"She Came To The Valley"

I shoved this book into one of the boxes with the old recipe books--

 remembered mother being so excited that a movie was being made in the Valley

and she and her sister were going to be extras--no pay though, just the experience of 

being in a movie.

I pulled the book out the other day and opened the first page.

There was a sweet note from the author of the book, dated August 18, 1977

and on all the other pre-pages, there were signatures from the actors (Scott Glenn and Dean Stockwell), other extras, directors and various sundry movie people!  

She certainly had a wonderful time being a part of Valley history.

I also remember that she and my aunt worked diligently  on their costumes--nothing in return

but a chance to be in the movie.

I can imagine that their days were filled with dust, hot temperatures, hours of just

sitting--all for the glory of being an extra

I found a photo of Mother (left) and Aunt Sue (right) all dolled up in

their handmade costumes.  I think of the filming time and can't believe

they wore those costumes during the heat of the summer--"She Came To The Valley"

was one of the highlights of mother's life.

I found a DVD copy of the movie recently, but I didn't watched it--

I sent it to Aunt Sue--maybe, she'll watch it with her grandkids

and they'll share some memories of mother and Aunt Sue in their big adventure!

For me, I think I'll read the book!