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Comment by James Everitt on August 25, 2009 at 2:46pm

Welcome to the world of obscurity. This is an archive - a museum!

BEYOND THE BEAT GENERATION archives and publishes the entire, long forgotten 'wild' musical gems out of the great years of the sixties (1965-1969) to a bright audience by using today's technology as we call 'Stream Radio'.

We broadcast 24 hours non-stop through the Internet the music formerly known as: Hippie music, Underground, 60's punk, Flower Power, Mod, Free-Form-Freak-out, Garage music, Psychedelia or Teen Beat, the weirdest, the worst, the most powerful and nastiest ever recorded.

During the 60's all teens were obsessed by music, but only a few touched surface, all groups wanted to be, sound like, or look like 'The Beatles', 'The Rolling Stones', 'Pink Floyd', 'The Doors', 'Jefferson Airplane' or 'The Velvet Underground'.

Music was a movement. Music was the expression of a lifestyle. Music was politics, a protest against establishment, wars and society. BEYOND THE BEAT GENERATION

Comment by James Everitt on August 26, 2009 at 11:03am

Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel

When youre weary, feeling small,
When tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all;
Im on your side. when times get rough
And friends just cant be found,
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.

When youre down and out,
When youre on the street,
When evening falls so hard
I will comfort you.
Ill take your part.
When darkness comes
And pains is all around,
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.

Sail on silvergirl,
Sail on by.
Your time has come to shine.
All your dreams are on their way.
See how they shine.
If you need a friend
Im sailing right behind.
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind.
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind.

Comment by James Everitt on September 1, 2009 at 1:51pm

Waltrip Trivia Page

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The Waltrip Band played for President Kennedy the night before his assassination. My husband, Richard Gamel, was in the band and got to meet him. Also, he had an older cousin who was an attending physician in the emergency room at Parkland Hospital when they brought in the President. Kind of ironic that you would have two family members touched by the same historical event. Linda Gamel

The professional wrestler known as The Undertaker graduated from Waltrip in 1983 as Mark Calaway. He was a member of the basketball team. Year book photo / Basketball team photo
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The actor Patrick Swayze Graduated from Waltrip in 1971 See Yahoo bio Year Book Photos
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Kennan McCardell, receiver for Tampa Bay, is from Waltrip. I he caught a touchdown in Super Bowl XXXVII. Brad Neidecker

Did you know that Texas Senior Senator John Whitmire graduated from Waltrip in 1968? Debbie Sterle
Waltrip Graduate 1970

Do you know why there is such a rival between Waltrip and Scarborough? The first year for high school at Scarborough was 1971. Tenth & eleventh graders that had been attending Waltrip that lived in Scarborough's zone now HAD TO go to Scarborough H.S. Seniors had a choice to stay at Waltrip or transfer to Scarborough. Just a tidbit for you: I moved to Houston in 1971. I understand that 1971 was the first year for zoning in HISD. I graduated from Scarborough in 1973 (the first class to go all three years of high school at Scarborough). Scarborough was a Jr./Sr. High School then (imagine letting your 6th grader going to school with seniors!!).

Homecoming at Scarborough was always with Waltrip. My Sr. class, 1973, was the only class/time that the Ram (the one we just brought out again this year) was stolen by Scarborough students. They pretended they were cheerleaders from Waltrip and the custodians let them in and they took it. They were suspended and had to miss homecoming activities. I was dating a football player and he was also in ROTC. He and a group of other football players and ROTC members would spend the night on campus homecoming week to protect the school.

The feelings, Scarborough VS Waltrip, were the same then as it is now!
Joni Straker CONTINUE: Waltrip Trivia Page


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Comment by James Everitt on September 15, 2009 at 11:03am

Patrick Swayze Tribute - 1952 - 2009

Waltrip High School Class of 1971 If you have not heard, Buddy Swayze passed away from pancreatic cancer Monday afternoon, September 14th...we will link to the story and pictures from media sources on our website...feel free to share your memories and stories about Buddy there on our discussion pages. Below is a link to his last interview with Barbra Walters "Last Interview With Patrick Swayze"

Publicist: Patrick Swayze dies at 57. Buddy, you'll be missed, our hearts go out to all of your family and your wife Lisa. You may go to the Official Patrick Swayze International Fan Club website to offer your prayers to Patrick Swayze's family and loved ones. "Ditto, the Love's inside, you take it with You!"

