Yesterday, December 15 was Don's birthday. He would have been 65. Here's a photo of Don performing as Merlin in a Stanford production of Camelot.
My brothers and I liked musicals with Ken, Sam, Don and me singing in our church choirs and school choruses.
Bob Dole just passed away last week and his comfort song was "You'll Never Walk Alone" from Carousel. The Rodgers and Hammerstein play was a favorite of Sam's and mine. While I liked many of the R & H plays, Carousel sticks out because West High School put in on the year before I started school there as a sophomore. The lead (Billy Bigelow) was a sophomore from my junior high (Allison) and Bill Moss, also from Allison, I think played Jigger Craigin. I was impressed by the play, the music and the extensive work put in by high school students.
