by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 13, 2017 | A Southern Soul
“I have been a hostess on Sundays and holidays at the Grand Hotel for 11 years. I started folding towels for guests at the pool and they asked me to work in the dining room. I greet the guests and dance with the jazz band. People like to see an older person...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 10, 2017 | A Southern Soul
“I was raised around big band and jazz. My mother’s favorite singer was Al Jolson and I listened to him when I was little. I took up the saxophone when I was 10 and had my own band when I was 16. After high school I played with a few big bands. I had an...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 6, 2017 | A Southern Soul
“I have loved trains since I was five years old. My brother had a Lionel set and I got it when he got older. I am 68 years old and have loved trains my whole life. I have about 100 trains at my house. When I was a kid, it was the size, the rumble, and the power....
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 5, 2017 | A Southern Soul
“I come out here every day. I am taking a sabbatical from school. I can’t afford it. I am trying to figure things out. It is hard. I am 20. I was recently laid off from my job. It is not the first time and won’t be the last. I try to keep a positive...
by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 2, 2017 | A Southern Soul
“I am a traveling stagehand. I get to travel and enjoy music for free. I build stages from the ground up and worked the Guns N’ Roses show in Buffalo, New York in August. What I spend a week building is experienced by tens of thousands of people and I...