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oke up early in order to get ready to head down to UNCW, where they were filming in the morning. I knew this because the producer's assistant had told me that's where they were going to be. So by 8am, we were standing along the fence watching them set up. They were filming a football scene with John, Kerr, and Meredith. At this point, I could only get pictures from afar because spectators had to watch from across the fence. I tried to do some more smoozing with the crew guys, but I still didn't get any specific filming locations. So I just stood there and talked with them. They were all very friendly (and cute!). Although I didn't get any locations, I did however manage to wrangle some other valuable information out of them. Info that I'm really not at liberty to share. :)
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eredith made her way over to the fans, which were maybe about 15, and started signing autographs and taking pictures. She was really sweet and talked with everyone. Side note - I can't believe she's leaving the show!
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fter they were wrapped, Kerr was really in a hurry to get out of there, so he only posed for one picture. It was with a girl who had gone into the gate, which you weren't supposed to do. I snapped a picture of him at that moment because he looked so darn cute in his football uniform and half a sandwich sticking out of his mouth.
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rom UNCW, we headed over to Fincannon to speak with Shannon. Kristina and Rachel had shown up to UNCW late, and they said they had just been to see Shannon and were cast as extras for the next day. Jacki and I asked if we could be extras and she said that they had all the people they needed for Wednesday, but would we be interested in working on Thursday. Would we? HELL YEAH! Anyway, the stipulation was that if you worked on Thursday then you HAD to work on Friday. Well, to us that wasn't a problem!
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or the next three hours, we just hung out in front of ScreenGems. We ate in the Hollywood Connection Cafe right there, and of course I asked the girl behind the counter what was Josh's favorite item on the menu. LOL! We saw Kerr, Meredith, and Josh by their trailors playing with their dogs. I'm not really sure if it was Kerr's dog, but I know it was Shumba. It was really cute!
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he producer's assistant met with me out in front of the studios and said she had managed to arrange something for those of us who would be in Wilmington Wednesday morning. Of course, no one was getting there till the afternoon on Wednesday, so I said well that only leaves the three of us that are here right now. She said we would be allowed to watch some filming on Stage 7 - that's where the High School sets are. She said that James, Michelle, Meredith, Kerr, and Josh would be filming. I was happy of course because I would finally be able to give Josh the walking stick that my dad carved for him.
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hat night Jacki and I had dinner at Cafe Phoenix. Supposedly the cast likes to eat there. It's downtown, and you can even sit outside (which we did) and watch everyone pass by. Our waiter was extremely nice, and he said that he and James work out together at the gym whenever James goes. And we didn't even have to ask about the cast, he just offered that information.
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fter walking around downtown a bit, we headed back to our respective hotels.