Flowers for Jonathan and Becky for TK1

A basket from the Brigade was delivered to the GH Studio on September 15, 1998 for Jonathan & Becky in honor of the long awaited and anticipated First Kiss (aka TK1). The Basket had flowers, balloons, and two stuffed animals. A card was also enclossed, at that time we signed it from The Boo Brigade. {We received confirmation at SSW3 that they in fact did receive the Flowers when Capatain Kreyn asked them. Both Jonathan and Becky Thanked the Brigade for the Flowers!}

Lucky Charms to Rosie

One of our first Brigade “Missions” was to try to get Jonathan and Becky on Daytime Talk Shows. dentonj from the NNN Regiment came up with a great idea for the first Mission. She suggested that we decorate boxes of Lucky Charms and send the boxes along with letters to The Rosie O’Donnell Show. We have a lot of very creative people within the Brigade and I’m sure that the staff of Rosie’s show didn’t know what had hit them when they started receiving the boxes. This was a fun project that I know many Brigaders enjoyed participating in. {Although many Brigaders did receive an acknowledgement that their Box was received, Rosie did not have them on the show; however Becky did get to do the opening announcement on May 20th the day Before the Daytime Emmy’s in NY.}

SSW3 Brigade Gathering

There was an official Brigade meeting at Super Soap Weekend held November 14 – 15, 1998 at Disney's MGM Studios in Orlando. This was our first official gathering! The Meeting was handled by Captain Kreyn, No Name Nurses Regiment. Some those in attendance were: Captain Kreyn, MizVamp, jjsjoy, LCiam, randjluvr, pvtfanatic, Lilacday among others (if you were there and you want your name added to the list please let us know). Captain Kreyn had Green T-Shirts made up just for SSW! The shirts had Lucky & Liz, |_ _| , andBrigade on the front and “Lucky & Liz are The Best…The Best There Is” on the back. These shirts were a great success and brought a lot of attention to our little group. In fact the L&L Brigade got a some nationwide publicity due to LCiam who sent an article along with pictures to Soaps In Depth Magazine who ran it and pictures of a few of the Brigaders who were there! Great Job LCiam!! {While at SSW a few items on the Brigade’s “Wish List” were accomplished! First, Jonathan and Becky acknowledge the Flowers from the Brigade, and Thanks for Kreyn'’ fast thinking she got pictures of Jonathan and Becky doing the Brigade Salute! You Go Girl!!}
Plans are already in progress for a Brigade Meeting at SSW4 September 25th – 26th . Make plans to be there too!

Flowers sent to GH in memory of Norma Conolly

Norma Conolly who played our beloved Aunt Ruby died on November 17th, 1998 in L.A. A bouquet of Irises and white Lilies mixed with fall flowers in a wicker vase delivered to the cast and crew of GH. The card read: "Please accept our deepest sympathy for the loss of your friend and co worker, Norma Conolly. Many of us grew up with "Aunt Ruby" and will also miss her terribly." The card was signed The L&L Brigade (an Internet fan club for the Lucky and Liz story).

Letter Writing Campaign (to keep JJ on the show)

Keep Jonathan on The show went the battle cry!! Captain LL1998 of the Boxcar Regiment suggested organizing a petition through email AND snail mail. She wrote a letter stressing all of our concerns and had Brigade Members e-mail her if we wanted to be included in the petition. The petition included all of our names (or first initial and last name), hometown or state, age, and email addy. She sent copies to ABC, Wendy Riche, and JJ among others. {Captain LL1998 worked long and hard collecting the letters of support, making copies and sending the petitions out to all the people at ABC, GH and Jonathan’s fan club.}

Picket Signs

Picket signs were created by some VERY creative Brigaders to show our Protest to GH for NOT re-signing Jonathan to a new Contract. They created a wonderful images with pictures of JJ and phrases like "Oh no! We don't want JJ to go!" This Misson was taken on and enjoyed by many Brigaders who loved getting an opportunity to show their support of Jonathan and let TPTB know how they were feeling. The ABC Boards Never Looked so Colorful!

Christmas Wreaths

One of the Biggest and Most Successful Brigade Missions is the one we took at Christmas. Commander Boo brought up the idea of making Christmas Wreaths for Jonathan and Becky as a reminder of what the Lucky & Liz storyline has meant to all the members of the L&L Brigade. She decided to make the wreaths something that they could have up all year not just at Christmas time. Next, Boo enlisted the help of all the members of the Brigade to send her items to put on the wreaths, that are or have been part of L&L's story. For example: a little boxcar from a train set, a tiny teddy bear (missing an ear) to be Boris, an ornament of a computer or a guitar, a magnet of a brownie, a little paint set, a little pug dog to be Foster, etc. There were so many items received from all over the country that Boo couldn't even use them all! She delivered them to the ABC Studios the first part of December, along with a card from all of us (including an explanation of what each thing in the wreath is suppose to be). The Wreaths were delivered on a Monday and by Wednesday she received A Thank You Letter and an Autographed Photo from Jonathan & Becky!!! Also, Jonathan thanked one of our Brigader’s (in an online chat) for the Wreaths!!

Click her to see pictures of the wreaths and a list of all the items on them