Official Fest Guest Speculation Thread

Greetings!

According to the latest ShadowGram update, the 2005 DS Hollywood Weekend "is planned to feature
debut appearances by several DS celebrities."

The big question, of course, is who will these celebrities be?

My guess is that Kate Jackson will be one of them.  I'm also wondering if we can look forward to a couple of real surprises, such as Betsy Durkin and (hubba hubba) Brian Sturdivant.

What other DS celebrities do you think might make their debut in 2005?

Regards,

Jean-Claude

Perhaps David Henessey will make an appearance?  His mother was at the last California Fest, testing the waters...

ProfStokes

How about Humbert Allen Astredo?  I'd love to see him at a fest.


Cassandra

They could be some from the New series that never was.
But I have to hope with ProfStoke that it will be Little Davy Collins!

IF David Hennesy is there....please oh please take COPIOUS amounts of pictures!!!

(psst...who's Brian Sturdivent?)

Patti

Oh my gosh....who can picture pics of BOTH Davids together?? (overload...overload...gotta go lay down now.)

oh i saw the dates and said that is when i go down to old cape cod for 2 weeks
i would love to come to LA wish they had these things in the spring!(never in fall
have to save that for the Fall Classic!)

jennifer

Just curious.......has a Fest ever been held in the autumn?  I have no idea what southern California is like in the autumn months......but autumn is  the season to visit New York City...  

Just curious.......has a Fest ever been held in the autumn"

There have been fests Halloween weekend and Thanksgiving weekend.  I think they were both in New York.  I wouldn't mind another Halloween fest! 

I'd never heard of one during the Thanksgiving weekend...but I was under the impression that the Halloween Weekends (in Tarrytown, correct?) were not "official" fests but were organized by another group.

In the early days of the Fests (i.e. the Newark, NJ era), they were held in October.  My guess is they switched to the summer to make them more vacation-friendly.

I'd never heard of one during the Thanksgiving weekend...but I was under the impression that the Halloween Weekends (in Tarrytown, correct?) were not "official" fests but were organized by another group.

Yes, the Halloween Weekends were done by a different group.  The last time the DS Festival held a Halloween weekend Fest was back 1993, IIRC.  The year the DS Festival held a Thanksgiving weekend Fest was in '92, which I remember because it was at the hotel at the WTC which was still the Vista at that point -- holy cats!  ( )

My guess is that Kate Jackson will be one of them.  I'm also wondering if we can look forward to a couple of real surprises, such as Betsy Durkin and (hubba hubba) Brian Sturdivant.

What other DS celebrities do you think might make their debut in 2005?

I'll second the guess that Kate Jackson will be there, since she's starting to make convention appearances now. 

(psst...who's Brian Sturdivent?)

He's the dark, brooding hottie who played my namesake, Claude North.  (Sadly, I am not a dark, brooding hottie.  Rather, I bear a striking resemblance to Bobby Hill on KING OF THE HILL.)

lololololol!!!!!

Funny Jean-Claude 

Patti

How about Conrad Bain and Dana Elcar?  (Probably, with regards to Mr. Elcar, his health wouldn't allow it.)  And I'm still holding out hope for an eventual Dark Shadows Festival cruise.  On the Queen Mary 2, of course.

Gerard