It was great fun for an amazing cause on the set of Days of our Lives today as cast and crew celebrated SpiritDay. 

We've got a few photos to share of the event.

Notice how most all the women are in some shade of purple.  Even the guys are sporting some sort of purple or other. A purple shirt.  A purple tie.

How cool is it seeing Nadia Bjorlin (Chole) back in Salem?  Way cool, right?

But here's a question.  Why is purple the color du jour?

Days of our Lives is doing something new this year. It's taking the show on the road for a nationwide fan event tour.

First stop? 

The Mohegan Sun in Connecticut on September 15, 2012.

And best of all?  Not only do Days of our Lives fans get to meet some of your favorite stars, the event is complimentary!  Yup.  Totally without charge.  No cash. No credit. Free!

Here's all the groovy deets straight from our friends over at NBC:

In an exclusive report released today by The Hollywood Reporter, Days of our Lives has just pulled off a casting coup.

Eileen Davidson (most recently seen as Ashley Abbott on The Young and the Restless), is heading back to Salem as Kristen Blake, the long lost foster daughter of the late Stefano DiMera (Joseph Mascolo). 

Kristen was last seen in 1998, when a body, thought to be hers, was found dead floating in a pool.  But -- and as it likely happens in soapdom -- Kristen did not die. Instead, she took up residence on a remote island after being sold into a harem! 

By Mark Edward Wilows

She found out that her boyfriend is gay. Then she went after another guy. But he already has a girlfriend. So what's a girl to do? Well... the only logical thing. Pretend you are being stalked, to win the other guys attention.

The problem? The other guy doesn't want her. Now, the stalker kidnaps the other guys girl to get her out of the way. Confused? For Camila Banus, who plays Gabi Hernandez on Days of our Lives, it's all in a days work.

"I believe Gabi has cracked from all the pressure. I have always been a good girl. I would do anything for anyone. But look at her life? My boyfriend is gay. My sister died. My brother moved to Argentina, and my mom is nowhere around," Banus explains. "I guess Gabi has never been the same. She blamed herself for everything and then began to fabricate things. I'm mean really....the girl needs to be looked into."