At this moment I’m in Minnesota house-hunting.
Wish me luck.
In the meantime, to keep you all amused and this blog on a regular schedule, Husband gave me permission to share a few more pictures from his youth.
Whatta guy!
First up, the pink suit…
There are a few things Husband wants you to know:
- The suit is not pink. He claims it’s maroon. (It looks pink to me)
- This was the trend, everyone wore suits like this. (Okaaay)
- This was conservative compared to his friend’s suit. (Now THAT I want to see)
When I asked him what his date wore, he said he wore this to the end of the year band banquet and he didn’t have a date.
That sounds about right.
Remember when I showed you his band uniform?
Of course you do. How could you forget?
I’m not sure what I find more appealing. Is it the tall furry hat? The way the sunlight twinkles on the visor? Or maybe it’s the shirt itself, bringing to mind the Matterhorn workers at Disneyland.
In any case, Husband informs me that the ensemble was actually the updated uniform.
So what was the old uniform like? So glad you asked.
Now I don’t know about you, but I rather like this uniform and see no reason for it to be updated.
I like the color scheme (black and gold, his school colors), the enormous letter in case he forgot what school he went to (Maryvale High), and I especially love the hat!
But you know what I love best about this uniform?
It reminds me of Commodore Condello’s Salt River Navy Band!
For those of you who didn’t spend your childhood in Arizona during the 70s, you have my sympathy. Reason being, you missed this wonderful group performing for the Wallace and Ladmo show.
If you never heard of Wallace and Ladmo — again, my heart goes out to you — you missed something pretty dang special. They were the children’s show to beat all children shows, going over 35 years presenting cartoons, skits, musical sketches and lots of snarky humor to the children of Phoenix.
It was glorious.
One of their bits was this band, and I had one serious crush on Commodore Condello, let me tell you.
And now that I think about it, Husband looks remarkably like him in that band uniform. In fact, had Husband wore his band hat to the banquet? And I was just a wee bit older and actually knew him?
I totally would have been his date.
Just for fun, this was my favorite song from the show:
I don’t think there was a kid at my school who didn’t know every word to Soggy Cereal.
Sigh…
I’m gonna miss this city.
