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arrived on a wet, rainy day and rushed to the holding area for the seat
fillers - an open-air, covered parking structure. There were about 150
well-dressed people shivering in line already. We were almost the last
to arrive. If we'd been 5 minutes later, we wouldn't have gotten in. We
made it just in time to get the wristbands and handstamps required for
entry.
Here's Elaine in her gorgeous silver gown. Notice the lady in the background freezing to death. It was really cold in that garage! |
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after we arrived, we were taken upstairs to a big holding area. It was
dark, ugly, and there were no chairs for us to sit in, but at least it
was warm and dry. So we waited....and waited...and waited...
Some people ended up sitting on the dirty floor in their formal clothing! Here's a picture of Kaye and Elaine in all their finery. What's with that look on Kaye's face?! |
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what the view was looking over the balcony onto the main floor below. All
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about 60-90 minutes of waiting, we finally were moved onto the floor below.
The show was about to begin.
The celebrities and their guests were mostly seated when we arrived on the floor. Wherever there was an empty chair, a seat filler sat down. If the scheduled person showed up, the seat filler left and found another empty seat. Kaye was moved once, but then stayed at the second table for the rest of the show. At Kaye's table was Lindsay Felton, from the Nickelodeon show, Caitlin's Way and her boyfriend. They were very nice - in fact everyone we spoke with was very nice, except the pages, whose job it was to seat the seat fillers and keep them from talking to anybody famous! 
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Martin Sheen accepting an award for his show, The
West Wing. |
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