SHADOWGRAM NEWS UPDATE # 308
February 5, 2014
Hello, Dark Shadows Fan,
ShadowGram (SG), The Official Newsletter & News Source for Dark Shadows (DS) announces the following key breaking news in this Official DS News Online Update "bulletin."
**** UPDATING DS FESTIVAL‘S “TWO DAYS AT COLLINWOOD" WEEKEND
JUNE 28-29, 2014:
---- NEW GUEST
--- LYNDHURST DAY & LUNCHEON WITH THE STARS – TICKET PRICES (includes reduced-rate child admission)
--- PREMIERE-ANNOUNCING: THE WEEKEND’S TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
In Oct. & Dec., 2013, SG Online Updates #300 & #304 announced the 2014 DS Festival event. “The DS Weekend” in Tarrytown, NY, marks the actual 48th anniversary weekend of the 6-27-66 original TV series’ debut on ABC-TV’s daytime schedule.
The Weekend highlights the original DS movies: 1970s’ HOUSE OF DS (HODS) and 1971’s NIGHT OF DS (NODS).
---- SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 2014
All activities will be at Lyndhurst Estate, where the 2 movies were filmed. Lyndhurst is at 635 S. Broadway, Tarrytown, NY 10591.
---- SUNDAY, JUNE 29, 2014
All activities will be at the Tarrytown Double Tree Hotel, a few hundred yards from the Lyndhurst entrance. The hotel is at 455 S. Broadway, Tarrytown, NY 10591. 914-631-5700.
The Double Tree soon will sell out the limited number of available reduced-rate hotel sleeping rooms. When making a reservation, please mention / type in the special code – DSF. Call the hotel directly or reserve online at
http://doubletree3.hilton.com/en/hotels/new-york/doubletree-by-hilton-hotel-tarrytown-TERHIDT/index.html Fans also can reserve rooms at the nearby Westchester Marriott Hotel at 914-631-2200, or contact another Tarrytown hotel for the weekend.
Tarrytown is 25 miles north of midtown Manhattan, easily accessible by car (Route 9) and train (Metro North-Hudson Line North to the Tarrytown exit).
**** ANNOUNCING MORE DS WEEKEND NEWS:
--- NEW GUEST: Sharon Smyth Lentz (Sarah Collins)
--- PREVIOUSLY-ANNOUNCED GUESTS:
HODS: Kathryn Leigh Scott, Marie Wallace (Marie was to portray an art dealer in the movie, but she was performing on the soap opera “Somerset” at the time)
NODS: David Selby, Lara Parker, James Storm
BOTH FILMS: John Karlen, Nancy Barrett
Our guests will be available for autographs and photo opportunities. The DS Marketplace will offer many different exciting and new items for sale at a range of prices.
NOTE: The tentative schedule for each day is later in this SG Update.
*** “A Day At Collinwood” – Lyndhurst Estate – Sat., June 28 – 12:00 noon to 9:00 Admission tickets:
Adult: $40
Children under 13: $20 (Half-Price)
*** “Luncheon & Afternoon with the Stars” – Double Tree Hotel – Sun., June 29 – 11:00am to 5:00pm
(Includes full 3-course meal and special DS gift bag)
Admission tickets:
Adult: $50
Children under 13: $25 (Half-Price)
Advance registration is required. Single-day & Both-days admission tickets are now available, ONLY by postal-mail.
You MUST use the official order form available in the Fest’s general postal-mailing, to be sent soon to everyone on the Fest’s postal-mailing list. You also can print the now-posted official order form directly from the Fest website. Addresses follow.
All tickets are non-refundable. Please send the full name/postal-mail address for each person for whom you are paying. Also please include a SASE (Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope) with your payment by check or money order. Payments / order forms / SASEs must be received at the following address no later than June 21, 2014.
Dark Shadows Festival
P.O. Box 92
Maplewood, NJ 07040
www.darkshadowsfestival.com The Fest can not accept PayPal or credit card payments.
**** DS WEEKEND – TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
(All times are approximate and subject to change)
*** SATURDAY - June 28, 2014 (Lyndhurst Estate - "Collinwood")
All events (except for mansion tours and exploring the estate grounds) will be held in the air-conditioned Lyndhurst Stables complex, unless otherwise noted.
12 noon Gate opens / Registration begins / Opening Ceremonies / Guests’ Autograph Session Begins
12:30pm "Collinwood" Mansion Tours Begin / Dark Shadows On Location Presentation
1:00 The Lost House of Dark Shadows - Hosted by Marie Wallace
1:30 Dark Shadows At Lyndhurst - A Behind The Scenes of The DS Movies
2:00 Charity Auction of DS Memorabilia & Collectibles
3:00 Light & Shadows - A Dark Shadows Tribute Performance by David Selby
4:00 Guest Questions & Answers with the Stars
4:30 Dark Shadows Audio Drama Live
5:00pm Kathryn Leigh Scott, Nancy Barrett, & John Karlen host House of Dark Shadows, screened in High Definition
7:00pm Lara Parker, David Selby & James Storm host Night of Dark Shadows, screened in High Definition
9:00pm Closing / Dark Shadows “Afterglow” at the Double Tree Hotel Next Door / Ghost Stories with Sarah Collins (Guest: Sharon Smyth)
*** SUNDAY - June 29, 2014 (DoubleTree Tarrytown Hotel)
All events will be held in the Double Tree Hotel ballroom and lobby.
11:00am Doors Open / Registration
11:30 Luncheon Begins / Charity Auction / Door Prizes / Gift Bag Distribution
1:30 Dark Shadows Follies: Stage performance starring Lara Parker, Kathryn Leigh Scott, and Marie Wallace
2:15 Guest Questions & Answers with the Stars
3:00 Autograph Session / DS Marketplace Memorabilia Sale
5:00 Optional No-Host Fan Field Trip to nearby Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Marcy Robin
