THE TWILIGHT

LOS ANGELES - Stacey Buckley of Bournemouth, England, set last year that she had to be in l. a. for the premiere ofthe ultimate "Twilight" film.

She saved her cash, rounded up another native Twi-Hards she met on-line and set-aside a price ticket for the U.S., wherever she'll pay four nights encampment come in front of the Nokia Theatre with some one,500alternative "Twilight" fans.

"My brother says i would like to check a shrink," aforementioned the 29-year-old, WHO wore little flag flags in her hair like antennae. "This is that the last one, so I said, `Let's get it on a la mode.'"

Fans of the vampire-romance series registered on-line for an opportunity to pay the weekend at a brief tent townthat crammed the road before of Staples Center and sprawling across L.A. Live plaza weekday. They wore "Twilight" buttons and T-shirts, and adorned their tents with do-it-yourself posters and picture collages of stars Kristen Stewart, parliamentarian Pattinson and Taylor Lautner. Campers are treated to a few days of "Twilight" screenings and activities and can get to check the film's stars arrive for the premiere of "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn , half 2" on Mon.

Buckley, WHO came with 3 British buddies, had a symptom on her tent that read: "5,430 miles flown; ninety hours camped; all as a result of we're Twi-Hard Brits."

Bri-Anne Glover and Stephanie Dodson, WHO work along at a coin-collecting search in FL, conjointly spent a year designing their "Twilight" inhabit. each of them moms, they left their children with their husbands, closed their store for every week and headed to Southern Calif..

"Everyone thinks we're crazy," Dodson aforementioned.

"We're ne'er reaching to have this chance once more," Glover aforementioned. "This is actually the foremost exciting expertise that I've had."

Wendi Sir Joshua Reynolds of metropolis was excited once she won the possibility to participate within the "Twilight" fan camp. The 48-year-old bought a tent, got tips from alternative fans who'd camped out before andcreated the trip solo.

"I'm doing one thing that i actually, very love," she aforementioned as she place along a album of images andrecord from past "Twilight" conventions. "This is that the last premiere and i have invariably needed to come back, thus i'm soaking it up."

Reynolds aforementioned she created quick friends along with her tent neighbors and notes that "Twilight" fans are not "just a bunch of screaming teenagers." She was drawn 1st to the books and so the films attributable tothe story they tell.

"It's 2 individuals crazy and it's with great care awe-inspiring," she said. "She simply loves him for WHOhe's. although he thinks he encompasses a handicap or a flaw, however that is what she loves regarding him."

Life-sized cardboard cutouts of Pattinson and Stewart dotted the tent-filled landscape as numerous fan teamshanded out freebies. Sharon Lottes of Arizona, WHO runs 2 "Twilight"-themed websites once she's notoperating as a hospital secretary, passed out stickers and pens to fellow fans , even as she has at fan camps for previous "Twilight" premieres.

"You bring stuff. You meet individuals," aforementioned the 29-year-old. "It's the world's biggest sleep-over, and at our age, WHO gets to try to to that?"

Fans of the series bond simply, she said, and also the fan camp could be a good spot to "let your freak flag fly."

"This is that the one place wherever regardless of however intense your followers is, you bring it," she said.

A bourgeoning economy conjointly developed within the tent town, with some fans commerce posters, buttons and even a "sparkle spray" to lend a Cullen-esque shimmer to the skin.

Rain on Thursday and a cold wind on weekday did not dampen campers' spirits. They participated in a verycluster exercise category weekday morning, then sucked down free Jamba Juice smoothies. Screenings of the second and third films within the series, "New Moon" and "Eclipse," were planned for weekday night. Saturday's activities embrace live performances of song from the new film's sound recording, and a screening of "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn , Part 1."

Stars from the franchise ar set to go to the fan camp on Sunday.

"The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn , half 2" opens within the U.S. on Nov. 16.