Computing USA School Trip - Wed 18th Feb 2009
February 19th, 2009 Posted in SCHOOL TRIP REPORTS
The school blog and email servers were unavailable for publication of the blog update last night, so apologies to anyone who logged in to find no post for yesterday… but now we’re back online, here is a hello from us all and an update to say all is well with everyone… Hollywood, Beverly Hills, the pre-Oscar preparations and Warner Bros were all excellent experiences… and James cashed in yet another 15-minutes of fame!
A stop at Hollywood Bowl, famous for hosting its many concerts, provided the students with ample opportunity to photograph that famous landmark ‘Hollywood’ sign… first erected as a real estate marketing sign, rather than announcing the location of the film industry, as many believe.
We dropped down into Hollywood Blvd, where they were setting up for the Oscars this coming weekend, but we all enjoyed a visit to the Grauman’s famous ‘hand and footprints’ of stars past and present, together with a walk down the pavements to see the numerous ’stars’ embedded into the ’sidewalk’.
It would appear Elliot, Adam and Rob have been permanently embezzled as Hollywood ’stars’… or have they?! Mr Longstaff and Mrs Rothwell managed a walk along the famous red carpet leading into the final venue for the forthcoming Oscars, but sadly it was covered in protective sheeting, the press failed to notice and there was no prize at the other end!
Much laughter was to be had at the Warner Bros filming studios, where we went to be part of the live audience for the filming of one of Julia Dreyfus’s ‘New Adventures of Old Christine’ sit-com shows… very funny! The audience were kept lively by a stand up comedian, who quickly latched onto the notion that one day, a group of ‘Brits’ (us) got up, thought about jumping on a plane to visit Google… found it was closed… then wandered aimlessly around California! Obviously that was not what has happened, but it caused many a side splitting moment for the audience!
Thank you for now, the group are about to part for the Universal Studios, where we will be all day. More updates later… do call back.
MrL! et al.
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