MADLAD

…note…*********BY THE WAY, I AM NOT A FACEBOOK FAN! I HAVE AN ACCOUNT THERE, BUT I DON’T PAY ATTENTION TO IT! PLEASE CONTACT ME THROUGH THIS E-MAIL/WEB-SITE! I’D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU! I ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT MUSIC (WHO SINGS WHAT)?
I SETTLE A LOT OF MUSIC BETS!  <<<<<< SINGLE CLICK ON ANY PICTURE TO READ THE TITLES, AND ENLARGE THEM…..SINGLE CLICK ONLY>>>>>>

I AM NOW TAKING ADVERTISEMENTS FOR SPONSORSHIP ON PAGES ON MY WEB-SITE! CALL ME TO PLACE AN AD FOR YOUR BUSINESS OR EVENT BY THE MONTH OR YEAR ON THE PAGE YOU WANT IF IT IS NOT SOLD OUT ALREADY! 

******new navagation tool!-BY THE WAY. FOR EASE OF NAVAGATION ON MY SITE, LOOK FOR AN ARROW ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF EVERY PAGE THAT POINTS UP: USE IT AS A QUICK WAY TO GO BACK TO THE TOP WHEN YOU CLICK ON IT!   

1-FOR PICTURES OF GIG’S, SOCIALS, REUNIONS, & PARTYS, GO TO “gig’s 1&2” ABOVE! AN EQUIPMENT REVIEW CAN BE FOUND ON THE FIRST PAGE OF GIGS! MY WEDDINGS HOSTED ARE UNDER “weddings” ABOVE! FEEDBACK FROM GIG’S, WHAT CUSTOMERS ARE SAYING ARE UNDER “references.” ABOVE! FOR BRIDES, HERE ARE IDEAS FOR CAKES, YOU CAN GET IDEAS TO PLAN YOURS UNDER “wedding cakes!” EVENTS, MEETINGS, AND FUNCTIONS ARE UNDER “events!”

2-PIERCE ST, WHERE I GREW UP, HAS A LOT OF HISTORY! THE LATEST IS THE BUILDING THAT USED TO BE HAMILTON’S STORE! VISIT “pierce st. gateway,” AND BE UPDATED ON HOW THE PROJECT IS COMING ALONG! YOU CAN ALSO GO TO “pierce st.” FOR OLDER PROJECTS LIKE, DR. JOHNSON AND C. W. SEAY UNVEILING OF HISTORICAL HIGHWAY MARKERS ARE FEATURED! JUST ADDED THE UNVEILING OF THE CAMP DAVIS, AND THE AMELIA PERRY PRIDE’S DORCHESTER HOME MARKERS! DR. J’S HOME AND TENNIS COURT ARE BEING RESTORED! DETAILS ON THE PROGRESS ARE UNDER “dr. johnson project!”

3-MY WAY OF HONORING OUR FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS CAN BE FOUND ON MY “local-gravesites” PAGE! SEND PICTURES OF YOUR LOVED ONES GRAVESITE IF YOU WANT IT POSTED HERE….THEY MIGHT BE AT A CHURCH, OR ANOTHER PLACE.

4-FOR CANDID SHOTS OF THE RAINBOW CLUB, DILLARD’S PLACE, HACK’S DISCO, THE 707 CLUB, AND LOTS MORE TAKEN IN THE 70’S & 80’S, GO TO “nightclubs” ABOVE, (most pictures have been re-scanned for clarity)! JUST ADDED, I AM WORKING ON PICTURES OF THE NIGHTCLUBS, AND WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE TODAY!

