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With their gracious permission, my sweet cyberpals (above) have allowed me to post their mugs here on the Fan Encounters page. :-) I met these three "chicas" at SSW 99 in Orlando & had one of the best times of my life! It takes a special kind to understand the inner-workings of a soap junkie & believe me, we all got along quite well! ;-)
All 4 of us stood (along with thousands of other fans) stood in line for what seemed like an eternity in the baking heat, thick humidity, & on again/off again rain in order to meet our fave ABC soap stars & it was worth every minute! About an hour before these pix were taken, all of us had been across the "street" (so to speak) & met the devilishous Vincent Irizarry a.k.a. Doc Dave. Fun was to be had by all! I couldn't tell who's lines were longer ... VI's or CM's! Michael E. Knight had a super long line, as to be expected since he is a fan fave! All were very gracious & appreciative of the support of their fans & even volunteered to stay out longer than their scheduled hours. The pic of Cam & me (on previous page) is pre-peck on the cheek. ;-) Fetchie mentioned that we were all Internet pals & CM made the comment, "Oh you guys really do pump me up & support me. I appreciate it!" BTW, I think Fetchie has a secret crush on CM but won't admit it ;-)
But, in my opinion, the best thing about last year at SSW was not just meeting my favorite AMC stars but also meeting my cyberpals for the first time face to face. We had all talked via chat rooms & email & the phone for quite some time before deciding to make the trek to SSW to meet each other. As a result of our meeting, I've made lasting, true friendships with all of the m & we are planning on making SSW an annual "retreat" from here on out!
This year, I hope to meet YOU! :-) |
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Kari: "I went with my family & a friend from school. We got there after the first tee-off so, instead of just staying at the first hole, we walked through the course until we caught up with the first group, then we started back-tracking. Finally we were at hole 3 and I saw that Cam was gonna be at that hole a few groups later, so we decided to stay at the hole to wait for him. When we had been standing there a while, I saw him about 200 ft. away at hole 2. He was stretching with his golf club behind his back. He turned around & saw my whole family lined up waiting for him & so I waved at him. He smiled & waved back. I could have melted & he was still a hole away! When he got in his cart to start over to hole 3, I was getting really excited! My cousin Katie & I were waiting for him right when he got out of his cart. We asked if we could have an autograph & he said, "Sure." When he was signing my autograph book, he looked at me & my cousin & said, "you two are cute, if only I was a few years younger." That's when Katie & I both started giggling. We thanked him & started to walk off, & he grabbed us each by the shoulder & said, "don'tcha want a picture of all of us?" Of course we agreed & he put his arms around us to pose for the picture. I was in HEAVEN. He was definately the nicest, most sincere celeb there. Not to mention the HOTTEST! Anyway, I had tons of fun most of the day even though it was raining most of the time. I look forward to next year, especially if Cameron is going to be there!" |
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