The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
The new Boeing 787 Dreamliner can carry about 250 passengers. This blog was viewed about 1,500 times in 2012. If it were a Dreamliner, it would take about 6 trips to carry that many people.
Mike’s got an oldies radio show now, and he’s helping with our new site, Tribute to Rock and Roll.
We shared stores and even lots of photos, which I’m grateful for!
More important, he’s got a great website including lots of photos and even interviews.
Thought you might wanna see it too. Click on the link!
This is the extended edition, with lots of photos and video of the performers! Sweet memories, thanks for being there!
John
Ultimate Doo Wop in Denver ’12
Got to see it all, enjoyed time with lots of the best in Doo Wop, Jack (The Roomates), Dave (The Diamonds), Carl (The Vibrations), Randy (Randy & The Roomates), as well as our very good friends …. Jimmy Beaumont and The Skyliners. (Jimmy, Nick, Donna, Rick and Mark)
Sincere thanks and appreciation also to Nick and Henry for our great seats!
Simply, The Best
See our adventures, now on YouTube!
Work is now in process for our final edition of Doo Wop In Denver ’12. All that remains is to include the additional photos from our trip.
You can view my blog and see the photo video, at my blog.
Men at Work, Final Photo Video now in Progress. Watch for Updates!
Hopefully, anyone attending the show and has photos from the concert, will email the photos to me. I hope that many of the fans will contribute to our portrait of this year’s edition.
My email is DeLorenzoTimes@gmail.com
Enjoy the show!
Best Wishes Always,
John
Looking forward to the show this weekend. Weather calls for cold and snow, but we’ll be warm inside.
Check for updates, after the show!
Loved last year’s show, but I really can’t wait for this year’s show … With our favorite “The Skyliners”
We’re sitting with Jack Carlson (The Roomates) in the 4th row … ready for the show to begin! Loved Denver and the show!
Check out our photo videos from last year … http://www.photoshow.com/members/SaddleBrookeTimes/doo_wop_in_denver
Enjoyed seeing a recent video of The Skyliners doing “Since I Don’t Have You”
Watch for this year’s photos!
Great memories of the old days! Heading to Denver to see the show, watch for lots of photos from the show!
My old buddy, Jack (member of the Roomates), et al, will be having our reunion at the Denver Concert. (Photo of Jack with Larry Chance of the Earls fame).
We enjoyed last year’s show, see more (http://www.photoshow.com/members/SaddleBrookeTimes/doo_wop_in_denver)
We’re planning on doing lots more updates within the near future.
From: John De Lorenzo [mailto:SaddleBrooke@aol.com]
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 9:45 AM
To: Family, Friends and Associates, as well as Doo Wop Fans
Cc: ‘Rod Tabriztchi’; ‘The Roomates – Jack Carlson’; ‘The Skyliners – Nick Pociask’; ‘Kim Hilario’; ‘Paulina’; ‘John E.’
Subject: Annual Doo Wop Charity Concert – In Memory of Joseph A. De Lorenzo
My dad passed away on May 20th, 2010. As you may know my dad and uncle made their fortunes in real estate, always looking to protect their financial situation through the banks. Dad, in his Last Will and Testament, provided for his family, friends and 33 of his favorite charities. We have already begun working on a photo video of dad’s life and times. Even before me, dad had met the love of his life, Lisa and truly loved her daughter Heidi, until both of their deaths some years ago. I was there from the beginning back in 1954, and want to share some of their memories. Heidi was my initial introduction to Doo Wop, which originally got me into all my teen years singing and performing with The Laurels. My tribute to Dad, Lisa and Heidi will be available online when the project is completed. My deepest love and appreciation to dad for all of his love, guidance and assistance throughout my life for me and my family!
We plan to continue in the tradition, with a view towards setting up our own foundation … The De Lorenzo Family Foundation (St. Jude’s is the first charitable organization to be tentatively selected.) Paulina will be working on making our plans about our foundation a reality.
One of my goals for the foundation is to help with the contributions and fund raising. I plan on using The DesertView Performing Arts Center in SaddleBrooke to house our annual Doo Wop Charity Concert. We have yet to contact the Performing Arts Center, but believe we won’t have any problems. The Center has already hosted many Doo Wop favorites, including The Platters, The Diamonds, Frankie Avalon, and Tony Orlando. Each with their own show!
