Close MacBook Pro with second display

Hi I'm new here and just got my MacBook Pro this morning... Anyway, i was wondering if there was a way to close the macbook without it going to sleep. I have an lcd that i would like to connect the macbook to and use mirroring, but whenever i close the macbook the macbook's screen shuts off the it goes to sleep. Is there any way to close the Macbook and shut off the screen, but keep the macbook running so i can mirror my desktop on the lcd?
MacBook pro Mac OS X (10.4.6)

I believe the correct way to do it is
1) Add external mouse / keyboard
2) Put MBP to sleep
3) Attach display
4) Wake computer via external mouse / keyboard
Thats the way that works for me.

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