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08/23/16
- NNHS Newsletter
Blue Suede Shoes
“NO! WAIT! My shoes are in there!!!”
- Anonymous |
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Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
Today's
Newsletter theme repeats on this same day every year that it's possible.
BONUS #1 -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRNyvO4QouY - Blue Suede Shoes - Carl
Perkins, May 26, 1956 on The Perry Como Show
BONUS #2 -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1Ond-OwgU8 - Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis
Presley
From
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Suede_Shoes:
"Blue Suede Shoes"
is a
rock
and roll
standard written and first recorded by
Carl
Perkins in 1955.
The
12-bar blues is considered one of the
first rockabilly (rock and roll) records and incorporated elements of
blues,
country and
pop music
of the time.
Johnny
Cash planted the seed for the song in the fall of 1955, while Perkins, Cash,
Elvis
Presley, and other
Louisiana Hayride acts toured throughout the
South. Cash told Perkins of a black airman whom he had met when serving in
the military in Germany. He had referred to his military regulation air shoes as
"blue suede
shoes." Cash suggested that Carl write a song about the shoes. Carl replied, "I
don't know anything about shoes. How can I write a song about shoes?"[1]
When Perkins played a dance on December 4, 1955, he noticed a couple dancing
near the stage. The girl was gorgeous, he thought, and the boy wore blue suede
shoes. As they danced the boy cautioned his date "don't step on my suedes."
Perkins was bewildered that a guy would value shoes over a beautiful girl.[2]
Perkins began working on a song based on that incident. His first thought was
to frame it with a nursery rhyme. He considered, and quickly discarded "Little
Jack Horner..." and "See a spider going up the wall...". Then settled on "One
for the money..." Leaving his bed and working with his Les Paul guitar, he
started with an A chord. After playing five chords while singing "Well, it's one
for the money... Two for the show... Three to get ready... Now go, man, go!" and
broke into a boogie rhythm.[3]
He quickly grabbed a brown paper potato sack and wrote the song down, writing
the title out as "Blue Swade, S-W-A-D-E". "I couldn't even spell it right," he
later said.[4]
According to Perkins, "On December 17, 1955, I wrote "Blue Suede Shoes"." I
recorded it on December 19."[5]
Producer
Sam
Phillips suggested that Perkins's line "go boy go" be changed to "go cat
go".
THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:
Happy
Birthday today to
Charles Allen ('57)
AND
Pam Russell Hanzlik ('63) of NC
AND
 
 My Cousin, Cheryl White Wilson (John
Marshall HS - '64) of VA!
Happy
Birthday this week to:
26 -
Michele Shelton Sokol ('66) of CA;
27 - Pat Helmick Glover ('57) AND Nancy Timberlake Spencer ('57)
AND
 My Cousin, Jim Atkinson
(John Randolph
Tucker HS - '77) of AZ;
28 -
the late
Tony Lapides ('57)
(deceased 06/18/09);
29 -
 
Richard Coltrane ('57) AND
 the late
Connie Bloxom Thompson ('66) (deceased
09/17/08);
30 -
  Me
('65) of
NC
AND
 Chuck Springfield ('66) of VA!
Many Happy
Returns, One and All!
http://www.nnhs65.com/Happy-Birthday.html
150 YEARS
AGO TODAY:
THIS DAY IN
WWII:
August 23, 1939 -
Germany
and the
Soviet Union signed a non-aggression treaty, the
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. In a secret addition to the pact, the
Baltic states,
Finland,
Romania,
and Poland
were divided between the two nations.
August 23, 1940 - The first Germany air raids on Central London
took place.
August 23, 1941 - Adolf Hitler officially suspended Aktion T4
(the Nazi euthanasia program). The program accounted for nearly 100,000
deaths by this time. The program continued quietly until the demise of
the Nazi regime in 1945 and even beyond[2],
during which physicians killed thousands of people specified in
Hitler's secret memo of September 1, 1939 as suffering patients
"judged incurably sick, by critical medical examination",[3]
but described in a denunciation of the program by
Cardinal Galen as long-term inmates of mental asylums "who may
appear incurable".[4]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_T4
August 23, 1942 - Beginning of the
Battle of Stalingrad.
August 23, 1943 -
Kharkov was liberated.
August 23, 1944 -
Marseille was liberated by Allied troops.
August 23, 1944 -
King Michael of Romania dismissed the pro-Nazi
government of
General Antonescu, who was arrested.
Romania
switched sides from the
Axis to the
Allies.Romanian prime minister Ion Antonescue was dismissed. Soon
after the country would abandon the Axis and join the Allies.
August 23, 1944 -
Freckleton Air Disaster – A
United States Army Air Forces
B-24 Liberator bomber crashed into a school in
Freckleton,
England
killing 61 people. |
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THIS DAY IN 1966:
Tuesday, August 23, 1966 -
Lunar Orbiter 1 took the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the
Moon.
Tuesday, August 23, 1966 -
Basketball player
Rik Smits
was born in
Eindhoven,
The
Netherlands.
