Saturday 9~April Love

April Love

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April Love (1957). Unfamiliar with this week's song? Hear ithere.

1) In this song, Pat Boone sings that April love is a wonder reserved for the very young. Do you think the sensation of falling in love changes as we grow older?

I think so...  Young love can come on so suddenly  and seem so powerful,  but I do think  that young love  is  rather changeable....  here one day and gone and the next...  It is a hormone thing!!  💗

2) "April Love" reached #1 on the charts. Between this song and "Love Letters in the Sand," Pat Boone had a career year. Only one artist sold more records in 1957: Elvis Presley. When you think of Elvis, what's the first song that comes to mind?

Not my favorite of his  ballads,  but, Blue Suede Shoes,  maybe because I think it was the first of his I ever heard..  I  did  really like him!!!  I went to most of his movies and loved Blue Hawaii.

3) Pat was extremely busy in high school. He wrote for the school paper, ran track, and acted in school plays. Share a memory of your extracurricular activities during high school.

I was pretty shy in the formative years of HS so I didn't branch out too much..  I stayed after school for Future Homemakers of America and Future Teachers of America, and the Spanish Club...  I was  torn  in my heart between doing Interior Design and  teaching at that time!

4) It was his track coach who introduced Pat to the new girl in school, Shirley Foley. Three years later Pat and Shirley married, and remained man and wife for 65 years, until her death earlier this year. Who is the longest married couple you know?

My parents celebrated 70 years of marriage.

5) Pat has lived in the same house for more than 60 years. He once received an offer to sell it for $18,000,000 but turned it down because it's the Boone family home and he simply doesn't want to leave. Do you plan on moving in the foreseeable future?

We look at properties every now and then  because we really would like to  downsize and  live on one level..  But it will be hard to leave our home of 32 years.

6) Pat has a warm friendship with his neighbors, Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne. Pat has mentioned in interviews that he has enjoyed bike rides around Beverly Hills with Sharon. Tell us about one of your neighbors. 

Unfortunately, where we live the neighbors  are not very outgoing..We try to have  folks in  to get  to know  one another,  but  it is never reciprocated.. Hubs  does most of our lawn work and  the fellow  neighbors will stop and chat over the fence but that is  about  all there is to it!

7) Mr. Boone was very critical of Barack Obama, enthusiastically supports Donald Trump, and has appeared on Fox News to express his views. How do you feel about celebrities talking politics?

They are within their rights to speak their mind,  but I take everything they saw with a grain of sand..  They do not affect my thinking in any way.  I try to  consider  the facts which are very difficult to ascertain in this  climate of deception and delusion!

8) In 1957, the year this song was popular, Dr. Ian Donald pioneered the use of ultrasound technology. Today ultrasounds are commonly used by doctors in diagnosing conditions affecting the eyes, blood vessels, kidneys, gall bladder and more. Have you ever had an ultrasound?

Yes,  on my  blood vessels years ago..

9) Random question: You're sitting alone in a restaurant, waiting for a friend. The waiter brings you a drink and the compliments of a member of the opposite sex seated at the bar. What's your reaction? Are you flattered, shocked, embarrassed, intrigued or annoyed?

I  graciously decline.