Easter Parade: Saturday 9 Song.....

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Saturday 9: Easter Parade ("In Your Easter Bonnet") (1948)

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) This song is about a special Easter hat to be worn with your "Sunday best." Will you be getting dressed up this weekend?
No.  Or should I say, Not that I know of....

2) Judy Garland's partner in this movie was supposed to be Gene Kelly, but he was unavailable because he broke his ankle playing volleyball. Have you ever lost a big opportunity because of a medical issue?
Yes, but not because of something that happened to myself.  

It was the summer my Girl Scout Troupe was stepping up into senior scouting from our intermediate scouts.

I was scheduled to go to Santa Catalina Island with my troop for a week.  A week before this trip was scheduled to launch, my mother nearly severed her index finger when sharpening a knife.  My poor Mother had to have an operation, and I was needed at home to help her. 

If I'd seen Catalina when I was that young, I would have disappeared to it later on in my teens.  When I finally saw it, I was completely enchanted.  Mr. Z. had family that lived there, and so it was a friendly and magical place to me.

3) Garland later confessed that, at first, she would have preferred Kelly because she knew him well and was intimidated by Fred Astaire. By the end of filming, she found she enjoyed Astaire a great deal. Can you think of a friend with whom you had a rocky relationship at the beginning?
There was one girl I met in 6th grade, whom I thought didn't like me at all.  When she came around, I always frowned and left.  After about a year of this, she surprised me by asking me, "Why don't you like me".  I was shocked!  We became friends immediately.  She was one of the sweetest people I've ever had as a friend.  We eventually were in Senior Scouts together.

4) This song was inspired by New York City's Easter Parade. Does your community host a similar event?
I don't think so.  Churches here do.

5) The biggest chocolate Easter egg was made in Italy, measured 34 feet tall and weighed a staggering 15,000 lbs. Do you thinks it's possible to have too much chocolate?
It's possible to have too much of anything, including money.  Or Chocolate.  What the dickens did they do with that egg?

6) Jelly beans are also popular this time of year. A 2013 poll tells us that red is by far the favorite jelly bean color, with yellow a distant second. Do you have a preference?
I like Jelly Bellies.  Candy has to have some "POW" to be worth eating, and, for me, jelly beans just don't do it.

7) We've been talking a lot about sweets this morning. The only holiday that generates more candy sales is Halloween. When do you eat more candy: Easter or Halloween?
Definitely Halloween.  That's when there is left over candy, and a lot of it sometimes.  We buy little chocolate bars because that's what kids around here like the best.  So, then, afterwards we enjoy eating up any leftovers.  For Easter, we don't even dye eggs anymore.  Besides, the only ones we hard cook are brown.  Hard to dye those...

8) Easter is considered the season of rebirth. What makes you feel refreshed or rejuvenated?
Taking a shower and washing my hair.  

9)  This year, April Fool's Day happens to coincide with Easter Sunday. Do you expect to fall victim to any pranks this weekend?
Someone might surprise me, but I doubt it.  We will see.........................................;o)

Happy Easter to all the Saturday Niners who celebrate it!