ShadowGram Update #352 - 50th Anniversary Festival in Tarrytown

[Midnite]

SHADOWGRAM NEWS UPDATE   # 352
March 29, 2015
 
Hello, Dark Shadows Fan,
 
ShadowGram (SG), The Official Newsletter & News Source for Dark Shadows (DS), announces the following key breaking news in this Official Dark Shadows News Online Update "bulletin."
 
 
**** SHADOWGRAM PREMIERE ANNOUNCEMENT
 
DS FESTIVAL PRESENTS:
THE DARK SHADOWS 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION – JUNE, 2016
 
 
Recent SG Updates have reported that ShadowGram soon would announce upcoming DS Festival DS guest/fan events.
 
This ShadowGram Online DS News Update # 352 is pleased to announce the first confirmed details for DS’ 50th Anniversary Celebration. 
 
**** DARK SHADOWS OFFICIAL 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION – 2016
 
The DS Festival’s DS Golden Anniversary event will take place in Tarrytown, New York, over the weekend of Friday, June 24 to Sunday, June 26, 2016. (The original DS daytime ABC-TV series debuted on June, 27, 1966.)
 
On Friday there will be a day trip to the historic Lyndhurst Estate.
 
Most scenes in the 2 original MGM movies – HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS (1970) and NIGHT OF DARK SHADOWS (1971) – were filmed on location at Lyndhurst. The Gothic Revival mansion was built in 1838. Its classic exteriors, elegantly furnished interiors, expansive grounds and outbuildings were used as Collinwood in both movies.
 
All activities on Saturday all day and evening, and Sunday all day, will be at the nearby Doubletree Hotel in Tarrytown.
 
The hotel is less than a mile from the mansion. Fans can walk, drive/carpool, or share a short taxi ride between the 2 locations.
 
“The weekend programming will offer guest appearances by over a dozen original DS actors and production personnel. There will be special activities such as: dramatic and musical performances by the stars, exciting and previously-unseen DS-related video presentations, a Sunday luncheon with the stars, a for-fun fan participation costumes/presentations event, contests, new and commemorative DS memorabilia available for purchase, and more surprises.”
 
Lyndhurst Estate is at 635 S. Broadway, Tarrytown, NY 10591. http://www.lyndhurst.org
 
The Doubletree Hotel-Tarrytown is at 455 S. Broadway, Tarrytown, NY 10591.
 
**** VERY IMPORTANT: Please note that discounted Doubletree Hotel sleeping rooms for the June 2016 Celebration will be available for DS fans using a special code,
 
SG Online Updates will announce that code for discount hotel room rates after July 1, 2015 (this year).
 
No Fest-special reduced-rate hotel reservations may be made before that time.   
 
Event registration prices for the weekend and the Luncheon and further details for the 50th Amniversary Celebration will be provided by SG Online Updates after July 1, 2015 (this year).
 
Interested fans may send a SAFSE (Self-Addressed Forever-Stamp Envelope) to the DS Festival at any time. Please indicate you want it to be used to mail you the Celebration registration form and other information when full details are ready. Please send your SAFSE to:
 
Dark Shadows
P.O. Box 92
Maplewood. NJ 07040

Upcoming SG Online Updates and SG Published Newsletters will continue to provide further details for the June 2016 Anniversary Celebration as plans are confirmed. 
 
The new Double SG #124-#125 DS Newsletter also will have information about the Anniversary Celebration. That SG print issue will be published soon.
 
Tarrytown is on Highway 9, about 24 miles north of Midtown Manhattan on the eastern shore of the Hudson River. Lyndhurst and the Doubletree Hotel are approximately 1 mile from the eastern end of the Tappan Zee Bridge across the Hudson River. Lyndhurst is visible from the eastern end of the Bridge and is the closest Hudson Valley mansion to New York City.
 
Both Fest locations are easily accessible by train via the Metro North – Hudson Line from NYC’s Grand Central Station Terminal, traveling north to the Tarrytown train station. It is a few minutes’ taxi ride from the station to the hotel and the estate.
 
Nearest major airports: La Guardia International Airport is on the northwestern end of Long Island, and Liberty International Airport in Newark is at the northeastern end of New Jersey. Trains, car services, taxis, and buses are available at either airport for travel north to Lyndhurst.
 
The ShadowGram Online Updates will premiere-announce and report event details as they are confirmed.

[Uncle Roger]

I am thrilled that the 50th anniversary celebration will be held in a hotel! With air conditioning! (The conditions at the events on the grounds of Lyndhurst were extremely uncomfortable.) I am equally pleased that at least some of the discontinued fan activities will be resumed.

Hopefully, with over a year to plan, the 50th anniversary festival will be something special.

[KMR]

Same weekend as a professional conference that I attend, which will be in Orlando that year.  Bummer...

Interesting that the calendar for 2016 is the same as for 1966 (well, at least from March 1...) so the 50th anniversary of the first episode of DS is on the same day of the week as the original broadcast!

[michael c]

this is great news...

despite complaints about how 'old and unoriginal' the format is I'm all for the return of the big, hotel bound 3 day fest for the big 50th anniversary. 'cruises' and weird one day mini-events out at Lyndhurst are not my thing. and really how many more times are they going to be able to gather the cast for this type of thing???

I know it's too much to ask but how dreamy would it be for a certain ingenue to board a train out to Tarrytown for the anniversary of her debut (I won't be disappointed when it doesn't happen).

look forward to it!

[Uncle Roger]

Wouldn't that be awesome? For the 50th anniversary, they really should try to produce some of the more elusive actors. Kate Jackson will likely want an appearance fee. I doubt if they will fly David Henesy up from south of the border. So, the festival should make a concerted effort to get Alexandra. Let her write her own ticket and do as much or as little as she wants to do. She would definitely get a huge, huge standing ovation.