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Last night at the swankiest of swanky LA Hotel slash Places To Be...The Lux Hotel... Leigh von der Esch, Spencer Eccles, Tracie Cayford et al played Bono, The Edge and Adam Clayton as they threw down an all star bash that didn't need a Pink Floyd laser show to woo the crowd of Hollywood Hooligans.  Brittany was not lip-syncing this one.  This was just Spencer with his Fender Strat playing through a Twin Reverb, Tracie banging on an old set of Gretsch drums with Leigh screaming into a vintage SM 58 microphone while the crowd was on its feet the entire time yelling "more Foghat."

The group was in LA last night to show and tell LA's film and television VIP's the virtues of shooting in Utah (someone forgot to tell them that every film from Hollywood was shot in Utah last year.)  I tell you, these people are pro, make that PRO!  No stone was left unturned.  The room was packed to the rafters with media muscle noshing on goodies, mingling and yapping.  James Keach was on hand to speak as did Spencer and Leigh. 

Again, the tribe from the ski state that just got named the happiest state in the US, left no variable of the evening to chance.  They might be living Life Elevated in Utah, but they should called Pitch Elevated as evangelists for Utah.  The greeting was flawless.  The food was spectacular.  The video at the end made you want to drive to LAX.  The gift bag was perfect.  Even the parking was paid for! What percentage of time is that detail taken care of?

Timed to coordinate with AFM, there were more movers shaking and shaking movers at the Lux than most of the swanky Santa Monica diggs.

Class act there Utah!  You are really raising the bar for some of these other states.  Canada who?

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