I appreciate KMR's posting putting the Lyndhurst fundraiser in proper perspective. Yes, at first glance seeing 60th anniversary party celebration and KLS as only person mentioned as honoree does make it appear misleading as a very expensive Dark Shadows fundraiser for sure. However, a deeper dive shows its actually the 60th anniversary of Lyndhurst being put in registry for historical landmarks. In fact 1966 was an impressive year being also 60th anniversary of Batman and The Monkees. Who knows, perhaps they can get Burt Ward or Micky Dolenz to swing by. LOL. Lyndhurst is a huge property with huge overhead.. the grounds, utilities, maintenence and refurbishing. Plus Lyndhurst is closed during the 3 month winters with no visitor income. Government cutbacks on funding for the arts and humanities are forcing non profits into coming up with creative ways to make up for budget shortfalls. I certainly don't take offense that Dark Shadows fans are not the target audience for this particular fundraiser. Our club members had no problems donating to have 2 commemorative bricks placed in the greenhouse courtyard... we are actually pretty proud of that. The ticket monies are going directly to Lyndhurst and whatever monies are raised after overhead goes toward their budget which is a good thing for DS fans to better enjoy the property at their leisure. BTW, the top $10,000 figure is for 8 people and when you consider what influence seekers are forking over for Mir a Lago fundraisers, $500 is really peanuts actually.
