[Magdalen] Music memories

[Grace Cangialosi]

Funny...!

> On Dec 23, 2014, at 3:51 PM, "Lynn Ronkainen" <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:
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> and I started saying: "I grew up in Royal Oak" : )
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> Lynn
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> My email  is changing soon to: houstonKLR at gmail.com
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> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." attributed to Erma Bombeck
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> From: "Grace Cangialosi" <gracecan at gmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2014 2:27 PM
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Music memories
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>> It was interesting dealing with the Birmingham stereotype when I was on college and then when I applied for my first job in Flint, because I was totally unaware that it even existed. My dad was military, and I had spent high school in Germany. My parents had bought the house in B'ham when I was in Junior high, and that was what allowed me in-state tuition. But I learned in college and later that people made certain assumptions about me, and I started saying, "Well, my parents live in Birmingham..."
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>>>> On Dec 23, 2014, at 12:41 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Christ Church, Cranbrook, was beautiful, and my aunt and uncle belonged there, but it was too upscale for us!  Besides, I could walk to St. James, if I needed to...
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>>> I belonged to St. Philip's, Rochester, but went to CCC when I wanted
>>> to feel upscale. :)
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>>> Birmingham in general is pretty upscale! But of course Cranbrook is
>>> dripping with $$$. Not that that's important...it was mainly an
>>> attractive ethos for me back then.
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>>> -- 
>>> Scott R. Knitter
>>> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA 
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