Post #46892 by GinAtomic on Fri, Aug 8, 2003 12:54 PM

My most starstruck celeb encounter was meeting Keely Smith at Coco's coffee shop in Palm Springs this past January. I wasn't sure it was really her, so finally, as she was getting ready to leave, I asked if she was Keely. When she smiled and said "Yes, I am," tears actually sprang to my eyes (god, I'm a dork!). She gave me a huge hug, and we chatted for a while. When she found out my husband and I were entertainers, she squealed girlishly and slapped my husband on the back...HARD! A couple of months later, we received a little package from her, containing her 3 recent CDs. What a peach!!

Here's a pic from that fabulous encounter: http://www.johnnyatomic.com/photos/CelebsMore/photos/photo_13.html

I also had the privilege of singing under the direction of Dave Brubeck when I was 18, but that wasn't an accidental encounter. He was quite aloof, but I was too awed to care.

[ Edited by: GinAtomic on 2003-09-02 10:41 ]