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1 PR PRESENTA TATI TION ON #4 #4- OPENI NING NG Good od after ernoon on fell llow ow club mem ember ers and frien ends. Today we e hop ope e to o en enlig ighten en you ou in regards to o two o aspec ects of of Nels lson’s and Jeanet ette’ e’s lives. s. The e fir irst is is in in regard to o cla larif ifying that the e lov ove e that existed bet etween en the these tw two people e was rea eal. l. To o accom omplis lish this is we e will l repor ort actual l pr privat ate an and d sensitive qu quotat ations from bo both par arties an and d you can an dr draw aw you our ow own con onclu lusions as to o the e validit ity of of their ir lov ove. e. Mos ost are e not ot from om their eir ea early ly romance e days when en they ey might be e ex expec ected ed, but after er their ir lov ove e had bee een on ongoin ing for or yea ears. This is was a lif ife-lon ong lov ove bet etween en thes ese e two o passion onate e human bein ings. The e tragedy of of livin ing in n an n era of Victo torian n atti ttitud tudes to took k a to toll. It It is a sha hame tha hat t in n th this age e wher ere e their ir private e li life e would be e accep epted ed as per erfec ectly ly nor ormal, l, ther ere e are e thos ose e who o still l in insis ist on on judgin ing it it by Vic ictor oria ian mor orals ls and ref efute e their love e with sala lacious ter erms as “adulte terous us”! ”! Tha hat t te term di disap appe pear ared d from our vocabu bular ary bac back in the sixties! Their love was as so powerful tha that t th they ha had to o li live e two o lives es, public lic and private. e. We e are e goi oing to o take e just a brie ief loo ook at their eir priv ivate e life e and take e a modern n and nd tolerant nt positi tion n of what t the they ha had to overcome but ut not t give e up the e love e they had for or one e anot other er. An Any wom oman tod oday wou ould feel el as Jeane nette te did if the they coul uld jus ust t exper erien ence e a li little e of the e lov ove e she e rec ecei eived ed. An And no o dou oubt ther ere e are e mod oder ern men en tod oday that wou ould be e over erwhelmed ed to o be e as confid iden ent as Nels elson on was in in the e lov ove e he e rec eceived ed from om his is Jea eanet ette. e. We mus ust t bear in n mind nd th that t the these extrem emely ly sen ensit itiv ive e commen ents wer ere e never er, ev ever er, inten ended to o be e read by anyone e ex excep ept thes ese e two o peop ople le as an ex expres ession ion of of their eir lo love e for on one e anot other er. It was wit ith great per erson onal l mis isgivings that thes ese e few ew examples es, from om amon ong many ny, are reported, but ut I I am weary of of the e lov ove e or or hate e gos ossip ip that still l prevails ils after er all l thes ese e yea ears. An And in in partic icula lar, the rep epea eated ed use e of the e ter erm, ev even in in the e publi lic pres ess, of of ‘a ‘adult lter erou ous affa fair’. Th The missio ion of of ou our or organiz izatio ion shou ould ld be e to en enli lighten en the e public lic abo about wha hat t th these two o people e brought to o the e Am Amer eric ican music ic lovin ing public lic. They ey achiev eved ed this wit ith their ir glor oriou ious voic ices es on on the e con oncert pla latfor orm or or in their eir deli lightful l screen en appearances es. Their eirs is is a legacy to o be e

2 prou oud of of! Nels lson was per erson onall lly res esponsib ible e for or brin inging great t cla lassic ical l music ic to o the e Am Amer eric ican public wit ith his is con oncer ert appea earances es. Whe hen n he he made th those wond nderful films with th Jeane nette tte, he broug ught ht th the public ic in into o the e concer ert ven enues es when en heret etof ofor ore e they had nev ever er set et foot ot in in thos ose e hall llow owed ed halls lls! Af After er Nel elson on had trained d and d groomed d his is belov oved ed Jea eanet ette e to o bei eing a fine e Concer ert Ar Artis ist, the e affec ect on on the e aud udienc nces mult ltip iplied. Nels elson on and Jeanet ette e wer ere e res esponsible le for or the e rec ecognit ition on on on the e Co Concer ert Stage e of the e Am Amer eric ican Ar Artis