Several people mentioned that I forgot to post the winning entry. Mea culpa... You can find all the entries at http://www.sfgenealogy.com/boards/sfmemory/index1.html Thanks all! Jim > Posted by Sherry Harris on Thursday, August 03, 2006 at 12:07:52 : > > In Reply to: Best SF Musical Experience Contest > <http://www.sfgenealogy.com/boards/sfmemory/messages/211.html> posted > by Ron Filion on Sunday, July 30, 2006 at 07:44:09 : > > On a wonderful San Francisco night, about 1960, my mother took me to > see West Side Story at the Curren Theater. This was the perfect story > for an impressionable teenager. As I sat transfixed, emersed in the > characters, I found myself falling madly in love with Larry Kert who > played Tony. > > I couldn't get his image out of my thoughts for a very long. I hung up > his picture on my bedroom wall. I talked incessantly about him and > dreamed about being his "Juliet." I still have the program from that > night to this day. > > Through the years, when I heard the music from West Side Story or was > reminded of it by something,I would wonder what had happened to Larry > Kert? Had he found his own "Juliet?" Was he married with children? Had > he continued acting? > > The answer came a couple of years ago, while I was surfing the net. It > was then I learned the sad truth about my "imaginary" teen love. Larry > had passed away at age 60 in 1991 . . . of aids. > > I'm glad I never knew the truth until now. I will hang on to my > memories of the handsome young Tony and his Juliet. > > And thanks to the Theater and the cast of West Side Story, it will > always hold a special place in my heart because of an "imaginary" > love, Larry Kert. May he rest in peace. -- James R. Smith Author: San Francisco's Lost Landmarks ISBN: 1884995446 www.HistorySmith.com <http://www.historysmith.com/>