I sang in the school group at assemblies and for the special programs, loved it! Jackie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Max Maupin" <mgm148@rollanet.org> To: <MAUPIN-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 6:59 AM Subject: Re: [MAUPIN-CHAT] Music in The 50s > ________ > Let's think of the late 30s and early 40s. I remember Deep Purple and > Stardust. I could play both of the accordion and piano while my older > sister sang in assemblies. Do any of you remember assemblies in small > schools? What a treat! Bettye (Mrs. Max G.) Rolla MO > _______________ > > >In a message dated 11/1/02 8:05:47 PM, cafarmer@houston.rr.com writes: > > > ><< One thing forgotten in the 50's was the "wonderful" music to dance to (and > > > >listen to) - the jitterbug; waltz; Friday night at the Polish Hall; > > > >slooooooooow dancing to really romantic music and tap your foot to the Big > > > >Bands. >> > > > >Carolyn: > > > >The music, YES, was great back then. We heard the big bands and other newer > >types of music. AND, here in Southern California we got all on the same radio > >stations! The lineup might be Benny Goodman, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, > >Sammy Cook, Carmen MacRay, Ella Fitzgerald, Jimmy Dorsey, Little Richard, > >Sarah Vonn, The Coasters, The Platters, Dean Martin, Frankie Laine, etc.. > >That was really great! Now you've got to turn to different stations for > >different kinds of music. Of course, I have a lot of CDs of various music I > >like, including classical, musicals, Spanish, Mexican, Flamenco, middle > >eastern, and on and on and on. > > > >AND, slow dancing is super. That's all my husband knows. I learned the > >other dances and he'd just stand and keep the rhythm with his feet. > > > >Thanks for mentioning that! > > > >Sandi > > > > > >==== MAUPIN-CHAT Mailing List ==== > >RootsWeb forbids posting of copyrighted material without permission > >of the author. Read RootsWeb's Acceptable Use Policy at > ><http://www,rootsweb.com/rootsweb/aup.html> > > > >============================== > >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > >records, go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > ==== MAUPIN-CHAT Mailing List ==== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > <http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi> > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >