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Old Las Vegas

by Julia A Burke

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O ld Las Vegas and the Rat Pack era was back, but only for our Annual Volunteer Awards

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and Appreciation Banquet on November 13, 2010.
nd Appreciation Banquet
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The Las Vegas Hilton took the Members of Friends of Red Rock Canyon on a
The Las Vegas Hilton too
trip down memory lane through their creative and innovative approach to
trip down memory lane t
recreate Old Las Vegas. Ken Ratigan, Joey Columbo and their staff created
recreate Old Las Vegas.
two separate rooms, The Red Rock Lounge and the Red Rock Supper Club, for
two separate rooms, Th
the evening’s festivities. The first stop was the Red Rock Lounge complete
the evening’s festivitie
ck
with a retro Hat Che
with a retro Hat Check Girl distributing name tags.

Waiters laden with asparagus wrapped with Parma ham, bruschetta of mozzarella and roasted peppers, blackened
chicken on whole grain crouton and Brie cheese with fresh strawberries hors d’oeuvres invited the guests into the

circular lounge. The music of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. played in the background adding to
the Old Las Vegas charm. The distinguished voices of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom Jones, Jack Nicholson, Sean
Connery, and of course the King himself, Elvis, boomed overhead announcing that the time had come to leave the Red
ed
hers.
Rock Lounge and proceed across the hall to the Red Rock Supper Club where they would be met by familiar ushers.
Voices by Trent Carlini staring in The Trent Carlini Show, at the Hilton.

Looking dapper, Danny Burk, Chris Dempsey, Tom Hughes, Joe Labie, Jim Sudduth and Chuck Williams served as ed as
our distinguished ushers dressed in black-silk tailed jackets trimmed with black embroidery complements of the

Hilton.

At the door of the Red Rock Supper Club, the ushers escorted the guests to a surprise photo op with life-size statues of

the Rat Pack. The guests draped their arms over the shoulders of their favorite performers for a complementary photo
shot by Dan Spoto arranged by Robert Dolan, Executive Vice President of Cashman Photo.
Dolan, E

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