The James Logan Courier

MISCELLANEOUS

MVROP open house is Oct. 27th at 6 p.m. at their Fremont site next to Kennedy High School. This is a great time to get out, walk through the ROP classrooms, meet the teachers and current students. In general, find out what ROP is really about.

ASVAB permission slips are now available in the Career Center. Remember to get your teachers and parents to sign the permission slip or you WILL NOT be testing.

From wikipedia:
Saunders Terrell, better known as Sonny Terry (24 October 1911 - 11 March 1986) was a blind American Piedmont blues musician. He was widely known for his energetic blues harmonica style, which frequently included vocal whoops and hollers, and imitations of trains and fox hunts.

Terry was born in Greensboro, Georgia. His father, a farmer, taught him to play basic blues harp as a youth. He sustained injuries to his eyes and lost his sight by the time he was 16, which prevented him from doing farm work himself. In order to earn a living Terry was forced to play music. He began playing in Shelby, North Carolina. After his father died he began playing in the trio of Piedmont blues-style guitarist Blind Boy Fuller. When Fuller died in 1941, he established a long-standing musical relationship with Brownie McGhee, and the pair recorded numerous songs together. The duo became well-known among white audiences, as they joined the growing folk movement of the 1950s and 1960s. This included collaborations with Styve Homnick, Woody Guthrie and Moses Asch, producing Folkways Records (now Smithsonian/Folkways) classic recordings.

Learn more about Sonny Terry, free from allmusic.com.