My good friend Nick, of the Skyliners, will be an honorary Chairman of the Entertainment Committee and has already begun trying to setup our first show. Click on the link for our http://TheSkylinersFanClub.com .
In addition to The Skyliners who will headline our first show, we presently hope to include my old and dear friend Jack Carlson’s Cathy Jean & The Roomates. My Tribute to Jack and The Roomates is available for viewing. Some of the other acts now being considered include: The Duprees, The Fleetwoods, The Tokens, and The Marcels and (as alternates) possibly The Mystics, The Earls and others. We’ll be posting lots more info on our websites as it becomes available. We hope you will attend the concert! … Bring Money <g>
We hope that our niece, Kim and her husband, Andreas, will attend and that Andreas can film the concert. Like most of our life, we want lots of photos and will make our photos and video available for viewing and download after the concert. (Andreas is in the video business).
We are now pursuing some of our personal dreams, including building a larger family home on a large plot of land in the Tucson area, as well as the acquisition of a Bed and Breakfast in Las Cruces, NM. In fact, we’ll be in Las Cruces, NM to begin the process on June 22nd and returning home about a week later. Since these are only in the very early stages, we don’t have much to say about these as yet. If you have any interest in our adventures, we plan on making our activities public on our main website (http://SaddleBrookeTimes.com) as these become more of a reality.
In keeping with the family tradition, Son John will be responsible for our business activities for investing in Tax Liens and real estate in AZ and NM (at an extremely slow rate, until he has gotten his “De Lorenzo Sea Legs”). This is probably going to take quite some time. Being the cautious people our family is known to be, we will be investing slowly as we begin to see results. While we had recently begun on a relatively small scale, our new circumstances have expanded our horizons.
Thank you for your well wishes and assistance during these very sad times. Hopefully, you will continue to be there during our time of need. If you have any questions, please call me (520-429-4738).
Please forward this to any and all you think may have an interest, as we plan to forward to all of our family, friends and acquaintances. Also, let me know if you know of anyone that would like to join us as sponsors in our ongoing efforts.
The De Lorenzo Family
Wanna see The Skyliners at the Venetian in Las Vegas? (Check out the link). If you do see the show, let us have your photos to post for others to see too!
Doo-Wopp Hall Of Fame Of America® will be making its Las Vegas premiere at The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino this spring. The spectacular five-act concert featuring Hall of Fame-inducted recording stars from the 1950s and early 1960s will take place at The Venetian Showroom on Friday, April 23 and Saturday, April 24. The great lineup includes Jimmy Beaumont and The Skyliners (“Since I Don’t Have You”, “Pennies from Heaven” and “This I Swear”); The Marcels (“Blue Moon” and “Heartaches”); The Legacy of Clyde McPhatter and The Drifters with son Ron McPhatter (“Money Honey”, “Treasure of Love”, “A Lover’s Question”); George Galfo’s Mystics (“Hushabye”); and The Royalty of Rock ‘n Roll All-Stars featuring Billy Davis.
Two of my favorites, from my very early Doo Wop days, included The Marcels and the Mystics (click on the link for their sites).
Jack Carlson and The Roomates performed with the Mystics at Palisades Park back in the early 60’s.
If you’re into Doo Wop, you’ll want to see this special show … lots of great memories!
You might also want to checkout our Jimmy Gallagher & The Skyliners Web Concert page, the Mystics and The Passions share some interesting history!
Listen to our musical tributes to the Marcels and the Mystics …. See Links on Right!
Check out the concert, another great rock & roll show in the making. You might want to check out The Skyliners Tour Dates to see if The Skyliners are coming your way too!
Travel to see Las Vegas … can be lots of fun, both for the show and for the sights along the way. We traveled from our home in Tucson, AZ to Las Vegas for a special family celebration. It was our son John’s bithday, which we celebrated, then headed to Las Vegas… Check out our trip photos!
We enjoyed time with family in Las Vegas a few years ago, check out our photo video if you’ve got 10 minutes! (Background music by my old friend Jack Carlson and the Roomates!) We really loved our 7-hour car trip (which is fairly close to Tucson, AZ). The event was a special 90th Birthday Celebration for my mother-in-law. Our photo show includes the party, as well as some sights of The Venetian and The Strip!
We’ll be heading to The Skyliners’ Denver concert and plan to have a very special photo show of The Skyliners and many of their special friends … We know you’ll love the show!
The Skyliners Fan Club 
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