June Bell with Author Brad Smith

  Today at the Bookshop  ~
Delighted with her new book.  Thank you June for all the refreshments!  It was a great day; thanks Brad.

Brad Smith's latest book is available at The Neat Little Bookshop.  Trade Paperback $18.

BRAD SMITH will be in The Neat Little Bookshop Today 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

Brad Smith at Flyers Bakery & Cafe, Dunnville, ON

 Everyone Welcome ~ This is the Second book in Brad's new series.  The first -- RED MEANS RUN.  The books sell for $18 Trade Paperback. Incl. tax.  (  Please note:  The Neat L'l Bookshop takes cash only.)

Smile for Today ~



Banks of The Grand ~ Cayuga





Cayuga Bridge

 Construction is to begin in September, 2012, on a new bridge.  This according to an update on the Haldimand County website ~ Ministry of Transportation of Ontario.

 

The Neat Little Bookshop has Story Hour, as many of you know, on Wednesdays after school.  This week our friend and Story-Hour teacher, Yvonne, had her purse stolen from her van that was parked at the Anglican church in Cayuga.
The heart-breaking part is that Yvonne spent many summer days at her home on the east coast collecting ancestral photographs and genealogy.  These irreplaceable items were in the stolen purse.
We are appealing to our friends and neighbours to please report anything suspicious to the O.P.P. and to be on the lookout for a black leather handbag and discarded items.

~ The Neat Little Bookshop 905-577-5635



Elvis Festival 2012, Collingwood, ON



"When Elvis danced in the studio it created a problem. In the session I'd say, 'Elvis, can't you stand still?' And he'd say, 'No, I can't.  I'm sorry.  I start playing and the movements are involuntary.'  The reason I wanted him to stand still was because he kept getting off-mike." ~ Steve Sholes.

"In time Elvis stopped playing the guitar and merely thumped it on the side or back on the after-beat.  This often was added as an "overdub," in another session, which made it easier for Sholes and the others to record his voice."

~ ELVIS by Jerry Hopkins, Simon & Shuster, 1971.

Commemorating the 35th Anniversary of Elvis' Death ~

". . . pull on some Elvis Presley bobbysocks, Elvis Presley shoes, an Elvis Presley skirt and Elvis Presley blouse, an Elvis Presley sweater, hang an Elvis Presley charm bracelet from one wrist, put an Elvis Presley handkerchief in her Elvis Presley purse and head for school."
To handle the merchandising in the 1950s, Colonel Parker engaged the same marketing company that had promoted Peter Pan, Mickey Mouse and Davy Crockett for Walt Disney.


Elvis Festival, 2012, Collingwood



"For every item in the Presley line, Elvis and the Colonel collected a royalty of 4 to 11 per cent of the manufacturer's wholesale price.  This probably didn't come to more than two to five cents for each dollar item, but when that was multiplied by several million, it was like having another number one record."

~ Elvis By Jerry Hopkins,  Simon & Schuster, 1971.

Photos:  lbwalker

Gone ~

Canborough Road ~ East of Attercliffe, Haldimand County