starsaber25[Admin] Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 (edited) The Empire City Garrison was invited to appear at the NY Philharmonic performance of “A John Williams Celebration at Lincoln Center in New York City on Tuesday May 24th, 2016. This was a planned gala by the NY Philharmonic featuring the music of John Williams. They were having a red carpet and a cocktail reception prior to the concert and thought it might be very cool to have some Stormtroopers or other Star Wars characters on the red carpet greeting gala guests. The Empire City Garrison troopers arrived at Lincoln Center at approximately 4 pm. They were given a secure changing room on the bottom floor backstage in Geffen Hall. At 4:15 all troopers were brought up to the cocktail room and red carpet area for a briefing on the event and their roll in it. After the briefing everyone was escorted back down to the dressing room to dress and be ready for the 5:30 pm appearance. At 5:30 the Lincoln Center rep escorted our fully dressed troopers up to the cocktail room. The Imperial force takeover of the room commences at this point. There were 2 stormtroopers placed on the red carpet, 2 more stormtroopers positioned on guard at one entrance to the cocktail room, and 2 Biker scouts on guard at the other. Lord Vader and the Emperor were positioned in the middle of the cocktail room flanked by TIE pilots, a snow trooper, an AT-AT driver and an imperial gunner. For the next hour and a half guests took tons of photos with the legion troopers. The crowd was completely surprised and blown away that the Empire was there to celebrate John Williams’s music with all of them. A few celebrities were on hand and also wanted a part of the photo opt action with the ECG troops. Among them were actor Alec Baldwin and his wife Hilaria Thomas, and FOX news anchor Megyn Kelly. As you can see in the photos, Mr. Baldwin felt the need to get as close to the power of the dark side as he could. He felt it……oh he felt it. This turned out to be a fantastic time for all. The Lincoln center staff were extremely accommodating as they provided a dinner for our troopers. They even prepared a room specifically for the ECG to watch a live stream of the performance on a big screen TV after they suited down immediately after the legion appearance. ECG handlers/costume/Photo support in attendance: Ray Eng Jennifer Overeem Helen Keier Alberto Vasari ECG Troopers in attendance: Russell Augello SL-4038 Chris Feehan SL-6744 Jonathan Diaz IG-16890 Ted Moy TA-6298 Eugene Rios TK-11223 Anthony TI-10666 John Ferrara TS-11249 Miguel Lopez TK-30574 Gerrit OvereemTK-7186 Mike DeGuzman TK-11435 John Trowbridge TI-42070 Marek Mirecki TB-10804 Mark Rentflejs TB-8259 Edited July 21, 2021 by gmrhodes13 photo updated 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magni[TK] Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 Great job and pictures! I think Alec was a little smitten. Megyn Kelly what a fox! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snaps[TK] Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 Great job troopers! Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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