May 16 Fifty Years

50 years. Think about it. Fifty years is a long time. A really long time. I DJ'd the 50th Wedding Anniversary of my friend Todd's parents Bob & Sharon last night. There were tables set up with a bunch of great pictures. I enjoyed the ones of Bob & Sharon when they were young and their wedding pictures. I laughed at the ones of Todd & Kevin when they were young. The party was a celebration of the past fifty years and I had a blast playing all those great tunes from the early days of rock and roll. There was a table of party people that had not slowed down one bit over the years, they had a great time dancing and singing along to the old favorites. There is nothing I enjoy more than listening to good storytellers telling stories. This crowd had several who are masters of the trade. I heard stories about Sharon ditching school to go to Chicago's version of American Bandstand to dance while younger family members would watch her on the television but never mention it to the parents. I heard first hand accounts of the Korean & Vietnam wars. Then there was friends of Todd's brother Kevin that would get dressed for church every Sunday and go to the Livesay house where Sharon would make them breakfast then hurry them home at 11am because church was over. Todd gave a great speech about his parents. He told the story about their honeymoon. They planned a trip to Florida and a young Bob was expecting warm sun, tropical drinks and Sharon in a bikini but after driving south for several hours Sharon began to cry. She missed home and family. Bob turned the car around and according to Todd that began a lifetime of Sharon being the boss. There were conflicting stories about the size of Sharon's boyfriend that Bob informed he was taking his girlfriend. Bob says he was huge, Sharon says he was small. As you can imagine fifty years of marriage can produce a million stories and lots were told throughout the night, especially as the champagne bottles were emptied. But one thing was repeated several times, Sharon loved her boys and you had better not mess with any of them. The pictures are Bob & Sharon dancing to 'Only You' by The Platters, Todd giving his speech and it wouldn't be a party without Todd turning on his 'white mans overbite' and show the youngsters how it is done on the dancefloor.