The best, and my favorite, Halloween involved no costumes whatsoever. It was a weekend trip to New York for the precise purpose of seeing Betty Buckley at The Bottom Line. I hadn't even planned to go until the last minute when I received a personal letter from Ms. Buckley inviting me to come. . .at first, I believed it to be a mail-out from her website, until upon reading it through, it mentioned the night of her concert at Westminster College and the bonding which took place.
As always, Ms. Buckley delivered a great performance and had VarlaJean Merman as a guest star; they even tackled a couple of CARRIE songs. . .and yes, she spotted me in the audience and acknowledged my presence. Afterwards, she thanked me personally for making the trip to see her. (If you've seen the photo of EvilTwin and I with Betty, it's from that night).
BUT, that was on October 30.
On October 31, I called Rainbow & Stars to see if there were any remaining seats for David Campbell's closing performance (nigh onto the closing of R&S itself). So I managed to get into the one of the finest cabaret performances I have ever seen. While David was performing, I enjoyed an Amstel Lite and a huge piece of cheesecake. This was when David's act included his Mandy Patinkin impression and his near-to-definitive "Waters of March."
Chatted with David after the show, reminded him that I was on the Yahoo group and the one who shared his birthday. Also had my first encounter with MaryAnn Lopinto. . .Lupinto? In spite of Ms. L., it was a great evening and the perfect end to a Halloween weekend in NYC.