SAG Awards Viewing Party

Today, I went to my first SAG Awards viewing party at SAG headquarters as a SAG member. This was very exciting for me.

It was also the first year I was eligible to vote in the SAG Awards as I joined too late last year.

Unfortunately, only a couple of my choices won this year. But it was quite something to view the Awards show on the big screen with a room full of actors, cheering for their favorites.

They also supplied us with a nice lunch... turkey wraps and fruit salad. Popcorn and strawberry twists. Diet cokes, cokes, water and coffee.

They also had raffle tickets for SAG swag, but as is usual, I didn't win anything.

SAG President Ken Howard twice gave us a video message about how SAG and AFTRA boards had voted merger. Something everybody in the room knew. It seemed a heavy handed way to push it down our throats since everybody reads the trades in some form and this was supposed to be a viewing party. There were many boos at his speeches.

On our way out, we were given little duck plushes which if you squeezed, said "Aflack."

Then on the sidewalk, there were guys handing out flyers against the merger. This will be interesting as in all the coverage and Ken Howard's speeches, there is nothing about what we'll have to give up in this merger.