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Designed as a multi-function dance rehearsal studio/basketball court, projection room with full recording capacity, this space has been transformed to celebrate all things Purple Rain. It still features the wood floors and mirrors used by dancers, but the single basketball hoop has been removed.
Walking into this room was very emotional for me. So much so, I had to ask for kleenex and was given a big hug from Bridgett Carey Slaton, whom I had met the day before for the first time. This is the era that I became aware of and fell in love with Prince’s music and him, buying all that I could find.
A First Avenue logo stenciled on one wall, and movie clips from the Purple Rain were playing on the other. A waist high Purple Rain floral papered wall separates you from some of the most iconic memorabilia of a favorite movie, album and song of mine. Prince's 1985 Oscar for Original Song Score (a category that no longer exists), his purple studded jacket and white ruffled shirt worn in the movie, his personalized leather bound Purple Rain manuscript filled with his own handwritten notes, a white cloud guitar, and one of the motorcycles used in the movie with license tabs from 1983, so unbelievable that I was that close to it all.
Noticing the scuff marks from Prince dancing in his high-heeled shoes on top of the purple electronic keyboard during his performances, it sinks in he is no longer physically with us. I could have stayed in this room all day.
Thanks for spreading positivity!
February 20, 2018
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