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IT IS THROWBACK THURSDAY HERE AT THE CW CBS. WE LOOK WE TAKE A LOOK BACK AT THINGS THAT
HAPPENED IN THE PAST. RIGHT. GO
BACK THURSDAY, BACK IN 1981.
NEWSDAY RAN A THREE PART SERIES
ON SAN DIEGO'S HIGH SOCIETY.
WE'RE ABOUT TO SHOW YOU ONE OF
THOSE STORIES FEATURING AN
EXTRAVAGANT WEDDING. AND YOU'LL
WANT TO STICK AROUND TO MEET
THE BRIDE WHO'S HERE IN OUR
STUDIO. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT
THIS FIRST. IT ISN'T YOUR
STANDARD WEDDING RECEPTION MUSIC
,BUT THIS REGGAE GROUP IS JUST
ONE OF THREE BANDS THAT WILL
PLAY AT THIS SOIREE FOR
NEWLYWEDS. KEITH AND ANSWER
PAIGE RICHARDS. THE RECEPTION
SPREADS BOTH UPSTAIRS AND
DOWNSTAIRS, INSIDE AND OUTSIDE
OF THE LA HOYA COUNTRY. CLUB
WITH 500 GUESTS QUEUING UP FOR
FOOD AND DRINK. WANT A PIECE OF
THAT FOOD? HI, THE BRIDE'S
FAMILY IS SPARING NO DETAILS.
THERE'S EVEN A FREELANCE TV CREW
TO RECORD THE FESTIVITIES FOR A
VIDEOTAPED WEDDING ALBUM. ANY
MAIL FROM YOU? IT'S UNBELIEVABLE
.IT'S REALLY NICE. OF THE BEST
YOU'VE BEEN TO YOUR OWN.
DEFINITELY THE BEST I'VE EVER
SEEN. LANDED A FANTASTIC JOB.
MOM IS BETTIE PAGE, ALEXANDER, A
FORMER TEXAS SOCIALITE FROM FORT
WORTH. HOW DOES SAN DIEGO
PARTIES, SECTORS LIKE THIS
COMPARE TO DALLAS AND FORT WORTH
?YOU KNOW, THERE'S SUCH AN
IMAGE OF DALLAS AND ME ON
THE SPOT. THAT'S A VERY LEADING
DIPLOMATICALLY. YOU MUST BE A
DIPLOMAT. I'VE LIVED HERE HALF
OF MY LIFE NOW. LIVED THERE HALF
MY LIFE. AND I'M VERY GLAD. I
THINK I THINK I THINK
EVERYTHING'S WONDERFUL OUT HERE
AND I'M GLAD THAT I'M A
TRANSPLANTED TEXAN BECAUSE LAVOY
IS REALLY MY HOME AND I LOVE IT
.THE RECEPTION HAS THE KIND OF
FLOURISHES THAT GET BIG PLAY IN
THE NEWSPAPERS, EVEN IF
THE BRIDE'S MOTHER WORD ALL CHOP
COLUMNISTS GIRLS STILL. HE'S
ALSO FAMILIAR WITH OTHER
SOCIETIES LIKE THE POSH DALLAS
SCENE. I THINK SAN DIEGO'S ISN'T
NEARLY AS SNOBBISH. IT'S NOT A
GREAT CHASM BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW
FOR THAT MATTER. IT'S VERY
ACCESSIBLE. I THINK ANYONE WHO
ASPIRES TO WHAT THERE IS IN
THE WAY OF CAPITAL SOCIETY HAS A
VERY GOOD CHANCE OF ACHIEVING IT
.I DON'T THINK SAN DIEGO
REACHES OUT FOR NEW PEOPLE, BUT
IT DOESN'T REBUFF ME EITHER. AND
IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T MATTER THAT
LINEAGE DOESN'T MATTER. SCHOOLS
DON'T MATTER. MONEY EVEN DOESN'T
MATTER A LOT. IT DOESN'T HURT TO
HAVE IT. IT HELPS A LOT TO HAVE
IT. AND THE MORE YOU HAVE,
THE EASIER IT IS. BUT IF YOU
DON'T HAVE IT, IT'S NOT IT'S NOT
AN INSURMOUNTABLE OBSTACLE. YOU
DON'T FIND MUCH RACIAL OR ETHNIC
MIXING AT MOST HIGH SOCIETY
PARTIES. BUT STEF ASCRIBES THAT
AS MUCH TO GEOGRAPHY AS
SOCIOLOGY, YOU'RE ALMOST MORE
CONSCIOUS. I'M SEEING SOMEBODY
FROM RANCHO SANTA FE AT A
MISSION HILLS PARTY THAN I AM OF
SEEING AN ETHNIC DIFFERENCE. IF
PEOPLE ASK ABOUT SAN DIEGO
SOCIETY, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT
IT'S IT'S A KIND OF FEDERATION
SOCIETIES HERE BASED ON
GEOGRAPHY REALLY. THERE'S A
THERE'S A LA HOYA SOCIETY.
