[Mb-hair] new member/Bridgeport show

[Michael Butler]

Meredith,
Thanks for your nice email. You sure added to our pleasure at Bridgeport.
See you soon again.
Peace and Love
Michael
-- "if you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much room"
        My life, MB


> This is an open letter to the tribe, with a few personalized notes at
> the end.  I am a new member, and just had a chance to look at
> Sherwin's photo page from the other night.  I am so choked up, I
> can't even explain how I feel from this experience, but I 'm sure
> you've all probably heard it before from other "fans".  As grown up
> as I want to appear, I've got to gush as my inner child, the child
> who first saw HAIR at 12 years old at The Wilbur Theatre in Boston in
> 1970.  Hi everyone, I'm Meredith, the beaming smiling blonde girl in
> the hot pink shirt in the Bridgeport reunion photos.  To see myself
> included in these pictures, to feel welcome and made part of a
> beautiful family, to see my name in others' emails - these things I
> never expected in my life!  To attend my first big HAIR event
> (besides the smaller La Mama gatherings recently) and to be made to
> feel already part of the gang - I'm speechless, just blown away.
> It's such a thrill and I'm so honored.  I also just read all the
> emails from May, (I'll have to get through all the past months emails
> when I have another free week) and am so touched at how nice and open
> everyone on the list is.  Thank you all, the ones I've met and the
> ones I've yet to meet, for this heartfelt welcome.
> Since seeing HAIR 35 years ago when my dad took me and a couple of my
> girl friends to the show (he's claiming now that he didn't know there
> was going to be a nude scene, yeah-right Dad) I've been a
> semi-collector, always loving the score but not finding much
> memorabilia at the flea markets. I've seen a handful of other
> productions of the show along the way (including Sherwin's VHS of his
> 1987 show which I insisted he loan me back in '91.)  Then along came
> eBay, and I've been happily wallowing in foreign vinyl and playbills
> for a few years. BUT, besides occasional online auction binges and
> work related stuff, I don't spend a lot of time on the computer,
> which I refer to as the "fancy typewriter" in my office.  I forget to
> look up websites about things I love, and therefore did not even KNOW
> about this awesome HAIR website until recently when my friend Jeff
> Lunger introduced me to it.  My husband Eric (also in the pictures
> with me) works with Jeff and when he found out about Jeff 's likewise
> love of HAIR he promptly hooked us up and Jeff, I THANK YOU for
> bringing me up to speed, tuned in and turned on!
> A funny side note - since the 1979 movie version came out, no matter
> what color or cut my hair has been, every so often to this day
> someone comes up to me and asks me if I'm "that girl in HAIR".  I
> know they're talking about Annie Golden.  I had the pleasure of
> working with Annie when I was the assistant coordinator of her movie
> CRAZY STREETS, and when I would go to where she was rehearsing a play
> in the Village to drop her off script pages or something her fellow
> cast members would ask her if I was her sister.  At the wrap party
> she autographed a headshot to me inscribed  "To my lovely look
> alike". I've continued to hear her sing at clubs over the years,
> she's got such a beautiful voice.
> To Nina, thank you for welcoming me into the club, and I'll send you
> shortly the pix I took at the pub and the La Mama events.  And  thank
> you for amassing and and maintaining this amazing web site and
> archive - Jeff and I are coming over!
> To Robin MacNamara - I still have my 45 I bought when it came out of
> Lay a Little Lovin' On Me - I've always loved that song.  I see by
> some of your emails that you're from Boston (me too) and that you
> recently played in Cambridge - do you play in NYC too?
> To Walter Harris - seeing you and your family at La Mama was an
> enriching and inspirational experience.  I know Jayne Ann from when
> our kids went to school together in Tribeca, I'm sorry I didn't
> formally meet you but it was great to catch up with her.
> To Jonathon Johnson - you recently sent me your book, which I just
> finished, thank you for that inside look. What a treat.
> To Sherwin - it was fun to reconnect with you, thanks for posting
> your pictures, and to Michael Butler and everyone else - The pleasure
> is all mine!  See you in September!
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