Honestly, I don't feel like I know any of you very well and would like to know more about you. Auntie Saundra's post about music and movies leads me to ask what kind of music everyone listened to in high school. What kind of activities or sports, if any, were you involved in?
I graduated high school in 1974. My favorite music was Johnny Winter, who did (& does) blues/rock, and I would say is one of the best guitarists there has ever been. But my taste in music has always been fairly eclectic. I also really liked Van Morrison, Gordon Lightfoot, lots of R & B. I didn't get involved in any formal clubs or sports in school. Was kind of into being a jr. hippie.
I've had a best friend (Suzy) since we were 11. She still lives in Stamford but we are still in touch and see each other when I'm back for a family visit or if she makes it out to California. She and I were pretty inseparable in jr. high and high school. We got to go see Johnny Winter in concert at the Fillmore East in New York when we were 13. Boy did we think we were cool. That night the "warm up" band that no one had heard of yet was Elvin Bishop, the 2nd band was The Allman Brothers, who recorded their live album that night and the headliner was Johnny Winter. We had a great time.
So who were you in high school and what music did you like and what activities?
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"Getting to Know You" was the theme song of the ballroom dance class I attended when I was, maybe 11 years old. The boys had to wear white gloves and our elderly (to my eyes) teachers kept trying to get us to dance closer than at arms length (yech!).
High School is all but a cluster of dim memories. I do remember becoming interested in literature because I had a crush on my English teacher. I wasn't too into music, though I did like to dance (not ballroom). Soul music (Wilson Pickett, et al) was big at dances. The Stones were popular, too.
I had a girlfriend and a motorcycle my senior year in high school. I married the girlfriend (Jodi) after graduating from college. Shoulda kept the motorcycle, instead. Not Jodi's fault, I was just too young and inexperienced. Lesson #1 - don't marry the first girl who is willing to have sex with you.
I played the violin when I was in elementary school, 4th-6th grade I believe. Then came jr. high and wanting to be cool, so I traded my violin for a guitar, much to the disappointment of my music teacher, who thought I was a good violin student. I wasn't very good on the guitar. That lasted until my bas mitzvah and I gave up music lessons. My kids both took music lessons from the same wonderful woman, and at some point I decided to take piano lessons from their teacher. I really enjoyed it and actually played in the recital a couple times. I hated playing in the recital. It made me so nervous and took years off my life, I'm sure. I drifted away when other things began to occupy my time but I really enjoyed it and think about taking it up again. I learned to play a few classical pieces which was a real thrill and feeling of accomplishment.
When our kids were growing up, our family vacations were always camping. We had a tent trailer which I loved. I know, it's Jewish Princess camping, but that's ok. We would usually go the beach for one trip in the summer and to the mountains for another. At the beach I learned to boogie board and that was such a kick. I used to just giggle with excitement coming in on a wave. When we were in the mountains, Joshua, Greg, and sometimes Jenny, would fish and I would sit by them with a book and read. The area we regularly visited is about 7000' up in the Sierras and is absolutely gorgeous. And trout fresh out of a cold lake, cooked over an open fire, is one of life's best treats!
I liked maizie dots and dozie mets etc. Frankie Sinatr
a , Nat King Cole,Bing Crosby, Dean Martin etc. The best books I've read in the last five years were The Eagle & The Dove and the sequel The Fkame & The Candlestick. You would have to ask the librarian to go the archives to find them. They were great.
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