Some of the most imaginative musical language is well-uttered chains of curse words, and I admire the ability to cuss up a blue streak or curse like a sailor. I’m a “sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me”-kind of guy, and swearing doesn’t bother me much.

Though, when I coached, I tried (not always successfully) limiting myself to the occasional “dang.” And, I worked in the worlds of commercial fishing, construction, and played sports – where swear words are common. Also, situations like when you hit your thumb with a hammer, screaming golly gee whiz just doesn’t cut it. There are times to clean it up, and other times when you can let fly. Living in the world, and especially being a writer, it is important to know your audience. He said, “Because you swore in class.” Had he said because you are a pain in your teacher’s neck, or that I was stupid by being a class clown who took it over the edge, I would have taken my punishment with no resistance, but I had not sworn in two years and I protested, “Sir, one thing I know for certain is that I did not swear in class.” Despite that truth, my banishment stood. Standing before the dean for discipline, I asked why I was kicked out. This later helped me when I back-talked a teacher and was expelled from the class three weeks before graduation. It took me a few months, but I completely cleaned up my speech. In high school I decided to purge swear words from my speech. Soon enough, I cursed with the best of them, much to the chagrin of polite relatives who observed how the city had changed me. That didn’t last long, as survival and acceptance in NYC demanded I learn the words of the streets. When my family moved to New York City in 1963 I was eight, and I did not know curse words. I’ve been known to let colorful words fly in my life, but it wasn’t always so. I’m not going to write the words here, you know them all, but if you want to tickle your brains, here are their first letters. According to the website, Oregonians curse less than much of the country. $10.00/adults.Last week, a friend sent me a link to a website mapping America’s use of swear words. you just might get inspired to break into a ‘happyville’ song & dance. Take this opportunity to support young people in our own community…. NYT is a non-profit theater and drama arts organization in the United Kingdom. GollyGeeWhiz! is the 2011 National Youth Theatre (NYT) Award winner. “Curtains go up at 7:00 pm for evening shows.” Erica shared “There are even three local long-term care residences that are planning on attending for evening shows.” Erica Strom, musical theatre/drama and English teacher at White Pines Highschool shared “Elementary schools from within the Algoma District School Board will be attending for daytime shows on Wednesday,Thursday and Friday (Feb.4th-6th).” adding “Golly is open to the public for evening performances Thursday,Friday & Sat.(Feb.5th-7th).

“This cast and crew of 30 students includes grades 7 through to 12”. “Golly is essentially a play-within- a play”. Citizen mobilization for good strikes again. By pitching in together, they can do something good for the town and raise some money to help out local businesses! By working together, they put on such a great show that folks come from miles around to see it, and re-establish Happyville as the bustling town that it once was. The premise of Golly Gee Whiz! is a story where citizens of the town of Happyville,USA come together for a common cause. Usually loaded with a ‘golly-gee-whiz’ optimism, ready to make the world a better place, Happyville becomes a place where grumpiness and boredom set in, amidst the events of The Great Depression

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