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	08/18/09 - NNHS Newsletter - Red House “A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove. But the world may be different, because I was important in the life of a boy.” - Forest E. Witcraft (1894-1967)

Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
  
   Today's Red Newsletter is an homage to Woodstock, which ended 40 years ago today.

BONUS - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjOQ9r35uiU - Red House - Jimi Hendrix - at Woodstock, August 1969

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From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_House_(song): 

"While playing Red House at Woodstock, Hendrix snapped his high E-string in the middle of the performance and kept playing the second half of the song with just five strings. 'Long' versions of the song like the Woodstock rendition are generally about 6–10 minutes.

"..."Red House" was inspired by Hendrix's first love Betty Jean Morgan and the New York apartment where Hendrix first met Keith Richard's then-girlfriend Linda Keith.^[1]"

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40 YEARS AGO TODAY:

Monday, August 18, 1969 - The Woodstock Music and Art Festival concluded in Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm in upstate New York, featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era.

Monday, August 18, 1969 - Actor Edward Norton was born in Boston, Massachusetts.

Monday, August 18, 1969 - Actor Christian Slater was born in New York City, New York.

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THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:

   Happy Birthday today to Etta L. Baker ('57)  AND   Darlene Willis Marshall (Hampton HS - '68) of VA!

   Happy Birthday tomorrow to       Former President Bill Clinton of NY AND      Jimmy DeBerry ('64) of VA  AND        Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA!

   Happy Birthday this week to:

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Of the 396 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 85 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2009-08-17, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2009-08-17.

   Thanks so much, Forrest! No, no, it couldn't possibly be the 50 years clouding our memories; I cannot even remember any such building ever existing - and I lived on Roanoke Avenue myself!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qch7925maA0&feature=related - A Remarkable Recovery - From CBS, May 07, 2009 - Lt. Brian Brennan was severely wounded in Iraq and faced unbeatable odds but, as David Martin reports, he made a remarkable recovery with a little help from a special Cherokee word.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p40L8amjjA - Quick Change Artists in America's Got Talent

   WOWZERONI!!! Thanks, Mimi! Ahhh, but if we tried to figure it out, it wouldn't be magical anymore, would it?!?

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  From Cookie Phillips Tyndall ('64) of VA - 08/17/09 - "Sometimes I feel like this .......":

		Two little old ladies were sitting on a park bench outside the local town hall where a flower show was in progress. The thin one leaned over and said, 'Life is so boring. We never have any fun any more. For $10 I'd take my clothes off and streak through that stupid flower show!' 'You're on!' said the other old lady, holding up a $10 note. The first little old lady slowly fumbled her way out of her clothes and, completely naked, streaked (as fast as an old lady can) through the front door of the flower show. Waiting outside, her friend soon heard a huge commotion inside the hall, followed by loud applause and shrill whistling. The smiling and naked Old lady came through the exit door surrounded by a cheering crowd.

'What happened?' asked her waiting friend.

'I won first prize as Best Dried Arrangement.'

   WILD GIGGLES! Thanks, Cookie!

2. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, September 18, 19, and 20, 2009 - The Warwick High School Class of 1959 will hold its 50-Year Reunion at the Marriott Newport News at City Center, Newport News, VA. For details, contact WHSREUNION1959@aol.com - WHS CLASS OF 1959
  
3. Friday and Saturday, October 9 and 10, 2009 - The Class of 1964 will hold its 45-Year Reunion - For details, see: http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion2009-64.html - CLASS OF 1964