This update corrects the previous one, though the Festival dates below are now incorrect. Yeah, the two-day event format is hard for me to get used to also. :-
ShadowGram Update #169ShadowGram Online Dark Shadows News Updates List
Marcy Robin's Cyberspace "Dark Shadows" News Update List
An Internet Publication of SHADOWGRAM
ShadowGram@aol.comNumber 169. April 22, 2007.
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Hello, Dark Shadows Fan,
ShadowGram (SG), The Official Newsletter & News Source for Dark Shadows (DS), announces the following breaking news.
*** 2007 DARK SHADOWS FESTIVAL CONVENTION
The DS Festival Celebrates the 40th Anniversary of Jonathan Frid's First Appearance as Barnabas Collins
Friday, August 16 to Saturday, August 17, 2007
Westchester Marriott Hotel in Tarrytown, NY
Our special guest is JONATHAN FRID (Sat. only)
SG soon will announce other guests, programming, and more details.
*** CORRECTION – PLEASE NOTE HOTEL ROOM RATES & DATES:
The Westchester Marriott Hotel offers a special reduced room rate of $129.00 (+ tax) (single-quad) per night to Festival attendees. This applies for only 3 nights: Thurs., Aug. 16, Fri., Aug. 17, and Sat., Aug. 18. You must request the "Dark Shadows Rate" when making reservations directly with the hotel. A different, higher-priced room rate is in effect for Sun., Aug. 19, and any other dates.
SG Update #168 yesterday inadvertently had the incorrect dates in the hotel reservations section. (Note: The correct hotel room information * was * given in SG Online Update #167 on April 4.)
SG regrets any confusion or inconvenience from this accidental error. Thank you for your understanding.
The revised information about the 2007 DS Festival convention follows below, after the news about Donna McKechnie.
*** DONNA McKECHNIE STARS IN CLASSIC DRAMA
Donna (Amanda Harris/Olivia Corey) will star as "Amanda Wingfield" in the River City Repertory Company's production of Tennessee Williams' drama "The Glass Menagerie." Performances are May 17-20 and May 23-25
at the Scottish Rite Temple in Shreveport, LA.
Company publicity: The production launches the company's "Southern Theatre Series (to) explore a classic play written by a Southern writer or firmly situated in the Southern mystique." Donna's character is "a faded, tragic remnant of Southern hospitality" who tries desperately to hold her shredded family together.
The Scottish Rite Temple is at 725 Cotton St., Shreveport, LA 71101. The box office is off-site, so please make reservations by phone or online.
Tickets are $25-$35 (+ tax) and can be purchased by calling 318-424-6805.
www.rivercityrep.org/news_menagerie.htmlFans attending the play are invited to share with SG their reports, photos, program book, and any local publicity, articles, and reviews.
*** JONATHAN FRID GUESTS AT THE 2007 DS FESTIVAL CONVENTION
THE DARK SHADOWS FESTIVAL presents a special convention on August 17-18, 2007, at the Westchester Marriott Hotel in Tarrytown, NY, celebrating Jonathan Frid's 40th Anniversary of his first appearance as Barnabas Collins.
Jonathan Frid will appear in person at the event, presenting a dramatic program on stage as well as hosting a selection of his favorite moments from DS and a question-and-answer session with the audience.
Jonathan also will attend a Saturday night, August 18, banquet at the hotel, at which he will personalize a unique, commemorative autographed photograph of Barnabas for each banquet attendee.
The celebration marks Jonathan Frid's first appearance at a Dark Shadows event in over a decade!
The Festival also will host a Friday, August 17, day trip to the nearby Lyndhurst Estate, site of Collinwood from the 1970 and 1971 MGM motion pictures "House Of Dark Shadows" and "Night Of Dark Shadows."
Friday evening at the hotel will welcome several other DS stars in person.
Full and ongoing details will be announced shortly on this SG Online Updates List and in the upcoming SG #110 and subsequent SG print issues. (Subscription information for the published SG Newsletters is later in this Update.)
A U.S. postal mailing will be sent soon to all fans who send a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) to: Dark Shadows, P.O. Box 92, Maplewood, NJ 07040. Information also will be posted soon at
www.darkshadowsfestival.com. Fans also are invited to visit Jonathan's official website now at
www.jonathanfrid.comPlease do not send any payments to the Festival until the schedule and prices are announced by SG and the Fest.
It is highly recommended that all fans who plan to intend this convention make hotel room reservations immediately, by calling the direct Westchester Marriott Hotel Reservations Line at 1-800-882-1042. Be certain to mention "Dark Shadows" to receive the special discounted sleeping room rate of only $129.00 (+ tax) per night. This rate is * only * available for three nights: Thursday, August 16, Friday, August 16, and Saturday, August 18.
The Westchester Marriott Hotel is at 670 White Plains Rd., Tarrytown, NY 10591. 914-631-2200. It is approximately 25 miles (45 minutes) north of Manhattan on the eastern shore of the Hudson River at the Tappan-Zee Bridge. The hotel is accessible by air, train, and driving. Closest major airports: JFK, LaGuardia, and Newark. Main highways: US-87, US-95, US 287, Route 9, and Route 119.
