by Lynn Oldshue | Nov 15, 2017 | A Southern Soul
“I grew up in Memphis. We settled in Pennsylvania. My son went to Auburn and married a girl who didn’t want to leave south Alabama. They started having grandkids and we went back and forth to be with them. Three months there and three months here. Then we...
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...
