these reels on what is called a platter system. This means that they build all of the reels onto one big platter so the projector pulls the film off of one level of the platter and spits it back out onto another. The whole film runs through a single projector in a single pass with no need for a projectionist other than to build the film and push the START button. I’m lucky to work at a theater that doesn’t use platters. Instead we use two projectors and do reel changeovers. Over the course of a film, the projectionist switches back and forth between the projectors four or five times. At the end of each reel of film there are two sets of cue marks, approximately 8 seconds apart. When one reel is winding down, I stand at attention next to the projector that is not running and keep a very careful eye on the top right corner of the screen. When I see the first cue mark, I start the second projector, which then has 8 seconds to get fully up to speed. At eight seconds, I see the second cue mark and hit the CHANGEOVER button which simultaneously closes the dowser on the first projector and opens the dowser on the second. If my timing is off, or if I miss the cue marks, the audience is treated to anything from a half second of black to a very embarrassing six seconds of countdown leader. II. "YOU ARE A GOOD ROBOT SENT TO SAVE THE LAST HUMAN FAMILY FROM THE EVIL ROBOTS" BLVR: The Vladmasters have been in a ton of film festivals, and you actually won the title of World Champion of Experimental Film a few times, which means, by all standards, you are clearly a filmmaker. But at the same time, you're not a filmmaker in the same way that pretty much everyone else is a filmmaker. V: IN terms of the audience experience, which is of a visual and audio narrative that takes place oer a pre-determined time line, I'm closer to making films than anything else. I certainly feel comfortable beinga part of film festivals. However, when I'm making things I don't think of them as films, I think of them as stories. If I had my choice I think I'd go with the very simple description "picture story." BLVR: So then, if you had to place yourself in a lineage of directors, filmmakers, or picture-story makers, where would you be? On your website it says that you enjoy "the very early films of Rene Clair." V: Although I love film, I don't often think in terms of cinematic models when I'm working on a project. I get more caught up in the very strict parameters (twenty-eight photographs over four disks) of the View-Master and I concentrate on working things into that tight little structure. One of the great delights in working with the form is in the moment of anticipation, in the narrative disjunction, that comes in the jump from one frame to the next. To me this jump feels more akin to turning a page in a storybook than to smoother flow of a film narrative. The one time I did look to cinematic models was working on Actaeon at Home. I knew that that would be a show with live music and no narrator, so I was trying to create a purely visual logic for the jumps from frame to frame. I was inspired by early animation. Looking at something like Gertie the Dinosaur or early Fritz the Cat cartoons you get a sense of these early animators' joy in discovering the infinite malleable possibilities of lines in motion. There is a glorious anarchic logic and infinitely transformative quality to those worlds that I tried to capture, in stiffer form, in Actaeon. BLVR: Another thing I want to ask you about is Portland, which, per capita, seems like one of the most artistically exciting cities in the world right now. It also seems, from the outside, like there are these very close-knit artistic communities tying together all types of musicians, artists, and filmmakers in a free-spirited sort of way. V: I'm probably not the best person to talk about the Portland art scene just because I'm very, very shy and mostly opt to retreat from the world. That said, I probably never would have become a sort-of filmmaker if I hadn’t moved to Portland and discovered organizations like the ones I mentioned above. When I moved to Portland, after college, I had spent four years programming a university film series and had a good background in foreign and classic film history but no real concept of experimental or underground film. The only models I had of regular people making films were unnecessary imitations of Quentin Tarantino. Coming to Portland I discovered a whole other idea of making films, films that were small, personal, homemade, and felt completely apart from anything I had seen before. It was not unlike discovering, at the age of 13, that there were people who made music that was not played on Top 40 radio stations. BLVR: So how did your awakening to experimental film unfold? What directors helped to usher you out of the "Top 40" of filmmaking? V: I don’t know if experimental is exactly the right word for the films that attracted me. I think I might more use the term handmade. Some of them were certainly experimental, but just as many were simply small or personal or homemade. One thing that happened a week or two after I moved to Portland was that I went to a screening by the Tiny Picture Club. This is a Portland Super 8 collective. Their logo was like the Superman logo with an 8 replacing the S. It was a very chilly November and the screening was in a tiny, unheated Quonset hut. There were about 50 people crammed in there, sitting on the floor, with musicians along one side of the room. They played along to about 10 different Super8 films about dreams. The films were all very small, simple, and joyous. Much of the footage was hand-processed and scratchy. There was some stop action animation. There were homemade costumes and masks. There was an introductory film set to the T-Rex song “Bang a Gong.” In it all of the members of the club wore white jumpsuits with their logo emblazoned on the back. They were running around a park with their cameras. There was much pixilated action made to make them look like they were flying, levitating, rotating in circles on the ground on their bellies. The feeling I felt sitting in that room and watching those films was exactly like the feeling of falling in love. BLVR: Do you make any handmade films yourself? The only films I've made have been super8 films with the Tiny Picture Club. The thing that I enjoyed most with films was trying out technical experiments. I used to work in the Equipment Room for the film school at the Northwest Film Center, so I had access to all kinds of super8 cameras and projectors. I built a device that could control up to three super8 cameras simultaneously and could run them at either eighteen frames