European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 8, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pogo 20 i the stars and stripes  the Young chorus at the school play Sang of Hopes and by Jules Loh associated press a the students anxiously awaited their show Biz pole blossoms and Lilac sweetened the air and in the clean Spring sky the stars shone As if the Only target of heavens Light was this very Small spot on this very Large planet on this very special the night of the school the seventh and eighth Grade pupils of the Charles do Wolf school in old performed the sound of when the play was done on 25 Miles it could not have been the hit it was this night because a school play is More than a i confess i choked up four or five said Carmen the teacher who directed the what a Good feeling i had watching seeing the result of All their hard some of the kids wanted to put it on a second showing for a different a you a school play is a fulfil you plan and work and rehearse from the beginning of from Way Back in for this one moment and that you cant recapture the you what a Good feeling everybody else had old Tappan is a Village of with the same concerns and woes of Simi Lar towns across the the same neighbourhood squabbles awl Vil Lage and for that one the night of the school All unpleasantness for that one moment in the springtime neighbors get together and sit on folding chairs in a Stuffy gymnasium and feel Pride and warmth they Are in their own school and those stage props Are their own Lawn furniture and table lamps and those Are their own children doing something terribly decent and if Carmen Boscia thinks he choked up he should have heard the sniffling in the audience when those trembling voices Sang if it was a Carefree time for the a it was just the opposite for toe they prepared since sep staying after taking time from their lunch practising their lines at now was the moment of before the opening cur the tension was they seemed so their burdens so Rouge and they could not sit still they they talked in they crammed a last look at the they checked and rechecked one another is my Headpiece on straight is my makeup smeared do i look All right a sign just offstage offered a final scrawled reminder speak loud and slowly with something not always easy to do with braces on the once the evenings program the nervousness first a selection of songs by the 110 healthy voices singing of Hope and of being on top of the of Martin and a dozen songs done in three part Harmony and no professional choir could have done them ask anyone in the then the and no Broadway cast could have performed it better an other fact the audience agreed on whole when it was Over the lingered longer than usual outside the clinging to the magic of the they told one another Bow Well their Chil Dren bad enjoyed one another the night air was he Moon made its the cast did not still in costumes and went laughing off to Fen Days ice Cream they had earned a by Erma Bombeck at wits end we were born just ten months Queen Elizabeth and i which is probably Why my Mother has always paralleled our you ii probably find this hard to but even As children we had very Little in my Mother refused to believe Why cant you be neat like Eliza Beth look at Ner her Little anklets folded Down her ruffles standing up and her Little hair ribbon nestled under her Crown later it Why dont you meet a tall Man like Elizabeth did and Settle Down look at he worships the Commonwealth that girl walks you know your trouble you stick to Domestic it would pay you to shop other countries instead of settling for those creeps who sit out front and Lay on the she pushed for Chil i see where Elizabeth has three children already and you have what Are you waiting for Trad ing Stamps or Art you going to get a Friend to Earry it around for you for nine when Elizabeth ascended to the throne in Here was no living with what i  give for you to have a steady Job like you give up Wear ing teased hair the rest of your is that so important a Crown is like a graduation after you Stop laughing at there have been reminders of Elizabeth just raised her mothers Al it took an act of parliament to do but she figures her Mother is Worth the other Day a headline caught both of our Elizabeth ii is beginning her second 25 years on the throne and a biographer was granted a rare moment with Shes always had great said Mother people always by but when youre have prominent Ordinary and talk through your its like the veins in your nose match your its Why dont you like Elizabeth Ive always liked i said in i voted for her there you youre jealous because she has a daughter who is Mother in also beginning my second 25 years on the my husband is emmy kids Are the Freeter is paid i had no cavities last the car is my Check Book the cat int youve got Nice said she never gives