February Paradise Palms Social Club and one year anniversary.

This Old House names Paradise Palms one of its "Best Old House Neighborhoods"

If you, or anyone you know, would like to present a paper on mid-century modern architecture there would be an opening. 

Please contact Joyce.

January social club.

Paradise Palms resident: Juliet Prowse.

Juliet Prowse was a dancer, whose four-decade career included stage, television and film. She lived at 3326 Arapaho circle.

 It was during the filming of Can-Can in 1959 that she captured the international spotlight. Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev visited the set of the film and after Prowse performed a rather saucy can-can for the Russian leader, he proclaimed her dance "immoral". Little did Khrushchev know that he was a great press agent, because the publicity brought Prowse considerable attention in the United States. From there, her career took off.

Prowse met Frank Sinatra on the set of Can-Can. Time magazine did not care for the movie but said that Prowse was the best thing in it: "In fact, the only thing really worth seeing is Juliet Prowse, a young South African hoofer who puts some twinkle in the stub-toed choreography".

 Sinatra and Prowse announced their engagement in 1962. Soon afterwards, they broke up reportedly because Prowse wanted to concentrate on her career. Prowse later admitted, "I was as much flattered as I was in love. He (Sinatra) was a complex person, and after a few drinks he could be very difficult.

 

 Prowse co-starred in 1960 alongside Elvis Presley in G.I. Blues. During shooting of the film they had a short and intense fling. "Elvis and I had an affair.... We had a sexual attraction like two healthy young people, but he was already a victim of his fans. We always met in his room and never went out.

 She starred in her own NBC sitcom for one season: 1965's Mona McCluskey, which was produced by George Burns. She also did other feature films, including The Fiercest Heart (1961) and Who Killed Teddy Bear?

 

 Prowse would later go on to headline successful Las Vegas shows, commanding a very high salary. Stating that Las Vegas was the most demanding place she ever worked, she won Entertainer of the Year for the Vegas run of Sweet Charity. She would later show off her famous dancer's legs in a series of lucrative nationwide commercials for a number of advertisers, including L'eggs hosery and Mannington flooring.

December social club.

December Paradise Palms Social Club and other news.

With the holiday season coming up, its a good opportunity to give back to our community. In an effort to show our ongoing appreciation for those at the Cambridge Community Center, we thought it would be a great idea to focus on their cause. The Cambridge Community Center are the folks who have assisted us in our neighborhood pride clean-ups and are responsible for providing us with the equipment, volunteers and additional resources to better our neighborhood.

They're in need of non-perishable food items and/or gently used clothing, including business attire, to provide to those in need who are seeking employment.

If you plan on attending the next social club, which will be held Saturday 12/3, we will have a drop off box at the social. If you are unable to make it but would still like to contribute, send us an e-mail with your address and we can come to you. Were hoping to do all our pickups on Saturday 12/10, between 10:00 am -12:00pm, however if this doesn't work for you please let us know and we can make other arrangements. Also, any monetary donations that we receive at the December social club will be donated to the Cambridge Community Center. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. Thank you all for your support!

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The next Paradise Palms Social Club will be hosted Saturday, Dec 3rd at Steve & Tami's from 7-10. Bring your favorite beverage.

Teri & Chad will host in January, February we will be at Neil &Andre's, Mike & Amanda will host March, Clay & Denise will host in May, June will be at Lois & Rob's, Sandra is hosting in July, Sandy & Mark's place in August, Mario will host in September, October will be at Danny & Kevin's, November (Terrordise Palms Halloween party) at Chad & Teri's.

Paradise Palms Social Club hosts a “get to know your neighbors” cocktail party on the first Saturday of the month. Each month the party is at a different home. If you would like to host let us know what month you'd like to do it. 

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We just received an e-mail from the golf course regarding their new rates:

Las Vegas National Golf Club will be offering Clark County Residents the following golf rates:
Before 11:30 am: $40 (Includes golf cart)
After 11:30 am: $30 (Includes golf cart)
To receive the local rate, all players must present a valid form of identification.

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We recently added our 100th member to the Paradise Palms residents page on facebook. We share more info on the neighborhood there, so if you aren't a member, find us and join.

Hope to see you all on Nov 3rd.