Purple People Eaters

"Annie" Playbill

Wow, it's so funny what one will run across when going through paperwork. Somehow, a piece of paper from my childhood got mixed in with current bills and magazines. I picked up the piece of paper and could not stop laughing as it brought back a flood of childhood memories. Why on earth was I "Annie"? I can't carry a tune at all. The Mathes sisters were the ones that could sing. I guess that is why we put the age as 7 and under for admission. (We wouldn't want any of the older kids or adults to suffer the pain of having to listen to me sing.)

When I was a little girl, my siblings and I lived on Keswick Way in Sacramento. We were in a club or several clubs with pretty much everyone on the block. We had homemade doughnut sales, haunted houses, roller-skating shows, plays and many other things to raise money. I can't remember exactly what we used our money for, probably something like candy or ice cream from the Thrifty's or Lucky's up the street. Back then, Thrifty's ice cream was only $.10 a scoop.

Ah, the gang...Melissa, Melanie, Cheryl, Angie, Marie, Amy and me. We had different names for our clubs, one of which was Purple People Eaters. I think that Melissa was the one that came up with that one. To this day, some 35 years later, I am still friends with all of the gals listed on this "playbill".

Good times, good times!