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Donna Fan Of The Century |
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Cathy
Hawkins- Host of the Donna Summer Tribute Site!
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www.donna-tribute.com |
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I'm
sure many of you will recognize the website above. It's hands down the most successful Donna Fan site on the web today!
That's why I'm honored to have Ms. Cathy Hawkins- Webmaster of the
Donna-Tribute site- as my first Donna Fan of the Month! Cathy was
genuinely surprised and a bit speechless as to what to say when I suggested
that she was the one I wanted to feature. Enjoy Cathy's stories and
answers below! Thanks Cathy! We love you! - Doug |
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DSUS: How
did you get started with your Donna-Tribute site? |
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Cathy: I actually started the website
about 6 months after I first got online. After surfing around and seeing
what was out there and after realizing that AOL gave me webspace of my own
to play with, I figured, "What the heck? Maybe I can build a page?" And I
really didn't have anything better to write about at the time, so I started
off with a pretty crappy page of pictures. Eventually I added the
discography that I had been maintaining offline for my own personal pleasure
(or geekiness depending how you look at it LOL). It just grew from there.
When I stop to think about it, I can't even believe it's been 10 years
already.
DSUS: And we are grateful for your diligence and
dedication! |
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DSUS: Are
you on MySpace? My handle is
www.myspace.com/dgroovesrecordingstudio , what's yours? |
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Cathy: I do have MySpace.... I HATE
it. LOL It doesn't play nicely with my old desktop computer so I rarely
ever get a whole page to load correctly the first time. Case and point -
when I tried the "add friend" link on your page, all it would show me is a
blank page. So maybe the friend request went through and maybe it didn't.
I'll give it another shot tomorrow. I'm at
www.myspace.com/ordinarydiva
over there but if I log in once a month it's a lot.
DSUS: I'll check again to see if it went through.
Dell is running specials on new computers. Maybe the rest of us
Donna fans should have a fund-raiser to purchase you a new computer in
appreciation for all your years of service and work on the Donna Tribute
site? What do the rest of you think? :-) |
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DSUS: Q #1:
What is the first Donna song you remember hearing? |
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Cathy: The first song that made an
impression on me was Mimi's Song. Donna sang it on a TV show, I heard it
and being the sloppy sentimental teenager I was - I had to have it.
DSUS: "Mimi,
you're beautiful! Mimi, you're mine!" I'm singing along now! |
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DSUS: Q #2:
How old were you when that song was released? |
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Cathy: I was about fourteen at the
time. (I'm not sure how that works out exactly because here it is 29 years
later and I'm only 21...... ;-) )
DSUS: I want to use the calculator you did to find
my own age! LOL! |
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DSUS: Q #3:
How many Donna Summer LPs do you own? |
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Cathy: Ummmmm.... a lot! LOL I
haven't counted but I have every LP from Lady Of The Night up through
Another Place And Time, plus a couple of duplicates and some extra things
like soundtrack albums, musicals, etc.
DSUS: In this busy day, it is hard to keep track of
all the babies, isn't it? |
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DSUS: Q #4:
How many Donna Summer CDs (full, extended mixes, singles, etc.) do you own? |
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Cathy: Ummmmm - even more! LOL I (of
course) got cds for all the lps I had already owned (or as many as I could),
plus everything that's come out since. It's probably about a 4 foot shelf
of nothing but official Donna releases - then when you add cdrs of fan mixes
and things it just gets totally out of hand. But it's not like I'm addicted
or anything...... ;-)
DSUS: Are we talking more than 20? Around
200? Over a million? Just curious! |
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DSUS: Q #5:
If you were in charge of hosting Donna Summer for a day, what would you do
to make it memorable for Donna? |
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Cathy: I'd drag her to the vault and
make her play me all the unreleased tracks....... oh wait, you probably
meant "memorable" in a good way for her. ;-) I don't know. I think I'd
just say, "So, what do you feel like doing today?" and take it from there.
DSUS: Ooh! Good answer! And then you'd make
sure to share the songs with your favorite friend from DonnaSummer.US,
right? :-) |
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DSUS: Q #6:
Have you ever met Donna in person? If so, when and where? |
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Cathy: Yes. I met Donna back in 1999.
Early 1999 - LITERALLY. LOL It was something like January 3 or 4. LOL I
was bringing her a book of fan memories called Pages From The Heart. The
whole story of that is still archived on the site (http://www.donna-tribute.com/articles/99/book.html)
so I won't go into it here, but that was the beginning. :-) Here and
there at various times. She and I always seem to turn up at some of the same
concerts. Go figure? ;-)
DSUS: Who'd a thunk it? |
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DSUS: Q #7:
What is your favorite Donna song? |
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Cathy: If we are talking ballads then
Christmas Spirit. If we are talking uptempo tracks, the MacArthur Park - but
ONLY if it's the album version with the bridge. The single edit is just
frustrating.
DSUS: I guess I should divide the question into two
categories. I will next month! |
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DSUS: Q #8:
What is your favorite Donna CD/LP? |
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Cathy: Christmas Spirit again, but I do
have a special place in my heart for Live & More since it was my first.
DSUS: I just LOVE Christmas Spirit, too! |
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DSUS: Q #9:
On a scale of 1-10 (1 being "She's OK" and 10 being "She's FABUUUU") where
do you rate your appreciation for Donna? |
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Cathy: ---------
DSUS: Cathy was so overcome with emotions that she
could not answer this one! |
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DSUS: Q #10:
If Donna were reading this right now, (and you never know, she could be),
what would you say to her? |
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Cathy: I think I'd just go with "Hi
Donna!" for now. :-)
DSUS: She'll get back to you soon, right after she
and I do lunch! (Just kidding!). |
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DSUS: Thanks Cathy!
for taking the time to answer the Donna Summer Fan of the Month questions!
Have a great month, and keep up the "Lord's Work" on the Donna-Tribute
site! :-) |
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Cathy is also a budding
Photographer who likes to use PhotoShop to enhance her pictures, as well as
edit other people's pics for fun. I'd like Cathy to edit my
Profile pic so I look about 60 pounds lighter! (Move over- Oprah!).
Thanks in advance, Cathy! Keep snapping! |
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