THERE'S A POINT LOMA SOCIETY.
THERE'S A NORTH COUNTY SOCIETY
OF CORONADO. AND THEY DON'T
REALLY MIX VERY MUCH AT ALL.
THERE'S NO REASON FOR THEM NOT
TO. BUT YOU DON'T VERY OFTEN SEE
A LOT OF PEOPLE AT POINT LOMA
PARTIES. NO PEOPLE YOU PARTIES.
THERE ARE, OF COURSE, MANY
OCCASIONS THAT BRING
THE SEPARATE SCENES TOGETHER AND
A SUBTLE CLICKING SHYNESS THAT
GOES BEYOND WHERE ONE LIVES. BUT
IN SAN DIEGO, PERHAPS TO A
GREATER DEGREE, THAN ELSEWHERE,
THE DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN HIGH
SOCIETY IS UPPER CRUST AND LOWER
ECHELONS DOESN'T SEEM INDELIBLE
.JANE CULBERSON NEWSY AND THAT
BRIDE IS NOW HERE WITH US AND
SETH RICHARDS. SHE'S HERE TO
TALK ABOUT THAT BIG DAY. YOU'RE
ALSO NOW INVOLVED IN IN PLANNING
EVENTS, CHARITABLE EVENTS.
WELCOME TO THE SHOW. THANK YOU.
WE JUST TALK ABOUT THIS
ELABORATE WEDDING. DO YOU THINK
LOOKING BACK THAT IT WAS OVER
THE TOP? YES. AND AS A WEDDING
PLANNER, I CAN SAY YES. RIGHT.
SO IN THAT PIECE WE SAID FIVE
HUNDRED PEOPLE ACTUALLY THERE
WAS MORE THAN THAT. IT WAS ABOUT
9 9. YEAH. OK. AS A WEDDING
PLANNER, HAVE YOU SEEN ANYTHING
LIKE THAT? AND WEDDINGS UP TO
TWELVE HUNDRED. TWELVE HUNDRED.
VERY UNUSUAL. OH, MY GOODNESS.
IN CALIFORNIA. ALL RIGHT. I MEAN
,DO YOU REMEMBER ANY PART OF
THAT WEDDING? BECAUSE I KNOW.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF
TIMES, YOU KNOW, WEDDING
PLANNING IS, YOU KNOW, TAKES A
LOT OF TIME AND YOU'RE ANXIOUS,
YOU KNOW, ALL THE ANXIETY. AND
SO YOU LIKE KIND OF LIKE FORGET
ALL THE BIG MOMENTS OF LIFE. IT
IS A BLUR. IT'S A BIT OF A BLUR
.BUT I REMEMBER ALL THE DETAILS
,ALL THE DETAIL. ABSOLUTELY.
BUT I'M A DETAIL PERSON. RIGHT.
OK, SO NINE HUNDRED PEOPLE HOW
MANY OF THEM DID YOU ACTUALLY
KNOW? OH, GOSH, I HEARD THAT
THERE WAS IT WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE. WELL, IT
WAS BEAUTIFUL NONETHELESS. SO
ALMOST 40 YEARS LATER, YOU'RE
STILL MARRIED TO YOUR HUSBAND
NEXT YEAR. AND THAT IS AMAZING.
