Striking a Chord

(For those of you who are NOT from Charlotte, North Carolina; OR you're too young to remember, CHS stands for Central High School. My graduation class was the class of "54.
....that's 1954....for any smart asses out there.....The school was torn down a year or two after that but evidence of it can still be seen going west of town on Elizabeth Ave (Trade street).
An outstanding slide show has recently come to my attention, produced by the class of "50 that shows you what it was like better than anything I've seen. You can view it at:

CLICK HERE to see the show.


Striking a chord is exactly what the CHS class of '50's outstanding video presentation did! As of today (Feb. 29, 2008) the counter has registered over 100 "hits;" meaning that over 100 people have watched the show on their computers!



And it has only been up on this site for a few days!



Obviously, it really struck a "chord" with us CHS seniors.



Speaking of music, (I learned to make transitions like that in Radio School)
"Do you know what time Hit is?"

There's a new book out titled: "THE WBT BRIARHOPPERS, Eight Decades of a Bluegrass Band Made for Radio."

It's by Tom and Lucy Warlick......and you can order it through: http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/

It's a paperback so it shouldn't be very expensive, but anytime I can get hold of 53 photos and 215 pages about my earliest musician heros......I'm going to do it!



This is also a good opportunity for me to bragg about one of my favorite photos:






(Ed and Whitey (of Whitey and Hogan fame)









Incidentally, Whitey's (Roy Grant) daughter Yvonne was in the CHS orchestra (she was a freshman when we were seniors) and was a fine musician in her own right. This picture was taken about 5 years ago. I think Whitey is one of the two surviving members of the original group.