An Evening with Tammy Faye
We pulled in to the lovely Vanlandingham Estate and Mom parked right up front next to Tammy Faye’s caddy. We were ushered into the room where the reception was in full swing. It was dark, pink, and loud. We found a seat and found ourselves in the middle of a concert from an amazing choir singing to Ms. Tammy Faye herself who was front and center in a grand, pink chair. Once the choir was finished Daisy (Tammy’s PA) introduced Tammy and Tammy welcomed us all. Then we enjoyed the delicious, catered, buffet while seated next to Mr. Tammy- Roe (spelling?) Messner. Daisy came and got me (we had met the day before when she invited me to the shindig) and took Mom and I by the hand to meet Tammy. Tammy is this tiny little thing with seriously teased up hair and she’s still caking on the make up pretty darn thick. She wears huge diamond rings and an even larger cross on a silver chain around her neck. She was really sweet and personable while Daisy took our photos with her. Our polaroid is up at the top of this entry. That’s my Mom on the left, Tammy in the middle and me on the right. Tammy held on tight to my Mom’s hand the whole time. Mom thinks it’s to keep people from getting too close to her. Tammy then signed them for us and chatted a minute then was on to the next people in line for a photo. It was a relatively small affair- I’d say about 75 people. The whole place was decorated with pink feathers and boas. She cut the cake a little later (a cake with her picture on it set in pink icing) and that’s when we headed home. It was very interesting in a bizarre sort of way. I loved how she wore a minister-esque scarf draped around her neck. And I was especially interested in all of her hair clips. Amazing. I must go rent the dvd of “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”. Now all I have to do is find and hook up the dvd player and I’ll be all set! You can see pictures from the whole evening here.
Bless Your Heart 