per second or off of a intervalometer. It was pretty cool but, other than filming some friends playing soccer in a park one afternoon, I never really figured out anything good to point the cameras at. BLVR: You once said that Atari is one of your favorite art forms. You said you liked the video games where you could still see the pixels. I'm curious if this ties in with all of these homemade ideas. Without any of the high-fidelity bells and whistles, it seems like there is less of a separation between the artist-creator andthe viewer. V: I think what you said about the lack of separation between creator and viewer is exactly right. I like to be able to get a sense of craft and humanness behind work. When I see the little pixels rolling by in an Atari game, I think back to BASIC programming and how hard that little computer is thinking and how hard the programmer had to work to put all those pixels in just the right place. I’m very bad at actually playing Atari games. I rarely make it past the first level. However, similar to the viewmaster, I love them as absurd little mini-narratives. The narratives are really what give form and understanding to the pixels. If you take a game like Space Invaders or Galaga or even Frogger, and watch it, forgetting the narrative, you’re left with the motion of abstract colored forms. It’s only those couple of text windows at the beginning (which nobody pays much attention to) that provide form for the whole structure and objective of the game. One of my favorite mini-narratives goes along with a game whose title escapes me at the moment — it’s the one where you are a good robot sent to save the last human family from the evil robots. I’ve recently encountered some interesting Flash games online that return to a completely abstract and non-narrative form of the video game. One in particular is called Boomshine. It’s a field of slowly moving colored balls. The objective is to click your mouse somewhere on the screen to create an expanding ripple. Every ball this ripple touches turns into a new ripple. You try to turn as many balls into ripples as possible with your single click. It’s so simple that it doesn’t require directions, yet it’s also beautiful and incredibly addictive. BLVR: OK, I just played Boomshine for twenty minutes and I was in some sort of weird trance with that game. Plus, you're right about the directions. To figure the game out, you just get to resort to simple visual assumptions (e.g., if I do A then B happens). In the context of this conversation, it reminds me a little of the abstract filmmaking you've been mentioning, where you're forced to start thinking things like "That thing over there is moving fast, and the other thing is moving slow." It engages the mind in such a different way than narrative film. V: I’m very untrained when it comes to watching experimental film. I don’t think I could make an abstract film if I tried because everything inside of my head only knows how to operate on cause and effect. But I do like to sit back and enjoy other people’s abstractions even if I’m always very self conscious about not appreciating them in the right way. This might be why I like Boomshine so much. You get cause and effect alongside your abstractions. I can’t help but trying to make sense of everything I see whether I’m supposed to or not. BLVR: And finally, just to clarify, Vladimir is not your birth name, right? V: I was never enamored of my birth name and I’d always planned on changing it when I went off to college. But one day, when I was sixteen, one of my English classes had a class assignment in which we were supposed to pair up and write little essays about our partners based solely on looking up their name in a few baby books. Maybe it was just my natural impulse toward sabotage, but it seemed like the perfect opportunity to make the change. I had a sharpie and an index card and I made myself a name tag introducing myself by my new name. Ever since then, I’ve been Vladimir. I have now been Vladimir for almost half of my life. • Location: Form/Space Atelier
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Idol Eyez top 40 dance band now booking for holiday and corporate partiesposted: November 9, 2009, 10:13 AM
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Idol Eyez performs top 40 dance hits from today all the way back to the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90's including dance, pop, rock, hip hop, R&B and even some disco. In additon to performing at local casinos and clubs, the band is also available for corporate events, holiday parties, festivals and weddings. For more info, audio, video, song lists, photos, and more please visit the band's website at www.idoleyezband.com
Stop in to see the band perform live and to talk to them about your upcoming event plans! Upcoming public shows: Emerald Queen Casino Tacoma Nov 13-14 Fri & Sat 9:30p-1:30am, no cover charge. (21+) Great American Casino in Lakewood Dec 18-19 9p-1:30 am, no cover. (21+) • Location: Seattle
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Halloween Danceposted: November 6, 2009, 04:15 AM
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ROCK AND ROLL HALLOWEEN DANCE
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30. This is the big one! Join me, RON BOLIN, THE DANCIN' DJ. Wear a costume tonight for Seattle's most popular annual Halloween costume contest. This is the big one! Check out this video clip www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgwNPVpK4MM of the 400 people who attended last year. Great prizes for the best costumes. If not wearing a costume, nice casual attire is fine. Free hors d'ouevres. Doors open at 9:00 PM. Dance from 9:00 PM to Midnight as I play great hits of the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, and 00s plus Halloween favorites! The evening will include a Thriller dance performance by some of thrilltheworld.com group. I'll include mixers to give you a chance to meet lots of other people. There will be a free hors d'ouevres, plus you are encouraged to bring snack items to share. It's open to EVERYONE ages 21 and over (BYOB). Admission is $12 at the door. It's in the big dance floor at Magnuson Park Community Center at 7110 62nd Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98115. Produced by the Seattle Mountaineers. For more info call Karen at 206-484-9187or visit www.dbmechanic.com/dances/rock.htm. • Location: Magnuson Park Community Center
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Free Kids Casting Calls TV Commercials, Modeling, Music McDonalds GAP Gerber Old Navy Top Modelposted: November 5, 2009, 04:25 PM
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