ist! The e sec econ ond subjec ect we e have e addres essed is in regard to o whet ether er or or not ot any real l tangib ible le proo oof exis ists that ver erifies es the e ex exis istence e of of thei eir love e life ha has been n foun und. Afte ter significant nt research h it t appears tha that t none ne of of the e highly ly tou outed ed sou ources es that ver erbally insis isted ed that their ir in infor ormation on was valid id, but ut they essential ally had ad no pr proof to ba back wha hat t wer ere e on only ly their ir col ollec ective e op opin inion ons. I I ha had the the great t fortun tune of of obt btai aining an an artifact that at is undeniab able pr proof and d I I wil ill l share e it wit ith yo you today. y. I I hope e this is Pres esentation on will ll answer er som ome e question ions you ou ma may have had. ad. Madeli line e Bayles ess

1 PRES RESEN ENTAT ATION # #4 DOE DOES TA TANGI GIBLE LE PR PROOF E OOF EXIST? T? Tod oday’s P Pres esen enta tati tion on i is on one d dea ear to to m my h hea eart a t and I I a am eager er t to o share i e it w t with th th this audien ence e of of a admirer ers of of N Nel elson on E Eddy a and Jeanet nette te Ma MacDona nald. As As you h u hea eard in t n the O he Openi ning ng, I ha have ha had a dif iffic icult lt t time dealin ling with w what appe ppears t s to b be a c a campa paign o of negati ne tive tr treatm tmen ent t of of thes ese e tw two w won onder erful p peop eople and nd the they d do not not deserve ve it it! This is is is not an in indic icatio ion that th t they ey wer ere e “per erfec ect” n ” no o hum uman i is p per erfec ect a t and we we are a e all f flawed ed. But But d demeaning ng th the e lov ove betw twee een N n Nelson a n and Je Jeanet nette te sho houl uld cease! e! IMPA PACT OF R T OF RELI LIGI GION ON It t is i imper erati tive e th that w t we u e under ersta tand th the p e part r religion on p played ed in th the Nel elson on-Jea eanet ette r e relati tion onship. . Nel elson on com ommen ented ed th that t t the e two most im important f factors in in h his is lif life w were h his is r religi ligion a and his is lo love f for Jeanet nette te. Ne Nelson on b bec ecame v e ver ery d dissatisf sfied that h his is r relig ligio ion (Protes testa tant/E t/Episcopal) h had f failed ed t to a o allow ow h his l lov ove f e for or h his J Jea eanette te to b o be a e accepte ted. In n other her w words, he he seem emed ed t to b bel eliev eve th that t ev even en God ha had aband ndoned ned hi him. He He began to s to search a alte terna nati tive r e religions ns in t n the ho he hope th that t th ther ere w was on one th that t wou ould g grant h t him th the p pea eace h e he e was s seek eking a and w wou ould a allow ow th thei eir love e to b o be a e accep epted ted not ot on only by God, b but b ut by the w he wor orld. After m much s searchin ing, g, h he f fin inall lly y found und o one ne th that s t see eemed ed r right. t. I Its ts basi asic concept pt req equired ed th that h t he p e put th t thei eir rela latio ionship ip on a a s stric ictly ly spir iritual l plane. e. That a t appea ealed t to h o him. . He He ex explaine ned t thi his to J o Jeanett tte a e and nd c conv onvinc nced he her tha hat it w t woul uld b be e th the a e answer er to o th thei eir q ques est to to h have th their l lov ove a e approv oved ed b by G God od a and th the e wor orld. . Jea eanette e under ersto tood od th this and if th this brou ought pea eace e to o her N he Nel els, s she he woul uld follo low h his is a acceptance of this is d dif ifferent r religi ligion. This is b bega gan a a p period w when h he k kept their ir lo love ve o on s stric ictly ly a spir iritual plane ne. Jea eanett tte a e accep epted ed th this c con oncep ept b t but w with th c cer erta tain misgivings. Nels r remained the l he lov oving ng m man he a n he always w was, but ut th thei eir phys ysic ical l un union on was om omitt tted ed. . Nelson ha n had g grown up n up i in hi n his c chur hurch h and nd o onc nce e eve ven c contempla lated m makin ing g the c church h his is lif life’s ’s w work, b but m music ic called! It w t was n not to t too l o long ng b befor ore J e Jam c conv nvinc nced hi him t tha hat w when he n he