Comment by James Everitt on September 18, 2009 at 10:23am

Patrick Swayze and Lisa Niemi "The Time Of My Life" memoir book, which Swayze co-wrote with his wife of 34 years, Lisa Niemi, will be published on September 29. 2009.

In a career spanning more than thirty years, Patrick Swayze has made a name for himself on the stage, the screen, and television. Known for his versatility, passion and fearlessness, he''s become one of our most beloved actors.

But in February 2008, Patrick announced he had been diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer, the final battle to pancreatic cancer was lost September 14, 2009. Always a fighter, he refused to let the disease bring him to his knees, and his bravery has inspired both his legion of fans and cancer patients everywhere. Yet this memoir, written with wisdom and heart, recounts much more than his bout with cancer. In vivid detail, Patrick describes his Texas upbringing, his personal struggles, his rise to fame with North and South, his commercial breakthroughs in Dirty Dancing and Ghost, and the soul mate who''s stood by his side through it all: his wife, writer and director Lisa Niemi.

A behind-the-scenes look at a Hollywood life and a remarkable love, this memoir is both entertainment and inspiration. Patrick and Lisa''s marriage is a journey of two lives intertwined and lived as one--throughout their years in Hollywood and at home on their working ranch outside Los Angeles, and culminating in the hope and wisdom they''ve imparted to all who know them. This book will open the door for families, individuals, and husbands and wives to grow, bond and discover entirely new levels of love and sharing, proving that life shouldn''t be lived as a series of endings, but rather as the beginning of greater strength and love.

Actor Patrick Swayze made peace with the notion of dying from pancreatic cancer after initially finding his diagnosis a "cruel joke", according to a memoir to be published later this month.

The Dirty Dancing star, 57, who lost his 20-month battle against the disease on Monday, wrote that fighting his cancer had been an "emotional rollercoaster".

But in excerpts of the memoir The Time Of My Life, released on Wednesday, he wrote later; "I began thinking to myself, I've had more lifetimes than any 10 people put together, and it's been an amazing ride. So this is okay."

Please, visit the Official Patrick Swayze International Fan Club Website, where you can offer your prayers to Patrick Swayze's loved ones and fans. "Ditto, the Love inside, you take it with You!"

Comment by James Everitt on September 20, 2009 at 11:57am

"Patrick Swayze Pancreas Cancer Research Fund"

Patrick's wife Lisa has contacted us with news of a Research Fund in Patrick's name. Here is Lisa's message:

" Stanford University is coalescing existing research activities on pancreas cancer to form a Pancreas Cancer Center. This center will expedite application of emerging technologies and the development of molecular targeted therapies all focused on pancreas cancer. Of course, our wonderful Dr. George Fisher, Jr. is involved with all this and setting up this fund in Patrick's name.

Checks should be made out to:
"Patrick Swayze Pancreas Cancer Research Fund"
& sent to:
Stanford Cancer Center
875 Blake Wilbur Dr.
Palo Alto CA 94304."

Telephone: 650.234.0600
Fax: 650.234.0645
givinginformation@med.stanford.edu

Sincere thanks to Lisa for sending us this news and we back the Research Fund with all our support. Please promote the Research Fund if you can, thanks "Patrick Swayze Pancreas Cancer Research Fund"

In Memory of Patrick Swayze and Connie Loughman who died from Pancreas Cancer, please help find a cure, thank you! Giving Opportunities and Ways of Giving

Comment by James Everitt on September 23, 2009 at 11:52am

Patrick Swayze's Best Movie Moments

Even though we all knew that Patrick Swayze was battling cancer the actor's death last week did come as a bit of a shock.

In a career that has spanned almost thirty years the popular actor has made thousands of women fall in love with him in Dirty Dancing and thousands of women cry in Ghost.

So to celebrate his career and a life that has been cut tragically short FemaleFirst takes a look at some of the actor's best movie moments.

- Nobody Puts Baby In A Corner (Dirty Dancing)

Johnny Castle is arguably Swayze's most memorable role and was the one that shot him to fame. But it's the final scenes that are the most famous.

Johnny, even though he has been fired, returns to the resort to perform the final dance of the season with Baby. He criticises the Housemans for their choice of Baby's seat, he utters the film's most famous line, "Nobody puts Baby in a corner," as he pulls her up from the family's table.

Patrick will be greatly missed.

We invite you to sign the Book of Condolence.

- Dalton vs Jimmy (Road House)

Ok so Road House wasn't the biggest hit of Swayze's career, totally under-appreciated if you ask me, but it contains one of the best fight scenes that the actor was every involved in.

