Report from the Road- Litchfield
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One of the interesting things about doing a show is that you’ll never who who you might meet there. I’ve met old friends at shows, met for the first time customers who I’ve been doing business with for years, and met people who ended up changing the course of my business.
But occasionally, you’ll meet someone that you totally don’t expect.
It was a beautiful day at the Litchfield Jazz Festival. The music was great, the weather was lovely and for the first time in over a week the temperature wasn’t ridiculously hot. It was late afternoon and I was sitting in the shade right outside my booth sizing a bracelet for a customer. I like to work on jewelry while sitting by the entrance of my booth. People like to watch and it sometimes builds a crowd. While I was working, a person stopped and stood in front of the chair I was sitting at. I looked up and saw that it was Danny Glover. Danny Glover from The Color Purple and Lethal Weapon 1, 2, 3 and 4. He held out his hand and said, “Hi, how are you doing today?”
I said, “Hi Mr. Glover, I’m doing fine. It’s so great to meet you! I love your movies. I hope you’re enjoying the jazz festival, the music here is great.”
At least, that’s what my brain said.
My mouth actually said, “Hi!” That’s all…just “Hi!” That’s right, I’m just too smooth for words.
Before my mouth could catch up with my brain a crowd of people came into my booth. A lady who I later found out was Maxine Waters, a senator from California asked to try one of my necklaces and I spent some time with her explaining my work. By the time I had the time to find my camera and something to write with, Mr. Glover was nowhere to be seen. So how did he end up in my booth? It turns out that Danny Glover is in Connecticut helping with the campaign for Ned Lamont, who is running against Joe Lieberman for the Democratic primary election. It just so happened that the Jazz Festival was one of their stops and the crowd of people that came into my booth with him included Ned Lamont, his family and the senator from California…no she didn’t buy the necklace…bummer. My first celebrity sighting and no picture or autograph… double bummer.
Well…at least I managed to shake the man’s hand.
[tags] jazz, jewelry, craft shows, art shows, Danny Glover, Ned Lamont [/tags]
