Silent Movies

I was sitting around the office yesterday and was talking with my office mate when we began recalling 'our younger years'.  Looking back, I call this lo-tech entertainment, but at the time, since an electronic piece of equipment was used, this was high-tech.

I don't remember how it was discovered, just that every time we went camping (we were Girl Scouts so we went quite frequently) we would look forward to this activity. I call "Silent Movie" - an after dark activity.

One (or more) girls would stand against a wall (cabin wood or tent canvas) while the rest of the girls would remain in 'the audience'. A 'projectionist' in the audience would begin to shake a large flashlight side to side rapidly. The girl(s) on stage would then act out a scene or, most likely, dance wildly. The moving of the flashlight caused the movements of those on stage to appear to be a kind of stop action, very much like the way old silent movies appear.

I really enjoy finding these memories that slip into my mind. And wonder where they have been hiding and what it is that actually brings them forward. When it happens, the recalling, the enjoyment of the memory seems to erase the path that was taken to find the recollection. It would be nice to remember how I found the memory so that I can walk that way again and, maybe, find another.

Girl Scouts Day

Today is Girl Scout Day. On this day in 1912, Juliet Gordon-Lowe found 18 girls from her neighborhood in Savannah, GA and founded the Girl Scouts. As a graduate of the Girl Scouts I feel a little nostalgic for my old GS Pals. Finding them have been easier with Facebook, Classmates and many other social networking sites, but, for some reason others friends are still hard to find.  If you happen upon this site and think my name sounds familiar, contact me!!!!

In 1976, my Girl Scout troop took a trip. We took a bus from DC to Disneyworld in Orlando, then to Juliet Lowe's birthplace in Savannah and then to Six Flags Over Georgia. At the time 6-flags was a much more fun park because of the unlimited rides, where Disneyworld worked on a ticket to ride system.

I recall something about horseback riding, allegedly passing out on Space Mountain, and crashing on the bus and hearing the girls giggle while taking my picture...I had a lot of fun with my friends, Pam, Vanessa, Carla, Deborah and all the rest that I cannot exactly recall their names right now off the top of my head, give me a pic and I may be able to tell you their names.

I think I will do just that, find some pics of the trip and post them....

Have Fun Searching!