04/01/06 - NNHS Newsletter - April Fool's Day
"My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool;
it gives me all the world and exiles me from it."
- Ursula K. Le Guin
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04/01/06 - NNHS Newsletter - April Fool's Day
"My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; - Ursula K. Le Guin |
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Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
Last year's Newsletter has some April
Fools background links if you're interested:http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/04-01-05-NNHS-April-Fools-Day.html |
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#45,500 was made on Saturday, April 1, 2006 at 8:58 AM by
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From My #6 Son,
Dale Harty (American School -
IL - '02)
- 04/01/06 :
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Hey,
Lady!
Do you know the origin of April Fools Day?
Check this out from
http://dictionary.reference.com/: |
April Fools' Day OriginThere are several explanations for the origin of
April Fools' Day, but here is the most plausible one. April 1st was once
New Year's Day in France. In 1582, Pope Gregory declared the adoption of his
Gregorian calendar to replace the Julian calendar and New Year's Day was
officially changed to January 1st. It took awhile for everyone in France to
hear the news of this major change and others obstinately refused to accept
the new calendar, so a lot of people continued to celebrate New Year's Day
on the first of April – earning them the name April fools. The April
fools were subjected to ridicule and practical jokes and the tradition was
born. The butts of these pranks were first called poisson d'avril or
April fish because a young naive fish is easily caught. A common
practice was to hook a paper fish on the back of someone as a joke. This
evolved over time and a custom of prank-playing continues on the first day
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Well,
thank you, Dale!
That does make sense, doesn't
it?!? |
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From Al Farber ('64) of GA - 03/26/06 - "April Fools Day":
Hope all have a
Great Spring and enjoy |
| Okay, this is my only April Fools Day "joke". I never - even after all this time - finished saving all of Al's cool pix in his Holiday Pict-o-Gram. HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!
Thanks, Al!
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From Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 03/31/06 - "Notice for Joseph A. Zodda":
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Oh dear. I did something I almost never do. I focused on
Joe Carney ('59) and was so
astonished, I never even finished reading the obituary notices. Thank you
for pointing that out to me, David. Our deepest sympathies are
extended to the Zodda family. |
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From Gloria Woolard Price (Hampton HS - '65) of FL - 04/01/06 - "HHS Fight
song":
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Oh,
my......I'm sure I'm going to hear from the Crabbers that the word "shine"
in the fight song should be "fight".......it does need to rhyme with
"white" after all. Plus, there are more verses, so if any Crabbers out
there know the rest, I'd love it!
Here's to Hampton High School, here's
to HHS
Here's to our football team.....is it
fine? oh, yes, oh, yes, oh, yes, oh, yes.
Glorious or defeated, we will always
fight
For alma mater and that ole' red and
white.
Red and white, red and white, we will
fight with all our might
As ole' Hampton goes marching along.
Blue and gold,
blue and gold, you will never, ever hold
As ole' Hampton goes fighting along.
And
Jean Poole Burton ('64 - of RI) said it for
me.......you are the absolute BEST about doing these
newsletters.........you do not
need to apologize for not including everything each time. As a matter of
fact, would you welcome a mini-break if all the readers didn't inundate
you with email for just a couple of days? You might actually be able to
take a deep breath and smell your flowers.
Thank you, Gloria!
You and Jean are both Sweetie-Pies!
Hey, I never said I was sane...... Oh, and this time, I actually did remove a lot of content that was all ready, because I so filled this one with images, I was afraid it wouldn't open for some of y'all, and I didn't want you to miss anything. Thanks again, Gloria!
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From Fred Mays ('60)
of VA - 04/01/06:
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Wow....I learn so much from reading your website - things I would not know otherwise.
Excellent!!!
Education is one of our primary goals!
Oh, how wonderfully
exciting! Congratulations and best wishes to all!
She is that! I got a real kick out of seeing her at the reunions of '64 and '65! Well, Miss Carol...I did get a donation check in the mail to you this morning...I felt that with all you do and your expenses, you could use a donation or two.
Well, bless your sweet
heart, Fred! I really do appreciate that!
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From Me ('65) of NC - 04/01/06:
Every now and then, something comes my way which absolutely takes me breath away. Today was such a day. I was visiting with my
sister Lest you think these next two items from Captain Todd are a joke, let me assure you they are not. This is absolutely true. It's just so fabulous, it takes a while to comprehend. I reread it about eight times before I could believe what I was seeing. Do not skip any of the fine print. |
From Hunter Todd ('57) of TX - 04/01/06 - 39th Annual WorldFest:
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39th WorldFest-Houston Film Festival Newsletter
Now Premiering 55 new Features and 96 new Short Films
April 21 to 30, 2006
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Now at The AMC Studio 30 - Dunvale!
