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SHADOWGRAM OFFICIAL ONLINE DARK SHADOWS NEWS UPDATE # 309 February 13, 2014

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SHADOWGRAM OFFICIAL ONLINE DARK SHADOWS

NEWS UPDATE # 309

 

February 13, 2014

 

The Official "Dark Shadows" Published Newsletters
The Official Dark Shadows Online News Updates

Marcy Robin's Cyberspace "Dark Shadows" News Updates

An Official Internet Publication of SHADOWGRAM

 

Each of these SG News Updates is initially posted through the ShadowGram Yahoo Group.  Joining the Group is free.

 

To receive a Yahoo Group invitation, or to learn more about the ShadowGram Official Dark Shadows Published Newsletters by postal mail subscription, or if you have any questions, please directly contact Marcy Robin at the following email address: ShadowGram@aol.com

 

You also can join the SG Group directly at: http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/ShadowGram/

 

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Update Number 309

February 13, 2014

 

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Hello, Dark Shadows Fan,

 

ShadowGram (SG), The Official Newsletter & News Source for Dark Shadows (DS) announces the following key breaking news in this Official DS News Online Update "bulletin."

 

**** DS FESTIVAL WEEKEND - JUNE 28-29, 2014:

--- Updating: Hotel sleeping rooms availability

--- Clarifying: Saturday Only – Children’s half-price rate

--- Special Opportunity at legendary Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

 

**** LYNDHURST ESTATE FEATURED IN NEW MOVIE OPENING FEB. 14

 

*** UPDATING: DS FESTIVAL’S “2 DAYS AT COLLINWOOD” WEEKEND

 

SG Update # 308 (2-5-14) gave recent new information about this upcoming DS event in Tarrytown, NY (25 miles north of midtown Manhattan).

 

*** Sat., June 28 – 12 noon to 9:00pm – “Day at Collinwood” activities will be held at the Lyndhurst Estate, where the 2 DS movies (1970 & 1971) were filmed. After events end at Lyndhurst at 9:00 pm, fans can then join guest Sharon Smyth Lentz (DS’ Sarah Collins) at the nearby Tarrytown DoubleTree Hotel, where she will share ghost stories during an “Afterglow No-Host Party.”

 

Sun., June 29 – 11:00 to 5:00 – “Luncheon & Afternoon with the Stars” activities will be held at the Tarrytown DoubleTree Hotel, a short distance from the entrance to Lyndhurst.

 

 

**** PLEASE NOTE: SG CLARIFICATION - CHILD PRICE FOR LUNCHEON

 

Admissions for each day: These Adult prices as given are correct:

Sat. June 28: Lyndhurst Day - $40

Sun., June 29: Luncheon & Afternoon - $50

 

Sat., June 28: Lyndhurst Day

Child Price is correct:  Children under 13 - $20 (Half-Price of Adult Rate)

 

Price clarification:

Sun., June 29: Luncheon & Afternoon

Child Price is $50 per child (same as adult) (There is no reduced price for Child’s Lunch)

All Luncheon attendees will receive a DS Gift Bag.

 

SG regrets any confusion. Thank you.

 

PLEASE SEE SG UPDATE # 308 for important and complete information about registering to attend for either day or for both days.

 

The Festival’s general mass mailing is being sent now to fans on the Fest postal-mailing list. It highlights the Tarrytown Weekend and has the official order form to register for the Weekend. It also includes information about DS merchandise, SG, autographed books and audio dramas, and more.

 

If you are not on the Fest mailing list, or if your postal-mail address has changed in the past year, please send your current address and a SASE (Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope) to the Fest to receive the mailing:

 

Dark Shadows Festival

P.O. Box 92

Maplewood, NJ 07040

 

 

*** DS WEEKEND UPDATE: HOTEL SLEEPING ROOMS

 

The Tarrytown DoubleTree Hotel is where all Sunday events will be held. It is about a mile (approximately 5 minutes by car/taxi) from Lyndhurst Estate, where all Saturday activities will be held.

 

The DoubleTree Hotel is at 455 S. Broadway, Tarrytown, NY 10591.

 

The hotel asks SG to share that a limited number of sleeping rooms now are available at a reduced rate.

 

PLEASE NOTE: These additional sleeping rooms must be reserved for both Fri. & Sat. nights (June 27-28). Those 2 nights are required for this special rate of $179 (+ tax) per night.

 

To get this 2-night minimum / $179 rate, you MUST call the hotel directly or go online at the following phone number / online address.

 

You MUST mention the new reservation code  DS2  to receive the discount room rate.

