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02/20/16 - NNHS Newsletter -
Soon It's Gonna Rain


“Never allow anyone to rain on your parade and thus cast a pall of gloom and defeat on the entire day. Remember that
no talent, no self-denial, no brains, no character, are required to set up in the fault-finding business. Nothing external
can have any power over you unless you permit it. Your time is too precious to be sacrificed in wasted days combating
the menial forces of hate, jealously, and envy. Guard your fragile life carefully. Only God can shape a flower,
but any foolish child can pull it to pieces
.”

- Og Mandino
(12 Dec 1923 - 03 Sept 1996)

Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
 
   "Gonna rain?"
I'd say that's a safe bet!

BONUS #1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scg7rNsdeEs - Soon It's Gonna Rain - Barbra Streisand, 1963

BONUS #2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgRzZeT0Euc - Stars of THE FANTASTICKS Julie Craig ("Lusia") and Douglas Ullman, Jr. ("Matt") perform "Soon It's Gonna Rain" on ABC's "GOOD MORNING AMERICA."


From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soon_It%27s_Gonna_Rain:

"Soon It's Gonna Rain" is a song from the musical comedy The Fantasticks, with lyrics written by Tom Jones, and music composed by Harvey Schmidt.

The song was first sung by Rita Gardner and Kenneth Nelson in the original Off Broadway production of The Fantasticks. Other performers from the long-running Off-Broadway production of the show to sing the song include Kristin Chenoweth, American Idol finalist Anthony Fedorov and winner of the thirteenth season of The Amazing Race, Nick Spangler.

In the Hallmark Hall of Fame broadcast on October 18, 1964, the song was performed by John Davidson and Susan Watson.[1]

We Five did a version of the song on their 1969 album, The Return of We Five.[2]

In the 1995 film version of The Fantasticks, the song was performed by Joey McIntyre and Jean Louisa Kelly.[3

  • Barbra Streisand recorded the song for her debut solo album The Barbra Streisand Album in 1963...[4]

  • THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:

       Happy Birthday today to    Bobby Callis ('64) of WV!

      Happy Birthday this week to:

    22 - Ronald Bass ('57) AND Janice Clark Palmer ('63) AND Curt Lauterbach ('65) of VA AND Billy Reece ('68) of ID;

    23 - Richard Prince ('57) AND Tommy Payne ('63) of VA;

    24 - Carrie Forrest Fox ('52) of VA AND    Debi Fink Golden ('65) of MA;
    25 - Peggy Wellington Craft ('57)
    AND the President of the Class of 1965,     Joe Wingo of NC;

    27 -     Evelyn Vretos ('55) of VA AND       Phil Hammond ('64) of FL AND   My Grandson, Azrae Woods of IL!

       Many Happy Returns to You All!

    http://www.nnhs65.com/Happy-Birthday.html 


    200 YEARS AGO TODAY:

    February 20, 1816
    - Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville premiered at the Teatro Argentina in Rome.


    THIS DAY IN WWII:

    February 20, 1942 - Lieutenant Edward O'Hare became America's first World War II flying ace.

    February 20, 1943 - American movie studio executives agreed to allow the Office of War Information to censor movies.

    February 20, 1943 - German General Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps broke through the Allied defensive line at the Kasserine Pass in Tunisia, North Africa. It was the site of the first major battle defeat of the war for the United States.

    February 20, 1943 - The Saturday Evening Post published the first of Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms in support of United States President Franklin Roosevelt's 1941 State of the Union address theme of Four Freedoms.

    February 20, 1944 - The "Big Week" began as U.S. bombers began raiding German aircraft manufacturing centers. 

    February 20, 1944 - The United States took Eniwetok Island.


    THIS DAY IN 1966:

    Sunday, February 20, 1966 - Model and businesswoman Cindy Crawford was born Cynthia Ann Crawford in DeKalb, Illinois.

    Sunday, February 20, 1966 - Admiral Chester W. Nimitz (born Chester William Nimitz on 24 Feb 1885 in Fredericksburg, Texas) died in Yerba Buena Island, California four days before his 81st birthday.


    From My Friend, Susan, of NC - 02/17/15:

    “There is no problem which you cannot overcome.”

    - Jeffrey R. Holland
    (b. 03 Dec 1940)

       Thank you, Susan!


        From Catherine Slusser Hudson ('64) of VA - 02/17/16:
     

      Thanks, Catherine!
     
     


    “I don't care if it doesn't make a nickel. I just want every man, woman, and child in America to see it.”

    - Samuel Goldwyn, film producer
    (17 Aug  1882 - 31 Jan
    1974)


            From My Husband, Paul Harty (Bardolph HS, IL - '61) of NC - 01/05/16 - "TO MY FRIENDS WHO THINK THEY HAVE SEEN EVERYTHING (#41 in a series of 60)":

     

    I think you will enjoy this!

      OOH! Thanks, Dools!

