Hi Everybody!!!
I had SUCH a blast at the Fest!!!! NY! NY! Would have loved to have seen more of it. I've only been to JFK a gazillion years ago, and that was it. But this time, I walked over the Brooklyn Bridge with friends Diane and Sunny and cruised the waterfront, had French fries and a Pepsi at a waterfront cafe right across from the water taxi, and took the water taxi back. Saw the Statue of Liberty from a distance!!! That was it for me, tourist-wise! I wanted to see EVERYTHING and EVERYBODY at the Fest.
Lara Parker, Kathryn Leigh Scott, both funny, warm and gracious! And BETSY DURKIN!!!! Glad everybody had the same opinion I did about her. In the words of Sister Mary Clarence of Sister Act, "Don't you just LOVE HER?"
She was sooo sweet. And it wasn't that I was shocked that she was nice or anything. It's just that I didn't expect to go to the Fest and have long conversation with her. Her FIRST comment to me was at the Gala when I was in costume for our play and was about how nice my costume looked. And then the next day, when I asked her if she'd sign my program, she said, "Sure! So did your play go all right last night? I couldn't stay, but you that was a great costume you had on. I hoped your play went well."
Then I asked her how much the pictures that she had were. She told me, but then pointed to her book, "Dressing the Man You Love:A Woman's Guide to Purchasing, Coordinating and Caring for His Classic Wardrobe" and I grinned and said, "Sorry, Betsy, but I don't have a man to dress." And she looked at me and very sincerely went, "Well, originally I was going to try to include a man with the book but it didn't work out." LOL! I LOVE her!!! I was sorry that I missed most of her talk--I had to leave, cause I was FREEZING in the auditorium so I missed most of it. I had to run back up to my room and get a BLANKET and a sweater. I think I was sitting under an airconditioning vent. I was practically blue.
I did catch the beginning. It was SOOO cute though, when they showed a few Vicki/Jeff scenes where Jeff has realized [spoiler]that he IS from the past and he's telling her he has to go back and she can't come and "Remember I love you..." [/spoiler] And then they stopped the tape and it was her turn at the podium and she was crying! She was so sweet. She wiped her eyes and she goes, "Oh dear! I haven't seen that in YEARS and it just got to me!!!"
That night (Sat) was the first time I talked to her briefly, before the Gala, and then the next day was when I got her autograph. I went right back and bought a photo from her...the one you've all seen--Joan Bennett, JF, Betsy, and Denise Nickerson at the rehearsal table. I told her I didn't know if I should get the one I recognized (that one) or one of how she looks today. So she told me that as a DS fan, I'd probably get more out of the one I just mentioned, cause it was a DS rehearsal pic. I said, "Good point, you SOLD me!" Then after that, we talked about Vicki and I told her my thoughts on Vicki's fate. I didn't know iif she had followed the show after, and I told her that I had my fan fic up online and that is what the next storyline is going to be. She said that she just might have to take a look at it.
She was just SO warm and friendly and caring. She seemed like a genuine sweetheart. Go Betsy!!!
And I made it to the Gala this year! Yay me!!! Yay us! Judy and Diane --and Lali came and joined us for the DS Anthem!!! Thanks guys!!!
That's all for now. Just wanted to add my two cents worth for now!!!
Judy