YES. AND I'M HAPPY EARLY
ANNIVERSARY TO YOU. THAT IS HUGE
.YOU GUYS HAVE FOUR BEAUTIFUL
KIDS. YEAH. AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT
THAT. IT WAS WORTH IT, OBVIOUSLY
.EDDIE, WHAT CAN YOU TELL ABOUT
FAMILY? WHAT'S INTERESTING IS I
LIVED MY LIFE THROUGH PARTIES SO
I GET TO SHARE FAMILY
CELEBRATIONS WITH EVERYONE. AND
OUR MOTTO FOR A NONPROFIT THAT I
FOUND IT IS CELEBRATING LIFE
THROUGH LIFE. CELEBRATE IT. SO
IN FACT, THIS LINEN IS FROM YOUR
WEDDING. IT IS ACTUALLY FROM MY
WEDDING. AND THE CHINA AND
THE GLASSWARE ARE THREE
GENERATIONS FROM MY FAMILY. AND
THIS LINEN WAS MY GRANDMOTHER'S
.AND THEN THE REST WAS FROM
THE NONPROFIT THE NATIONAL
CHAIRS FOUNDATION. HOW LONG DID
IT TAKE FOR YOU TO PLAN THAT
WEDDING? WELL, WE GOT ENGAGED
AND THE WEDDING WAS FOUR MONTHS
LATER. FOUR MONTHS WEDDING TO
PLAN THAT WEDDING. IT WAS JUST
YOU AND HER MOM, RIGHT? YES. AND
MY MOTHER AND MY GRANDMOTHER
HAVE BEEN DOING EVENTS THEIR
WHOLE LIFE, TOO. OK. YOUR MOTHER
,IS SHE STILL AROUND? NO. SHE
PASSED AWAY IN 2013. I'M SO
SORRY TO HEAR THAT. THANK YOU.
BUT BECAUSE OF HER, YOU'RE DOING
SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL NOW. WELL
,I DECIDED OBVIOUSLY PLANNING
WEDDINGS AND PARTIES IS IN OUR
GENES. AND SO NOW I DO AN ANNUAL
EVENT FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH IN
HONOR OF MY MOM WHEN SHE GOT
SICK AND WE KNEW WE WERE GOING
TO LOSE HER. WE FOUNDED
THE NATIONAL CHEERS FOUNDATION
AND CHEERS IS ACTUALLY OBVIOUSLY
CELEBRATING HEALTH, CELEBRATING
WEDDINGS, CELEBRATING LIFE. BUT
IT'S AN ACRONYM FOR CARE, HEALTH
,EDUCATION, EMPOWERMENT
RESEARCH AND SUPPORT. AND SO I
SPEND MY YEAR SO THAT WE GIVE
BACK TO OTHERS AND HELP THEM
CELEBRATE LIFE AND NOT FOCUS ON
DISEASE. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. THAT
IS SO AMAZING. AND YOU'RE
WORKING ON OTHER BIG PROJECTS IN
THE COMMUNITY AS WELL, RIGHT?
YES. YES. WELL, IN THE PAST I'VE
DONE LOTS OTHER EVENTS FOR GOSH
,YOU NAME IT. NATIONAL CHARITY
LEAGUE LAST PATROL IS PATROL.
THIS IS AN AMAZING ORGANIZATION
.MY MOTHER IS A PAST PRESIDENT
.MY GRANDMOTHER USED TO ATTEND
.IT'S BEEN BIG PARTY. WE DO IT
FOR SURE. WE GOT TELL YOU THIS
IS BEAUTIFUL. DECORATION IS SO
BEAUTIFUL, YET IT'S SO SIMPLE.
IF YOU REALLY SEE A LITTLE
ALLIGATORS THE KEY AND YOU DON'T
NEED TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY.
WELL, I KNOW BECAUSE A LOT OF
THE MONEY USUALLY COMES FROM
THE FLOWERS, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW
,WE ALWAYS TRY TO RECYCLE THEM
AND REPURPOSE THEM AND TO GIVE
THEM THERE'S AN ORGANIZATION
THAT WILL PICK THEM UP AND USE
THEM WITH PATIENTS WITH DEMENTIA
TO REBUILD THEM TO HELP THEM.
THAT ISN'T ME. SO IT'S REALLY
NICE IF YOU CAN DO GOOD WITH
SOMEONE'S CELEBRATION AS WELL.
AND IT'S SO NICE TO HAVE YOU
HERE. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT
SPECIAL. HOW WAS YOUR WEDDING
DRESS WAS BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU.
I GOT TO DESIGN IT MYSELF. IT
WAS GORGEOUS. EVERYTHING WAS SO
GREAT ABOUT EVERYTHING ABOUT
WHAT I AND DON'T FORGET, WE'RE
ALWAYS DOING THROWBACK THURSDAYS
HERE. OUR PRODUCER BARB NIELSEN
,SHE PUTS THESE TOGETHER.
THEY'RE WONDERFUL. YOU CAN WATCH
ASSAULTS ON OUR SOCIAL