--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "theshortsalepro" <njdave@>
> wrote:
>
> > 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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