What You Can Start Doing Earlier - Now!

Fall/Winter - Time To Start Planning

Just a quickie - START NOW!

The movies are coming out hard and strong now. Oscar talk is starting. Some organizations are already nominating actors, actresses and films before the public has gotten a chance to see the movie.

Sign up online with oscarwatch.com for the latest - and all the organizational nominations and award winners. When you receive these e-mails, save them to your processor to use for your Oscar Program at a later date.

Start saving pictures and articles you see in magazines and such for those who may be nominated and or winners. These will come in handy for your posters and programs. The bigger the picture, the better. When it comes right down to the wire, though, the imdb.com website has much information, including pictures, that you can copy and save to your computer and use for your posters and programs.

DECORATIONS ARE A MUST !!!

How would you decorate for an Oscar Party? Try thinking glitter and glamour.
Even with a small budget, you can get the look you desire, and your friends will appreciate the efforts.

THE RED CARPET
Because this is one night to remember, you must take enotice of your entryway. Yes, that means your front door, or whichever entry is the way your guests will be entering the party.

You may already own some type of rectangular, long "reddish" carpet-like fabric. If so, use this. If not, you can purchase your choice of material fairly inexpensively at a discount retailer or fabric store. You can decorate this carpet with thrown-on confetti shaped like stars or other oscar-type shiny things.

List of Things To Do

PLAN THE PARTY

How do you start? A little planning goes a long way. Start early because there are numerous steps in preparing for a fun night. It can be completed later, but you'll wish you had started earlier.

Unfortunately, the Award Show is on Sunday or Monday nights, so you have to plan on being up late to really enjoy yourselves.

**** (Think...champagne)

**** (Think....call in sick next day, i.e. start coughing on Friday...)

Here follows is a list of things to prepare for a FUN NIGHT!!!

- Own a television (the more the better because you can have the show on in each room for walkers/talkers)
- Invitations
- Pamphlet (tidbits, top nominations and star information, trivia)
- Ballots (top categories and entire show)
- Decorations (including a red carpet-type walk-in)
- Trivia Contests during commercials
- Prizes (which relate to the nominated movies)
- Food & Drinks (which also relate to the nominations)
- Goody Bags

DRESS CODE

And, yes, there is a dress code for your guests. You must put this on your invitation and tell your guests that you are serious. They will love it in the end, although they may feel funny. But they will see how serious you are.

FANCY DRESS: Red, black, sparkles - long, swirling, you get the idea.

TACKY FANCY: Run in hosiery, t-shirt under jacket, ripped clothing piece

In our house, we change a few times each night, just like the host/hostess sometimes does.

P.S. I hear Ellen DeGeneres is hosting this coming year - Feb. 2007 - and she did a great job during her Emmy Awards Show just after 911.