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Andrea and Jane Seymour |
When Andrea learned that her visit to the
United States from Germany would coincide with Jane Seymour's
visit to Jacksonville Florida, she determined to take the
opportunity to finally meet the woman she had admired
for so long. Andrea shares the story of that special
experience now in her own word, in photos and ultimately
in Jane's own voice.
August 6, 2004
After travelling half around the globe from Germany to Spring
Hill, FL and after driving from there to Jacksonville I finally
sat in the first row and waited for Jane Seymour to appear
on the stage.
The whole event was to start at 11
am. Jane was going to present different items from her
St. Catherine’s Court
Collection. Since there was plenty of time left I went to
the first floor to have a closer look at some itmes.
As I really wanted to take a picture
with Jane (and which fan of her doesn’t?) I thought it might be a good idea
to ask somebody in advance whether this may be possible at
all. That’s how I found out about what had happened the
day before. The lady told me that the event a day before had
ended up in a complete mess with about 500 people queueing
up and wanting autographs. Furthermore she said that Jane wasn’t
feeling very well and they had even called for a doctor.
She continued that the show might not take place. NOW I was
nervous.
As it was nearly 11 o’clock I took my seat again. Finally
at about 11:15 I saw Jane who was in the elevator on her way
down. What a smile! Somebody introduced her (right, because
we didn’t know who she was J ) and Jane finally went
on stage and started presenting her beautiful collection. It
didn’t take very long for her to present most of the
items. Jane didn’t talk about everything on the table
where smaller items were laid out. I guess that would have
taken too long. She then asked the audience whether anybody
had questions. It didn’t take very long and the people
started asking her questions on all different kinds of topics.
Some asked questions about her children, her family in general,
about her home in England, her acting career and her plans
for the future. I cannot remember what the question was but
Jane said that she was going to England that afternoon. I
later found out that she was to stay there until the end
of August and then came back to the US .
After Jane answered several questions
she left to go upstairs to sign items from her collection.
The people queued up very quickly and after a short break
Jane came back to have a little chat with everybody and
personlize purchased items. It seems that unfortunately
she wasn’t allowed to sign
personal items such as photos. Although she was obviously
not feeling well she took a picture with everybody who asked
her to. She even took two with me (just to make sure I get
a good one) after she found out that I came all the way from
Germany to meet her. She was very sweet indeed and every
time I watch DQ now I think of that moment when I talked
to her. Actually there are four words to describe that day:
“a dream come true...”
Jane's Presentation - Transcript (transcript
provided by Andrea)
Moderator: She
has many other roles which include that of an artist, an author,
a children’s advocate, a home and children’s
clothing designer and we are excited to have Jane here today.
Jane is here to speak about her home collection St. Catherine’s
Court which is inspired by her 14th century Bath, England home.
And the collection is exclusive to Parisian Jane will share with
you her inspiration for the collection and then. afterwards she
will take questions and you’re invited upstairs to the
Jane Seymour home area on the second floor where Jane will
sign products from the home collection. Ladies and Gentlemen,
please give a warm welcome to Jane Seymour. |
