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	08/30/13 - NNHS Newsletter - Memory “No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helps you.” - Althea Gibson (25 Aug 1927 - 28 Sept 2003)

Dear Friends and Schoolmates,

    I have now reached that stage of life where I can almost remember my memories.....

BONUS #1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-L6rEm0rnY - Memory - Cats

BONUS #2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78Ruh0ewBVo - Memory - Barbra Streisand, September, 1981

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_%28Cats_song%29:  

"Memory", often incorrectly referred to as "Memories", is a show tune from the 1981 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Cats^[1] sung by the character Grizabella, a one-time glamour cat who is now a shell of her former self. The song is a nostalgic remembrance of her glorious past and a declaration of her wishes to start a new life. Sung briefly in the first act and in full near the end of the show, "Memory" is the climax of the musical, and by far its most popular and well-known song.

The lyric, written by Cats director Trevor Nunn, was based on T. S. Eliot's poems "Preludes" and "Rhapsody on a Windy Night". Lloyd Webber's former writing partner, Tim Rice and contemporary collaborator Don Black submitted a lyric to the show's producers for consideration, although Nunn's version was favoured. Elaine Paige has said that she sang a different lyric to the tune of Memory for the first 10 previews of Cats.

Lloyd Webber, fearing that the tune sounded too similar to a work of Puccini, and the opening - the haunting main theme - also resembles the flute solo in The Mamas & the Papas' 1965 song "California Dreamin'", asked his father's opinion. According to Lloyd Webber, his father responded, "It sounds like a million dollars!"^[2] So he based the haunting opening bars of the tune on Ravel's Bolero.^{[citation needed]}

Prior to its inclusion in Cats, the tune was ear-marked for earlier Lloyd Webber projects, including a ballad for Perón in Evita and as a song for Max in his original 1970s draft of Sunset Boulevard.

In its original orchestration, the song's climax is in the key of D-flat major, the composer's favourite.

The arrangement of the lyrics in the show were changed after the initial recordings of the track, with the first verse beginning,"Midnight, not a sound from the pavement..." being used in only the brief, Act I rendition of the song and a new verse, "Memory, turn your face to the moonlight...'" in its place for the Act II performance. Furthermore, the original second bridge section became the first and a new second bridge instated. Consequently, the arrangement of the lyric for a recording usually depends on whether the artist has played the role on stage.

SPECIAL REQUEST - TIME IS RUNNING OUT:

From Nancy Hott Terrell of VA - 08/15/13 - "  Harlan Hott" (SEE: 08/16/13 for Full Details):      Send your memories of Coach Hott to his daughter, Nancy, by September 1. "Please send any letters/cards to Nancy Terrell, 823 Thames Drive, Hampton, VA 23666 or you can send an email to jnterrell@verizon.net and I can print it out."    His children are preparing a book of memories for his SURPRISE 80th Birthday Party!

THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:

Happy Birthday today to      Me ('65) of NC AND    Chuck Springfield ('66) of VA !    Happy Birthday tomorrow to     Pat Beck Letzinger ('57) of VA AND      Joan Lauterbach Krause ('60) of VA AND    Elaine Wilkinson Bracken ('61) of VA AND    My Grandson, Jacob Harty of TX!    Happy Birthday this week to:   01 - Ellen Overton Weiss ('68) of VA; 02 - Frances Adams Smith ('57) AND    Dustin Baker (Norview HS - '65) of MA; 03 - Morton Binder ('57); 04 -   Marilyn Moren ('63) of VA; 05 -   Donna Marie Vest Hagerman ('71) of VA AND        My #5 Son, Nathaniel Harty (Hillsboro HS, IL - '97) of IL AND My Grandson (by My Children of Other Parents),    Jonathan Mansfield of MD; 06 -    Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of VA!    Many Happy Returns, One and All! http://www.nnhs65.com/Happy-Birthday.html THIS DAY IN WWII: August 30, 1940 - The Second Vienna Award, giving back to Hungary part of Transsylvania, ceded after the First World War. August 30, 1941 - The Nazis severed the last railroad link between Leningrad and the rest of the Soviet Union. August 30, 1942 - The Battle of Alam Halfa began. August 30, 1945 - The Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Douglas MacArthur, landed at Atsugi Air Force Base and set up Allied occupation headquarters in Japan. August 30, 1945 - Hong Kong was liberated from Japan by British Armed Forces.   August 30, 1945 - The Allied Control Council, governing Germany after World War II, came into being.

