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Fun Facts About the 84th Academy Awards Governors Ball

  • 1500 Guests
  • 950 Staff
  • 350 Culinary Staff
  • 12,000 Glasses for Beverages
  • 4,000 Small Plates
  • 4,500 Ramekins and Verrines
  • 6,000 Cocktail Forks
  • 4,500 Demitasse Spoons
  • 1000 Bottles of Moët & Chandon Champagne
  • Jonathan Jacobs, the Vintage DJ, will be spinning original 78's, 45's and 33's on two Audiotronics Classroom record players
  • 4 different waiter uniforms totaling 344 specialty costumes designed for the Ball


  • 2,120 Yards of Fabric Used for 476 Pieces of Custom-Made Furniture and 315 Pillows
  • The room will sparkle with 1400 strands of Swarovski crystals
  • Over 200 shades of red visible to the naked eye and Mark’s Garden is using all red flowers available this time of year
  • This year's designs are more modern than ever before
  • Ten motion effects: orchestra turntable, singer's riser lift, and eight reveal panel lifts
  • 750 LED Lighting Fixtures
  • 22 Automated Lighting Fixtures
  • 250 Pin Spots
  • 100 Ellipsoidal, Theatrical Lighting Fixtures
  • 1 Mile of Truss
  • 21,000 Square Feet of Fabric on the Ceiling
  • 3,004 Zip-Ties Used To Attach Fabric to the Truss
  • 150 Technicians
  • 6500 Wood Fired Oscar Shaped Flat Bread
  • 3500 Miso Cones
  • 250 pounds Whole Caught Atlantic Bigeye
  • 17 Whole US Wild Caught Yellowtail
  • 1300 Farmed Oysters
  • 5 kilos of American Farm Raised Caviar
  • 1450 pounds Maine Lobster
  • 7500 Individual US Shrimp
  • 250 pounds Sticky Rice
  • 30 gallons Cocktail Sauce
  • 50 Whole Yellowtail Snapper
  • 25 gallons Spicy Mustard


  • 1250 Stone Crab Claws
  • 20 gallons of Homemade California Cheddar Beer Cheese
  • 6000 pieces Taro Root Mini Taco Shells
  • 6500 pieces of Cherry Tomatoes
  • 4500 pieces of Homemade Bread Sticks
  • 550 Mini Potato Latke
  • 1200 Yukon Gold Potatoes
  • 10 pounds of Black Winter Truffles
  • 20,000 pieces of California Grown Micro Greens
  • 1500 Baby Beets
  • 200 Rose Petals
  • 10 Bushels of Heirloom Apples
  • 6000 pieces of Mini Brioche Buns
  • 5000 Cage-Free Eggs
  • 200 quarts Heavy Cream
  • 10 Flats of Pudwill Farms Market Berries
  • 200 quarts Milk
  • 150 pounds Organic Sugar
  • 800 pounds L’Etoile du Nord Bittersweet Chocolate
  • 25 pounds Edible Gold Dust
  • 400 pairs Gold 3D Glasses
  • 500 ring lights
  • 5000 Mini Chocolate Oscars

All fish and seafood SeafoodWatch compliant.
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