 Everyone's favorite,Herb, recovering from eye surgery two days before, said he felt "like I've been hit in the face by a truck." Never the less, faithful fan that he is, he was here and he brought packs of Herb Gum for all conventioneers. When Scotty (Billy In Training) went in to visit, Herb asked if he'd play a tune on his mandolin. |
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 Dave may have been lamenting that Scotty's performance was the closest he got to hearing his favorite bluegrass band, The Grateful Dudes, tonight. Seems the Dudes' fiddle player, Dennis Fetchet, was here instead of at his regular Saturday night gig at Vincenzo's in Newhall. |
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As Scotty
always has his mandolin with him (there's plenty of practice time on the drive
from Apple Valley) he was happy to oblige Herb, and then the many others who
asked to hear Mandolin Billy's hard-working and gifted student. |
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 Jimmy and Gloria share a romantic moment |
 We finally got to meet Peg & Elton, Lyn's parents, who helped make the convention a success. |
 What's Dave was hiding from? Hope it wasn't the camera. Over 60 (mostly) happy people, including six Hillbillies and Soundman, Gary, attended. Forgive us for not managing to picture everyone. |
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 The convention fell on Debbie's birthday, and she reminded us frequently about that fact in the Debbie Dear column of Area 51. A birthday area was set aside for this "national holiday" for a party within a party. |
 In honor of Debbie's birthday, Fiddle Billy had broken his speed fiddlin' record that day at the Horseshoe. Tonight she got a birthday seranade by not four, but FIVE Hillbillies. |
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Because of the size and family nature of the convention, the bar was open only to Hillbillies and BYOB'ers. As the hour grew late, a few last revelers gathered round the bar.  Photo by Lyn |
Late Night | Clark, star of
stage and the Second Annual Billy Convention, bemoaned the fact that the snap
didn't work for him. Lyn tried to fix that by encouraging the ladies to gather, but the magic just wasn't the same. (Photo by Lyn.) Clark compiled and distributed books of original Hillbilly-related songs written by the fans. Everyone is going to memorize the songs for next time (right?) so the fans can seranade the Hillbillies. |
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Dave Eastley, star of
stage, CD and screen (currently seen playing bass in the ballroom scene of
The Princess Diaries ) Has only to snap his fingers and the women come
running. Marcy, Tats, Dave, KAT Photo by Lyn |
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 Jan isn't sure WHAT's going on as Clark tries to add a straw-hat Hillbilly touch from behind Dennis. |
As the
witching hour came and went (see clock), these two ended up BEHIND the bar,
acting as bartenders. What a thrill to have my last Diet Coke of the evening actually served by Mr. Dennis Fetchet. |
The last hearty revelers
left about 1:30, and so ended another fabulous gathering of the Hillbilly
family, aka, Da Billy Club. Convention logo, art work by Jan, collector buttons for attendees provided by KAT |
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Posted September 4, 2001
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Fine print: All photographs on this webpage © KAT Moser 2001, except where otherwise credited and are not to be used for commercial purposes or on other web sites. Da Billy Club is not administered by Billy and the Hillbillies and does not necessarily reflect their views. |