-- AMC Sponsors WorldFest at the Studio 30 - Dunvale!
-- Small is Beautiful - Why show too many films?
-- Meet the filmmakers, see their movies, enjoy the parties!
Hola! from Houston! We have now assembled a wonderful program of 55 new Indie Feature Films and 100 International Short Films. More than 450 international filmmakers are attending from all over the world! WorldFest is the 3rd oldest International Film Festival in North America, founded in 1961 - We discovered Spielberg, Lucas, Ang Lee, Ridley Scott, The Coen Brothers and David Lynch with their first awards! Come and See the Spielberg's of Tomorrow! This year WorldFest is streaming Short Film winners, and trailers of most Feature Films via a partnership with www.247Show.com. Anyone can visit our website and click on the Short or Feature they want to view, and it will stream via the very high band-width of 247Show.com - Anyone can read and post comments on the films and the top entries will win cash prizes based on total votes received. WorldFest-Houston is the first and only international film festival offering a program like this. WorldFest Remi Award Winners have now been viewed by more than 100,000 people all over the world! |
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AMC Sponsors WorldFest at the Studio 30 - Dunvale!
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The Opening Night World Premiere for WorldFest is "Paradise, Texas" starring Timothy Bottoms, Meredith Baxter, Polly Bergen, and 1st time Houston actor, Ben Estus. They are all expected to attend. This year the festival is premiering a total of 14 Houston-connected films, including both Shorts and Features. Other Houston connected films include A-List - Shira-Lee & Damon Shalit, ELCX-Planet Funk - Shawn Welling, Boy Next Door - Travis Davis, Into The Wind - Chris Page, Jack Everyman - Larry Czach, Miles To Surf - James Fulbright, The Fax - Matthew Kowalski, Be Bop Babies - Gail Reaben, Thumb POW - Joey Clark, Half Empty - Robert Peters, Common Practice - Marcos Efron. In addition, films from 33 countries will be screened at the 39th WorldFest. |
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Small is Beautiful - Why show too many films?
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WorldFest Artistic and Program Director, Kathleen Haney, said, ?We are continuing our focus on a quality selection of individual films to maintain a smaller, yet effective program rather than an overly large and unwieldy slate of 150-300 films. In consideration of both our festival audiences and the independent filmmakers, we feel that a solid high-quality program of no more than 60 features is optimum in a ten-day festival with nine screening slots (on three theater screens) per day.? Haney continued, ?We are looking for ?A good story, well told? as our time-tested approach to film selection. We have special sidebars of Foreign, Children?s and Family Film Sections plus Remi Award winning Documentaries. All of our films are totally Indie productions, and each film is well represented by their filmmakers, who attend to personally introduce their films!? Visit our Streaming website and see Films, Clips and Trailers! |
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Meet the filmmakers, see their movies, enjoy the parties!
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Most USA film festivals today have evolved into publicity platforms for major studio distributors. WorldFest showcases the true independent film, offering a fiercely dedicated special venue for directors searching for an independent forum for their works. WorldFest continues with a focused emphasis on new, premiering films that are seeking a distributor. The Festival also screens DVD video via the Barco R20 Digital DLP Projection and Wagner Media, major sponsors of the festival, in addition to screening on 35mm film. WorldFest-Houston is presented by - The Houston Film Society, HP, Eastman Kodak, The Houston Chronicle, TV5 France, CACHH (The Cultural Arts Council of Houston/Harris County), The National Endowment for The Arts, Texas Commission for the Arts, Media A Team, 247Show.com, Becker Vineyards, The Houston Film Commission, The Renaissance & Marriott Hotels, NASA, Space Center- Houston, Houston Yacht Club, The Wellness Center, Wagner Media, The Homestead Resort, Presidente Intercontinental Resort & Spa Cozumel, FireFox and many others. |
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WorldFest Contact Information
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email:
entry@worldfest.org
phone: 713-965-9955
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WOWZERONI!!! How
exciting!!! Thanks, Hunter!
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Also from Hunter Todd ('57) of TX - 04/01/06 - "NNHS 65
website":
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from Houston... Hi CBH ... Well, there can be no doubt that the NNHS Typhoon alumni website that you run is the best Alumni website in existence... Neither of my colleges - W&M & John Marshall Law can even come close...
GULP!!!
Thanks so much, Hunter!
