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NOTE: THESE PHOTOS ARE DIGITAL SCANS OF 33MM FILM PHOTOS. THEY ARE OUT OF ORDER, AND THERE ARE A VERY FEW DUPLICATES (I EDITED A FEW TO BRIGHTEN THEM UP). MOST HAVE CAPTIONS BASED ON WHAT I CAN REMEMBER 5 YEARS LATER!!! LOL I WILL RE-ARRANGE THE PHOTOS LATER AFTER I GOT THROUGH MY ALBUM OF HARD-COPY PHOTOS (WHICH ARE IN ORDER).

In February 2002, I was lucky enough to be one of approximately 400 people who "won the lottery" for a bleacher seat for the Acadamy Awards to be held in Hollywood in March; the first Oscar even to be held at the new Kodak Theater at the Hollywood/Highland Centre. I also was very lucky to find that my assigned seat was on the front row overlooking the red carpet and right across from most of the major media "happenings". I had to be at the corner of Hollywood Blvd. and Highland at 7:00 am on that Sunday morning. Shortly thereafter, we were escorted in groups of about 10 or so to what amounted to an airport security check which included a body scanner. Once we were behind the security checkpoint, we were not allowed to leave for the entire day. There were portable toilets available for us and a local Mexican restaurant sent food for us (very nice!). The last of the celebrities and interviews were going on literally up to the 5:30 showtime, and we were allowed to exit the area about 6PM. A very long and exciting day! All of these photos were taken with my Minolta Maxxum 35mm SLR.