This is a story about me that appeared on the front page of the Altus Times in 2003.
Altus Times 2003
CATS'
Enthusiast Heads To OKC
By:
Heather Gray
January
20, 2003
When
she was 13-years-old, Peggy Sue Clay saw a commercial on television for Andrew
Lloyd Webber's Broadway musical "CATS." She was immediately
mesmerized and it has become somewhat of a personal obsession ever since.
"I
have always loved cats (the animals) and when I was introduced to the musical I
fell in love with it," said Clay. She loves the musical so much that when
she goes to a performance of it, she dresses in costume, complete with homemade
wig and full stage makeup. Clay and her mother left on Friday for Oklahoma City
where they attended all three showings of "CATS" on tour. While
there, she presented the cast with a book she has taken three years to write.
The
book is entitled "Jellicle Stories for Jellicle Cats." The book gets
its name from the group of cats (Jellicles) in the play that live in the
junkyard and meet once a year for the Jellicle Ball where one of them is chosen
to live a fantasy life. Included in the book are trip reports that detail such
things as autographs she has gotten and memories made at the various shows she
has attended, short stories she has written, along with pictures and
merchandising ideas for the company.
"I
am so proud of her and the accomplishment it is to finish this book," said
Clay's mother, Mary Duck. "No one in my family even finished school, so
there aren't words to describe how proud I am of Peggy Sue."
Clay
is a student at Western Oklahoma State College majoring in art. She attends the
Family Worship Center and works as a teacher's aide at Booker Learning Center.
In her spare time, she writes short stories and hosts her own website, Baby's
Jellicle Hangout at http://www.geocities.com/theicequeen500/index.html
©Altus
Times 2003
