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And the OscarŽ Goes To... by theatremarine (1/1)
N33° 38.966 W117° 50.705 (WGS84) UTM 11S E 421638 N 3723607 Use waypoint: GCFFA0 Size:  Virtual Hidden on 4/22/2003
In California, United States Difficulty:  Terrain:
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| To the best of my knowledge, this is the only place in Orange
County, if not all of Southern California, where the public can see
an Academy AwardŽ up close and personal, for free, 24/7/365.
So what better place for a Virtual Cache. To answer the most asked question, the awards were donated to the school in November of 2002 at the gala opening of the newly remodeled and renamed theatre. They were placed on display a few weeks later. |
This cache has a bonus, however. There is a second award on display at the same location.
To claim this find you can:
A) email me and tell me the name of the movie the OscarŽ was
awarded for,
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B) email me and tell me what the other award is, and what is
written on the third line of the inscription,
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C) send a picture with you, either award, and your GPSr.
New as of October 2005: The plaza that this cache faces is the first west coast commision of artist Maya Lin who is best known for designing the Vietnam Memorial in Washington DC. Financed totally by private donations, this plaza features a water table, "whispering benches", display screens, LED lighting inviting all to the plaza from the three major entrances, and a new amphitheatre. I may add a micro cache at the far end of the plaza to encourage people to look at the offerings of the plaza itself.
Sorry bout the night time lighting of the statuettes. I've tried to get it changed, but to no avail. :(
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Current at 5/24/2008
9/23/2006 by GSAK
-----------------------claire trevor in key largo
1956 best actress, tv
5/22/2008 by fodog
Found this today while I was on campus. The Oscar looks a lot heavier than I thought it would look.
5/18/2008 by MK3 cachers
Since we had never seen an Oscar close up, this was a very interesting site to visit. Fortunately, there was nothing going on at the Bren Center, so we parked over there and walked to plaza.
TFTC, it was well worth the drive and walk
5/9/2008 by BICCachers
Very interesting... tftc!
5/5/2008 by koanani
We had actually discovered this little treasure last December when we attended the UCI Madrigal dinner ( a fun event). Interesting cache. Thanks much!
4/28/2008 by Chopman50
Very nice. Thank you.
4/25/2008 by littledebbie
Cool little virtual. Was on campus or a meeting and thought I'd wander on over. The display on Medium looks really wonderful! I really need to get out to the theater more often. TFTC :)
4/22/2008 by MissAmerica1
Found this one with Bajatym but forgot to log it! Email will be sent! Thanks for the fun challenge and it seems as if some play was going on that night as we saw some kids hanging around and some papers taped to the ground! Nice history learned! :)
4/12/2008 by RanNat1718
#204. Visiting from Portland, OR and had to come and see the Oscar. What a cool idea for a cache! TFTC!
4/11/2008 by bajatym
Found it while night caching the area with MissAmerica1, was a nice warm evening and we finished off the night here, great point out, and the table fountain is really different!
email on the way.
TFTVC!
4/11/2008 by PQ GeoFam
Find number 10 of 14 on day 2 of our spring break caching marathon. Found by geodad... giving the boys a commanding lead. Yesterday it was parents vs. kids. Today it is boys vs. girls. Losers do the dishes. Geomom and geogirl will be doing the dishes as soon as I finish logging these caches. Email is on the way. TFTC!
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