LEVAR BURTON CHASING RAINBOWS Beyond Star Trek

When we were informed that LEVAR BURTON famous in the epic mini series ROOTS. Commandeer in STAR TREK and with a huge following as a reading Narrator with READING RAINBOWS was speaking at a local college a few us jumped at the chance of meeting him. He was speaking where the usual practice after their talk is to meet, sign autographs and take pictures with those who wanted to meet the celebrity after the lecture. With about 700 in attendance it was announced that he would be signing his book that they were selling for 20 dollars at the door. In this case they were sold out quite quickly and many of us didnot get the opportunity to buy one. With our usual practice we had other items moistly pictures and proceeded to get on the line that numbered alot more than a hundred. But from a far we noticed that they were not allowing anything else but the book to be signed and no pictures with Levar. Soon even with our polite requests if he would sign other items as there were no more books , the organizers flatly told us NO. Now the great thing about graphers, most never give up when a small obstacle be falls them and 6 of us to attempt another plan that some say may be lucky but I prefer to say one that learns from experience. We decided to put in one basket and headed to a hotel that we thought MAY BE the place he would stay the night. After about 5 minutes of waiting sure enough he pulled up with a security guard in a golf cart. We slowly approached him and with out hesitation he was willing to sign every ones items. He even took the time to suggest what color marker one should use on each individual piece. My son and I were one of the lucky ones to get a nice picture also on our request and said good night to all of us. Perseverance paid off and I still love the idea. " IF FIRST YOU DO NOT SUCCEED TRAY TRY TRY AGAIN. This would make a great Reading for Levar for his loyal audience which we all are still today.