****************************************************************** ShadowGram Online Dark Shadows Updates List Marcy Robin's Cyberspace "Dark Shadows" Update List An Internet Publication of SHADOWGRAM SHADOWGRAM - The Official "Dark Shadows" Newsletter & News Source < ShadowGram@aol.com > Number 130. April 13, 2005. ****************************************************************** Hello, Dark Shadows Fan, ShadowGram (SG) announces the following breaking news for Dark Shadows (DS). **** JOIN US AT THE DS FESTIVAL'S "DS HOLLYWOOD WEEKEND" The annual gathering of DS cast/crew members and fans from across the US and beyond is "The Dark Shadows Hollywood Weekend" on July 29-31, 2005, at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel, 1755 N. Highland Ave., Hollywood, CA 90028. 323-856-1200. Recent SG Online Updates to this List and the SG print issues - particularly SG #103 - spotlighted the guest list, planned programming, local attractions, travel and hotel information, and much more. The latest information about the Weekend will be in the new SG #104 print issue. --- Guests: David Selby (Quentin), Lara Parker (Angelique), John Karlen (Willie & others), Nancy Barrett (Carolyn & others), Kathryn Leigh Scott (Maggie & others), Jerry Lacy (Rev. Trask & others), Kathleen Cody (Hallie & Carrie), Geoffrey Scott (Schuyler Rumson), Marie Wallace (Eve & others), Robert Rodan (Adam), Chris Pennock (Jeb Hawkes & others), Jim Storm (Gerard), Sy Tomashoff (Scenic Design), and Malcolm Marmorstein (Writer). More guests to be announced. Guest appearances are subject to professional commitments. Fest proceeds benefit the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. --- Special Events include: The DS Hollywood World Premiere Drama "Vengeance At Collinwood." This is a one-time-only performance as the stars portray their original characters in an all-new sequel on stage for the very first time. --- Other Weekend events: Guest Autographs and Question & Answer Sessions, New Dark Shadows Television Pilot Premiere, Joan Bennett Tribute, Memorial Tributes to Don Briscoe and Anthony George, "Night of DS" Film Restoration Discussion and Exhibition of Lost Footage; Contests, Memorabilia Sales, Costume Event, DS At The Movies Special, and more surprises! --- "Visit to Collinwood" on Fri., July 29, between 10am-4pm. Vans take attendees from the hotel to Greystone Mansion & Park in Beverly Hills, the filming location for the 1991 NBC primetime revival TV series and for the 2004 WB DS Pilot. Reservations for this day trip are limited. Non-refundable price is $15.00 per person (deadline July 22). --- "Banquet With the Stars" is the traditional close to a Fest weekend. On Sun., July 31, fans can enjoy dinner, a special video screening, door prizes, and an exclusive, free DS souvenir. Some of the guests are seated at random with the fans. Non-refundable price is $50.00 per person (deadline July 22). --- Fest Admission rates are payable by mail and must be received by July 22; thereafter at the door only. Two-For-One Special: $30.00 for two people for three days or $15 for one day. Children 6-12, half-price. Send all Fest payments directly to the Fest postal-address. You also can print out the membership form on the website and mail it directly to the Fest postal-address. All pre-registered members receive a tentative schedule shortly before the Weekend. Please include the full name and postal-address for each person for whom you are paying and include 2 SASEs (Self-Addressed Stamped Envelopes) Dark Shadows Festival, P.O. 92, Maplewood, NJ 07040. Website: www.darkshadowsfestival.com The Fest website was just updated with details about the Weekend. Atending memberships and reservations for the 2 special events are being accepted now. The Fest plans an upcoming general mass mailing soon. --- The hotel is accepting reservations for sleeping rooms at a special reduced rate when you call the Renaissance directly and mention "Dark Shadows." SG reminds fans that the number of hotel sleeping rooms is very limited so you are urged to make your reservations as soon as possible. Should the host Renaissance Hotel sell out of rooms, the Holiday Inn Hollywood Walk Of Fame (323-876-8600) and Best Western Hollywood Plaza Inn (323 851-1800) are only one block away and have rooms available at a bargain rate. --- Fans who volunteer their help at the Fest are invited to a private party with some of the DS guests. Info: SASE to Nina Johnson, 411 Victoria Dr., Columbia, MO 65201 or e-mail DS_Volunteers@hotmail.com For assistance in arranging for hotel roommates, contact Pam Jarman, P.O. Box 45674, Los Angeles, CA 90045 or e-mail PLJarman@hotmail.com **** NANCY BARRETT'S GUEST PERFORMANCES - APPEARANCES EXTENDED SG Online Update #128 (Mar. 9) announced NANCY (Carolyn, Millicent, Charity, Leticia, Melanie) guested in the cabaret show "Judy and Bea: Two Dorothys Musically Reunited for the First Time" in March and early April. This special edition version of the cabaret act, titled "Judy and Bea - and Nancy Makes Three," features Nancy performing classic show tunes plus