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Watch
the RPS Video Clip of Dame Judi's Performance
She performed "I am 16 ...
going on
17..." from "The Sound of Music"
This performance is just priceless.
See if you can catch Brendan O'Hea's
little slip of the tongue -- and hands !
Click Here to see the
answers and the name of the Contest Winner
A Special Thank You (and a Hug) to Maree
W. for sharing this with us.
Click on the Photo to go to the BBC Four Special Page
This event was the official celebration of both
the 20th anniversary of the UK Neurofibromatosis
Association (NFA)
and the
Centenary of the birth of Richard
Rodgers of "Rogders and
Hammerstein" fame.
The evening was hosted by Gillian Anderson (X-Files) and directed by
Simon Callow.
Broadcast on BBC
Four Television
Sunday, June 23, 2002
PBS
Television
To be broadcast as part of their August 2002 Pledge Drive
Check
your local PBS Station Listings
FYI - Some PBS
Stations are offering a CD, VHS Video and DVD
as a Membership "Thank You" Gift -- depending on the $ Amount.
The CD includes "exclusive to PBS" additional material.
Photo Call -- May 10th
A Big Thanks to Karen R.
Dame Judi signing autographs before the Gala
Thanks to Ivana
At the Rehearsal
Note: Dame Judi's partner is Brendan
O'Hea
He played Barney, a groom, in the film "Mrs. Brown"
and Henrik Egerman in "A Little Night
Music"
A Big Thanks to Karen R.
An Enchanted Evening
Gala
View the Programme
Dame Judi performed "I am 16 ...
going on
17..." from "The Sound of Music"
Here is one eyewitness's account ...
Brilliant show, great Rodgers songs. Highlight was Judi
Dench singing "I am
16" from Sound of Music - I can't even begin to describe how funny
it was -
even her outfit - dress and hairband. Funny! ... Judi Dench was
hilarious,
couldn't stop laughing ...
Thanks
to Ivana for sending these Photos to me to share.
She was in attendance in the audience.
A Big Thank you to
Angie for sharing these photos with us
... Judi
was absolutely FANTASTIC on stage,
and I laughed so hard I hardly knew what to do with myself. :)
For the Finale, the Cast sang "You'll Never Walk
Alone"
Dame Judi is in the front line
(in the middle between the two heads -- wearing a black pant suit)
At the Reception
following the Gala ...
Dame Judi, NFA Director Roberta Tweedy and Gillian
Anderson
HELLO
MAGAZINE
Issue No 715 May 28th 2002
Gillian Anderson cosies up to Dame Judi Dench, whose rendition of I am
Sixteen,
Going On Seventeen had the audience in stitches at a gala
charity concert staged at
the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. The recently
widowed actress, who refused to give the howling public an encore, later
confessed she was actually very nervous about her wacky performance.
The Daily Express, May 14th
Gillian Anderson appears to
have been unwittingly recruited by thye Israeli navy. The X Files star,
who is due to appear in the West End play What the Night is For, was
grabbed by a tearful teenage fan after a recent concert in aid of NFA at
the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The distraught girl told Gillian, 33, she
had taken leave from the Navy in Israel to fly over. "You're very
brave" said Anderson, holding her hand and looking around for help.
The fan then hugged her, handing her a pin bearing a Hebrew inscription,
which Anderson politely put on. "The inscription says: "I'm
doing something dangerous to my life," the fan, Galit Ovadia, 19,
from Tel Aviv said later, "It was amazing to meet her." London
house-hunter Anderson then caught up with Dame
Judi Dench who, looking ahead to her next TV assignment with Geoffrey
Palmer, told the bemused alien tracker with a weary sigh: "We're
going to put As Time Goes By to bed - boring old thing."
The Evening Standard (London)
May 13, 2002
Dame Judi Dench had the audience at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
in
hysterics last night as she donned knee-high white socks, a frock and a
blonde wig for a gala charity concert. Guests including Michael Portillo
and
Jerry Hall were in stitches as Dame Judi sang a hilarious rendition of
"Sixteen, Going on Seventeen" from The Sound of Music. Josie
Lawrence and
Lesley Garrett were among the other stars taking part in the show to
celebrate the centenary of composer Richard Rodgers in aid of mental
health
charity, the Neurofibromatosis Association. Despite the audience's
calls
for more, Dench refused to give an encore. Dame Judi confessed she had
been
very nervous about her performance. "It was
frightening," she told me.
"There was nothing 'Sixteen' about it. If anything it was like
taking off on
an aircraft with no runway to take off from."
The Magic of Musicals -- An Enchanted Evening
The Stage
May 23, 2002
by John Thaxter
(Excerpt)
... Judi Dench had us all in stitches in a
Dorothy frock and knee-highs
singing I Am Sixteen Going on Seventeen, with Brendan O'Hea as her
protector. Despite audience demands, they ducked an encore, capped
by
Morley's remark that, "like Elvis, Dame Judi has left the
building". She was
later thronged by eager autograph hunters at the VIP party.
Thanks to Cindy Lou F.
Thanks to Bob
with
the NFA Website
Thanks to Bev
with the UK Gillian
Anderson Website
"Sixteen Going on Seventeen"
Video Clip Contest
Deadline was: Wednesday, July 3rd at Midnight CDT
Prize: This was a surprise -- but it had something to do
with this Video
and I'm sure the winner liked it. Need I say more ???
Thank you to everyone who played along. Hope you enjoyed it.
The Winner
is: June B. from the UK
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