She wore a purple teardrop on her face and said she'd only take it off once she met Prince.

Dang I can almost remember her.

yep, she lived in Philadelphia -- we used to write to each other -- seriously -- i even gave her a new name -- seriously (don't ask) -- i'm kinda afraid to hear about her now, but i hope all is cool

I definitely remember Princess.



Her real name is Heather Day, which I have no problem now revealing as she herself revealed it long ago. And Snap is correct, she was from Philadelphia.

She had a website up for quite some time although the site is gone now. It was at: http://www.heatherday.com and on that site she even had a small page dedicated to her time as 'Princess' on Dance Party USA along with some pictures of herself way back then. Via her site she stated she finally did get to meet Prince (and thus removed the teardrop!), and would explain the details later but her site disappeared before she ever updated it and told the story.

You can still look through her site via archive.org, here: http://web.archive.org/we...erday.com/ (the site is rather slow to load but if you wait the photos DO come up)

Her now defunct website also had a picture of her on her wedding day, along with a number of current promotional photos - she had put out some aerobics fitness videotapes which maybe you can still purchase from somewhere, I don't know.

I know all this stuff for two reasons: ONE is that we corresponded many times back in the 80s, spoke on the phone and, in fact, met her once when she flew in to Mpls for the Lovesexy concert in 1988 and went to the concert with a group of people and myself. (before the show we all went and ate at Rudolph's BBQ and afterwards we all went out to try to crash the big afterparty at Paisley Park. I know, I know but I was younger and stupider then but apparantly I and my friends weren't the only one with the party crash idea as there was a HUGE pack of gawkers and hopeful gatecrashers out there that night!! We all hung around near the fence hoping to somehow get in but didn't, but found out later that Princess was THISCLOSE to getting in because a security guard saw her and was going to come out and let her in but we had already given up and left. The whole time we were there Princess was like a mini-celebrity, getting noticed by everybody. And yes - she was in FULL Princess regalia, including her name spelled out down her leg like P's Lovesexy outfit/s. )

and TWO - there are a couple Dance Party USA Yahoo groups to which I am subscribed (I admit it! ) and though as far as I know Princess/Heather herself has never posted to them, her name gets mentioned frequently especially by new members.

BTW - the company who produced DPUSA is discussing putting together a new show, holding a Pay-Per-View DPUSA reunion show , and putting the old show out on DVD. I haven't checked in on the Yahoo group recently but that's what I remember from last time I did.

I definitely remember Princess.



Her real name is Heather Day, which I have no problem now revealing as she herself revealed it long ago. And Snap is correct, she was from Philadelphia.

She had a website up for quite some time although the site is gone now. It was at: http://www.heatherday.com and on that site she even had a small page dedicated to her time as 'Princess' on Dance Party USA along with some pictures of herself way back then. Via her site she stated she finally did get to meet Prince (and thus removed the teardrop!), and would explain the details later but her site disappeared before she ever updated it and told the story.

You can still look through her site via archive.org, here: http://web.archive.org/we...erday.com/ (the site is rather slow to load but if you wait the photos DO come up)

Her now defunct website also had a picture of her on her wedding day, along with a number of current promotional photos - she had put out some aerobics fitness videotapes which maybe you can still purchase from somewhere, I don't know.

I know all this stuff for two reasons: ONE is that we corresponded many times back in the 80s, spoke on the phone and, in fact, met her once when she flew in to Mpls for the Lovesexy concert in 1988 and went to the concert with a group of people and myself. (before the show we all went and ate at Rudolph's BBQ and afterwards we all went out to try to crash the big afterparty at Paisley Park. I know, I know but I was younger and stupider then but apparantly I and my friends weren't the only one with the party crash idea as there was a HUGE pack of gawkers and hopeful gatecrashers out there that night!! We hung around near the fence hoping to somehow get in (which we didnt), but found out later that Princess had been THISCLOSE to getting in because a security guard had seen her and was going to come out and let her in but we had already given up and left by the time he came out looking for her. The whole time we were at the concert and hanging around out at Paisley, Princess was like a mini-celebrity, getting recognized by people in the crowd. A great number of people of all ages watched Dance Party, evidently. And yes - she was in FULL Princess regalia, including her name spelled out down her leg like P's Lovesexy outfit/s. )

and TWO - there are a couple Dance Party USA Yahoo groups to which I am subscribed (I admit it! ) and though as far as I know Princess/Heather herself has never posted to them, her name gets mentioned frequently especially by new members.

BTW - the company who produced DPUSA is discussing putting together a new show, holding a Pay-Per-View DPUSA reunion show , and putting the old show out on DVD. I haven't checked in on the Yahoo group recently but that's what I remember from last time I did.
[Edited 10/6/04 15:51pm]

thanx for the info SnowQueen -- if i ever get in touch with her again, i'll tell her the name i gave her and then she'll know who i am -- memories of a fun Princely childhood

Thank you so much, SQ, for the detailed update. I do appreciate it. I went to Heather's old website and saw the pictures. She looks happy. Good for her. Thanks again!

y'all r str8 up crazy eye'm over here just shocked at u Orgers eye wasn't even born when this was going on!

thanx for the info SnowQueen -- if i ever get in touch with her again, i'll tell her the name i gave her and then she'll know who i am -- memories of a fun Princely childhood

PrimeraDama said:

Are you shocked that there were "enthusiastic" Prince fans before you were born?
Or, are you shocked that people tried to crash a Prince after party?
Why are you shocked- you use Princebonics. None of this should be particularly srange to you.




S

You'd probably have to have been born before 1977 to remember this show. It was like a B rated American Bandstand. I think it was on the USA network.
Anyway, one of the regular dancers was this blonde chick who called herself Princess and she was a huge Prince fan and she wore lace all the time and clothes inspired by the Man.
Does anyone know who I am talking about?
Better still, is Princess an Orger ?

Hey, wasn't there also some young, guy who always danced/was featured with Princess, I think also a Prince fan??

Jamzone333 said:

Indeed. I remember all those shows like its yesterday b/c they hold some many memories. Maybe I am getting older. Oh well.