Blues in the Night Violet Doll

1951. Violet Waters stood backstage and twisted the program in her hands. She had been asked to be one of the presenters at this year's Golden Star awards, an honor she accepted without a second thought—'til now.

"Be calm, girl, be calm," she whispered to herself. "You'll be just fine." All she had been given to do was make a quick announcement, introducing the two stars announcing the winner of the best song category. Presenting the presenters, so to speak. But even so, the idea of standing in front of a banquet hall full of celebrities still made her nervous, even though she was a "show biz veteran" by now. Impatiently, she adjusted the evening coat that covered her gown, wishing that she was back in her seat at the Monolithic Studios table.

Happily, her dear friend, Gene Marshall, had just gone out to present this year's humanitarian award. Gene had passed her on her way to the podium, and had given her a little hug. "Breathe deep, Vi—we'll chat about this later!" Gene had whispered. Now, Violet took that deep breath, just as she heard Gene at the podium say,"...for all the fine charity work she's done and her commitment to the betterment of all people, I'm proud to present this year's humanitarian award to my dear, dear friend and yours, Miss Violet Waters!"

Violet thought she was in a dream. It had all been a set-up to surprise her! She heard the thunderous applause and suddenly Gene was there, taking her hands and pulling her to the podium to accept one of the most wonderful honors she had ever received...

• Blues in the Night is a stunning gown, circa 1951.
• Violet Waters wears a brown heavy satin strapless gown with a mermaid bottom. Blue embroidery and blue iridescent beading along left side below waist to bottom of skirt.
• A cape of blue satin crosses her shoulders and wraps underneath itself. The cape has full gathered sleeves.
• Violet Waters carries a purse of matching brown heavy satin and blue iridescent beading. Her gloves have cuffs of "fur" and her earrings are faceted light blue translucent beads on gold posts.

Each doll and costume in the 2004 Gene Marshall Collection comes with specially-designed Memories Collection "scrapbook" pages to fill your scrapbook (excludes "Mel Loves Marsha").