Tuesday, August 23, 1966 -
Actor, director, and screenwriter
Francis X. Bushman (b. Francis Xavier Bushman on 10 Jan 1883 in
Baltimore, Maryland) died from a
heart attack in
Pacific Palisades, California at the age of 83.
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From My Friend, Susan, of NC - 08/21/15:
Thanks so much, Susan!
http://www.redheart.com/free-patterns/ipad-cozy
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Blue Suede iPad Cozy - "Protect
your iPad® from dings and scratches by crocheting this quick and easy cover.
With over a hundred colors in RED HEART® Super Saver®, you can choose your
favorite to personalize it further!"
BONUS
BLUE SUEDE CAKE
RECIPES:
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http://allrecipes.com/recipe/blue-suede-cake/
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Blue Suede
Cake
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"This is a very easy variation of the ever-so-popular and very
delicious red velvet cake... hope you like it!"
http://www.food.com/recipe/blue-suede-cake-50513
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Blue Suede Cake
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"I adapted the recipe from James McNair's Cakes. It has a wonderful
spiced flavor, and is best topped with cream cheese icing. You will get oohs and
ahhs when you cut into this surprisingly pretty cake, and you just may have to
tell people to 'Lay Off' your Blue Suede Cake!" |
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FINALLY:
From
www.ajokeaday.com
- 08/22/16:
A wannabe singer was
auditioning for a part in a musical, in which she had to sing a song.
She gave it her best shot and when she was done, asked the producer if
she hit all the right notes.
"You certainly did," the producer replied. "You packaged them quite
conveniently around all the wrong ones." |
DATES TO REMEMBER:
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1. Wednesday,
September 14, 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, 711
Lakefront Commons, NN from 7:00 PM - closing. Saturday
Night: Marriott Hotel,
City Center, 740 Town City Drive, NN from 7:00 PM - midnight in the
Pearl Room.
3 . Wednesday and Thursday, October 19 and 20, 2016 - The NNHS Class
of 1956 will hold their 60-Year Reunion. |
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Y'all take care of each other!
TYPHOONS FOREVER! We'll Always Have
Buckroe!
Love to all, Carol
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PERSONAL WEB SITE:
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Carol Buckley Harty
7020 Lure Court
Fayetteville, NC 28311-9309
910-584-8802
"Never underestimate
the power of a drop
in the bucket." |
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Blue Suede Shoes
Written and recorded by
Carl Perkins,
1955
(09 Apr 1932 – 19 Jan 1998)
Well it's one for the money, two for the show,
Three to get ready, now go, cat, go.
But don't you, step on my blue suede shoes.
You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes
You can knock me down, step on my face
Slander my name all over the place.
Do anything that you wanna do
But uh uh, honey, lay off of my shoes.
You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes.
You can burn my house, you can steal my car
Drink my liquor from an old fruit jar
Do anything that you wanna do
But uh uh, honey, lay off of my shoes
But don't you, step on my blue suede shoes.
Well, you can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes.
Well it's one for the money, two for the show,
Three to get ready, now go, cat, go
But don't you, step on my blue suede shoes.
You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes.
Well it's blue, blue, blue suede shoes
Blue, blue, blue suede shoes yeh!
Well blue, blue, blue suede shoes
Blue, blue, blue suede shoes
Well, you can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes.
"Blue Suede Shoes" midi (Carl Perkins ... not Elvis) courtesy of
http://www.sequinsbyeileen.com/midi.htm
located by Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 07/08/06
Thanks, Dave!
"Blue Suede Shoes" lyrics courtesy of
http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/porkysrevenge/bluesuedeshoes.htm
also located by Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 07/08/06
Thanks again, Dave!
Image of Blue Suede Shoes courtesy of
http://www.shraderbootmaker.com/Custom%20shoe%20information.htm - 08/21/06
Blue Tennis Shoe clip art used to form Divider Line courtesy of
http://www.presentationhelper.co.uk/free_tennis_clip_art.htm - 08/21/06
Animated Tiny
Birthday Cake clip art courtesy of
Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of
VA - 08/31/05
Thanks, Sarah Sugah!
John Marshall High School's Justice Scale clip art courtesy of
Cheryl White Wilson (JMHS - '64) of VA - 10/13/05 (replaced 02/23/09)
Thanks, Cheryl!
J. R. Tucker High
School's Orange Tiger Paw Print courtesy of
http://www.henrico.k12.va.us/hs/tucker/resources/about.htm - 11/12/07
Animated
Laughing Jerry courtesy of Cookie Phillips Tyndall ('64) of VA - 06/14/06
Thanks, Cookie!
Laughing Jester Smiley clip art courtesy of Bill Hobbs
('66) of Northern VA - 10/06/09
Thanks, Bill!
Jeffrey Holman's Image "A Drop in the Bucket" courtesy of
https://tearsfromalonelygod.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/a-drop-in-the-bucket/ -
05/23/16
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