Joyful Noise

2/8/11, 2/9/11 & 2/11/11  This comedy stars Dolly Parton, Queen Latifah, Kris Kristoferson, Angela Grovey and KeKe Palmer.  These days were filmed at Bethany United Methodist Church on Rivers and Milam Road in Fairburn.  The first day about 25 of us filmed a cemetary scene with all the stars in the Bethany cemetary.  On Wednesday we did a wonderful wedding scene in the church where Dolly and Dana (Queen) sang the title song that Dolly wrote.  This was one of the most fun days ever.  The stars did part of the scene in the aisle near us and it was a full day of filming.  Jessie L. Martin (Law & Order, original cast of Rent,) plays Queen's husband in the scene.  The most exciting part is that my friend Tara Wescott is Dana's stand-in!  She is fantastic and having a great experience on set.  Friday was fun too because for the first time since "Andersonville" many years ago, Valerie joined me on set.  However, we only filmed a short part of a funeral scene, so there was not much for her to see.  But she did get to see Dolly and the Queen and she got to meet Tara!  Release Date: 2012