THIS DAY IN 1963:

From Joyce Lawrence Cahoon ('65) of VA - 08/23/13 - "For the dog lovers" (#6 in a Series of 18):     HOPE THESE BRING A SMILE TO YOUR FACE TOO.....      AWW!  Thanks, Joyce!     BONUS MEMORY CROCHET PATTERNS:

http://crochetmemories.com/ - Cylinda Mathews' Crochet Memories- "A large variety of crochet patterns for every occasion and holiday including free crochet patterns, and free crochet newsletter"

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BONUS MEMORY RECIPES:

http://www.joybauer.com/recipes-for-Memory.aspx - Memory-Boosting Recipes - "Memory-boosting foods include antioxidant-rich fruits and vegetables, whole grains, lean meats, and anything containing brain-friendly omega-3 fatty acids. These foods and the recipes below may slow memory decline, improve memory recall, and even reverse memory loss."

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FINALLY:

From ArcaMax Jokes - 08/29/10: Fireflies A mother firefly was taking her children for a walk near dusk, and they came to a dark woods. "All right, kids," she ordered, "line up, and whatever happens, don't shine your light. There are owls in the forest and they might fly down and eat you!" The small fireflies did as they were told, with the youngest firefly at the end of the line. As they were moving carefully along, suddenly the mother saw a light far back. "Stop!" she whispered. "Who lit the light back there?" "I did," admitted the youngster. "You heard what I told you," scolded the mother. "Why did you disobey?" "Well," said the little one, "when you gotta glow, you gotta glow." DATES TO REMEMBER:

1. Thursday, September 5, 2013 - The NNHS Class of 1955 holds Lunch Bunch gatherings on the first Thursday of every month at Steve & John's Steak House on Jefferson Avenue just above Denbigh Boulevard in Newport News at 11:00 AM. The luncheon is not limited to just the Class of '55; if you have friends in that year, go visit with them. 2. Friday and Saturday, October 4 and 5, 2013 - The NNHS Class of 1963 will hold their 50-Year Reunion at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Hampton on the Water. Friday night will also be open to the Classes of 1962 and 1964. SEE: The website which has been set up for their class at www.nnhs1963.com; CONTACT: Frank Gibson, frankgibson@cox.net, Joyce Williams Nettles, joywnet@cox.net, or Susie Overton Jones, tnsjones@charter.net; FORM: Registration-Classes-of-1962-and-1964-B.docx 3. Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - 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.

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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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Carol Buckley Harty 7020 Lure Court Fayetteville, NC 28311-9309 915-780-3048

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Memory

- From the 1981 Broadway Musical, Cats

Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber (b. 22 Mar 1948);
Lyrics by Trevor Nunn (b. 14 Jan 1940), based on poems by T. S. Eliot (26 Sept 1888 – 04 Jan 1965)

Midnight. Not a sound from the pavement.
Has the moon lost her memory?
She is smiling alone.
In the lamplight
the withered leaves collect at my feet
And the wind begins to moan.

Memory. All alone in the moonlight
I can smile at the old days,
I was beautiful then.
I remember the time I knew what happiness was,
Let the memory live again.

Every street lamp seems to beat a fatalistic warning.
Someone mutters and a street lamp gutters
and soon it will be morning.

Daylight. I must wait for the sunrise,
I must think of a new life
And I mustn't give in.
When the dawn comes tonight will be a memory too
And a new day will begin.

Burnt out ends of smoky days,
the stale cold smell of morning.
The street lamp dies,
another night is over, another day is dawning.

Touch me. It's so easy to leave me
All alone with the memory
Of my days in the sun.
If you touch me you'll understand what happiness is.
Look, a new day has begun.

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"Memory" midi courtesy of http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Stage/8624/alw.html - 08/22/05

"Memory" lyrics courtesy of http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/lyrics/memory.htm - 08/22/05

"Moonlight in Ghost City" by Angelo Ventura Image courtesy of
http://www.inception-magazine.com/summer04/artwork_moonlight_in_ghost_city.htm - 08/23/05

Black Flower Vine 6 Divider Line clip art courtesy of - well, I cannot locate that information at the moment...