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Not a lot went out this week, although I do owe a shout out and big thank you to
The big event of the week was going to see That's Entertainment at the Redford. I thought I'd seen the movie before but now I wonder if I saw something with a similar name as I didn't recognize anything other than song and dance numbers I'd seen in the original movies. I wasn't sure I wanted to go until
If you noticed the photo in the bottom right corner of the Project page and are wondering why I'd photographed a stack of dishes, it's because they were on display in the lobby and because they are relics from the Dish Day ticket promotion during the Great Depression. The dishes on display were gifted back to the theater by the woman who collected them back in the 1930s. I know this because I was so entranced by the dishes (I just love those Art Deco curves on the edges) I went in search of the information booth (table) to ask about them. I also learned that her own grandmother collected a complete set of dishes from her local theater and that in that theater's case, the cost of the dishes was not a set fee plus the cost of a movie ticket, but a movie ticket and a potato (which was then given to another organization to help feed the hungry).
Not much is known about the Redford's Dish Days other than it existed and what the plates look like. Not even Google knows anything specific, although I did discover a couple of interesting pages about Dish Days in general (http://beauxmondesdesigns.blogspot.com/2009/02/dish-night-at-movie-theaters.html being the best of the lot.)
Scrapbook papers & elements from the kit Bohemian Breeze
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