[Magdalen] Music memories

[Lynn Ronkainen]

...and I did live in Royal Oak until I was 10... <gdr>

My email  is changing soon to: houstonKLR at gmail.com


website: www.ichthysdesigns.com

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 3:53 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Music memories

> Funny...!
>
>> On Dec 23, 2014, at 3:51 PM, "Lynn Ronkainen" <houstonklr at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> and I started saying: "I grew up in Royal Oak" : )
>>
>> Lynn
>>
>> My email  is changing soon to: houstonKLR at gmail.com
>>
>>
>> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>>
>> 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
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> 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
>>
>>> 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..."
>>>
>>>>> On Dec 23, 2014, at 12:41 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> 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...
>>>>
>>>> I belonged to St. Philip's, Rochester, but went to CCC when I wanted
>>>> to feel upscale. :)
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Scott R. Knitter
>>>> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>>