Mymamastillstandin is entered to run on October 23, 2009 at DELTA DOWNS. He will be #6 in race #2 at about 6:15
Cheer for a win!!
Today I had the opportunity to be an extra in the Disney film Secretariat.
The scene is a restaurant setting which is the backside kitchen at the Evangeline Training center. The interior had a nice paint job and the tables were covered with new oil cloth. A few horse shoes were scattered as decoration on the walls. No dirt on the floor and a few extra benches placed along the back.
We parked in the Evangeline lot and were taken by bus to a large storage barn that had been cleared of all the track equipment that is usually kept there. The extras were sent to wardrobe to be dressed in 70's outfits which were pretty outrageous. My friend Claire had quite a time finding a dress. The wardrobe mistress deemed my plaid shirt appropriate but made me wear matronly shoes not sneakers. Then I told the hair dresser that in the '70's women my current age wore bee hive hair do's so she fixed one for me. First time I've ever been paid to get my hair done. Next we were ferried to the Back side kitchen were they seated my friend Clair and I at a table with jockey Rick Faul. We had several rehearsals and talked and talked and talked to each other while waitresses who were also extras placed cold food on out table and took it away.
A few hours later we filmed the scene which is the one where Secretariat is declared Horse of the Year and everyone cheers then Cheneys secretary comes into the restaurant and tells his daughter that he has just been taken to the hospital.
The director liked the shoot and sent us to find the food tent. it decided to rain and rain and rain. At about 2:00 they sent us home. Clair said the film crews will keep extras as long as 12 hours and the pay is $105 but at 14 hours the pay is doubled.
to be continued
Clair said there will be quite a few more opportunities to play extras this winter. Here I am in my free hairdo. More pictures on my facebook page
Next story down is a copy of the speech I gave to Toastmasters that tells the story of Secretariat.
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