Misplaced Miscellaneous photos...from this year and my AA dolls.

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Grand Intentions, or, I took photos for a reason and then didn't use them. I have lots of senior moments. 

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Remember the days when You were YOUNG...like pre-teen, and you all piled into a friends house and had an impromptu lunch...probably sandwiches and tomato soup...but it wasn't planned, and it was great.

Piles of kids clothes in the livingroom.

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Chelsea is hostess and next to her Auntie Chris.

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Sister Barbie, friend Mellissa, Skipper and Scooter (cousins).

Not enough photos for a story---but still cute....don't know what I was thinking?

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Portrait unnamed?

Random photo of my early TNT...don't know if I have shown her here before or not. I have quite a few pieces of clothes that were for TNT's...and I paired the vintage jeans with a new shirt..FAB! I think she is. She's lost a click in one leg, but that's it and is in very good condition otherwise. 

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I also worked on some new dolls. This is Rainbow...she has the crazy cheetah head on the side, but she is cute and well, we do have all kinds in my doll world and she is different.

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Another new guy, Walter, or Walt. He has clicks, but will set him aside for maybe a new body. Bodies and faces from the past leave a lot to be desired, but he isn't too bad. Besides, the female to male ratio is definitely out of whack!

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This handsome dude has been named Mark---reminds me of someone from high school. He's one of the shorter GIJoes, so he will have have to find a short girl...lol. He may need a toe trim...as his feet are huge. otherwise, he is in excellent condition and fully articulated. Upside he will fit short slacks with the short legs.

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I named the BTS doll on the left---BOWIE..someone messed with his hair for sure, then I added, and I may fool around with it more. This is the third one of the group I've found in his original suit for under $3.00 each. Rainbow, on the right, was new Extra doll and she will be fun to dress Hippie style...!

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This gal is going to be Cherilyn...been picking up these Extra dolls for under $12.00 here and there...which is cheaper than ordering MTMoves for bodies. But, I get them home and get charmed by their faces, not to mention the crazy clothes and long hair.

Cherilyn, will be repainted to CHER...I don't think it will take much, maybe some cheek shadow, and eyes/ deep dark red/brown lipstick. She will also have a hippie vibe, which will be a nice addition to my doll neighborhood. I can't wait to get her into some yellow bell bottoms! 

During Black history month, I decided to go through my dolls and eliminate duplicates and let some go. 

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Here are theAA's/Black dolls I'm keeping.

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Some are duplicates, mostly because there is a mjor hair/ or makeup difference. 

Left to Right back row-Whitney, Kathryn, Shyla.

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Zara, Dee-Dee, Carmel

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Cece, Jacquie, Carly

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Carly got cut off in the last photo.

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Darla, Vanessa or Vanny (Jacquie's daughter), and Lanise(short hair)

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I know these three gals are the 'same-ish' The first one is Marly---Carly's first cousin, the gal in the middle is Nikki---the original Nikki from  "In the Dreamhouse", so this is the only shot you will ever see them all together. Hair and makeup styles are different, Marly is streaked wiry hair and has eyelashes, Niki has very soft Dark hair, and Carly has an orange tinge to her medium brown locks. These girls are all fully articulated except for feet, which is fine.

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Opal, who is Colette/Callie's nemesis cousin.

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Of course, Colette and her mom, Ella. Both Divas and lots of fun to work with.

Added in My Black history post for the Billie Holliday special was Jennifer---loosely disguised as a Chicago local girl made really good in the music world.

She definitely put Colette's nose out of joint, which maybe good for future story fodder.

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Jennifer....hmmm-mmmh! We will have to see more of her!

I have a few more dolls that are in the transition pile, needing bodies or may be leaving. I would love to find older AA's, or even repro's, and AA guys are even harder! 

That's all that was still lingering in my photos---and now they are neatly filed away and used.

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Black History Month: Billie Holiday Special on (DOLL) PBS

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Announcer: This evening's program is brought to you by your local PBS station WTTW Chicago. Remembering Billie Holliday and all the fine Jazz ballads from the 30's through the 50's, part of our Black History series for this month.

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Our music begins....

Riffin' the Scotch 1933 Benny Goodman Band 

Good evening, I'm your host, Gerry.

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What you just heard was "Riffin' the Scotch" with the Benny Goodman band in 1933 and an eighteen-year-old singer, Eleanora Fagan. 

Who was that, you may ask? The answer is the intrepid Billie Holiday. We celebrate tonight her amazing music and the great bands she performed with throughout her  career. Our program tonight will span some thirty years, so let's get started.

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I'm pleased to introduce someone you all know as Chicago's Jennifer. 

