Stevie Nicks DVD Signing at Barnes and Noble in L.A.!!

[BlueDenimLamp]

Does anyone know of another DVD signing coming up???
The reason I ask is because this just came up on ebay...Stevie signed CD or DVD
Lister claims that there is an upcoming signing and will get Stevie to sign your name on CD or DVD...

[jkmaletic]

Here's a video I managed to sneak by putting my flipcam on a bookshelf, hoping it'd be pointed in the right direction. It turned out pretty good, but there's no audio, as it was too far away. You can tell we're conversing with Stevie, and you can see her here and there in-between us. The beginning has footage of Stevie and Sharon walking in.
I am still working on my transcript of my story and will post that soon.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDy4I...ature=youtu.be

~ Jamie

[Macfanforever]

Originally Posted by jkmaletic

Here's a video I managed to sneak by putting my flipcam on a bookshelf, hoping it'd be pointed in the right direction. It turned out pretty good, but there's no audio, as it was too far away. You can tell we're conversing with Stevie, and you can see her here and there in-between us. The beginning has footage of Stevie and Sharon walking in.
I am still working on my transcript of my story and will post that soon.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDy4I...ature=youtu.be

~ Jamie

Wow .Thanks for sharing your video Jamie.At the end I see you and Kim with those BIG smiles.

[wheart]

Originally Posted by jkmaletic

Here's a video I managed to sneak by putting my flipcam on a bookshelf, hoping it'd be pointed in the right direction. It turned out pretty good, but there's no audio, as it was too far away. You can tell we're conversing with Stevie, and you can see her here and there in-between us. The beginning has footage of Stevie and Sharon walking in.
I am still working on my transcript of my story and will post that soon.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDy4I...ature=youtu.be

~ Jamie

So cool! I love the watching her entourage walk in. Sharon looks fantastic, way more relaxed than she does on stage!

[SpyNote]

Short video of Stevie's entrance...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx5k0GjZn4I

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by jkmaletic

Here's a video
I am still working on my transcript of my story and will post that soon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDy4I...ature=youtu.be

Loved this video Jamie.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by jkmaletic

Here's a video I managed to sneak by putting my flipcam on a bookshelf, hoping it'd be pointed in the right direction. It turned out pretty good, but there's no audio, as it was too far away. You can tell we're conversing with Stevie, and you can see her here and there in-between us. The beginning has footage of Stevie and Sharon walking in.

That was smart of you to put your camera up there, before they even walked out. It was great the way Sharon and the doggy turned around and waved when her name was called.

Michele

[jkmaletic]

Some of you guys like details, so here you go :

My wife Kim finally, officially, met Stevie Nicks tonight at her “In Your Dreams” DVD signing at Barnes & Noble at The Grove shopping center in L.A. I dictated notes on the way home to try to recall as many details as possible. It went down something like this:

Before the Signing:
We got in line around 5am that day. We spent the night before in a nearby hotel to make things easier. Our friend Christin came all the way from Baltimore for the signing. She got there at 4am and held a spot for us in line. (She explained to the few people behind her there’d be 2 more, and they were cool with it) There was about 25 people in front of us. The girls at the very front of the line got there at midnight! It was pretty cold outside when we got there (about 44 degrees), and still dark. I was dying for coffee. We found a Starbucks nearby that opened at 6, thank God. As usual, despite the cold, the time in line flew by. They opened the store to sell the DVDs and hand out wristbands at 9am. Not sure why, but talking to Stevie fans tends to pass the time easily. Wish time flew by like that at work!
Kim and I signed up to become Barnes & Noble “members” before the signing because I heard that members get access to the front of the line, before the alphabetical groups begin. So we were able to obtain special red member wristbands that put us in the very first group, even before the “A’” group. So it paid to both become members and get in line early, because they only had about 25-30 red member wristbands available. We wanted to be in the first group so we could see Stevie walk in and also so we could get on our drive back home as early as possible, as we had work the next day. After we purchased our DVDs and wristbands we headed back to our hotel to get cleaned up and changed for the signing later. This plan worked out very well. We had a late check out at 2pm, which is when we left our hotel. We headed back to The Grove shopping center where we met Christin and shopped around a little. We had dinner at The Cheesecake Factory right next door and another friend, Justin, joined us there. After dinner, we headed next door to Barnes & Noble. They wanted us there around 6pm to get organized for the 7pm signing.

The Stevie Experience
Kim was nervous, and so was Christin, but they held up ok. Both of them had never officially met Stevie before. I knew exactly what they were feeling. Justin and I weren’t very nervous, but I got occasional butterfies. I reminded Kim that she really should try to say something to Stevie, because who knows when/if this kind of opportunity would come again. I didn’t want her to regret it if she froze up.

