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October 4, 2013

A wonderful Mac/Eddy weekend at Otteridge Farm

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MacEddy at Otteridge Farm

We had an informative and fun weekend in Bedford, VA, at the home of one of our younger club members, Katie Gardner. The weekend was September 27-29, 2013. Two films and some interview videos were screened; we had a lengthy Q&A session with questions asked by Kitty Job, a club member visiting us all the way from China!

Mac/Eddy luncheon

Above, Katie presents our cooked-from-scratch Mac/Eddy luncheon which included: Virginia ham served in saucers (ala Maytime), Jeanette’s recipe for baked beans (with the India Relish included – delicious, in the end, but why were we surprised?), Jeanette’s recipe for brown bread (which she insisted should be served with the baked beans) and homemade lemonade (with maraschino cherries added to make the lemonade pink, per Jeanette), Nelson’s shortnin’ bread recipe, angel food cake and more! (For those interested in making these dishes, the recipes can be found at this link.)

More scenes from Otteridge Farm…Below, prize-winning show horses Rita and Frank who are real-life sweethearts and are inseparable…they go everywhere together even if only one is in a show…

Otteridge Farm

Special souvenir mugs made for the occasion…

otteridge mug

Our group at a restaurant together…including Evelyn Snow (purple sweater), celebrating her 78th birthday with us.

otteridge group

Once again the gorgeous scenery…

Fried green tomatoes, which were new to the non-Southerners among us…and delicious!

otteridge fried green tomatoes

Maria Escano (left) and Bernadette Schwartz, who runs our Yahoo group:

The rural beauty of the weekend at Otteridge Farm…

During the discussions of the weekend, Katie reminded me that she had some interested eyewitness accounts to share. (It’s a 2-way street, I can spend hours answering questions but inevitably someone attending has information of their own to share!) I asked Katie to write it all up for me, and it’s such a lengthy report that I am posting it separately. You can read it at this link.

We had an amazing weekend and as we were tramp, tramp, tramping around the picturesque area on foot, we had to laugh that the Mac/Eddy group members make so many new friends, travel to places we’ve never been before, and in general have amazing adventures – all in the name of, memory of, appreciation of – Jeanette and Nelson!

October 2, 2013

TCM October 2013 Schedule

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Nelson Eddy in Dancing Lady

Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy aren’t much in evidence this month on TCM! Here’s the only film on the schedule:

Monday, Oct 7, 7:45 AM (Eastern time): Dancing Lady.

October 1, 2013

Remembering Geraldine Janezic

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Geraldine Janezic

Geradine Janezic, pictured above, was a longtime club member and fan. She passed away some time ago and her daughter Joy contacted me earlier this year, asking if we would like her scrapbook. She sent it along with this letter:

I remember meeting Gerry at a few club meetings, mostly in Ohio and the midwest area, and we stayed in touch with letters and an occasional phone call. She was a bubbly, enthusiastic person, always excited at hearing the latest Nelson and Jeanette news. I recall one particular meeting that Dorothy Dillard attended as a guest, after the initial publication of my book Sweethearts. Dorothy, my source of the Isabel Eddy letters, was from Detroit but attended several east coast meetings around that time. Back in their heyday, Dorothy of course attended many of Nelson’s and Jeanette’s concerts, club gatherings (as they followed the singers around on tour) and film screenings. Imagine their surprise when Dorothy recognized Gerry and vice versa, though it had been many years since they’d last seen each other! I was so happy to see that for them, the story had come full circle and they were able to openly discuss what had been forbidden to speak about in the  fan clubs of their youth.

Joy sent us her mom’s scrapbook and I’m happy to say that there are some interesting photos and clippings in it that I have not previously seen. We will be photographing them and using them in upcoming magazines, so all will share in enjoying them.

I asked Joy to do a writeup about her mom and to email me a photo, which she kindly did. (See above.) Below is her email to me:

Hi Sharon,

Wrote a little about my mom, Geraldine Janezic.

Gerry was 12 years old when she heard Nelson Eddy on the radio for the first time. In her own words, she said “I fell madly in love with his voice!”

Staying to watch Naughty Marietta four times in a row at the theater, she became fascinated with their movies. As years went by, nothing made her happier than finding the movies scheduled on TCM. She would often write to different TV stations requesting that their movies be shown.

Even though she owned many on DVD, She’d still get up at the crack of dawn to watch on TV. She’d always say “I like knowing other people are watching the same time as me!”

Her love of the singing sweethearts continued throughout her life. When she received her first Mac/Eddy Today magazine, It was her dream come true. She was forever grateful for this wonderful tribute to them and truly treasured every issue.

As her daughter, I want to thank the club for making my mom’s world a happier place.

Sincerely,
Joy Rico

Thank you, Joy, for your thoughtfulness, and for sharing with our group. Our condolences and best wishes to you and your family.

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1936 A day after the official announcement of the Jeanette MacDonald - Gene Raymond engagement, there is a blurb suggesting that they supposedly planned to secretly marry in Yuma.

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