Great news to all the patient crew and cast out there: we have finally secured a location for Saturday night's shooting. Hurray! The fabulous friend of the production Jennifer Hayes has graciously lent her house for shooting scenes 7 and 9 Saturday night (starting at 8 PM). The street address is:

7491 Stacy Drive, Bellevue, TN (there will be an amber light that says 108)

Exact driving directions will follow tonight and I will discuss with the participating cast tonight or tomorrow. Now, I know this location is out of the way for some of you, and it may be unfamiliar territory. Here's what I propose...if enough of you are interested, I can rent a minivan tonight and have it ready for cast and crew transporation for the weekend. In fact, due to the somewhat unknown status of parking in the Franklin area at this point, I'd be happy to ferry whoever would like to come to my house in the morning, and we could all just drive as a group. A thought, perhaps? Let me know.

How are you all feeling? Nervous, excited, chewing your nails? I hope you ALL have a great time tomorrow -- it's really a rare honor to get to do something we all love, and I hope you take away a marvelous experience and warm memories. Myself, I feel great and just hope I don't puke. :)

Your American Bandstand,
Dimitri

Well, long time no update, but you'll be relieved to know our time is being spent productively, making sure all the little production details are nailed down, checking all the critical (and not-so-critical) pieces of equipment, last minute scheduling changes and even location searches (and if anyone knows of a house with a dining room and bedroom that could be donated Saturday post-haste, why, don't hesitate to contact me)...

Anyway, thought I would give all of you a preview of our upcoming weekend's shooting by posting our official shot list. This is going to be an incredible weekend, as it combines both our most irreplaceable location on Saturday, with our single most complicated scene on Sunday. But it's all fun, right?? It's all available for your clickery-type convenience on the left sidebar.

I'm sure I will be talking to all of you multiple times in the next two days. Hope you're all getting psyched and thanks to all of you for being such an amazing cast and crew! I'm really honored to be doing this film with you. April 12th, here we come!!

Your frazzled ringmaster,
Dimitri