I never heard of the band after that but for me it was unforgettable and almost as exciting as “Legs.” I waited at the foot of my bed watching every video until 4 a.m. The video premiered the same day of MTV’s launch. All of the attention I received having my hair and makeup done, a stylist dressing me, even a choreographer-I was constantly pinching myself. My first experience in front of the camera, although terrifying, was a dream. Nina later starred in Billy Idol’s “Eyes Without a Face.” The director was Tim Newman, most or maybe all of the innovative storytelling ZZ Top videos. I don’t believe MTV had launched yet but would in the very near future. I was shocked, nervous, and beyond excited. The band was called Baxter Robinson or Robertson and the song was called “Silver Strand.” I got the part! I’d never done anything like this and the butterflies started flying but I followed her. She told me that she was on her way to audition for a rock video and to join her. While driving down Sunset Boulevard one afternoon, I ran into her at a stoplight. I prefer to move forward in my life positively. All of the pains and joys I’ve experienced or mistakes/hurts made by myself or others were fundamental in becoming who I am today. Nina had her hand in many pots and was well connected, so hanging out with her was a bevy of wild new experiences, not always good…Īnything said about Nina was “light-hearted.” I have learned, although sadly it took a while, that there are no bad experiences with friends, loved ones, etc., just circumstance to teach you more about yourself. Not only was she fun but also a great singer, always focused on making her first album-a common dream in this town, but I believed in her. Not long after I arrived I met two girls, a crazy beautiful party girl named Nina and a stunning model named Julie Anne. I was young and naïve, she was older and experienced, so I followed her with the intent of growing up and exploring the life I felt destined for. My girlfriend and I took off from the east coast on a drive across country in her Porsche convertible, chiffon dresses peeking thru the small trunk and blowing in the wind. I remember he once lived in California so my tongue always tasted its sweetness. My father always told me when I was a little girl to get out of Marlborough, CT as soon as I could and see the world. I can’t say my initial intention was the silver screen more of an escape from the small town I grew up in. I just turned 18, I moved to Los Angeles with a girlfriend. The excitement I felt each year when it was televised was more than picking the winners but also slipping into their crowns and being carried away, away from my simple and at times abusive childhood. When I was a young girl, I always dreamed of being Miss America. Once I started to think about it I was surprised how many memories came back to me. Wendy unshackled herself from my Q&A format and answered in a (lovely) free-form essay. No luck, but when I searched it on her whole friends list, Wendy Frazier came up. I contacted several and then randomly chose one and searched “Frazier” on that person’s high school list. One ‘81 led me to others via her friends list (there’s an option to view friends by high school). I searched the web for “RHAM class of ‘81” and searched some of those names on Facebook.I did not hear back so I checked with a town librarian she came up empty but suggested I call the town tax collector, who gave me three names, but two actually did not know the Fraziers and one said she’d pass word to her daughters.I called and Richard’s wife gave me his e-mail.(That number matched a Richard Lunt on Zabasearch.) The person at that number is related to Richard and gave me his number.Luckily, one was listed in Hebron, a town next to Marlborough and one of the towns that feeds into RHAM.On the chance that “richlunt” was a man named Rich(ard) Lunt, I searched “Lunt” in CT phone directory. The high school for Marlborough, RHAM, confirmed she was class of ‘81 but would not say (or knew) nothing more.“richlunt” posted she’s from Marlborough, CT.
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