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Thank you, Gerry. This song has a long history going back to 1928 and composed by Sigmund Romberg and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II for another Broadway show, "The New Moon". I'm singing to Billie Hollidays', "Lover Come Back" to me. 

Billie Holiday sings, "Lover Come Back to Me," 1944

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Jennifer: 

And while I'm waiting here

This heart of mine is singing

Lover come back to me.....

Gerry: Take a bow, Jennifer.

Our next song will be "I Cried for You" which Billie recorded for the Brunswick recording company in 1936. 

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Sonnie will switch to the sax with this great old tune. 

Sung by our Trio of Jennifer, Callie, and Ella, and they are all hometown gals from the Chicago area.

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Trio: ....that beauty need only be a whisper.

I Cried for You

Gerry: The next great tune, "Willow Weep for Me" was written in 1932 by a woman, Ann Ronell, who also wrote the lyrics. Sung by many different artists over the years, you may even remember the Chad and Jeremy version from the 1965. 

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Tonight we will have the sultry tones of Ella singing this old standby for you, with Tres on guitar and Zara on Strings.

Willow Weep for Me 1954 by Billie Holliday

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.....When the shadows fall, 

bend old willow and 

weep for me, 

Weep, weep, willow, weep...

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Gerry: I'm speechless, great beauty, tone, and great lyrics. Thank you, Ella.

 Next, how about an upbeat number on film with Billie and Satchmo from the 1947 movie, "New Orleans" and "Blues are a Brewin'"was written by Eddie DeLange and Louis Alter and originally performed by 

Louis Armstrong and Billie Holliday.

That's just yesterday, no a few years ago, well seventy-seven. Phew...and who can stand up to Satchmo.

Now something upbeat...with the Mother-Daughter duo, Ella and Callie. Our ladies performing '

"Too Close for Comfort".

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Callie: Be wise, be smart, behave, my heart
Don't upset your cart when he's so close

Ella: Be soft, be sweet, but be discreet

Don't go off your feet, he's so close for comfort...

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Duo: 

...Too close, too close for comfort, oh, please, not again
Too close, too close to know just when to say ""when""

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On your guard, take care, 

while there's such temptation
One thing leads to another
Too late to run for cover
He's much too close for comfort now.

Applauding Gerry: Ladies, please take a bow...!

We will end our time with Billie together with "I'll be Seeing You," the music by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Irving Kahal. Composed in 1938 for a lost musical that closed after just fifteen performances. Billie was at her best tugging at our own heart's loves and losses.

This standard has endured and Billie Holliday's version is one of the best. Here's our band and our home town gals singing, "I'll be Seeing You."

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Ella:

 I'll be seeing you

 In all the old familiar places

That this heart of mine embraces
All day through...

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Callie:

In that small cafe

The park across the way

The children's carousel
The chestnut trees
The wishing well...

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Jennifer: 

I'll be seeing you
In every lovely summer's day
In everything that's light and gay
I'll always think of you that way...

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Trio: We'll find you in the morning sun

And when the night is new....

We'll be looking at the moon 

But we'll be seeing you....

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Gerry: I hope you enjoyed our time together. We want to thank our lovely performers:

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Callie, Ella and of course Jennifer for their heartfelt performances. 

Special thanks to our talented band for bringing us back to the days of 

Billie Holliday and the great bands of the 1920's to through the 1950's.

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Tres on guitars.....(Tres riffing.....)

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Zara on Strings...

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Sonnie on horns, sax and clarinet and 

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Gene, "Sticks" on percussion.

Gerry: We thank all our loyal viewers for your continued support for WTTW Channel 11, Chicago and Black History Month.  Without you, these programs would not be possible and of course the great career of 

Miss Billie Holliday!

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Thanks for Viewing:

All recordings are from Youtube share.

Lyrics found on LyricFind

Set design and diorama

   3 Black Foam core-Dollar store

    18" doll backdrop

    Dollar store chairs

    Piano---thrift store repainted

    Drums thrift store 

    Horns- Frenchorn-ornament, clarinet-painted plastic charm, sax-painted plastic charm.

   Ball lights---thrift store

   Dolls all Mattel, except Gerry/Gerard-Fresh doll

   Tuxedos Mattel    

   Gals clothing: Callie/Colette-hand sewn me, Ella-Etsy, Jennifer-China

   Keyboard and microphones-Mattel

Lighting--totally dark room with 3 small gooseneck spot lamps, 1 above, 1 left, 1 right. Photos taken on my phone, edited on computer.

Personal Note: My mother played the radio constantly all through my childhood. I probably know more songs and lyrics from the 30s-60's than any popular music now. There are so many Black artists to choose from, but it was the Big Bands I remembered the most: Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway as my mom's favorites and Billie Holliday crossed all those big band years with her catalog of  standards that are still performed today.  

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