ShadowGram Update #375 -- DS Festival 50th Anniversary Celebration Info

[Midnite]

**** DS FESTIVAL 50TH ANIVERSARY CELEBRATION INFORMATION
 
SHADOWGRAM OFFICIAL DARK SHADOWS NEWS ONLINE UPDATE # 375
March 1. 2016

Hello, Dark Shadows Fan,
 
ShadowGram (SG), The Official Newsletter & News Source for Dark Shadows (DS), provides the following news in this ShadowGram Official Dark Shadows News Online Update "Bulletin."
 
***** DARK SHADOWS FESTIVAL 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
 
--- ATTENDING MEMBERSHIPS / LUNCHEON WITH THE STARS: PRICES & REGISTRATION INFORMATION
--- TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
--- ANNOUNCING: NEW DS GUEST 
--- MORE INFORMATION
 
The Festival is Friday-Sunday, June 24-26, 2016 (actual anniversary weekend – DS premiered on ABC-TV daytime programming on June 27, 1966). All activities and programming will take place in and near Tarrytown, NY.
 
Friday Admission: $15 per person
Saturday Admission: $20 per person
Both Days: $30 per person — By Advance Reservation Only.
Luncheon with the Stars – Sunday, June 26: $50 per person --- By Advance Reservation Only
 
Space is limited for all 3 days. No memberships will be sold at the door.
 
Please send payment to: Dark Shadows, P.O. Box 92, Maplewood, NJ 07040 with a self-addressed, stamped return envelope.
 
Our expected DS guests will join fans of all ages from across the US and beyond for a weekend of sharing DS at the actual filming locations for the 2 movies starring a number of the TV series’ cast members: 1970’s HOUSE OF DS and 1971’s NIGHT OF DS. Each was shot almost exclusively in and around the nearby elegant Lyndhurst Estate and historic Sleepy Hollow Cemetery – and fans can tour both locations. Both movies will screen the evening of Sat., June 25.
 
Fest highlights features our DS guests in Q&A audience sessions and autograph/photo opportunities, plus some guests will perform live onstage. There will be rare, unique, and new programming and videos. A vast array of DS memorabilia will be available for purchase at a wide price range.
 
All attendees are invited and encouraged to participate in 2 special ways:
--- Volunteer to help
--- Join us for the for-fun Fan Costume & Presentation Gala.
 
More details and contact information for these fun activities are later in this message.
 
Our confirmed guests follow. Most portrayed more than the single character named. More guests to be announced via the ShadowGram Online Updates through the ShadowGram Group at Yahoo.com.
 
DAVID SELBY (Quentin)
LARA PARKER (Angelique)
KATHRYN LEIGH SCOTT (Maggie)
NANCY BARRETT (Carolyn)
JERRY LACY (Reverend Trask)
MARIE WALLACE (Eve)
SHARON SMYTH (Sarah)
KATHLEEN CODY (Hallie)
DONNA McKECHNIE (Amanda)
CHRISTOPHER PENNOCK (Jeb)
ROGER DAVIS (Peter Bradford)
DONNA WANDREY (Roxanne)
 
---- Newly added guest: JAMES STORM (Gerard)
 
Fest programming will take place at the Tarrytown DoubleTree Hotel (approximately 25 miles north of Midtown Manhattan on the eastern shore of the Hudson River at the Tappan Zee Bridge).
 
---- TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Below is a tentative schedule for the Official Dark Shadows 50th Anniversary events. Please note that times are subject to change.
 
Later in this Update are details about some of the programming / activities.
 
All DS DoubleTree Hotel programming activities will take place in the hotel Ballroom. Autograph sessions will run continuously at the hotel throughout the weekend.
 
FRIDAY, June 24, 2016
12:00 noon - 5:00pm - An Afternoon At Collinwood (Lyndhurst Estate in Tarrytown)
(Tour of Lyndhurst Mansion - $20 per person)
3:00pm   Fest Celebration Registration opens at DoubleTree Hotel
6:00pm    DS 50th Anniversary opening ceremonies with Sharon Smyth
6:15        Special DS Episode with Original Commercials as broadcast on ABC-TV
6:45        Jonathan Frid on The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
7:00        Special Guests: Kathleen Cody & James Storm
7:30        Special Guests: Marie Wallace & Christopher Pennock
8:00        Special Guests: Kathryn Leigh Scott & Jerry Lacy
8:30        Special Guests: Lara Parker & Roger Davis
9:00        Jonathan Frid hosts House of Dark Shadows (1986)
9:15        Movie: House of Dark Shadows
11:00      Dark Shadows Movie Trailers
11:15      Movie: Night of Dark Shadows
 
