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Show Spring 2004 Come Play in The Sun!! Page 5 TREMENDOUS TALENT leads legoland JUDGES TO PICK MORE THAN ONE MASTER MODEL BUILDER Carlsbad, CA - Getting paid to play with toys at a world famous theme park sounds like a dream job. That dream iust came true for three luckv and tal- II Ifl ented LEGO lovers. Kristi Klein from i Los Angeles, CA, Nathan Sawaya from New York, NY and Aaron Sneary from Laurel, MD have been offered the position posi-tion of 1EGOLAND Master Model Builder.' (continued from page 4) Famous for its elaborate recreations of wild with the turn of a wheel. The interactive ride is major world cities and realistic likenesses of quickly becoming a family favorite. Hollywood film characters, LEGOLAND The LEGO Sports Center also opened in California embarked on a three month nation-2003 nation-2003 and put guests in the middle of the sporting wide search to find its next Master Model action with interactive football, soccer and basket- Builder. Starting in November in Washington ball related activities for the whole family. For the D C- and culminating in Orange County, CA, second year in a row, LEGOLAND was named one L?LANtD conducted LEGO brick "build-....... "build-....... , . .. ... offs to determine the 27 finalists invited to the of the best theme parks in the world by final job interviewbuilding competition. Forbes.com. LEGOLAND was honored for inno- c r,n i nnn vative and interactive rides and its wide range of standard LEGO bricks, and was shows and attractions for the whole family, making allowed to fill an additional bag full of it a new family tradition kids of all ages want to bricks of their choice. Finalists had experience again and again. two hours to build the best LEGOLAND California is a 128-acre fam- LEGOLAND attraction possible using ily theme park dedicated to families with children their bricks and tneir imagination. between the ages of 2 and 12. Just like with LEGO Park representatives said the level of toys, kids are the ones who make things happen at taler?i madf lt c,ear ,that one winner tu a . . . . ,. . . would not be enough, the park. They drive, pedal, squirt, climb, jump, . We sgw guych gm taent stomp, slide, steer, pull, click, push, gallop, laugh, jn these 27 finajstSj that it was just build and program their way through more than 50 too difficult to choose only one to join rides and attractions. our team," said Pat DeMaria, super-There super-There are three other LEGOLAND parks visor of the Model Shop. "Plus by the in the world LEGOLAND Billund in Denmark, way the theme park is expanding, I wouldn t be surprised if we see more LEGOLAND Windsor outside of London and 0f tnem jn the future." LEGOLAND Deutschland near Gunzburg, The applicants were asked to Germany. For the most current information, log on design and create a 3-D model to www.LEGOLAND.com or call (760) 918-LEGO. resembling a LEGOLAND California attraction. When the dust settled, Klein, Sawaya and Sneary took the competition, and title of LEGOLAND California's three newest Master Model Builders. Their recreations of LEGOLAND objects, demonstrated their overall over-all creativity, three-dimensional visualization and use of the various LEGO bricks. Klein will leave her job at a flower shop in Los Angeles to move to Carlsbad and play with toys. Sawaya will leave behind a six-figure salary as an attorney and Sneary will no longer report to his job at John Hopkins University as a Web Designer. The selected three will have 30 days in which to start their new job and to join the team of six current LEGOLAND Master Model Builders who design, create and maintain the more than 5,000 models in the family theme park in Carlsbad, CA. life ivCii ft ! tMpr : - Triumph TeS OIO flfgiex. Sales Service ..ryLir?-- Rentals Parts Storage y p"- mMfflliMKnD May : 1 I Hilton Garden Inir Carlsbad Beach Eveni-fting. Right where yew wed A? iif r'i i' -i' i a r I vr. 9 - Tifii i 1 1 r i 7f i , r v RoomAmsrctles ReMgerata.iracrowaoven and coffee maker in each room Norsmokng rooms and accessWe rooms avaiabte Hair dryer, iron and lonhg board Hgrspeed Internet access Largewortt desk with convenient desk-level outlets, adjustable lighting arriergonomic chair 25 cable WwOrvOxnmand Video and complimentary HBO FacilitiesServices FuB service Evening room service Heated outdoor pool and whirlpool Flness center Call 'Today - 760-476-0800 6450 Carlsbad Boulevard Carlsbad, California 92009 www.carlsbadbeach.gardeninn.com |