Elody's Day with Dee
and Drake
This past May 13 I got the
chance to meet both Deidre Hall and Drake Hogestyn.
They along with many other Days cast members and members of the
soap Passions were at the local theme
park: Universal Studios Hollywood. All you
had to do was buy tickets to the amusement park and the admission for the
function was free, it was called NBC
Mother's Day Soap Spectacular. It all started
at 1 PM where the fans who had blue wrist bands on got to go o the
show that Deidre, Drake, Ali Sweeney,
and Jensen Ackles were at. That was all a
Q&A session. Two lucky fans got to play out scenes with Drake and some
guy
from Passions. The girl who was
with Drake was so lucky because she got to play
Marlena and even kissed Drake! It was a very entertaining time because
there was many jokes and funny things
went on. Like when Drake gave the girl who
did a scene with him an Altoid before they started the scene and he made
sure to get permission from "Marlena"
first.
After the Q&A was over fans
got a chance to walk up to the stage and take pictures
of everyone was in the very front of everyone and fans tried to push
there way forward so I fell onto the
stage and Drake along with Jensen Ackles came
to my aid and asked if I was OK. They were so sweet! Deidre they came up
to me and shook my hand and asked if
I was having a good time. Then everyone left
and it was time for autographs. All the fans had to go to the assigned
area to get them. While waiting in
line for them to arrive to the assigned
area Deidre and Drake came walking
together holding hands and talking to each other,
it looking really nice and I know that the fans loved it although they
hardly noticed the fans since they
were very into their conversation.
Originally they were only going
to stay for an hour, but there were many fans so
they decided to wait until they signed every last autograph, so no one
was left out. I waited
in line for an hour and 15 mins. but it was worth the wait.
when I got up to Deidre she was extremely nice and complemented me on
my name. We talked for about 15 mins
even though security was telling me to move
on deidre requested that I stay. She gave me an autograph and even took
a picture with me. My friend who took
the picture had her finger in the way and
Deidre noticed so she told her that and told her to take another.
I then moved on to Drake. He remembered
me from when I fell on the stage and
asked me if I was OK. He had also remembered me from when he first walkedinto
the theme park because he was being escorted by security to the arenaand
he ran into me. we talked for about 20 mins. Deidre even joined our
conversation. It was so easy to talk
to them and they were very nice. I got an
Autograph from Drake and I asked him to take a picture with me. I didn't
even expect what was coming all of
a sudden he stands up and puts his arm around
me and said to me "you and me babe." I was on cloud 9 for the rest of
the day.
Through the day I got the chance
to meet Jensen Ackles, Ali Sweeney, Kristian
Alfonso, Peter Reckell, Joe Mascolo, and Austin Peck. They were all
very nice. I had the best day of my
life!
Meeting Deidre and Drake was a
dream come true since they are my favorite people
on the show. They are really wonderful people and even better looking
in person. The camera really does nothing
for either of them. And to top it off
I was in a commercial a week after that ion which Days thanked Universal
Studios and the fans for giving them
such a good day. I was shown with Deidre in
the arena when she was talking to me and my little sister and my best
friend. It only aired that day and
I never expected it. It was funny because
everyone who went with me: my Mom,
two sisters and best friend were the only ones
in the commercial, except for the lady who did a scene with a guy from
Passions who said that she had the
best mothers day ever. All I know is that I
love Deidre and Drake even more after meeting them in person. :-)
There was also a recent fan gathering
for the "who's the daddy?"
storyline. It was a rally that
was held at universal studio walk on July 21 where
I also got to meet Drake again and what do you know he remembered me.
My Mom best friend Mary was video taping
the whole thing and got the scoop on when
they would be arriving (Drake, Kristian Alfonso, Peter Reckell, and Joe
Mascolo) and the location. She even
made friends with one of the security who allowed
her to be there when they arrived by limo. As soon as they walked out
she told Drake about her little girl
Celina (who is 5) who was a big fan of
his. She also told him about me
and that I was wearing a T-shirt with him and me
on it (I made a shirt with the picture I took with him from the may 13th
event) he said he would make it his
priority to talk with me. As
soon as I got up there to meet him, he remembered me right off the bat
even my name. He asked me if I was
having a good time and that he had a great time
talking to me the last time he met me. He even me three times twice on
the hand once on the cheek. Then
the little girl Celina came up, she is very shy
and as soon as he saw her he said "oh so are you my girlfriend who came
to visit me today." It was so cute
and he made her year.
Before the stars arrived tho there
was a lot of activity, they shot promo's
for the show, and they selected a few (including me) to interview.
They had us say things like: "Who's
the daddy?" "Days of our Lives" and chant John
or Stephano. They even went as far as to have signs made with John or
Stephano on them, ( I got one of each
and got them signed by Drake and Joe) and
have you hold them up when you chanted. It was lots of fun.
Things were given away like: Bubbles
with "who's the daddy? Days Of Our Lives"
printed on them and antenna balls. It was great to meet Drake again
and even greater that he remembered
me. He truly cares about his fans and I love
him for it.
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