That means a great deal
to me! (I highlighted this so there'd be no mistaking what Hunter just said here.....) WOWZERONI-RINI-ROONI-ROOTIE-TOOT-TOOTIE!!!
This
is positively incredible! Thank you so much for your
generosity, Hunter! I do hope you hear from a great many of the
Alumni!!! |
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I don't know about y'all, but I'm going to spend my next free hours watching
video clips! (This isn't one of them!!) Thanks again,
Hunter!
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Courtesy of My #6
Son, Dale Harty (American School - IL - '02) - 04/01/06 |
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REALLY, REALLY BACKLOGGED:
This is so old it's
downright embarrassing
- but it's fun!
From Dave Arnold ('65) of VA - 11/15/06 - Reunion CD #7 - Friday, October 21,
2005:
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Reunion CD #7 - Saturday, October 22, 2005:
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| H. P. ('65) and Linda (HHS - '67) Lucas of VA | Patti Elliot Smith ('67) and Ron Smith ('65) of VA | Eleanor Buckley Nowitzky ('59) of NC; Jimmy Parker ('62) of VA; and Carol Buckley Harty ('65) of NC - plus a lot of other people I cannot readily recognize from this shot.... | ||
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| Steve Pullen's ('65) wife of VA | Steve Pullen ('65) and his wife of VA | Albert Dorner ('66) of VA and Carol Buckley Harty ('65) of NC and one of the 1962 Band Uniforms | ||
| Did y'all know that I designed that Typhoon? It's true. Mr. Wilson inexplicably asked me of all people to submit a Typhoon design for the eighth Sousaphone while I was but a Mouse. It ended up being on the back of each tunic as well. | ||||
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| Fred Mays ('60) of VA | Joe Lieberman ('66) of VA | Bill Hobbs ('66) of Northern VA and Dale Chestnut of VA | ||
From Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 01/30/06
- "Why I love the south" (#27 in a Series):
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Carol,
If you can stop laughing, you
might include one of these each upcoming newsletter ....
unless you think it undignified.
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This one seems to defy comment - at least from moi.....
Thanks, Dave!
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YOWZERONI!!! There seem to be a great many people hurting right now, physically, mentally, and spiritually. Why don't you give the people you love a call or a note just to check and make certain they're okay - even if you think they're hunky-dorey. There's a possibility that they're not, and besides, a call or a note would brighten their day - and yours in the process. |
Y'all take extra good care of each other! TYPHOONS FOREVER!
Love to all, Carol
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What Kind of Fool Am I?
(Frank Sinatra)
What kind of
fool am I,
Who never fell in love?
It seems that I'm the only one
That I have been thinking of.
What kind of man is this?
An empty shell,
A lonely cell
In which an empty heart must dwell.
What kind of lips are these
That lied with ev'ry kiss,
That whispered empty words of love
That left me alone like this?
Why can't I fall in love
Like any other man,
And maybe then I'll know
what kind of fool I am.
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What kind of fool am I,
Who never fell in love?
It seems that I'm the only one
That I have been thinking of.
What kind of man is this,
An empty shell,
A lonely cell
In which an empty heart must dwell?
What kind of clown am I?
What do I know of life?
Why can't I cast away
The mask of play
And live my life?
Why can't I fall in love
'Til I don't give a damn,
And maybe then I'll know
What kind of fool I am.
"What Kind of Fool Am I?" midi and lyrics courtesy of http://www.advancedbreastcancer.org/songs6.html - 03/29/06
Animated April Fools clip art courtesy of http://www.gifs.net/image/Holidays/Other_Holidays/April_fools/9579 – 03/28/06
Animated April Fools Monkey designed by Art Holden courtesy of http://www.animationfactory.com - 03/22/06
Animated Multi-Colored Dots Divider Line clip art courtesy of http://www.wtv-zone.com/nevr2l82/bars2.html - 03/29/06
Animated Navy Flag clip art courtesy of http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/KevsGifsGalore/Patriotic.html - 06/18/03
Crab clip art courtesy of http://www.geocities.com/agent99bm/ - 10/02/05
Animated Dancing Smiley
clip art also courtesy of Al Farber ('64) of GA - 08/18/05
Thanks, Al!
Carol
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.the
Newsletters are 
I really do appreciate your concern!
The 39th Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival continues its
totally dedicated Independent Film screening format for the upcoming April
21-30, 2006 unspooling. WorldFest will screen just 55 feature film
premieres, with a total and absolute emphasis on the American and
International Independent Feature films and with a continuing annual
spotlight on 96 award-winning Intl. Short films and Documentary films. For
the 39th WorldFest, all screenings will be at the AMC Studio 30 at Dunvale.