As the World Turns

In January 2011, four months after As The World Turns was gone from North American Television, Europe still had the pleasure of seeing Oakdale every day. ATWT is due to finish in the spring of 2012. Our Dutch friends have been kind enough to share their experiences and photos from the fan event in Utrecht.

One of my facebook friends has a sincere and faithful love of As The World Turns. Aimee Jansen has shared her experiences and photos for not only the fans in Europe but for those of us in North America. Thank you, Aimee.

In January there was an ATWT Event in Utrecht, Holland. Lucinda, Lily, Damien, Luke, Casey & Allison came to our small country for a visit.

I got my tickets (for me and my friend Patricia) early; because I wasn’t going to miss it.

The theatre was filled with women. Only a few of them managed to bring their husbands. The rest of the men were gay (couples)

The first cast member that came on stage was Lucinda. Everybody screamed and clapped. All the cast members were interviewed. Damian scored high with the over-40 women and Casey was the favorite for all the younger girls. The gay guys got all excited for Luke.

Lily sung two songs. Ahhh she (Martha) is so lovely. And Casey (Billy) also sung a song and played guitar. There also was a quiz and this one guy asked his boyfriend to marry him on stage. (he said YES) It was big fun. Some of the audience won a ‘meet and greet’ after the regular show. Patricia and me didn’t. I was a little bummed out because I usually win these things. Really!

As we walked out I was talking about this and a mother & daughter turned around and

asked us if we wanted to go to the ‘meet and greet’ in the VIP Lounge. Well… YES of course!

Martha Byrne

Elizabeth Hubbard

Van Hansis

Paolo Seganti

A famous kiss

They lived in another part of the Netherlands and didn’t have time to stay. They gave their VIP bracelets to us. Patricia and I couldn’t stop smiling as we walked by, where all the girls stood waiting to catch al glimpse of the actors. Inside the VIP area was whine and “bitterballen” (a real nice Dutch party snack) There we met another friend of mine, Gillyan, who’s friend won two VIP tickets on a radio show. We had a blast!

Quite a wait later we got to meet our ATWT ‘friends’ and we were able to take some photo’s. It was lovely. Luckily we had a few glasses of wine, because otherwise we possibly would have been a little bit intimidated. Now I could squeeze a few words in. They must have been tired; because they had started entertaining the fans since early in the morning, but they were all SO nice! I think ‘Luke’ was the only one that was visibly ready to flee the scene. :-)

It was a great evening. We want more!!!