James Dean Memorial Service 2000
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If you are stuck in a frame at another site, click on this line to break freeJames Dean Memorial Service, 9-30-2000
A Letter To Adeline
Adeline Mart Nall was James Dean’s speech and drama teacher who encouraged him at Fairmount High School. She was the central impetus for the memorial service, and we all miss her with all our heart.
Dear Adeline,
We know you were with us in spirit on September 30th. Just in case the crowd made it hard to see, or the sound was a little hard to hear, this letter is a recap of the 45th anniversary of Jimmy’s tragedy in Cholame, California.
We had a special visitor this year from Nevada, California. She’s Toni Lee Scott, a jazz singer who had been a special friend of Jimmy’s for 18 months. You would have been impressed with the silence that enveloped the crowd every time Toni talked. People pretty much didn’t move. We were too engrossed to breathe.
Pamela Des Barres has written a screenplay all about Toni and Jimmy, and we hope to see it made into a film this year. We all gathered in the evening to hear a table reading of excerpts from that screenplay, working title Blessing In Disguise. (Picture page is coming.)
How about some pictures of your friends old and new? We’lll see some highlights inside Back Creek Friends Meeting. We all ate gratefully in the Fellowship Hall, fed by Martha Howell’s daughter and another Friend, before the service.
Can you believe how Susan Bricker, Martha Howell’s granddaughter, has grown up? It’s her 14th birthday already!
In the meeting hall, speakers told tales of Jimmy’s life and Toni Lee Scott set the record straight for the public for the first time. Let’s see what we learned, but not too many details, for Toni has her own website and Pamela’s movie will make everything clear.
After the service, I’ll show you Jimmy’s headstone with the floral tributes this year, with lots of fans, on another page. (Picture page is coming.)
Adeline, you mean so much to us. Everyone tries to make you proud of how we carry on your legacy of caring and encouragement for one another.
Toni is reading from a book of dramatic sketches that Jimmy gave her.At Back Creek Friends Church
From New Hampshire, one of Jimmy’s youngest fans and her mom.
Guest eulogist Toni Lee Scott from Nevada, California, with Phil Ziegler of Fairmount.
Here is just a third of the buffet that Back Creek Friends provided for everyone at the Memorial. Did you remember to think them?More Memorial Pictures
There are three pages of the memorial so far. They are this page and
Watch for the pictures from the Sunday night dinner and table reading of Pamela Des Bareres screenplay about Toni Lee Scott and James Dean.
Here’s the link back to the index page for the 2000 James Dean Festival in Fairmount.
Contents of the humongous DEANERS e-zine.
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