Shirtless, which is always a plus, the scene showed off his martial arts training in a fight that ends when he rips the other guy's throat from his neck, perhaps not for the faint hearted.

- Sam Says Goodbye To Molly (Ghost)

Ghost was Patrick Swayze's other mammoth movie when it was released back in 1990, yes it really was almost twenty years ago.

And the ending is still a movie moment that brings a tear to my eye. By the end of the film Molly can now hear Sam. He is then enveloped in bright light, which makes him visible to both Oda Mae and Molly.

It's time for Sam to go to heaven after sharing a kiss with Molly and saying a final goodbye to Oda Mae he walks towards the bright light. Not a dry eye in the house.

- Surfing Into The Void (Point Break)

Starring alongside Keanu Reeves in the 1991 movie Point Break it has, over the years gained a bit of a cult following.

Swayze starred as a surfer who liked to rob banks in his spare time while Reeves played an FBI agent hell bent on catching these criminals. CONTINUE: "Patrick Swayze's Best Movie Moments"

Comment by James Everitt on October 3, 2009 at 6:53am

"The Time of My Life" by Patrick Swayze and Lisa Niemi

Patrick Swayze was a three-time Golden Globe-nominated actor best known for his leading-man roles in two of the most beloved pictures of all time: Ghost and Dirty Dancing.

Along with these high-grossing, history-making films, many of his other movies have achieved a cult following, and his television series, The Beast, was a critical success. Also a singer/songwriter, dancer, and stage actor, Swayze grew up in Houston, Texas.

Lisa Niemi wrote, directed, and produced the film One Last Dance in 2004. She has held many film, television, and Broadway roles and also wrote, directed, and starred in the play Without a Word with her husband, garnering six Drama Critics Awards.

Prior to directing and acting, Niemi began her professional life as a dancer.

I just ordered "The Time of My Life" book and the audio CD's that Patrick in his own words gives you an insight into his and Lisa's life together, his career, and his battle with pancreas cancer. From his own words he touches your inter being with courage, devotion, enduring love, dedication for his wife Lisa, his family and his fans.

In Memory of Patrick Swayze and who died from Pancreas Cancer, please help find a cure, thank you! Giving Opportunities and Ways of Giving Please promote the Research Fund if you can, thank you.

Please, visit the Official Patrick Swayze International Fan Club Website, where you can offer your prayers to Patrick Swayze's loved ones and fans. "Ditto, the Love inside, you take it with You!" Patrick will be greatly missed, we invite you to sign the Book of Condolence,

Comment by James Everitt on October 7, 2009 at 11:37am

Somewhere in time,
we'll share
one love,
one life.
And with each gentile touch
i know
this much,
its true.
And when we kiss,
i see forever,
and in your arms,
im lost, you find me again.
No words, no writes,
describe this pain inside,
no matter how hard i tried,
i die inside,
to let you go,
To say goodbye
my heart breaks forever
somewhere in time, i know
we'll meet again
You're in my heart
You're in my soul
and if you go away from me
i cant let go.
Until begin,
i know,
we'll meet again
Somewhere in time.

Join us down memory lane, share photos, music and much more, as we near our upcoming 40TH Class Reunion at S. P. Waltrip Alumni Home Page.

"Invitation to join Waltrip class of 1970".

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Classmates

The Waltrip Class of 1970 Group Page

S. P. Waltrip Alumni Page

S. P. Waltrip High School Alumni Message Board

A Brief History of: S. P. Waltrip High School

Attendee Waltrip High School Class Of 1970 (copy and paste the following link into a web browser) http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/waltripclassof1970

Sheraton Houston Brookhollow Hotel
· 3000 North Loop West Frwy
· Houston, Texas 77092
· United States
· Phone: (713) 688-0100
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Comment by James Everitt on May 23, 2010 at 10:23am

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A personalized Web site for Waltrip High School Class Of 1970 Reunion occurring (July 24, 2010) has been created for you, new Waltrip Class of 1970 webpage, Waltrip Class of 1970

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Classmate Attendee

Sheraton Houston Brookhollow Hotel
· 3000 North Loop West Frwy
· Houston, Texas 77092
· United States
· Phone: (713) 688-0100
· Fax: (713) 688-9224
· Special Offers
· Reservations 1-866-716-8134
· Website: Sheraton Houston Brookhollow Hotel
· Website: Watrip Reunion Attendee

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