 

Direct Double Tree Hotel phone: 914-631-5700

Reserve online at:   http://doubletree3.hilton.com/en/hotels/new-york/doubletree-by-hilton-hotel-tarrytown-TERHIDT/index.html

 

Once the DoubleTree fills its available sleeping rooms, fans can make reservations at nearby hotels, each a short car or taxi ride from the DoubleTree, Lyndhurst, and Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. Here are 2 possibilities. You also may search online for other nearby hotels / motels.

 

Hampton Inn, 200 W. Main St., Elmsford, NY 10523. 1-914-592-5680.http://hamptoninn3.hilton.com/en/hotels/new-york/hampton-inn-white-plains-tarrytown-ELMNYHX/attractions/index.html

 
Westchester Marriott Hotel, 670 White Plains Rd, Tarrytown, NY 10591. 1-914-631-2200.   http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/nycwe-westchester-marriott/

 

 

*** DS WEEKEND UPDATE:

FAN TRIP TO NEARBY SLEEPY HOLLOW CEMETERY

 

After the Fest Weekend events conclude at the DoubleTree Hotel at 5:00 on Sun., June 29, fans are welcome to join an “Optional No-Host Fan Field Trip” to Sleepy Hollow Cemetery for a special one-hour guided tour. 

 

Sleepy Hollow itself is the next town north of Tarrytown, also on Route 9N (Broadway). The cemetery is about 3 miles from the DoubleTree.

 

There is a significant DS connection: Opened in 1849, the 85-acre cemetery was a filming location for the first DS movie, HOUSE OF DS. Scenes shot there were:

 

--- Willie Loomis (Fest Weekend guest JOHN KARLEN) invades the Collins Family Mausoleum, inadvertently releasing the vampire Barnabas Collins from his secret resting place.

--- The Collins Family attends the funeral for “vampire” Carolyn Stoddard (Fest Weekend guest NANCY BARRETT), which is “officiated” by DS’ JERRY LACY as the reverend.

 

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is at 540 N. Broadway, Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591. 914-631-0081. info@sleepyhollowcemetery.org

 

((The Doubletree Hotel is at 455 S. Broadway and Lyndhurst is at 635 S. Broadway, both in Tarrytown.))

 

The cemetery will extend its regular Sunday hours and will offer a one-hour tour (for $8.00 per person) to accommodate fans who wish to visit as a group at 5:30 pm on Sunday evening, June 29.

 

Fans may carpool or share a 10-minute taxi ride to and from the DoubleTree Hotel and the cemetery.

 

In order to see how much fan interest there is in this optional Sunday evening activity, those who'd like to tour the historic cemetery are asked to please kindly send a * brief * confirmation email to   Shadowgram@aol.com   no later than March 15, please.

 

Please indicate approximately how many adults / children would be in your party.

 

SG Online Updates will report plans as they develop and are confirmed.

 

The Fest and ShadowGram appreciate your cooperation in this.

 

 

*** “WINTER’S TALE” MOVIE SPOTLIGHTS LYNDHURST

 

To see Lyndhurst on the big theater screen, the new movie “Winter’s Tale” was filmed inside the mansion and on the estate grounds and surrounding area. Lyndhurst represents “a fortress-like mansion” on NYC’s Upper West Side. It opens nationwide on Valentines Day, 2-14.

 

The romantic fantasy-mystery plot seems to have a definite DS flavor. There is a sense of “a love so strong that time doesn’t matter” for a man who “somehow finds himself still alive 100 years later.” Some early critics’ comments: --- “A magical realism sort of story…. Oscillating between the time span of a century, this mysterious tale of love is about a burglar who falls in love with a dying girl and wants to interfere with currents of time to win her back to life.” --- “A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her.”  Official publicity: “Set in a mythic New York City and spanning more than a century, it is a story of miracles, crossed destinies, and the age-old battle between good and evil.” Rated PG-13.

 

A Warner Brothers featurette “Winter’s Tale: A Love Story for the Ages” explains more about the film, its themes, and its “magic.”

 

Official website: http://www.winterstalemovie.com/

The 2½-minute theatrical trailer is at http://www.warnerbros.com/movies/in-theaters-coming-soon/winter-s-tale/2ac11d26-057d-4103-867e-857e966b9219.html

 

Please send SG any articles, reviews, publicity, or other media coverage of the movie, particularly any focusing on Lyndhurst. Send all material to SG’s postal- or e- mail addresses. Thank you.

 

 

*** The huge new Double SG # 122-#123 Official DS Published Newsletter features the DS Festival Weekend. There are announcements, reports, and updates for recent / upcoming DS guest/fan gatherings, plus all the DS news and plans.