     
     


    BONUS RAINY DAY CROCHET:

    http://www.instructables.com/id/Rainy-Day-Mobile/ - Rainy Day Mobile - "As soon as I saw this picture online, I knew I had to make this adorable amigurumi mobile for my friend's baby! "


    BONUS RAINY DAY CROCK POT RECIPES:

    http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=1601872 - Sue's Rainy Day Crock Pot Roast

    http://www.cdkitchen.com/cooking-experts/pamela-chester/366-rainy-day-crockpot/  - Pamela Chester's Rainy Day with the Crock Pot


    FINALLY:

    From http://www.ajokeaday.com - 02/19/15:

    An old man decided to go into town one day to run some errands. On the way back, his wife called his cell phone.

    "Look out honey, I just saw on the news that there's a car driving the wrong way on the interstate."

    "Not just one car, they all are!"


    DATES TO REMEMBER:

    1. Wednesday, March 09, 2016 - The NNHS Class of June 1942 meets at noon on the second Wednesday of every other month for a Dutch treat lunch at the James River Country Club, 1500 Country Club Road. PLEASE JOIN THEM. Give or take a few years makes no difference. Good conversation, food and atmosphere. For details, call Jennings Bryan at 803-7701 for reservations.

    2. Friday and Saturday, September 16 and 17, 2016 - The NNHS Class of 1966 will hold their 50-Year Reunion - OPEN TO ALL CLASSES. Friday Night: Meet and Greet at The Cove Restaurant, City Center, NN. Saturday Night: Marriott Hotel, City Center, NN.


    PRAYER ROLL:

    http://www.nnhs65.com/requests-prayers.html - updated 02/18/16

    BLOG:

    http://nnhs.wordpress.com/ - updated 03/13/11



       Y'all take good care of each other!  TYPHOONS FOREVER! 
    We'll Always Have Buckroe!

                              Love to all, Carol
     

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    Carol Buckley Harty
    7020 Lure Court
    Fayetteville, NC 28311-9309
    910-584-8802
     


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    2. Go to www.PayPal.com, log in, select "Send Money (Services) to nnhs65@gmail.com; or

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    Soon It's Gonna Rain

    Animated Tiny Birthday Cake clip art courtesy of Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of VA - 08/31/05
    Thanks, Sarah Sugah!

    Navy Seal clip art courtesy of http://www.onemileup.com/miniSeals.asp - 05/29/06

    Animated Laughing Smiley courtesy of Janice McCain Rose ('65) of VA - 02/07/07
    Thanks, Janice!

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    From the 1960 musical comedy, The Fantasticks

    Lyrics by Tom Jones (b. 1928); Music by Harvey Schmidt (b.12 Sept 1929)


    Hear how the wind begins to whisper.
    See how the leaves go streaming by.
    Smell how the velvet rain is falling,
    Out where the fields are warm and dry.
    Now is the time to run inside and stay.
    Now is the time to find a hideaway
    Where we can stay.

    Soon it's gonna rain.
    I can see it.
    Soon it's gonna rain.
    I can tell.
    Soon it's gonna rain.
    What are we gonna do?

    Soon it's gonna rain.
    I can feel it.
    Soon it's gonna rain.
    I can tell.
    Soon it's gonna rain.
    What'll we do with you?

    We'll find four limbs of a tree.
    We'll build four walls and a floor.
    We'll bind it over with leaves,
    And run inside to stay.

    Then we'll let it rain.
    We'll not fell it.
    Then we'll let it rain,
    Rain pell-mell.

    And we'll not complain
    If it never stops at all.
    We'll live and love
    Within our own four walls.

    We'll find four limbs of a tree.
    We'll build four walls and a floor.
    We'll bind it over with leaves,
    And run inside to stay.

    Soon it's gonna rain.
    Come run inside to stay!
    Soon it's gonna rain.
    For soon it's gonna rain.
    I can see it.
    I can feel it.
    Run inside and...

    Then we'll let it rain.
    We'll not feel it.
    Then we'll let it rain.
    Ran pell-mell.

    And we'll not complain
    - Happy ending...
    If it never stops at all.
    Then we'll let it rain.
    Why complain?

    We'll live and love within our walls.
    Happily we'll live and love,
    No cares at all.
    Happily we'll live and love
    Within our castle walls.
     


    "Soon It's Gonna Rain" midi (sequenced by Gene Confrey) courtesy of http://www.midistudio.com/Guests/G-Confrey/index.html - 11/12/09

    "Soon It's Gonna Rain" lyrics courtesy of http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/thefantasticks/soonitsgonnarain.htm - 02/20/10

    Image of Rain courtesy of http://open.salon.com/blog/greg_thomas/2008/11/29/love_rain_or_me - 10/26/09

    Animated Rain Divider Line clip art courtesy of  http://www.animationlibrary.com/animation/31502/Rain_line/ - 03/30/07