As we got closer, we told the B&N employee that we wanted to go up to the signing desk together, and they said that was fine. (Kim wanted me with her) We got up towards the desk and Sheryl Louis, her manager, took my DVD with the post-it on it with my name and said, “Hi Jamie.” She looked at the post-it obviously and saw my name, but the way she said it and looked at me was like she knew me. (Crazy, I know. But I had sent her an email regarding possible multiple-theater IYD screenings, which subsequently happened. I don’t know – it was weird. I could’ve been just, being a manager; she makes people feel comfortable or familiar? Who knows?) Anyway, she told Marty (Stevie’s security guy) “Kim and Jamie are coming together.” Sheryl then said to Stevie, “This is Jamie and Kim.” We then scooted over towards Stevie. I shook her hand and said, “Hi Stevie! This is my wife Kim. We got married recently and used “Crystal” as the song we walked down the aisle to - the “Practical Magic” version- not Lindsey’s version, and we managed not to cry.” Stevie was looking down signing at this point, and said, “Oh – “Crystal is big this year.” Karen (Stevie’s assistant) interjected that another couple in line before us had told them the same thing. Then Kim said jokingly to Karen, “NO, WE were the only ones.” Karen laughed. Then Kim said to Stevie, “Jamie proposed to me before the Fleetwood Mac San Diego show, onstage in front of Mick.” Stevie looked up and pointed at me and said, “Oh, I know all about that.” Shocked, I said “Really?? That was me!” And Stevie said, “Oh yes, Mick told us about that.” Karen said something like, “Oh yeah!” Kim said, “Yeah, Jamie kind of stole Mick’s thunder on stage.” And Stevie said, “Well, you know, Mick is the perfect person to do something like that with.” Kim and I told her he was really great about it. I remember Stevie opened up and was smiling really big when we were talking about the proposal. Kim then told Stevie she loved her and we both thanked her. Stevie gave us a big smile and we left the table. I swear, she makes you feel like you could talk to her forever.

Sharon Celani was standing off to the side after we exited the signing area and our friend Justin was talking to her. So we stopped to talk. I introduced myself (again) and Kim to her. We shook hands. I told her I thought she was great in the documentary. I asked her if she was acting or if that was real. She kind of looked at me like, What? I laughed and said I was kidding. She laughed. I told her sincerely that although she’s been told this countless times, the sound that Stevie and her have together is really something special. She said, “Yes- Stevie, Lori and I really do have something.” Kim told her, “Don’t ever stop doing it either.” She laughed and said, “Ok.” We then asked if she wouldn’t mind taking a photo with us and she said sure. So we got our pic taken with her. We thanked her again and went on our way.

They were very strict with cameras, but I brought my Flipcam video camera. I figured I could set it up somewhere inconspicuous and just let it run, as I knew we’d probably part of the first group in. Initially, I scoped out an area (before the signing), off to the left on some bookshelves. However this idea became scrapped when I realized that particular area was virtually inaccessible as it was the exit area after you’ve had your signing. So, I set it up on a bookshelf facing the signing table directly, and hoped I had it pointed in the right direction. I couldn’t tell because the bookshelf wasn’t deep enough for me to look behind the camera. It ended up working out pretty well. No audio of our conversation, obviously, because the camera was too far away. But the video of us conversing with Stevie is still pretty cool. We know what she said to us, and we’ll always cherish it.

Leaving the store we were all on Cloud 9 of course. When we walked outside it was dark and all of the beautiful Christmas lights The Grove had set up were all lit. It was magical and fitting for the experience we just had with Stevie. Another fun “Stevie Adventure” in the books!

~jamie

[WildHearted]

I need to move to LA so I can attend one of these things one day.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by jkmaletic

Then Kim said to Stevie, “Jamie proposed to me before the Fleetwood Mac San Diego show, onstage in front of Mick.” Stevie looked up and pointed at me and said, “Oh, I know all about that.” Shocked, I said “Really?? That was me!” And Stevie said, “Oh yes, Mick told us about that.” Karen said something like, “Oh yeah!” Kim said, “Yeah, Jamie kind of stole Mick’s thunder on stage.” And Stevie said, “Well, you know, Mick is the perfect person to do something like that with.”

It tickles me that Mick tells them what happened during his meet and greets. It's amazing to imagine how and your special moment were the subject of Mick and Stevie's conversation.

Michele

[Aussie W/Heart]

Very awesome Jamie!! glad you both enjoyed it.. & Thanks for sharing I loved how you managed to record your special moment with Stevie via hiding your flipcam on a book shelf... Good thinking 99

[vivfox]

Jamie, that was so kind of you to write down the whole experience. Between your written words and your video I feel like I was right there with you. BTW, you were having a great hair day, I noticed.

[jkmaletic]

Originally Posted by vivfox

Jamie, that was so kind of you to write down the whole experience. Between your written words and your video I feel like I was right there with you. BTW, you were having a great hair day, I noticed.

Lol- thanks. My hair is a daily battle.
Thanks to all of you for your kind words. I keep the same story/notes in my scrapbook for both informational and memory recording purposes. When I'm a bedridden old lady I'll be able to read it and re-live it all again.

It's nice to share details about my Stevie Adventures with people that "get it".

♥ jamie

[jkmaletic]

Originally Posted by WildHearted

I need to move to LA so I can attend one of these things one day.

There's only 2 things that keep me in California at this point : Stevie and the beaches. This time of year I always get an itch to move somewhere where there truly is 4 seasons, like the coast of Maine.

[elle]

Originally Posted by jkmaletic

Some of you guys like details, so here you go :

loved reading your story and the way you recorded the video Jamie. that was great that Kim brought up the proposal in front of Mick and that SN remembered him telling them the story!

Originally Posted by michelej1

It tickles me that Mick tells them what happened during his meet and greets. It's amazing to imagine how and your special moment were the subject of Mick and Stevie's conversation.

yup, it's kinda cool, and sounds almost too normal.