A dinner to benefit Make-A-Wish charity gave some soapfans a chance to mingle with their favorite stars
Kerri:"I SAW A COMMERCIAL IN MID-FEBRUARY AND I ALMOST
HAD A HEART ATTACK. The announcer informed me that Jonathan
Jackson and Rebecca Herbst were going to be at a Make-A-Wish
dinner in Agawam. Agawam is only about a half hour from my
house so I screamed to my mom to "come quick!" We had the
tickets by the next week.
In a sad twist of fate, I got pneumonia a week before the
dinner. I missed 5 days of school, but I told my mom that I
would meet Jonathan Jackson if they had to bring me in
on a stretcher!
The next stop was the Jonathan Jackson line. I could
not breathe! With every step I got closer. He was just too perfect for
words! His mom once said (quoted in People Magazine)
that fans are either "stunned to silence" by his eyes or reduced
to screaming. I was in the first group. As I spelled
out my name to him, I prayed that I wouldn't stutter or faint
or both! His eyes are SO blue. I felt like he could just see
into my soul.
After the autographs, we went to our table. The people we
were sitting with weren't too exciting, until Alessandra
came. She was so cool, and a complete kindred spirit.
We gushed about L&L. She even told me about this little
thing called the Brigade (The L&L Brigade). She wrote the web address on
the back of an envelope for me, and the rest is history.
While we ate, we begged our waiter to bring us JJ's fork.
Unfortunately, he was not willing to risk his job. Some
people are no fun!
After that, I got a picture with Becky, who really is too sweet. She
is so photogenic too! Guess who's the star in that picture!
By then, all that activity was starting to get to me, so we headed
home in the slush. For the whole ride home, I didn't stop
gushing about how great it was! I brought my pictures to
school that Monday to share my story with everyone. Thanks
for letting me share it with you!
Story and pictures
by Kerri
Monique:
"It was the best time
of my life. At first, on the way there we got lost,
but we eventually found it. As soon as we got there we
each received a yellow envelope with all the stars'
pictures in it.
The first thing that I did was go
in and look for Jonathan (Jackson). He was at the
table posing for pictures and he looked so cute! So, my
sister and I got in line and it took us about 10 to
15 minutes. When I finally got up there, he signed
my picture and I told him that I was looking forward
to see him in the movie, (The Deep End of the Ocean).
He told me that he was excited about the movie too.
He looked me right in the eye and thought that I would
die. He was very sweet!
Well,
that was the night and, other than getting lost and
the bad weather, it was the best night of my life!!!!!!!!
Story and pictures by
Monique
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So, slightly pale and completely stuffed up, we sloshed
through the snowstorm to Chez Josef. There were two lines,
and I got into the one for Becky, Richard Lee, and some
other guy first. I couldn't even believe how beautiful she was
in person! Her make-up was great and she was a complete
sweetheart. I complimented her on her beautiful cross
necklace and she just gave me a big smile and thanked
me. Richard was so kind and gorgeous too. Wow, the
genes in that family!
As soon as Alessandra and I saw JJ get up, we ran over.
Within 2 minutes, I was posing for a picture with JJ, himself.
I was even brave enough to ask Richard if he would be in the
picture, too! (I was) standing between those two. After the picture,
we turned around to see about 50 people
waiting for a picture with him - pretty good timing on our part!
We took some pictures and
then everyone sat down to eat. They had the auction.
My sister and I were bidding for the teddy bear, but
it went too high for us. His was the highest bid
there - $250 and then you were able to get
your picture taken with him. Then later, after
dinner, there was a line to get your picture taken
with him and his brother (Richard Lee). I was next
in line to get my picture taken with him when the
bouncer stopped the line right there for dessert. So,
I couldn't take my picture with him.
But I did get
my picture taken with Becky and she is the sweetest
person. She was so nice to talk to. Jonathan wasn't
really talking that night. I think he was pretty shy.
Later, the band started to play. Jonathan and his
brother had to leave early because they had a late flight
coming in. They were going to have to be up for 24 hours.