 

To subscribe / renew to the complete ShadowGram Official Dark Shadows Newsletters:

 

--- US & Canadian First Class subscriptions: $12.00 for 4 issues, $24.00 for 8 issues.
---Overseas Air Mail subscriptions: US $20.00 for 4 issues, US $40.00 for 8 issues.

 

Please send your subscription / renewal payment by check or money order, payable to:

 

Marcy Robin
P.O. Box 1766
Temple City, CA 91780-7766

 

Subscription/renewal payments also can be made via Paypal to:  ShadowGram@aol.com

 

When your subscription/renewal arrives, I’ll send you SG #122-#123 and future issues as they are published.

 

As always, SG invites and encourages fans to please share any DS-related materials you find at any time: on-air, in print, and online,  international, nationwide, or local, media publicity, articles, reviews, interviews, commentaries, etc.

 

Fans attending the Fest Weekend and any other personal appearances are welcome to please share your photos, video footage, reports, program books, publicity, media coverage, etc. Each image captures the DS person in a distinct expression and pose.

 

Please send hard copies (newspapers, magazines, program books, flyers) when possible.

You can send all photos as a  peg  at high resolution to SG's e-mail address. You also can send hard-copy pictures and items to SG's postal-mail address.

 

Please always include your full name and the source name and date. Send to:

 

Marcy Robin / ShadowGram

P.O. Box 1766

Temple City, CA 91780-7766

 

Email:  ShadowGram@aol.com

 

You will be named as a Contributor in the published SG newsletter. You may receive a complementary Contributor's Copy for major donations of photos, information, funds, postage stamps, supplies, publicity, assistance, etc. Thank you in advance for your support and sharing.

 

All such items are important to the ShadowGram Newsletters, the actual complete published Official DS Newsletter & News Source. Subscribers of all ages are across the US and worldwide. I send complementary copies of every issue directly to many of the DS cast and crew. They share their news with me for SG, and they enjoy learning about their DS colleagues in SG's pages.

 

Your materials help SG readers share with you and the DS cast/crew through SG. Thank you in advance!

 

The release of each SG published newsletter is announced in a SG Online Update via the SG Yahoo Group.

 

---- These SG Online Updates briefly premiere-announce, report, and provide confirmed DS-related news, much of it provided directly to me by those involved with DS then to now. All the information is expanded and explained in the published SG Official Published DS Newsletters and through the SG Official Online News Updates via the SG Yahoo Group.

 

Joining the SG Yahoo Group is free. You do not need to be a SG postal-mail subscriber to join the Group.

 

To be a member of the ShadowGram YahooGroup, go to http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/ShadowGram/

 

To receive an invitation – which makes it even easier to join the Group – please directly email Marcy Robin at ShadowGram@aol.com

 

You can read past SG Online Updates once you're a member of the group by clicking on the "Messages" tab.

 

If you'd like more information on how to become a SG YahooGroup member, orif you have any questions, please e-mail Marcy Robin at ShadowGram@aol.com

 

**** PLEASE NOTE: The brief email Updates like this one are * NOT * the actual Official DS Newsletter. The published SG print issues provide and report in depth, with pictures, quotes, and more.

 

These breaking-news Official DS Online News Update "bulletins" are officially posted through the ShadowGram Yahoo Group.

 

This Update is posted to the ShadowGram Yahoo Group and is dispersed by interested people to various lists, boards, websites, groups, blogs, Facebook, Twitter, LiveJournal, Tumblr, in personal emails and other online / print communications.

 

PLEASE include ShadowGram's complete e- and postal- mail addresses and subscription information in all of your online sharing.

 

SHADOWGRAM (SG) is the * Official * "Dark Shadows" Newsletter. Much of its news is directly provided by the show's personnel and those involved in the 1966-71 TV series and the 1991 TV series. Established almost 35 years ago in April, 1979, SG works directly with the cast /crew and related individuals, companies, and others involved in DS' creation, distribution, promotion, merchandise, etc. SG print issues usually are published 2-3 times during the year.

 

These brief Update bulletins are posted through the ShadowGram Online "Dark Shadows" News Updates Yahoo Group. See subscription information and contact addresses above.

 

For more newsletter information or if you have any questions, please send a SASE (Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope) to these postal- or e- mail addresses:

 

Marcy Robin

ShadowGram Editor / Publisher

P.O. Box 1766

Temple City, CA 91780-7766

 

E-mail: ShadowGram@aol.com

YahooGroup e-mail: ShadowGram1@yahoo.com

 

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