songs with her own DS-related lyrics. She joins female impersonators Peter Mac and John Schaefer (as Judy Garland and Beatrice Arthur). Peter tells the SG Online Updates List "the shows have been wonderfully successful" and "I am thrilled that she will be joining us once more. We've had a blast working with her." She returns to the show for 3 consecutive Friday night performances: May 13, May 20, and May 27. Showtimes are 11:30 pm at Helen's Hideaway Room at 169 Eighth Ave., Manhattan (between 18th and 19th Streets). Peter adds: The special admission offer also is extended for all SG Print Issue subscribers, SG Online List members, and DS fans: "A discount cover charge is available when you call Helen's Cabaret at 212-206-0609 and mention Shadowgram, or e-mail webguru@judyandme.com and mention Shadowgram. This gives you the SG reduced cover charge of $10," which is "more than half off the normal $30 cover charge. The restaurant requires a $15 food and/or drink minimum." Info: www.judyandme.com The 3 performers share their own comments, photo, and more information in the upcoming SG #104 print issue. ***** DAVID SELBY (Quentin) presents a new reading and signing for his poetry book "My Mother's Autumn" on Friday, June 10 from 7:00-9:00 pm. The appearance will be held at: Barnes & Noble Booksellers 7900 West Sand Lake Road Orlando, FL 32819 Phone: 407-345-0900 In-town directions: This location is on Sand Lake Road in the Plaza Venezia Shopping Center, about 2 miles west of Interstate-4 in the Dr. Phillips area, southwest of downtown Orlando. Orlando is a city of approximately 200,00 in the central northeastern area of Florida. A great variety of hotels, restaurants, airports, and other travel facilities are in the vicinity. It is approximately 90 miles northeast of Tampa; 150 miles south of Jacksonville; 250 miles northwest of Miami; 250 miles southeast of Tallahassee; and 450 miles southeast of Atlanta. David will read selections from the book, expressing his love, memories, grief, and other emotions after the death of his mother. The words and feelings are intensely personal, yet touch the heart and soul of every one of us. Whether you have faced the sad loss of a loved one or you seek comfort and strength in the inevitable, the book will speak to you. Copies of the book will be available on-site. Please contact the store directly for possible pre-orders and other information. For fans who cannot attend and/or who are interested in David's other books and more, please request more information by replying to this e-mail or sending a Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope to the SG postal-mail address below David's 3 books - "Autumn," "In & Out of the Shadows," and his most recent poetry volume "Happenstance" - all are available by mail-order to anywhere in the world. Also available is the CD of David reading each "Autumn" poem accompanied by a trio of live musicians playing in the style of his home state of West Virginia. Exclusive offers include autographed copies of both poetry books, an exclusive signed color photo of David as "Quentin," and a number of color/B&W signed 8x10 photographs. You also can visit his official website www.davidselby.com to order any of these items. More readings and signings in other areas of Florida are under consideration. SG will report definite appearances. There is the possibility that the revised edition of David's photo career biography "In and Out of the Shadows" will be available in Orlando. The upcoming SG #104 print issue and this SG Updates List will report all confirmed details about the revised book and future readings/signings. David is in the original science fiction/horror film "Larva," premiered on Sci Fi Channel 1-22. It is due out on DVD later this month (approximately Apr. 26). David plays the villain "Fletcher Odermatt," owner of a Missouri meat processing plant that is in the center of a controversial experiment that goes horribly awry, threatening a massive deadly contamination across the country. ***** JERRY LACY GUEST-STARS ON TV ---- ShadowGram Premiere Announcement: JERRY (Tony Peterson, Rev. Trask, Gregory Trask, Lamar Trask) tells the new SG #104 print issue about some of the recent projects featuring his wife, actress Julia Duffy. He says: "She also has done several episodes of a Nickelodeon show called 'Drake and Josh' over the last year or so. She plays one of the boys' English teacher. On the most recent episode she did, not yet aired, I was offered the part of her husband.... The episode will air sometime in May." **** SHADOWGRAM WELCOMES AND REQUESTS YOUR INPUT Those attending Nancy's performances, David's reading/signing, and the Hollywood Weekend are invited and encouraged to share their photos and reports with SG. Fans worldwide and many of the DS cast/crew personnel read each issue of The Official DS Newsletter. They will enjoy the event through your sharing. Please send pictures and reports directly to SG's e-mail or postal-mail addresses below. SG is The Official DS Newsletter & News Source. 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