SATURDAY - June 25, 2016 - DS 50th Anniversary
10:00am  Fest Celebration Registration opens
11:00       Dark Shadows Fan Videos
11:30       Dark Shadows News: ShadowGram's Marcy Robin
12:00       The Collinsport Historical Society
12:30       Dark Shadows Influences
1:00         Dark Shadows Lost & Found: The House   
2:00         Dark Shadows Charity Auction I       
3:00         Dark Shadows Lives: Big Finish Audio Dramas
3:30         Reflections of Jonathan Frid
4:00         50th Anniversary Dark Shadows Cast Reunion
                Questions & Answers with The Stars
5:00         Dark Shadows Bloopers on The Big Screen
6:00         Dark Shadows Lost & Found: Surprise
7:00         Donna McKechnie In Performance
7:30         Dark Shadows In Remembrance
                The Collinsport Players
8:00         Dark Shadows Costume Party Gala
9:00         Dark Shadows At The Movies Retrospective
10:00       Ghost Stories with Sarah Collins
                & Short Film hosted by Sharon Smyth
11:00      Movie: Doctor Mabuse: Etiopomar 
 
SUNDAY - June 26, 2016
11:00am   Doors Open/Registration Opens
11:30        Luncheon Begins/Door Prizes/Gift Bags
1:00          Dark Shadows Dramatics: Stage performances 
                 by David Selby, Nancy Barrett and other guests
2:30          DS Charity Auction II
3:00          Autograph Session/DS Memorabilia Sale
5:00          Optional No-Host Fan Field Trip to Sleepy Hollow Cemetery & Private Tour ($10 advance / $12 at door)
 
**** VOLUNTEER & SHARE YOUR CREATIVE COSTUMES & PRESENTATIONS
As noted earlier, fans can share their DS enthusiasm by volunteering and / or participating in the return of the Fest’s traditional for-fun-only “Costume & Presentation Gala.” Here are more details for volunteers and costume gala participants. Please join us!
 
--- The all-volunteer Fest staff members appreciate fan volunteers who offer help in various capacities during the weekend. These volunteers then are thanked with a private party with some of the DS stars. Please email Volunteer Coordinator Nina at: nmogle@gmail.com
 
Fans of all ages are invited to participate in and be in the audience for the Saturday night Costume & Presentation Gala. This entertaining event welcomes individuals and small groups of fans to come onstage and share their creativity and personas in their own costumes and brief recitations/song/dance interpretations of DS characters, time periods, storylines, etc., as well as related genres. There will be a briefing session before the event for gala participants.
 
Please email Gala Coordinator Marcy Robin at ShadowGram@aol.com  or send a SAFSE (Self-Addressed Forever-Stamp Envelope) to Marcy Robin, P.O. Box 1766, Temple City, CA 91780-7766.
 
**** FEST AUCTIONS – SATURDAY & SUNDAY
Available for open bidding will be a wide selection of DS-related items of all kinds, including rare pieces and more. Auction proceeds benefit charity causes chosen by some of our DS guests (a Fest tradition).
 
**** HOTEL SLEEPING ROOMS AT THE DOUBLETREE & IN THE AREA
SG Online Updates have noted that the Doubletree Hotel is fully sold out of sleeping rooms. However, overnight rooms are available at numerous nearby hotels where fans may stay while attending the 50th Anniversary Celebration. Fans can drive, carpool, or share taxi rides between the Doubletree, Lyndhurst (they are about 1 mile apart), and Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. Tarrytown is easily accessible by car, train, bus, and nearby major airports. Please see recent ShadowGram Online Updates for more information.

[Midnite]

**** DS FESTIVAL 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION INFORMATION
**** SALUTING YEAR #50:
NEW COMMEMORATIVE MERCHANDISE
COMING IN APRIL AND AT THE CELEBRATION EVENT THIS JUNE
 
SHADOWGRAM OFFICIAL DARK SHADOWS NEWS ONLINE UPDATE # 376
March 3. 2016
 
Hello, Dark Shadows Fan,
 
ShadowGram (SG), The Official Newsletter & News Source for Dark Shadows (DS), provides the following news in this ShadowGram Official Dark Shadows News Online Update "Bulletin."
 
**** DS 50th ANNIVERSARY - June 24, 25, & 26, 2016 - ADDITIONAL DETAILS
 
ShadowGram is asked to share the following information to add to the ShadowGram Online Update #275 (3-1-16).
 
Fan excitement and anticipation for this special DS guest / fan commemoration weekend in Tarrytown, NY, has been very high since the ShadowGram Official DS News Online Updates posted its first premiere-announcements of the dates, location, expected guests, planned activities, and other plans in March, 2015, and beyond.
 
“Due to this high interest, space is limited for all 3 days and events are expected to sell out in advance. There will be no payments accepted at the door for activities held at the Tarrytown Doubletree Hotel.”
 
--- ADVANCE PAYMENT is required for all of the following activities.
 
Friday Afternoon at Collinwood  (Lyndhurst Estate 12-5pm): $20 per person
Friday 50th Anniversary Events  (DoubleTree Hotel 6pm-1am): $15 per person
Saturday 50th Anniversary Events  (DoubleTree Hotel 11am-1am): $20 per person
Friday/Saturday 50th Anniversary Events  (DoubleTree Hotel Both Days): $30 per person
Sunday Luncheon with the Stars  (DoubleTree Hotel 11am-5pm): $50 per person
 
--- PLEASE NOTE:
“To make your advance registration for the above Fest events, please be sure to completely fill out and include both sides of the printed Official Dark Shadows Festival Registration / Order Form. Include any and all payments made by your check or money order, payable to the Dark Shadows Festival.”
 
