Our Lady of Mercy High School - Mercedes Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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1111551011 he told us he was helpless since the manager had sent word to h1m to keep the people away from the band during the mter m1ss1on However he too offered a plan During the last part of h1s number I was to slft mto the crowd dlrectly ln front of the bandstand and when Woody had reached the climax of the plece I was to yes swoon The plan was certainly umque but a llttle drastic and we dec1ded not to use It At th1s pomt things looked very dxscour agmg unt1l Ofiicer Jensen promised that he hun self would take me to Woody lf I would Walt unt11 he got out of the cloak room at twelve thlrty B1ll knit h1s eyebrows Tlns presented a problem we had come double datmg 111 an other boys car and that boy had to leave at eleven fifty Naturally with hmm would go the car When we finally dec1ded to walt, B111 of fered a fervent prayer of thanks to God for The problem now was to determine what to do w1th our t1me We wasted no effort on dancmg durmg the forty five minutes that were left We knew that such an attempt would be futlle 1f not dxsastrous havmg al ready trxed lt several tlmes Since we were st1ll somewhat dubious as to whether or not Officer Jensen would actually get to Woody Herman we tried to dev1se st1ll another means such as starmg at him whlle he was d1rect1ng the band until he utlmately broke down Once I succeeded in catchmg h1s eye and he no doubt perplexed by the hostile determined look on my face returned my stare for an uncomfortable moment It dldnt help the situatlon Then Blll concluded that we were hungry and we went downstairs to spend the last fifteen mmutes eatmg hot dogs slightly the worse for rawness There we stood looking like two people who had never seen a chair 1n their l1ves and were endeavormg to hold up the wall Finally the crucial moment arrlved We met Ofiicer Jensen and he proceeded to lead us at the pace of a race horse through the shghtly dxmmlshmg crowd For a moment my feet yearned to be ln the1r barefoot days once more but one look at the hammenng legs around me made me reloxce that this wlsh was not real1zed When we reached the band whlch was once more takmg an 1nterm1ss1on Officer jen sen after talklng wlth the other pollceman for a few seconds went right over to Woody Herman, with me at h1s heels and gave the thousand dollar mtroductlon Mr Herman Id l1ke you to meet M1ss Lorls Allen She s from a very select school for glI'lS here in Rochester Cnote plugj and she would like to obtam an lntervlew How do you do rumbled my hero How do you do I trembled Officer Jensen quietly slipped away and we were left alone I was standmg there w1th Woody Herman on the first rung of mv long ladder to future success My entlre hfe hung ln the balance and what was my first colossal question? Mr Herman how d1d you happen to get the name Woody? Well he rephed my parents named me Woodrow To An Open Field Haven of lovelmess Are you the power Greens and blues That makes all things grow5 Who was the art1st That blended these hues? Soft breezes blowing O er my realm, Bright sun caressing What supreme captam Subyects below Is at YOUI' helm? joAN CARNEY. 47 9 - . Q , . . , . , , , V - - t . . . g ' 1 , - . . - I , 1 n s 0 , . . 1 ' , I , . . . 7 . . 0 1 Y the Rochester Transit Corporation. .. , . ' . . . , ' 1 - 1 I 9 o ,, ' Cl Yi . . . . - , , 9 9 u 11 , . . . , D u 1 1 . i . 1 ll ' 1 1 ' ' 4 11 , . - , I4 17 ' cc - 7 1 c a U 7 , . ! . . 7 , .

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