Isn't it great that dreams sometimes do come true, and that that means for grown-ups too. Meeting our heroes is not usually possible, well done Dee Dee and Henry for being such good sports and well, PJ, what a coup!

I should be able to work this out myself, but in case anybody knows, which instrument did Henry play in the band? I thought that their drummer had a short part in the Dustin Hoffmann film Tootsie, as an English stage director, but no, it wasn't really him.

Even my kids could tell me that.

Just thought I would move this to the top of the pile again. Much more interesting than my comments over on the chat thread.

I find it amazing how many of these dancers are kind hearted enough to make their fan's days so long after the work finished. I bet they never thought that they were signing up for a job for life when they became members of dance troupes.

Thanks for sharing the story of your special day with us LMF. I hope that interview makes it too the airwaves in the not too distant future.

Simon. 

Thank You Flight14 for your kind comments.

Yes, it was truely wonderful to meet Dee Dee and Henry, both lovely people.

The pub meal was a lot of fun, I felt so proud to be sat next to Dee Dee, the pub The Ship In is very Nautical with lovely ship lamps and Portholes in the doors...so yes, I guess our Star Sailor ( sorry about that ) Henry felt right at home.

I was too excited to eat all of my meal, lol.

I kept it pretty much a secret about Dee Dee and Henry visiting Weymouth and it was lovely that it was nice and private for the special guests to enjoy their meal and have an enjoyable converstation with everyone.

The weather wasnt too good, but it wasnt very far to walk back to the boat for the interview, unfortunatly, the wheelhouse where we had the studio set up isnt very big so not everyone could fit in, I think have of the DJs ended up over the road from the boat in The Sailors Return ( maybe thats a good sign that Henry will someday return to Weymouth with Dee Dee ).

I must say what good sports our lovely guests were, they were really having a great time and they really felt like part of the crew of Special Music Radio.

When we held the first event in Weymouth back in Sept 2007, I had no idea of what magic would lie ahead for the 3rd event.

Hopefully, some of the programmes will be heard before too long.

Thanks for that, lol, yes, Ed Stewart would of been great to have on board with us.....that would of taken him back to his Radio London ( Big L ) days in the 1960s.

I dont think Als Spirit has a ships bell, if it did, that would of taken me back to the days I spent on board Radio Carolines ship Ross Revenge between 1991 - 2005, Caroline is famous for its Top of the hour ships bell jingle....maybe we should of used a bell jingle....now thats an idea for next year.

Ive just re-writen this repley as my last one was gobblygook as I was watching Top Of The Pops at the same time as typeing...must of been the lovely Legs & Co. making me lose concerntation, lol.

I remember standing on the back deck waiting for Dee Dee & Henry to arrive with my stomach turning over with nerves like a Cement Mixer!!, once they arrived, most of those feelings ended as both Dee Dee were so friendly and down to earth, I only had the feeling of excitment.

I can now reveal......I had some Promos and Jingles produced for this very website which were featured on every programme we produced, all recorded onto Minidiscs.

Before we arrived at Weymouth, the Presenters asked me what music format are we going to use, my repley was your choice, just play what you feel is right, so we had a fine mixture of great music from the late 1960s to the present day, quality pop, soft rock, 1970s soul & disco, Indie pop/rock hits and album tracks.....light years away from your every day radio stations that play the same music day in...day out.

Thanks Gary,

Well, its the least I can do for a website I love and the members I have made friends with, Im proud to promote and incorperate the site into the programmes.

you lucky man ,lee and mary fan ,what a wonderful experience it must have been to meet dee dee in person ,im very pleased this event happened for you , a nice, good bloke like you deserved this wonderful experience ,well done mate

Good stuff L&MF.  Great to read about your fantastic day.

It's all been said but congratulations to you L&MF and thanks so much for sharing this special day with the gracious Dee Dee and Henry.  You deserve a "Glass of Champagne" or actually the whole darn bottle

Thank You to each of you who have added such lovely and kind comments about my artical, it really means a lot to me.

We had the boat Als Spirit on hire for three days, Dee Dee and Henry joinned us on the final day, so it was something to look forward to for the last day.

I was amazed by the tallent of the presenters Mandy, Nancy, Iain and Paul who produced some fabulous programmes and added far more imagination than msot everyday radio presenters, an interesting music selction and some micky taking of each other.

Im not up to the high standard of the mentioned presenters, but I did my best, I am quite a shy person and to sit there and announce a dedication to Sue, Mary and Dee Dee ( which I did by the way ), wasnt easy, my heart was pounding and I was trying hard not to get tongue tied as I said Hello to the girls, but it was fun, people walking by along the Harbour every so often stopped and watched as they wondered what on earth was going on, I had a set of audio speakers on the back deck.

The picture Panfan has used for the News Story Banner I have just had enlarged to poster size and have had it framed, I think Dee Dee looks so stunning and to see her sat at my studio mixer is just mind blowing.

Once again Thanks for all the lovely comments : )

Thanks Cornershop,

It went far better than I ever imagined.

The event took many months of planning, the final few weeks esp, I was very busy, thats why I havent been so active on the site, its been frustrating as Ive wanted to comment on the many fabulous items which has been added to the site but just havent had the time, that is about to change.

Please keep on finding all those rare treats Cornershop.

DeeDee 14th December 1978

Thanks Cornershop & Andy, nice pictures of Dee Dee, she always has a lovely big smile.

Hi Claire,

Thank You for your nice comments, yes, it was really lovely of Dee Dee to come along and take part, but thats the kind of person Dee Dee is - thoughtful and kind.

I am pleased you also like Weymouth, my favourite area is the Harbour.

I am still waiting for my friend Mandy to edit and remix the interview with Dee Dee, once its ready I will it to Panfan.

You just see some more pictures from the event in coming weeks : )

Always a pleasure to read your comments.

PJ