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After several months of Blue
Coupe's soft launch phase, when we got everything right,
it seemed appropriate to have a party to celebrate our
official hard launch. This we did on June 29, 2000 at Voda
Nightclub, Vancouver, British Columbia's newest hot spot. We
celebrated with our friends, even some of our family, as
well as top media and music industry people from Vancouver
and beyond.
Since we did an inadequate job of
thanking some of the people who have made Blue Coupe
happen, we thought we'd try it again here.
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Michael K. Richards, sales and marketing manager
(left) and Jacqueline Leidl, contributing editor
(right).
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Blue Coupe and
January
Magazine sales and
marketing manager Michael K. Richards worked
hard to ensure not only that the launch went well,
but that guests got a good blast of Blue Coupe
propaganda while they were inhaling those Blue
Coupe Martinis. Michael's continuous hard work,
attention to detail and unflagging good humor make
him a supporting column of the January Publishing
team. There are no words to thank him properly. But
we try.
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We thank all of the
writers and producers who make Blue Coupe
possible. This includes the ones who couldn't
-- for reasons of distance -- attend our launch --
as well as those who did.
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David Middleton, art director (left), Linda
Richards, editor (center) and Tye Teames, designer
(right).
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Carrie Wheeler
of Vanity
Management was too
busy attending to details to stand still long
enough to have her photo taken. Carrie did all of
our party planning -- from venue to food to all of
the little details that go into making a successful
event.
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PR Canada
invented and supplied us with the very
enjoyable Blue Coupe Martinis. We're told
that some of our guests are going to be trying to
order those around town.
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David Middleton at the podium.
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Cowell Motors of
Richmond, B.C. supplied us with a lovely Audi TT --
blue, of course -- that sat outside Voda announcing
our presence to the world. It was super of them to
let us use it, even though no amount of whining and
cajoling would convince them to let us keep
it.
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Thanks to Patricia
McLean of Publicity
Works for her ongoing
help and support and for helping to let the media
know about the event.
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Thanks to Robert
Mackwood of CCPR and the whole gang at
NSB
-- who showed up en masse, even though we
didn't get the pictures to prove it -- for their
ongoing help and support. There's a whole lot we
can say we couldn't have done without
them.
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Official matriarch, Elizabeth Middleton surveys the
room.
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