5-FOR PICTURES OF KINGSTON & LYNCH STATION SCHOOLS FROM THE PAST, GO TO MY PARENTS PAGE “mom/dad” ABOVE! THEY TAUGHT IN A ROSENWALD SCHOOL WHILE AT KINGSTON. THERE IS A PROJECT TO RESTORE THE AREA SCHOOLS, THE CAMPBELL COUNTY TRAINING SCHOOL COMPLEX IS ON THIS PAGE TOO!
…..new… MY FAMILY HISTORY ON MY MOM’S SIDE (jones’) FROM RICHMOND, IS FEATURES IN THE “VIRGINIA HISTORY & CULTURE” MAGAZINE. GO TO “my history” AND CHECK OUT MY TIES TO THE EMILY WINFREE FAMILY!
*****new, a must read!….MY SISTER, MY FRIENDS AND I USED TO GET INTO A LOT OF THINGS WHEN WE WERE SMALL! FOR GREAT STORIES GO TO “childhood tales” FOR A FEW TRUE STORIES!

6-HEAR THE JIVERS, DONNIE BROWN, JOE BRADSHAW SINGING AGAIN LIKE THEY USED TO DO BACK IN THE DAY, GO TO “the bands” ABOVE! NEWLY ADDED, A DIRECTORY OF WHO SANG WITH WHAT BAND FROM A 2002 REUNION PROGRAM!

7-A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME, WEREN’T YOU THE GUY WITH THE RADIO STATION IN YOUR BASEMENT? TRUE, BUT IN MY BEDROOM! ANYWAY,YOU WILL FIND THE ENTIRE STORY UNDER “wkkd” ABOVE! GO TO “wkkd-again” AND MY RADIO STATION 87.9 TODAY IN THE TIMBERLAKE AREA OF LYNCHBURG! WHY IS JJS NOT THE SAME JJS WE USED TO LISTEN TO? GO TO “jjs” ABOVE FOR MY PERSONAL EXPLANATION, YOU WILL BE SURPRISED!

8-THE FEBRUARY 2014 DUNBAR DISPLAY! MS. CAROLYN BROWN KEPT EVERYTHING NEWSWORTHY, YEARBOOKS, PICTURES, NEWSPAPER ARTICLES, ABOUT DUNBAR FROM 1923-1970! IT WAS AT THE LYNCHBURG MUSEUM! IT’S UNDER “dhs exhibit!”

9-UNDER CONSTRUCTION! “old old ads”

****new information restored-10-THE CLASS OF ’69, DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL HAD A FISH, RIB, AND CRAB FEST! THE PICTURES ARE POSTED AT “cookout ’10-’11” and “cookout ’18-’19” ABOVE! YOU WILL ALSO FIND OUR FUND RAISERS AND REUNION PICTURES THERE!
OUR 2013 REUNION HELD IN AUGUST IS POSTED UNDER “69’ers2013!”

11-FOR MY TRIP TO SPARTA, MISS (COVINGTON, GA.) IN 2007, AND IN 2012 WHERE “IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT’ WAS FILMED, GO TO “sparta, miss” ABOVE! AT THE END OF PAGE TWO, THERE IS A QUOTATION FEATURE I AM WORKING ON!

**** new information restored-12-WE WILL NEVER FORGET! FOR OBITUARYS OF OUR FAMILY, FRIENDS, & CIVIC LEDERS, CLICK ON  UNDER “REMEMBERANCE,” A DROP DOWN MENU “IN MEMORY ARCHIVES” FOR OLDER OBITUARIES: NEWER ONES ARE UNDER “CURRENT IN MEMORY”   (sponsored by: COMMUNITY FUNERAL HOME)

13-THE DUNBAR MEMORIAL WALL PROJECT, FROM START TO FINISH, CLICK ON “dhs wall” FOR THE WHOLE STORY!

14-I HAVE COLLECTED A FEW DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL, E.C. GLASS, AND HAMPTON INSTITUTE YEARBOOKS! IF YOU WANT, I CAN PRINT OUT ARTICLES, PICTURES, AND ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR YOU! GO TO “yearbooks” ABOVE!

15-LISTEN TO THE DUNBAR SENIOR CHORUS 1968 LP! GO TO “dhs chorus-lp” ABOVE AND CLICK ON THE ARROW ON A PLAYER BESIDE THE SONG! IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU WERE RIGHT IN THE AUDITORIUM!

16-LOOK OUT IF YOU SEE ME…I MIGHT HAVE MY CAMERA WITH ME… YOUR PICTURE COULD END UP ON MY “candid pics” PAGE!

