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| Sunday, September 28, 2003 | PRIOR ISSUE - ARCHIVES |
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| Lesley Gore Sings Out, Holyfield VS Toney On Closed-Circuit, Lucky Beads Modified, Car Deal Running, $1 Million Football Cash Giveaway, Bike Tour Funds MS, Pro Boxing Hits The Ring , More... | |
Singer Lesley Gore known for hit tunes like "It's My Party" and "Judy's Turn To Cry" from the sixties will headline at the Riverside, Oct. 1-5. Tickets are $32, call 1-800-227-3849, ext. 616 or 702-298-2535, ext. 616. Just after her seventeenth birthday, Gore reached number one with "It's My Party," and by age 21 she had recorded 11 Top 40 hits. By the time her recording career started to taper off, Gore had graduated from Sarah Lawrence University. From there, she sang in clubs and lounges, acted in summer stock productions, and began composing music. In July of 1999, her dream of performing on Broadway was achieved when she starred in the hit show "Smokey Joe's Caf‚," A combined concert featuring Bobby Vee and the Vees, Chris Montez and Brain Hyland will happen Oct. 4-6. Tickets are $19. "Opera 101" will be a crash course on opera performed by Opera Tunity along with a pianist and string quartet. Tickets are $15. For information, call 1-800-243-6846. The Holyfield vs. Toney fight will be shown via closed-circuit TV in the Flamingo Ballroom on the second floor on Saturday, Oct. 4. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. and tickets are $25 per person, call 800-435-8469 or 702-298-5111. Harrah's recently modified their Lucky Beads and Instant Rewards promotion that was initially launched in July 2002 and offered new, first time members an opportunity to win $5,000 or a cashless coupon in the form of a Reel Rewards Express Cash Coupon. The cashless coupons have been replaced by Reward Credits. Harrah's guests signing up for a new, first time Total Rewards membership receive a strand of colorful Harrah's lucky beads and a scratch-and-win card offering Rewards Credits valued from 250 to 2,000 or the grand prize of $5,000 in cash. Every scratch-and-win card is a winner. For more information, call 702- 298-4600. The Ramada Express continues its Thanks for the Memories Speaker Program. Upcoming speakers to share more remarkable stories are Jay Morales on Thursday, Oct. 2, a past district commander of The American Legion in Los Angeles, and Bob Worthington Tuesday, Oct. 7. Both will talk at 1 p.m. Worthington at age 19 enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1957, and the following year served in combat in the Middle East. In 1959 to returned to college. After graduating, he entered the Army as a Second Lieutenant and until 1969, he served two tours in Vietnam as a combat infantry advisor. Worthington's specialty was counter-insurgency, counter-guerilla warfare and he was fluent in French and Vietnamese. He was a major on his second tour and by 1975, he earned a Master's Degree in Counseling and Psychology, He retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1981.
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The Riverside's Fall Wheels & Deals October Car Giveaway running next month gives qualified winners a choice of a Pontiac Bonneville, GMC Envoy, Sierra Pick-Up or $20,000 in cash. Drawings will be held every Thursday, Oct. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30. Official rules are at the King of Clubs Players' Club. Harrah's recently kicked off the football season with the $1 Million Football Cash Giveaway promotion that runs through Dec. 28, Customers can earn a $1 Million Football Cash Giveaway game piece offering them an opportunity to win Reward Credits, $10,000 cash or the grand prize of $1 million. Game pieces are earned in a variety of ways from simply checking into the hotel to gambling. They may also be obtained by sending a request, along with a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Harrah's Las Vegas, Promotions Department, 3475 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas, NV 89109. Limit is one request per envelope per day postmarked by Dec. 18 and received by Dec. 24. New game pieces are distributed each week to coincide with scheduled professional football games. Guests matching combined game scores for that week receive increasing Reward Credits and four matches receive $10,000 cash. Five matches earn $1 million. Complete details and promotional rules are available at the Total Rewards Center, Race and Sports Book or by calling the Promotions Department at 702-298-6891. On Oct. 4, the interactive dinner show "Joey and Maria's 25th Wedding Anniversary" will take place in the Crystal Sands Room starting at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $29.99 and $24.99 with a Players Club Card. The Chef Fest on Oct. 9 will feature casino and local restaurant chefs presenting their best works for the United Way dinner / wine tasting fundraiser being held in the resort's Events Center. Tickets are $45. call 702-298-2214. The Flamingo Las Vegas and Flamingo Laughlin will host the Flamingo MS 150 Bike Tour, Oct. 18 and 19. Every year, more than 70,000 riders participate in one of 100 MS 150 Bike Tours across the U.S. This year's two-day event will start at the Flamingo in Las Vegas at 6:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 18. It will end that day in Laughlin with a congratulatory party at the Flamingo in the newly renovated buffet. On the second day cyclists head back to Las Vegas. For information, call 702-736-7272. Friday Night Fights features live pro boxing at the Edgewater / Colorado Belle's Event Center on the first Friday of each month through December. The fights on Oct. 3, Nov. 7 and Dec. 5 are at 8 p.m. General admission tickets are $20 and $50 for ringside.
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