DETROIT MASONIC TEMPLE PAYS OFF ELECTRIC BILL!!

Great news the Masonic caught up on their huge utility bills and with the help of a great team they are booking gigs and rolling right along! Not quite ready to announce this just yet but Dennis Thompson and I have joined forces and booked July 25, 2015 for a special one night only show....Machinegun Thompson's Detroit Special Forces is the tentative title and our line up is coming together nicely.....stay tuned for more on that...

Here is the Masonic Update from the Free Press....

The lights will stay on at the Detroit Masonic Temple.

As of last month, the landmark, which had owed hundreds of thousands of dollars to DTE Energy, is current on its gas and electric bills.

"We want the resilient people of Detroit to know that the Temple is here to stay," Bradley Dizik, special adviser to the Detroit Masonic Temple board of directors, said in an e-mail. "We accomplished this monumental feat by channeling Detroit's scrappy spirit to defend one of its most cherished institutions."

Scott Simons, a spokesman for DTE Energy, confirmed that the Masonic gas and electric bills are up to date.

The change marks a remarkable turnaround for the venerable venue on Temple Street near Cass Avenue that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is touted as the largest Masonic temple in the world. It also has a rich musical history, having hosted acts that included the Rolling Stones, the Who and MC5.

DTE Energy had threatened to shut off the Masonic's gas and electric service in August 2012, and the Masonic owed as much as $427,579 in gas and electric bills in May 2013.

ROARING 1920s STYLE IN COLOR

The flapper dress, and the dresses of the 1920s in general, were designed for beauty, movement and comfort. They "let go of the waistline" as famous designer Coco Chanel said.

Authentic 1920s Art Deco Dress

Sequin Tabard Dress, Early 1920s

Black net embroidered 

w/ blue & black sequins 

& black bugle beads

Flapper: a "new breed" of young Western women in the 1920s who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behavior.

1920s flapper headpiece; inspired by 

the ancient Egyptian/Cleopatra

Starburst shoe made by 

 J. de Bont Dutch, 1922-1925

Art Deco shoe - Hellstern Sons C.1920s

1920s flapper hairstyles from the bob to finger waves..

By 1926 skirts were at their shortest in the Twenties decade 

and showed the knee until 1928.

Antique Jeweled Flapper 

Compact Purse Trinity Plate 1920's

1920's Sage-Green Beaded Chiffon & 

Metallic Lace Flapper Dress ~Image © Timeless Vixen

1920s woman's tunic-style black chiffon dress 

with clear seed and tubular beads, 

medium green square and circular disks 

44" shoulder to hem

The Origin & History of the 1920s Flapper Dress

SILVERDOME DESTROYED AFTER BEING ABANDONED FOR OVER A YEAR!

 Video of the Dome

I worked in this building back in the late 1980's. It was the most ridiculously designed facility I have ever encountered with the exception of Nashville's Municipal Auditorium. The Silver Dome was a huge white elephant since it's inception. Billed as an "engineering wonder" the dome's air inflated roof collapsed not long after it first opened. 2 loading doors had to be installed for shows to move in to prevent the air pressure to escape causing another collapse..

Ultra skinny aisles

The aisles! Between the rows of seats were 4ft wide....If you had a crowded show like we did,the crowd flowed down like molasses..Hated working in that building...

However...the abandoned monstrosity has been left to the elements for over a year...The taxpayers will most likely be stuck with this clean up..just like they were stuck paying for it's construction...WHO makes these costly decisions?

Here is the entire WHO IS TO BLAME story from the Oakland Press 

Open to the elements since January 2013, the Pontiac Silverdome will soon be stripped of the only thing it has left: its furnishings. Five years after buying the stadium for just $583K, real estate investor Andreas Apostolopoulos (APOP) will attempt to sell "nearly every fixture" in the Silverdome in an online auction, including seats, urinals, and even swatches of the shredded roof. APOP is locally famous for his ownership of the Penobscot Building and a failed attempt to demolish the State Savings Bank Building.

 Loading door entrance

The demise of the Silverdome's roof came about after APOP intentionally allowed it to deflate in 2013. Demolition hasn't been mentioned yet, but the SilverBowl is likely doomed. Its demise would leave APOP with a 127-acre sea of asphalt. APOP is suing his insurance company for now covering the roof repair to the tune of 23 million dollars...

VELMA KELLY AND CHICAGO AT THE WHITING IN FLINT!

A true New York City institution, CHICAGO has everything that makes Broadway great: a universal tale of fame, fortune and all that jazz; one show-stopping-song after another; and the most astonishing dancing you've ever seen.

No wonder CHICAGO has been honored with 6 Tony Awards®, 2 Olivier Awards®, a Grammy® and thousands of standing ovations.

It's also no surprise that CHICAGO has wowed audiences all around the world, from Mexico City to Moscow, from Sao Paulo to South Africa.

Whether you're looking for your first Broadway musical, whether you've seen the Academy Award®-winning film and want to experience the show live on stage or whether you've seen it before and want to recapture the magic, CHICAGO always delivers.

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