Please also include a SAFSE (Self-Addressed Forever Stamp Envelope).
 
The Festival cannot accept credit cards or PayPal.
 
From the Fest: “Please note that if any payments have been / are sent without the Registration / Order Form, the DS Festival / Official DS Fan Club will mail you a Registration / Order Form to complete and return.”
 
Note: The printed Registration / Order Form also will be included in the DS Festival’s general mass postal-mailing. This mailing will be sent soon to those already on the Fest postal-mailing list, so please be sure the Fest has your current postal address.
 
The Registration Form now is available for download and printing on the Fest website:
 
www.darkshadowsfestival.com
 
Please send the finished Form, your payment(s), and your SAFSE to:
 
Dark Shadows Festival
P.O. Box 92
Maplewood, NJ 07040
 
If you have registration questions or seek more registration information, please directly contact Ann Wilson at the DS Festival:
 
pansyfaye@darkshadowsfestival.com
Ann Wilson, Dark Shadows Festival, P.O. Box 92, Maplewood, NJ 07040
 
--- “The only event that may be paid at the door – if space is still available – is the Sunday exclusive DS Tour of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. This historic site is minutes from the Doubletree Hotel by car or taxi. It was a filming location for scenes in the movies HOUSE OF DS (1970) and NIGHT OF DS (1971).”
 
The tour is 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 26 (after Fest programming at the Doubletree Hotel ends at 5:00). Space is limited.
 
Cemetery tour tickets: $9.99 if purchased in advance; $12.00 at the gate - if tickets are still available. Advance purchase is recommended.
 
The advance price of $9.99 per person can only be paid via a special DS link on the Sleepy Hollow website at the following Internet address: https://www.showclix.com/event/dark-shadows-private-tour2016
 
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery South Gate, 430 North Broadway, Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591.
 
--- DS Guests planning to appear at the DS 50th Year Celebration:
 
Newly-added Special Guest: ROBERT COBERT (DS Music Composer)
 
DAVID SELBY (Quentin)
JOHN KARLEN (Willie)
LARA PARKER (Angelique)
KATHRYN LEIGH SCOTT (Maggie)
JERRY LACY (Revered Trask)
NANCY BARRETT (Carolyn)
MITCHELL RYAN (Burke)
MARIE WALLACE (Eve)
ROGER DAVIS (Peter)
CHRISTOPHER PENNOCK (Jeb)
JAMES STORM (Gerard)
KATHLEEN CODY (Hallie)
SHARON SMYTH (Sarah)
DONNA WANDREY (Roxanne)
 
More guests to be announced. Guest appearances are subject to change and availability.
 
 
**** DARK SHADOWS 50th  - SPECIAL NEW OFFICIAL MERCHANDISE
 
“Several new DS collectibles are coming soon for the Golden Anniversary.
 
---- “Debuting at the Year #50 Celebration in Tarrytown is a full-color, retro 1960s-style metal DS lunchbox, designed to look like it was produced back when the show first aired on ABC from 1966-1971. (Interestingly enough, although often falsely reported as existing, such a lunch box never was issued originally.)
 
“Of course, most fans are well beyond their taking-lunch-to-school days, but this box is attractive and collectible. It has depictions of Barnabas, Quentin, Angelique, Josette, the werewolf, Collinwood, and The Old House. It also can be used to hold keepsakes and as a nice shelf memento.”
 
---- “Also coming is a limited edition T-shirt with a new DS design.
 
---- “In the meantime, the original 1969 Top 20 record album ‘The Original Music from Dark Shadows’ by The Robert Cobert Orchestra, with Jonathan Frid and David Selby, is being re-issued on high-quality purple swirl vinyl as a special national Record Store Day release.
 
“The album reproduces the authentic album artwork, complete with the double-sided Barnabas and Quentin poster insert. This Collector's Item will be available only at authorized local record stores throughout the U.S. on Saturday, April 16, 2016.
 
“Fans should check their local, independent record store merchants to purchase the album on that date and to reserve copies.”
 
For information on participating outlets, go to: http://www.recordstoreday.com/News
 
 ---- Future ShadowGram Online Updates and ShadowGram Published Newsletters will report confirmed DS merchandise details.

[patrickm]

I noticed on the 2nd Shadowgram  update that Donna McKechnie wasn't listed.

[CastleBee]

And I actually saw one announcement that listed John Karlen. I think it was in one of the FB groups. Call me Vicky but, I don't understand.

[CastleBee]

I was wrong about where I saw John Karlen's name - it was on the Dark Shadows Festival page.  I wonder if that means there is still a chance he might make it.  Would love to see him there! 

[Teresa]

I hope John is well enough to attend