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Tales of the Cocktail 2008
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THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM*
OF COCKTAIL SHAKER COLLECTORS

Ann Rogers Tuennerman, Founder of Tales of the Cocktail, invites all vintage bar ware enthusiasts to the first International Symposium of Cocktail Shaker Collectors. All bar ware collectors, from beginner to advanced, including swizzle stick collectors, are invited to meet others and exchange information and knowledge in this first International Symposium held in conjunction with Tales of the Cocktail July 16 to July 20, 2008

HOTEL MONTELEONE, NEW ORLEANS LA

Moderator Stephen Visakay, cocktail shaker scholar and author of Vintage Bar Ware (Collector Books) will cover the history of the cocktail shaker from the 1800's to the rise of cocktail culture today, how to still find vintage bar ware at bargain prices, the care and cleaning of vintage bar ware, swizzle sticks and collecting obsessions; why we collect.
There will be a free drawing for five hundred dollars worth of vintage bar ware.

Contact
www.talesofthecocktail. com

*Symposium originally referred to a drinking party taking the form of a series of speeches, both satirical and serious dating back to Plato in 385 B.C. The Greek verb sympotein means "to drink together" and we will be doing that as well as shaking drinks! Please bring your favorite cocktail shaker, vintage bar ware items and swizzle sticks for display and discussion.

VINTAGE COCKTAIL SHAKERS
Gleaming With sophistication and style, vintage cocktail shakers, an original American invention and usable work of art, define American Art Deco design. These elegant cultural artifacts are fast emerging as one of today's most valued collectibles.

Like many vintage buildings saved from destruction by landmarks preservation committees of today, these micro-skyscrapers that once sat upon the blue glass plains of 1930's cocktail tables are being saved for the enjoyment of future generations. Form and function never had a better mix.

Cocktail Shakers; the words conjure up visions of glamour and elegance. Severn hard shakes over your right shoulder and you can travel back in time, back to the splendor of Hollywood movie sets, with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, luxurious hotel lounges with gleaming chrome. The world of F. Scott Fitzerald and The Great Gatsby, and watching William Powell instruct a bartender on the proper way to shake a martini, The Thin Man movie of 1933, the thoughts are endless.

Cocktail shakers as an original American art form reflect the changing nature

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