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When I Heard About the Beatles

I was a preteen when I first heard about The Beatles. Small town girl from the country, sure we had TV But we did not know anything about England or Liverpool. I had never heard “We all live in a Yellow Submarine”. I was at church camp when someone put up some Black and white posters around the cabin. The big city Des Moines girls oohed and ached. The rest of us stared at each other. They were talking about Ringo and John As if they knew them. Paul was the “cute one”. George was rarely mentioned. I thought it was silly. But we listened to their songs day and night Because the Des Moines girls were more aggressive And we acted silly screaming and stuff because it pleased them.

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Rhona Mcferran

Date: 9/11/2019 8:47:00 PM

It's pretty hysterical that they 'taught' you all to scream for the Beatles! ;D Your Bible camp sounds more fun than mine! We weren't allowed to bring anything except a Bible and a baseball glove! I remember the peer pressure around music groups though... and since I was too "country" to know what bands they were talking about, they all rolled their eyes and ignored me for the rest of the week... I think being a fan was simpler in the 60's! (Sidenote: I always wanted to BE a Supreme!) ;D

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 9/12/2019 7:10:00 AM

We were sneaky 12 year old girls, and our camp counselors were always outside playing "flirt with the boy camp counselors" plenty of our evening times.

James Edward Lee Sr.

Date: 9/11/2019 11:39:00 AM

Let me guess, you loved them "yeah yeah you loved them yeah, yeah, yeah--yeah" Nice write... down memory lane My very first album @ 3.99 was Diana Ross presents...The Jackson Five

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 9/11/2019 12:07:00 PM

Yes, we did. But we liked The Supremes the BEST.

Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 9/10/2019 2:22:00 PM

Peer pressure has always existed. I loved the Beatles and still do. Elvis and the Beatles were number one while I was in my teens and they are still popular all these years later. I loved walking down memory lane with you Caren. Thank you xxoo

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 9/10/2019 11:15:00 PM

We were all told to SCREAM by the Des Moines girls whenever the music came on. We had no idea why, but there was so much peer pressure, we did after awhile because the screaming part was FUN. It was a church camp. We could not study Bible Verses every second.