**** 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.