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Vegas Dance a SELL OUT!! What a great night of fun.

Thanks to all of you who came and helped us make Vegas Night a total success. We sold all tickets printed and even made up a couple at the door. The LAF Committee provided a little entertainment with their rendition of the Follies Bergere!!

The dance floor was full all night!

For more pictures of the event click on the slideshow above.

Dance Night is here with another winner for a FREE ticket!

YES! Big news. Another winner for a Free Ticket. Congratulations to Wilson Smith!!
We had several entries with correct answer. Thanks to all who participated in the "Trivia Fun".

We should have a few tickets left to sell at the door on Saturday night.
Come on over and lets just have some good old fashioned fun - dance to your favorite hits of the 50's & 60's. If you have requests or favorites you would like to hear, let us know. We want YOU to have a good time and hear YOUR favorites.

Look for pictures to be posted next week. Again, let me hear from you and what you are doing. I will post pictures of your special day or that "catch" from your latest fishing trip, vacations, etc.- if you want to share it just send it to me or let me know and I will get with you.

Next dance - Country & Western Barn Dance October 29th.
Stay tuned for more trivia, win free meals at local restaurants, gift certificates and more!!

Hope to see you all on Saturday night - VIVA LAKE PARK!

Last chance to win a FREE ticket to Vegas Dance Sat. Aug.27th

Congratulations JIMMIE MOORE!! Jimmie just won another FREE ticket to the dance on Saturday night. Elvis got married at the Alladin Motel on Dec.1, 1967. He made the movie, Viva Las Vegas, with co-star Ann Margaret.
Viva Las Vegas is now the theme song for Vegas. What a great song!!

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Listen to the song and for last chance to win a FREE ticket write and tell me how many pretty women were waitin' out there in this song!!

Tickets are selling fast. We have limited seating so get yours early
this week. With purchase of 6 or more you can reserve a table.

SEE YOU SATURDAY NIGHT - Viva Las Vegas!!

Chris

Elvis & Vegas Trivia -win FREE ticket to Aug. 27th dance

1. Where in Vegas did Elvis get married?

2. What year did he get married there?

3. What was the name of the movie Elvis made in Vegas that
also became the theme song for the city?

4. What beautiful lady co-stared with him in this movie?

Just send your answers to ckbremer@bellsouth.net to enter the drawing for a FREE ticket to the Vegas Night Dance, Aug. 27th

Drawing on Friday night, Aug 19th!!

Scroll down to previous posts for more about the dance and past winners.

Chris & Dan's "One Armed Bandit"

Dan and I have a daughter and granddaughter in Las Vegas, so a very good excuse to visit there often!! Actually, neither one of us are into gambling but we do enjoy walking through the casinos - there is so much to see and always some type entertainment in the lobbys. And watching the gamblers is fun too. Just "people watching" in a casino is entertaining.

Dan does love old cars, music and fun things from the 40's, 50's & 60's.
We passed a store selling old slot machines on a recent visit. Finding one that was a late 40's model and retired from The Flamingo was quite interesting. It is a nickel slot, lighted and works!! Well, first he had to buy a gaming license in order to purchase it, then they had to research whether it could be shipped to Georgia, as all states do not allow them. It turned out that GA does if it is a 1950 or older model!! So now it is happily retired to our "HotRod House"!!

We know now why it was retired - it pays off WAY to often!!!!


I got great answers to the trivia about the slot machines. They are called "One Armed Bandits" because they have the one arm on the side and they take your money! Slot machines were invented by Charles Fry in San Francisco, CA. The 1st one was named the "Liberty Bell".
The "American Gangster", Bugsy Siegel, was associated with the early success of gambling in Las Vegas and brought the slot machines there mainly to entertain the women who accompanied the men poker players!! I read that now slot machines constitute 70% of the average casino income.

I will have to confess to my first casino experience. I had never even been in a casino until right after Dan and I met six years ago! He took me to Niagra Falls and right beside our hotel was a huge casino. Of course I wanted to see what it was like. He gave me $100.00 and told me I could play whatever I liked with it. I know nothing about cards or how to gamble but those fancy slot machines caught my attention - you could play a dime, quarter or dollar at a time and all you had to do was pull that lever. I figured this way, at least I could play longer before my money was gone and it didn't require any gambling skill. Well, after a while I got brave and would double the amount and before I knew what was happening, bells started ringing and dinging and coins falling out of that machine!!!! I won $380.00 and still had most of the $100 left. I was so excited - I told Dan I wanted to take my money right then and leave. I think he was surprised and thought I would end up losing it all, but winning $380.00 was exciting to me and I didn't want to lose it!!!

I didn't get hooked. I do enjoy the lights, watching the other people and the festive atmophere in the casino though!

OK, so much for slot machine trivia!!

We have a WINNER for another FREE ticket to Vegas Night Dance

We are going to have another great night of fun in Lake Park
We had four folks do a little research and answer the trivia
questions for this week.
Thanks: Glenn Tucker, Jimmie Moore,Bud Wheeler and Wilson Smith

And THE WINNER IS: Jimmie Moore !!!
Go by the LP Chamber and get your free ticket, Jimmie

More chances to win starting Monday!!

Also keep checking this site - I will show you my
"One Armed Bandit" a 1949 edition retired from the Flamingo
in Las Vegas.

Just having fun in Lake Park, Georgia.

Chris

Week 2 trivia for FREE ticket to Aug. 27 Vegas Night Dance in Lake Park

Week 2 trivia - are you ready?? Send me answers for all three.

1. Slot machines are also known as ______ _______ _______________.
Why? __________________________________________________________

2. Who invented the 1st slot machine? ___________________________

3. What was the purpose of the 1st slot machines(besides making $$)?
________________________________________________________________


Good luck with your answers. Winner will be announced next Saturday!!

Scroll down to earlier posts for infomation about the dance. Tell
your friends and lets make this a great time! We are expecting a
good crowd so get your tickets and with a group of 6 or more, you can
reserve a table. Go ahead and get your tickets. If you win here, we
will reimburse you or give you another ticket for a friend.

We have a WINNER for week 1 trivia!!

We had 5 followers who answered the 1st trivia question and
answered correctly!

Las Vegas was named by a Spanish trader, Rafael Rivera.
After crossing miles and miles of desert (you saw me in the
Death Valley picture),they found this valley with
artesian springs that had created beautiful green meadows.
Vegas means "meadows" in Spanish therefore this lush green
valley was named Las Vegas (The Meadows).

Thanks to the 5 entrants: Glenn Tucker, Jimmie Moore,
Wilson Smith, Myrna Oxendine and Clair Fletcher.

And THE WINNER IS: Clair Fletcher
Congratulation, Clair. Go by the LP Chamber Office and pick
up your FREE ticket.

Look for the next trivia and chance to win again coming out on
Monday!!

Just having fun!!
Chris

Winner for this week's FREE Dance Ticket to be announced Saturday.

Here I am in the middle of Death Valley, just outside of Las Vegas.
So where did the name "Las Vegas" come from?

We have several entrants who sent me the correct answer. I will
announce this's weeks winner on Saturday. Get your name in today.

Look for new trivia next week!!

Good luck!

Chris