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From the pre-FReep thread:

TED HAYES: "Support Our Troops" Rally at the OSCARS/Academy Awards
THIS SUNDAY (2/29/04) 3 pm

Los Angeles Chapter FRN (HRF) - Rallys for America at the Oscars ^ | February 20, 2004 | Ted Hayes
Posted on 02/24/2004 4:48:16 PM PST by RonDog

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From LAST year's rally:

Sourced: 456 posted on 03/23/2003 7:20 PM PST by Lily4Jesus
CLICK HERE for the rest of that thread

3 posted on 03/01/2004 3:41:26 AM PST by RonDog
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From www.redding.com:

Red-carpet duty for Marine at Oscars

RED CARPET READY:

Brian and Kayla Aria will be attending the Academy Awards ceremony on Sunday.

Jim Schultz
Record Searchlight

Click to enlarge image
Photo courtesy of Helen Chambers

February 27, 2004 — 2:07 a.m.

Like millions, Helen Chambers of Happy Valley will be tuned in with her husband and family to Sunday's glitzy Academy Awards ceremony on TV.

But it won't be the Hollywood stars, or the ceremony itself, that will command her full attention.

For her, the real stars of the night will be her son, Brian Aria, and his wife Kayla, both 20.

Aria, a lance corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps, will be spiffily decked out in his dress blues representing the Marine Corps at the Academy Awards and will be accompanied by his wife, an Enterprise High School graduate.

"He's pretty excited," said Chambers, 44. "He thinks it's pretty neat."

So does mom and her husband, Scott Chamness.

Details are still on the vague and secretive side, but Chambers said her son, an Iraq War veteran who was selected by the Marine Corps for the prestigious Oscar night honor, will be stationed somewhere along the red carpet outside the Kodak Theater in full view of the TV cameras and paparazzi...

I have not seen anything in the news reports about this, but we DID see five or six Marines in their dress uniforms enter the Red Carpet are with their wives.

I had a sign that said:

U.S. MARINES SAY:
"SEMPER FI,
OSCAR!"

I shouted out, "Hey, Marine!" - and they looked over our way and smiled.

At least one of the women in their group took a photograph of my sign.


4 posted on 03/01/2004 4:05:32 AM PST by RonDog
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To: RonDog
Well, you really can't beat last year's event for drama.

Here's the video for nostalgia buffs and anyone who missed it :-).

D

35 posted on 03/01/2004 8:46:28 AM PST by daviddennis (;)
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