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05/01/14 - NNHS Newsletter - Happy May Day! |
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“The month of May was come, when every
lusty heart beginneth to blossom, and
to bring forth fruit;
-
Sir Thomas Malory,
Le Morte d'Arthur, ca. 1470 |
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Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
Ahh - the merry, merry month of May!
BONUS - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwJLKdU50KE - Now Is the Month of Maying - The King's Singers
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now_Is_the_Month_of_Maying:
Now is the month of maying is one of the most famous of the
English
Balletts, by
Thomas Morley published in 1595. It is based on the canzonet So
ben mi ch'a bon tempo used by
Orazio Vecchi in his 1590 Selva di varia ricreatione.[1] The song delights in bawdy double-entendre. It is apparently about spring dancing, but this is a metaphor for sex. For example, a "barley-break" would have suggested outdoor sexual activity (rather like we might say a "roll in the hay"). The use of such imagery and puns increased during the Renaissance.[2] The madrigal forms a key part of Oxford's May Morning celebrations, where the choir of Magdalen College sing the verses from the roof of the college's Great Tower... Hmm. Who knew?!? |
HOMEWORK:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Day
http://www.salmonriver.com/words/nancy/maia.html
http://www.chiff.com/home_life/holiday/May-Day.htm
http://basketmakers.com/topics/seasonal/mayday/frprojmaybasket.htm
THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:
Happy Birthday today
The Head
Cheerleader of 1958, Evelyn Fryer Fish of TX!
Happy Birthday tomorrow to
Billy Turner ('65) of TX
AND
My Granddaughter, Rachel Harty (Collinsville HS, IL - '14) of IL!
Happy Birthday this week to:
03 -
Jimmy
Lamb ('63)
AND
Pauline Collins Shofner ('65) of VA;
04 -
Wanda Hodge Underwood ('57) AND05 - Jane Penn Clark ('57)
AND
Tom Jones (Warwick HS - '60) of VA;
06 - Patsy Lewis Hancock
('57)
AND (according to Plaxo)
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Many Happy Returns to You All! |
THIS DAY IN WWII:
May 1, 1927 -
Adolf
Hitler held his first Nazi meeting in Berlin. May 1, 1937 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt signed an act of neutrality, keeping the United States out of World War II. May 1, 1941 - German forces launched a major attack on
Tobruk. May 1, 1944 - 200 Communist prisoners were shot by the Germans at Kaisariani in Athens in reprisal for the killing of General Franz Krech by partisans at Molaoi. May 1, 1945 - The Yugoslav partisans freed Trieste. May 1, 1945 - A German newsreader officially announced that
Adolf
Hitler has "fallen at his command post in the
Reich Chancellery fighting to the last breath against
Bolshevism and for Germany". The Soviet flag was raised over the Reich
Chancellery, by order of Stalin. |
THIS DAY IN 1964:
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REMINDERS: |
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From My Niece, Shari, of VA - 04/28/14 - "A Letter from Father and More":
JOKES *-- The Bride Broom and The Groom Broom --* Two brooms were hanging in the closet and after a while they got to know each other so well, they decided to get married. One broom was, of course, the bride broom and the other the groom broom. The bride broom looked very beautiful in her white dress. The groom broom was handsome and suave in his tuxedo. The wedding was lovely. After the wedding at the wedding dinner, the bride broom leaned over and said to the groom broom "I think I am going to have a little whisk broom." "Impossible!" said the groom broom. "We haven't even swept together!" ******** It was 6 p.m., and I was about to leave the coin laundry where I was employed. My boss called me over and asked if I would mind dropping off someone's laundry on my way home. "It's for my cousin," she apologized, "who's eight months pregnant and can't get out much anymore." I cheerfully agreed and, driving to
the address, knocked at the door. A little girl, the
sister-to-be, answered.
Thank
you so much, Shari!
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From My Friend, Jessica, of NC - 04/30/14 - "Super Moms":
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When the power of love overcomes the love
of power, the world will know peace.
AWW
- SO CUTE!
Thanks, Jimmy!
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BONUS MAY DAY CROCHET PATTERN: http://bellacrochet.blogspot.com/2009/04/grannys-may-day-basket.html - Granny's May Day Basket - "I have always loved the idea of May Baskets; sweet little baskets filled with spring flowers that are meant to be hung on the door of friends and loved ones early on the first day of May as a pleasant surprise. But having lived in the country most of my life, with friends and loved ones several miles away, I have never had much of an opportunity to give them away. But today I am going to make up for all the missed May Day baskets in my past by giving all of you this sweet and easy little basket (at least the pattern for it)..." - with tutorial!
DATES TO REMEMBER:
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Based on a text used by Orazio Vecchi in 1590
Now is the month
of Maying,
When merry lads are playing,
Fa la la la la.
Each with his bonny lass,
upon the greeny grass,
Fa la la la la.
The Spring clad all in gladness,
Doth laugh at Winter´s sadness,
Fa la la la la.
And to the bagpipes sound,
The nymphs tread out their ground,
Fa la la la la.
Fie then! why sit we musing,
Youth´s sweet delight refusing?
Fa la la la la.
Say dainty nymphs and speak,
shall we play Barley break?
Fa la la la la.
"Now Is the Month of Maying" midi and lyrics courtesy of http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Now_is_the_Month_of_Maying_(Thomas_Morley
) - 05/01/09
May Day Title
clip art courtesy of
http://www.myspace.com/adventuresofmilliemollie - 05/01/09
Pink Squiggle Bar Divider Line clip art courtesy of
http://www.wtv-zone.com/nevr2l82/bars5.html - 03/23/05
Animated Tiny Birthday Cake clip art courtesy of Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of
VA - 08/31/05
Thanks, Sarah Sugah!
Marine Corps Seal clip art courtesy of the late Herbert Hice of MI
, one of my Famous Marines who served in the South Pacific during WWII.Collinsville High School (IL) Logo courtesy of http://www.kahoks.org/chs/ - 09/22/07
Animated Yehaa Typhoon clip art courtesy of Al Farber ('64) of GA - 08/18/05
Animated Laughing Elephant courtesy of Frank Blechman ('65) of Northern VA -
10/29/10
Army Seal clip art courtesy of Al Farber ('64) of GA - 05/24/06 (still
missing...)
Thanks, Al!
Thanks, Frank!
Thanks, Al!
Replaced by Norm Covert ('61) of MD - 02/09/09
Thanks, Norm!