17-WHAT ARE YOUR CLASSMATES AND FRIENDS DRIVING NOW? CHECK OUT “class cars” ABOVE! SEND ME A PICTURE OF YOUR WHIP SO I CAN POST IT!

18-WE ARE LOOKING FOR LOST CLASSMATES! “lost and found” UNDER CONSTRUCTION!

19-FOR CLASSIC PICTURES OF OUR SCHOOL, AND OUR ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS, GO TO “classes” ABOVE! CLASS WEB-SITE LINKS ARE ALSO THERE!

20-BURLEY AND ADDISON HAVE FINISHED THEIR MEMORIAL WALLS LIKE OURS AT DUNBAR! GO GO “burley wall” and “addison wall” TO VIEW THEIR WALL PROJECT!
REMEMBERING OUR HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES AND COACHES….ABOVE, GO TO “via-hall of fame” FOR PICTURES OF THE JUNE 2017 AFFAIR!

21-GO TO “miss bronze” ABOVE TO SEE THE PROGRAM OF THE FIRST PAGEANT, PUT ON BY THE BUDDYS! I ALSO HAVE THE 1970 PAGEANT PROGRAM ON THE NEXT PAGE! IF YOU HAVE PROGRAMS OF ANY DUNBAR EVENT TO SHARE, LET ME KNOW!

22-WILEY AND THELMA HARRIS DHS-’67, PUT OF A GALA PRIVATE DINNER FOR OUR DUNBAR TEACHERS IN APRIL 2014! GO TO “dinner” ABOVE! THE WEEKEND OF AUGUST 3RD, 2015, THEY WENT TO THE BLACK MUSIC FESTIVAL IN GREENSBORO! THE SHOTS ARE UNDER THE ABOVE CAPTION “black music festival” BY THE WAY, WILEY WAS AN AVID MODEL TRAIN COLLECTOR AND HOBBYIST! GO TO “wiley’s trains” FOR PICTURES!

23-THE LAST YEAR OF DUNBAR, THERE WAS A PROGRAM FOR THE CLOSING OF THE SCHOOL! GO TO “dhs-gone” ABOVE! THE PROGRAM WAS NOT IS GOOD SHAPE, BUT I CLEANED IT UP AS BEST I COULD TO PRESERVE THIS PIECE OF HISTORY!

24-FOR EVERYONE WHO WENT TO ROBERT S. PAYNE SCHOOL, HERE ARE PICTURES OF THE NOVEMBER 2013 OPEN HOUSE! GO TO “rs payne!”

25-VARIOUS DUNBAR REUNIONS, “69ers-50”, “69ers-40”,  “69ers cookouts” ECT, ARE LISTED ABOVE!

26-I VISITED LIZARD LICK TOWING AND RECOVERY IN WENDELL, N.C, FROM THE TV SHOW “OPERATION REPO,” AND TOOK A FEW PICTURES! GO TO “lizard lick” ABOVE!

27-PREPARATION FOR THE 2015, 50TH CLASS REUNION FOR THE CLASS OF 1965 ARE FOUND UNDER “dhs ’65 reunion!”

28-MY CLASSMATES, TWINS, VICTORIA ANDERSON MAYO AND VINCENT ANDERSON WERE GIVEN A SUPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR THEIR 65TH! GO TO “vicky & vince!”

29-I HAVE A LOT OF CLASSMATES AND FRIENDS WHO HAVE WRITTEN BOOKS! THEY ARE FEATURED ON “class-books!”

30-CLOSE-UP’S OF MY VAN ARE UNDER “the van story/the van!”

******new information restored-31-HEY TRAIN FANS!….PICTURES OF THE 611 IN LYNCHBURG ARE UNDER “611 train!” AND “611 train/2017!” DON’T FORGET TO CHECK OUT THE MODEL TRAIN COLLECTION OF CLASSMATE THE LATE WILEY HARRIS DHS ’67, UNDER “wileys trains!”

**** THE WORDS TO THE DUNBAR ALMA MATER ARE UNDER “DHS | Classes” *******
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