Those were the days: Monte Carlo 1978 with Princess Grace, Judges Cary Grant, Sean Connery and JR North (left of Cary Grant). An elegant experience I'll always remember--dinner with Telly Savalas, host of the CBS TV Special of the Festival which the Felds produced. The Prince is talking to his sister, Princess Antoinette of Monaco, who, coincidentally, just died in May at the age of 90. |
Friday, July 22, 2011
From Jerry Digney #10
Posted by Buckles at 7/22/2011 05:34:00 AM
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It was during this 5th annual
festival that we were establishing
all of the many details about the
touring M/C show that I designed
& supervised the construction of
There were quite a few elegant
meetings with our creative team
& the Prince's board of directors
The video crew that shot the TV
special (w/ Telly as host) also
was shooting much footage that
we had transferred to 35mm film
to run in segments during our
production on a giant screen in
the center of our proscenium
We had both 35mm film & slide
xenon projectors that could work
both front & rear screen based
on the space available
We opened this show on Tuesday
the 20th of February of 80 in
Providence during a severe cold
spell & our train cars that were
barely ready to go had all the
plumbing freeze as it hadn't had
the insulation sprayed on & we
all had to move to hotels
I still have many of the samples
& components & drawings
I'll send Buckles some photos
I lied about the date as it was
really February of 79 not 80
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