At the last couple of Dark Shadows Festivals, I noticed there are a growing number of teenage fans. That's too bad Carol that your daughters don't enjoy Dark Shadows like you do. My daughter is going on 6 years old and she has been watching Dark Shadows since she was 2. Just today she said to me, "Mommy I want to watch Dark Shadows!" We put on the MPI tape, continuing where the Sci Fi Channel left off on Friday. I watched Dark Shadows with my Mom when I was her age and younger. It is neat having 3 generations of fans in the family. My Mom is coming next weekend for a visit, to be here for my birthday, and Mother's Day. During her visits, it's always fun when we watch Dark Shadows together. My daughter is right there with us watching just as I did at her age. My Mom has always been a Barnabas Collins fan. You all know who I love. My daughter likes the werewolf, lol!, also the child actors. She has her own little Dark Shadows collection of pictures from the show, and the Barnabas Collins board game from 1969. She makes grandma play it with her when she comes over. They put the skeletons together and take them in her closet and watch them glow in the dark. I'm lucky to have a Dark Shadows enthusiast like I was. She hopes to attend a Dark Shadows Festival someday. She's still a little too young. I stay in a chair in the Main Room for 5 hours at a time. If you leave your seat, forget it it's gone! Most of the time, the room is full, people are sittting on the floor in the front, the walls are all lined with people, and there's a line of people at the microphone. Daphne, having grown up with Dark Shadows, I can't imagine what it's like just getting into it now all these years later. My heart throb Craig Slocum died when I was 14 years old. At least I was on the earth while he was alive. The thought of not even being born, now that's scary, lol! I wonder who my daughter will fall for. You just might see her around someday, the up and coming!
