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Next to my wedding and births of our sons, last Thursday goes down in history as one of the most exciting days in my life!  That was the morning of my interview on Good Day Atlanta, and I owe it much to our blog site here.   I’m pretty comfortable on the radio since I co-hosted a talk-show on Atlanta radio every Saturday in 2006.  But TV is an entirely different animal!   The idea of being in front of the camera made me as nervous as a cat in a dog pen.  I barely got any sleep all week and especially the night before.  Nonetheless, this ole bird had to rise and shine at 4:30 in order to made it to the Fox 5 studios on Briarcliff by 6:45.  I’m happy to say I made it with 2 whole minutes to spare! 

 

I was led to the “green room” back stage to await my interview with Deidre Dukes, who was filling in for Suchita while she’s away on vacation.  (And yes, the room really is green).   I appreciate the producer’s assistants making me feel at ease while filling me in on what to expect.  Then the make-up artist made me so comfortable while getting me “ready for my close-up.”    I was told the interview would take place at 7:50 and run four minutes, which I know from experience goes by in a flash!   I had almost an hour to kill, so in between running to the ladies room because the butterflies flitting on my bladder,  I spent the time getting acquainted with the back-stage staff.  When they came to retrieve me for the interview I had only one thought—if  only I could put together a coherent sentence on the air I would consider myself ahead of the game.   My biggest fear was to respond to Deidre’s first question by looking like a Bambi in the headlights of a Ford F-150 pickup.   

 

Deidre was great!  She made me feel as comfortable as possible in the fishbowl with 3 cameras pointed at us, the prompter running beneath each one.  I caught a glimpse of myself on one of them and wasn’t particularly excited about the view, so I just decided it best to direct my conversation toward Deidre.  First out of the starting gate she said how I am no stranger to many because I’m a frequent blogger here on our My Fox Community site.   I didn’t discover the site until June, although I’ve been an avid Good Day fan for the past 5 years or more.  I said how much I love the site, but I could have and should have said how much I enjoy blogging with others, and mention names like Morning Maniac,  Suchita, Vctroll, Centauri65, Gdanes, and egglady, etc., because I do. However, you’ll understand if my foremost thought was to get on to Deidre’s next question.   Once the butterflies flew away I felt more comfortable and continued without any snags.  

 

Deidre is even prettier in person than on the screen, and she’s also genuinely nice.  I also met Denise Dillon back stage, and is she ever petite and pretty as a little picture.  I’m posting some photos taken that morning in my “Good Friends and Good Times” album.  You’ll see Deidre, Denise and Donna—the makeup artist.  (Hmmm Deidre, Denise, Donna and Darlene—The Four Ds.  We should start a singing group!)   

 

I owe a lot to this community blog here at Fox 5 for my being invited as a guest on Good Day.  I was already a fan, but now while I’m watching the gang on my boob tube here at home I’ll feel like REAL family after being on the show.     Thanks to Deidre, Denise, Donna, Joy, Jan, Amy and everyone on the staff at Good Day!  You’re a GREAT group of folks and you made my new year begin in SUCH a GREAT WAY!    If you missed the show, here's the direct link to the interview:

http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/myfox/pages/InsideFox/Deta
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Give it a few seconds to download then click on my picture that looks like they caught me in mid-word saying "shitowsky" and the video should begin. 

 

Until next time,

Just Call Me Dah'lin!

Darlene Ford Wofford, aka 'The Spirited Southerner'

www.JustCallMeDahlin.com  or  www.TheSpiritedSoutherner.com

 

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