From left: silent auction model Willow, guest star Brinke Stevens and emcee Mr. Sparkles pose on the red carpet at the March 15 Oscars Party. Submitted photo
Movie fans gathered in San Luis Obispo on Hollywood’s most glamorous night to celebrate the movies, meet a genuine scream queen and raise money for a local gay support organization.
Sunday, March 15, the United Christ of Christ in SLO hosted an Oscar Viewing Party, organized by Los Osos businessman Sabin Gray, who owned and operated the Hooray for Hollywood store on Morro Bay’s Embarcadero and is a big movie fan and collector of Hollywood memorabilia.
Scream Queen actress Brinke Stevens attended the event bringing a little Hollywood glamour to the festivities benefitting the GALA Pride & Diversity Center in SLO.
Over 50 church and GALA members got all dressed up to walk the red carpet, flash bulbs lighting up the procession, just like at the real Oscars.
Guests were treated to a fancy dinner prepared by chef Bryan Gerber with desserts provided by local businesses. But the main event was the Oscars telecast.
Stevens, the star of 1982’s “Slumber Party Massacre,” 1988’s “Nightmare Sisters,” and over 300 B horror movies posed for photos with attendees and was presented with a special award for “Fan Favorite.”
The event featured a silent auction with great prizes like hotel stays, dinners for two, gift certificates and other exciting experiences.
An impressive variety of sponsors contributed to the event: A French Touch, Ambiance Luxury Boutique, Apple Farm, Bay Cruisers, the Bay Theater, Beads by the Bay, Beauty Poet, Bizarre Antiques, Boo Boo Records, Buttercup Bakery, Cal Poly PAC, Calico Trading, Carla’s Country Kitchen & Gifts, Carousel Taffy, Club Amnesia, Competitive Arcade, Cool Cat Café, Dorn’s Restaurant, The Embarcadero Inn, Finder’s Keepers Consignment, Fitness Works, Frankie & Lola’s Restaurant, Galaxy Groovin’ Designs, Hofbrau Restaurant, Hooray for Hollywood, Humankind Fair Trade, La Katrina Restaurant, Lost Aisle Adventures, Lindquist Family Winery, Mike’s Barbershop, moon River Salon, Neighbor’s General Store, Opera SLO, Organic Nail Salon, Paula Radke Art Glass, Phoenix Books, Picking Daisies, Ree’s Resale Shop, Rowe Clayworks, Savory Palette, Seven Sisters Gallery, SLO Rep, SLO Symphony, Smoobage, Subsea Tours, Sun N’ Buns Bakery, The Garden Gallery, Timbre Winery, Tom’s Toys, Trader Joe’s (SLO), Whalebird Combucha and Windows on the Water Restaurant.
The event raised $4,200 for the Pride & Diversity Center. Gray said the money will “help the SLO GALA Pride & Diversity Center in their mission to promote social justice and equality for all.”
