PLAZA

THEATRE
WELKNOTES
A CHRISTMAS TRIP
TO CALIFORNIA
DECEMBER 2005
PHOTOS BY CHARLES LETTERMAN
PALM SPRINGS

CALIFORNIA

 
 
AFTER A 4300 MILE ROUND TRIP BY AUTO FROM HIS HOME IN MISSOURI,
CHARLES WANTED TO SHARE A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS WITH HIS FELLOW
WELKNOTES MEMBERS. THE FIRST WAS A STOP AT A STREET FAIR IN
PALM SPRINGS, CA WHERE HE PURCHASED AN AUTOGRAPHED BOOK.
THAT BOOK WAS "LIKE SANDS THROUGH THE HOURGLASS"
BY BILL HAYES AND SUSAN SEAFORTH HAYES. THEY HAVE PLAYED THE ROLES
OF DOUG AND JULIE WILLIAMS ON THE SOAP OPERA "DAYS OF OUR LIVES"
FOR MANY YEARS.  BOTH ARE FRIENDS OF ANACANI AND RALNA.
SUSAN AND RALNA WERE ROOMMATES WHEN THEY TOOK A LOS ANGELES
CHURCH SPONSORED  TRIP TO ISRAEL AND BILL AND SUSAN ARE ALSO
INVOLVED IN MANY OF THE FUNCTIONS IN WHICH ANACANI PARTICIPATES.
BILL AND SUSAN ARE PICTURED ABOVE AT THE BOOK SIGNING IN PALM SPRINGS.


PICTURED BELOW LEFT IS THE PLAZA THEATRE IN DOWNTOWN PALM SPRINGS,
HOME OF THE PALM SPRINGS FOLLIES AND ON THE RIGHT IS PALM CANYON
DRIVE WHERE THE THEATRE IS LOCATED.  CHARLES ATTENDED THE FABULOUS
PALM SPRINGS FOLLIES, FEATURING ANACANI ON DECEMBER 16TH.
ANACANI WAS THE FEATURED PERFORMER
FROM NOVEMBER 1 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2005

 
THE FOLLIES WAS
A GREAT SHOW,
THREE HOURS LONG WITH TWO SHORT BREAKS. PICTURE TAKING DURING
THE SHOW WAS
NOT PERMITTED. CHARLES DID SPEND
A FEW MINUTES WITH
ANACANI AFTER
THE SHOW AND SHE TOOK TIME FOR
THIS TERRIFIC
PHOTO WITH
CHARLES.

 
THE NEXT DAY, DECEMBER 17, 2005,
CHARLES DROVE TO ESCONDIDO TO SEE

RALNA ENGLISH AND KEN DELO

PERFORMING IN

THE 11TH ANNUAL
WELK MUSICAL CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
AT THE WELK RESORT THEATER.
KEN AND RALNA PERFORMED FROM
NOVEMBER 10 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2005

 
FOLLOWING THE AFTERNOON SHOW, CHARLES HAD A
CHANCE TO VISIT
WITH HIS COUSINS,
WHO WERE PLEASED
AND SURPRISED TO
SEE HIM THERE.

PICTURED OUTSIDE
THE THEATER IS
KEN AND TRUDY LETTERMAN
WHO JUST HAPPEN
TO BE MEMBERS
OF OUR 
WELKNOTES
GROUP, TOO!

 
RALNA WAS ALSO PLEASANTLY SURPRISED TO SEE CHARLES AT THE SHOW AND EXTENDED AN INVITATION TO STAY FOR THE EVENING SHOW AS WELL.

CHARLES WAS GLAD TO STAY AND HAPPY TO LEARN THAT MARILYN
DELO WAS SEATED NEXT TO HIM.
JACK AND NORMA IMEL WERE ALSO IN THE AUDIENCE.

ONCE AGAIN, NO PICTURES DURING THE SHOW, BUT CHARLES MANAGED A COUPLE SNAPSHOTS AFTER THE PERFORMANCE....HERE IS A PHOTO OF HIM WITH RALNA

 
SHOWN BELOW LEFT TO RIGHT,
MARILYN DELO, NORMA IMEL, RALNA ENGLISH, JACK IMEL AND KEN DELO