--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "theshortsalepro" <njdav
Billy also ended up with the boxing gloves too.
Billy was the Master.
Weldon, night of 100 Stars was his biggie. When it became101.
Years ago, Terry Weldon became the most successful, prolific, then
> > famous party crasher in America. He loved doning his tux,
walking
> > uninvited thru a NYC or Las Vegas reception line, then having his
> >photo
> > snapped at celeb choked galas.
>
> Dave I'm going to respectfully disagree with you on one issue: The
> man who taught Weldon how to party crash the celebs, Billy Dello,
> was unquestionably the best at it. Weldon was a guy who started out
> by going with Billy, just like Jimmy Marrucca. Angel Camus does it
> too, but I don't know how he got started. I think he is a
> photographer.
>
> You are right that Terry became "famous" for it, which was an
> enormous mistake. After that he could't crash another party. Billy
> never made that mistake. Rumor was that Terry bragged so much on
TV
> about getting near the President it he got him in Dutch with the
> Secret Service.
>
> Before he died Billy Dello let me in on some secrets to doing it:
> Your face has to be familiar enough for them to recognize you, but
> not enough to really know you. You know that uncomfortable feeling
> when someone whose face you know says hello to you but you are so
> embarrassed because you can't recall their name? That's the
playing
> field. Since they knew his face, they weren't going to possibly
> embarrass themselves and ask him to leave. They just figured he was
> someone who belonged.
>
> That, and walk past the guy at the door like you own the joint.
> Don't furtively look away because that is suspicious - engage him -
> say hello, shake his hand and use his name. Eventually you become
> familiar to him too.
>
> Billy Dello's best party crash? A private birthday dinner for Dean
> Martin - WITH ONLY 12 GUESTS! Sat at the table and stayed the
whole
> night.
>
> The reason they first got to know his face was from Boxing. He was
> always around it. Remember those famous photos Sinatra took for
> Life Magazine of the Ali Frazier fight? Billy was in them at
> ringside. I think it was the Ali Norton fight the Billy was the
> first in the ring afterward.
>
> Sorry for rambling about this memory. It's Christmas and I really
> miss Billy Dello.
>
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