FloodStages
The
Official Newsletter
of The 1937 Flood
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Dedicated
to
the Friends of The Flood
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NEW
ON SHELVES: CONSIDERABLY COOL CAP!
Whether you're heading to the bowling alley or out for a night
at the symphony, you want to make sure your head is the envy of
the room. So, let it show up topped with The 1937 Flood's new
Considerably Cool Cap.
The
tan and navy blue cap features stitched lettering on the crown
and on the back and has an adjustable, hidden Velcro band that
makes it easy for one size to fit all.
Watch for The Considerably Cool Cap on sale at all Flood events.
And if you can't wait until then to get your head into the Flood,
you can order your cap directly from here. Click the picture above
to go to the online store.
Even when you're up to your neck in the tide, your head will be
high and dry in this soft, durable hat that is specially made
for The 1937 Flood by Barboursville's Caps by Genie, handmade
in West Virginia by West Virginians.
WONDERS
OF THE WASHBOARD
Long-time
Floodsters may remember Wallace the Washboard. In one of The Flood's
many late-1970s/early '80s configurations, Wallace was a regular.
It started when Dave Peyton showed up at a jam session with a
washboard to play a raucious rhythm behind some of the band's
rowdier numbers.
Washboardery
really caught on for a while there with the guys, and Wallace
became a fixture for a season or two, until the old boy literally
fell apart from too many good times. Who can't relate to that?
Everybody
thought The Flood's flirtation with washboarding was a thing of
the past, until recently when Dr. Jazz Chuck Romine started playing
his banjo on the Hoagy Carmichael standard,"Coney Island
Washboard Rondelet." What better excuse for re-exploring
the band's washboardability?
Business
manager Pamela found a company in Columbus, Ohio, that sells specially
constructed musical washboards (hey, that's another story) and
guys presented it to Dave for his blessing.
But
new and improved is Wallace II. Zoey, the Flood's staff artist
and principal dancer, did some graphics to make this instrument
a Flood original. Here are samples of Zoey's magic!
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