Bless you all.

“When the sheep start walking into the parts party, it then becomes some US college fraternity party and we lose the self-improvement theme alotgether.”

So true.

@Greg – Haha, yes I concur with the need for a disclaimer… Those already hearing voices in particular are probably having parts parties on a moment by moment basis and wont need any instructions from me.

@DavidD – Those with delusions definitely need to steer clear of this kind of exercise… When the sheep start walking into the parts party, it then becomes some US college fraternity party and we lose the self-improvement theme alotgether.

One in particular, the Alhambra Theater in Sacramento, California was a grand theater with a huge dome and enough room inside to fly a fairly good sized hot air balloon.

It had been in service for sixty years or so in 1980′s when the very last show was scheduled.

The film was Nicholas and Alexandra.

The last show was scheduled for 9 PM on that evening.

I thought it would be jammed for old times sake, but, lo and behold, at that last showing there were only three of us, and none in the loge where I sat.

In sort of a symbolic gesture, I sat in the last seat in the last row of the theater on the last night and the last showing of a great theater.

After the theater was closed to the public, and was scheduled for demolition, I visited the theater again.

This time I was part of the inspection crew.

We walked on top of the theater, over the dome. Knowing how much space there was below the dome, and hearing the old dome creak as we walked over it, I had a terrible thought about falling through. Didn’t happen though.

Also, at the top of the theater there were a group of statues that had been subject to weather for 60 years. These statues were at least five feet high.

Giving the people below a warning, I leaned on one of them and it simply left the roof and smashed on the side-walk below.

It wouldn’t have been too long before that statuary would have left the roof by itself in weather, so it was definitely time to say goodbye to the Alhambra.

Today, one wall has been preserved as a historical monument on one side of the parking lot of a Safeway.

The grandeur that was the Alhambra is no more. However, the memories are still present, and the hope that some day another grand theater will be built has never died.

It will require a different set of economic considerations.

There are a few theaters still operating in Los Angeles that hearken back to the days when theaters were the place to be. Grauman’s Chinese Theater is one such place. And, there are several more in California that haven’t as met with the wrecking ball.

Lot’s of memories. Lots of glory. Lots of history.

Stetson

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Why heads? I can think of something else that would be a good deterrent that could “roll”. Apparently there’s even a certain canine that would be happy to oblige, too. :-) On top of that, you can’t continue writing all these insightful articles and being a life coach without a head, but you could even without your n…

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@ David – Er, yeh.