January 14, 1965
I went to Wykeham and I guess I'll stay - at least give it a chance. I went to the talent show rehearsal but S wasn't there so we couldn't sing. I started singing crazy songs while waiting for T’s father and before I knew it, everyone was listening. P fell and I think she borke her arm. V was there, but he didn't do anything. He left before I made a fool of myself. I thought of a GREAT theme for the show - My Favorite Things. The chorus could dance to the theme song. I'll tell D tomorrow.
January 14, 2006
At my small rural high school, each class had a designated fund-raising event. The Freshman Social (a dance), Sophomore Talent Show, Junior Prom and Senior Play were attended by the entire school, but planned and run by a committee from a single class. I worked on the first two, but pretty much dropped out of the active "in crowd" by junior year.
My secret ambition was to sing at the talent show, which I finally did the next year. In 1965, I was on the planning committee, helped write the script, and accompanied two singers on the piano. A group of us were supposed to sing "Merry Minuet", a little anti-nuke ditty recorded by the Kingston Trio, but I think one by one girls dropped out until the group was gone.
January 14, 2023
Isn’t it interesting that seventeen years ago I could remember all four fund-raisers but in 2023 I couldn’t? Gotta make room in the brain for new stuff, apparently.