Caracas, 5
Enero 2013 No. 583
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Dear Friends,
Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 8:30 AM
FROM A Mickiewicz
Re: MSB 100th anniversary gathering at David
Johnson's House
Hi Nigel & Mes Amis....
A very small world indeed.
I will venture to say that in different
parts of our small world, many Mount alumni have passed (and will in the
future) each other many times on the street, sat close to one another in
restaurants, buses, metros, trains and planes etc. without realizing that they
also shared many decades ago a common experience at top that high mountain in
Tunapuna, Trinidad.......
May god bless us all,
George (Yury, Shis)
PS – Without any malice, what I most
remember about Nazi is him sucking his two middle fingers while he sat on one
of the school’s benches; the other boys would give him a merciless hard time
over this instinctive act by a boy away from his home in Venezuela
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From: Nigel Boos
Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2012 6:23 AM
Subject: Re: MSB 100th anniversary gathering
at David Johnson's House
Peter,
Nazi left MSB in 1964. I think he still
lives in Sarnia.
You may also know Geoffrey Golding (Left MSB
in 1961, I think. Tel # 519 - 753-9978 ). He too worked in Sarnia and is also
now retired and living in Brantford.
I'm copying this note to him as well.
Who knows - maybe you guys can get together
for a coffee sometime.
Best wishes.
Nigel
P.S. Geoff -Peter da Costa lives in
Cambridge - Ph: (519) 622-5827
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On 2012-11-11, at 7:04 AM, Peter Da Costa
wrote:
Nigel
What year did Alejandro leave school?
I vaguely remember the nick name Nazi.
Really small world I lived in Sarnia for 15
years, my kids grew up there and I go back often in the Summer.
There were many Trinis in Sarnia mostly from
the south due the oil industry.
Do you have his email address?
Peter
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On 2012-11-11, at 6:45 AM, Nigel Boos <nigelboos@yahoo.ca>
wrote:
Hi Mike,
Thanks again for
sending me these great pictures of our last get-together at David and Debbie
Johnson's home.
It was wonderful to
see the guys again and your pics capture a lot of the spirit of the day.
The highlight for me
was seeing Joe Berment prepare that fish for supper.
I have never, in my
entire life, seen anyone wash fish, chives, and whatever else the way he did,
to get it ready for the pot.
I'm sure he didn't
learn that as a 2nd MSB Scout.
The coconut
ice-cream was a real treat, and I'm asking David / Debbie, by copy of this
email, to let us have the recipe (for nex' time).
I would love to
caption each of the pictures, but I simply do not have the time to do so.
If anyone wishes to
know the names of the OBs in any particular picture, I shall gladly try to
accommodate the request, but in the meantime, I'm sure that everyone would
simply enjoy seeing what you've produced and will understand that we have here
in Ontario an enjoyable relationship between the Old Boys of MSB and that
they're welcome to come along if and whenever they're in town.
Lastly, I received a
telephone call last week from an old friend, who, when I picked up the phone,
said, "You probably don't know who this is, but my name is Alejandro
Lew"
To which I replied,
"Nazi, how the heck are you, my friend"
He was shocked that
I remembered him by his MSB nickname, but when I pointed out that he had been
one of the Patrol Scouts when I was Patrol Leader, memories started flooding
back and we had a great chat.
Nazi is now retired
from his oilfield job in Sarnia and spends his time enjoying his beautiful
garden. maybe he'll come out to one of our reunions one day.
Here is a photograph
which he sent me, and here too is one which I took of him back, around 1959.
My sincere regards
to Cornell and the boys.
Nigel
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From: mdc_on_ca@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 15:45:16 +0000
Hi Nigel,
Sorry that we have not sent these to you
yet.
Can you please add some captions to the
bottom with people's names and maybe some funny quotes?
You know more of the names than we do.
You are the only other person with edit
access to these pictures.
After, you can download and forward selected
pictures to the MSB circulars or you can send me the email address of whoever
needs to see the pictures and captions for the circulars.
Mike
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Jon Golding
2013 Contract
After serious & cautious
consideration... Your contract has been renewed for the New Year 2013
My Wish for You in 2013
May peace break into your home and may
thieves come to steal your debts.
May the pockets of your jeans become a
magnet for $100 bills.
May love stick to your face like Vaseline
and may laughter assault your lips!
May happiness slap you across the face and
may your tears be that of joy
May the problems you had, forget your home
address!
In simple words .
May 2013 be the best year of your life!!!
Happy New Year!!
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Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 5:38 PM
From Nigel Boos
Gentlemen,
I hope that you're all in good health, and
that the coming winter will be a mild one for each of us.
I hope too, that you all had a wonderful
Summer and are also enjoying this mild Fall.
And now comes Christmas, and with it, the
arrival into Toronto of David de Castro (aka the Calypso Bandit) all the way
from sunny Florida.
Bandit is coming to visit his family and
friends, and it would be nice if a few of us could get together with him to
meet the Original Calypso King of Ontario / Canada and to share a roti or
doubles and a Carib.
However, the purpose of this note is to let
you know that Bandit has written and published a book of his personal memoirs,
which, among other things, incorporates stories of his life at MSB, his
subsequent career as a kaiso-man, his involvement with Emil Straker (who went
on to be an important member of the Merrymen of B'dos), and his continuing
involvement with the calypso community back home.
Bandit will be bringing with him a few
copies of his book, and he'd be willing to part with each of them for a few
Canadian bucks. (I don't know the price).
Anyway, if anyone is interested in getting a
copy, please do yourself a big favour and contact him directly by email ( calypsobandit@live.com ) or by telephone (1-727-785-6824).
And if anyone would like to get together for
that roti, please let me know, and I'll see what I can do (No promises, OK?)
Adios.
Nigel
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To all who came along to our get-together at
Rotilicious, thank you for coming, and thanks for the memories.
It was great seeing you all, and thanks for
bringing your wives, girl-friends, better-halves and kids as well - the Bhopa
foursome and Christian and Lorenzo.
To those who couldn't make it - sorry you
couldn't come. But we'll try again.
In the meantime, here's wishing you all a
very Merry Christmas, as we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, our Saviour,
and may Almighty God bless us all in the New Year.
Nigel
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On 2012-12-23, at 6:22 PM, Salah Wilson
wrote:
Greetings my brother Bandit,
Believe me I was now thinking about you as I
put on my computer to send you a message and yes the rest of the mount boys and
by extension Trinidad and the world.
I am not 'biggiing' you up for 'bigging -up'
sake.
I know you don't need that, ..you are an
humble man and don't need the alcolades.... but all of Trinidad really needs to
know you and what you have done for the culture and for Trinidad & Tobago.
I will be proud to announce to the world
that first this Historic phenomenon
(1) the Steelpan was still in its infancy if
you count Pan really starting after the WWII in 1945 and six years after that
you brought the Pan to the Mount in 1951...not just the first school in
Trinidad & Tobago but the first school in the world
(2) You introduced Calypso to Canada in the
early 1950's with the 'Calypso Bandits' not withstanding becoming the First
Calypso King of Canada.
(3) The 'Great Merrymen' with Emile Straker
who started up in your band "Calypso Bandits" literally 'stole' your
concept and became famous and the sad part of that was that they never
acknowledged you and gave you credit for that.
I am really honoured to have met you and now
know you to say that this is a personal friend.
Bandit Trinidad needs to know this
information man.
I am going to meet up with Historian Kim
Johnson and literally tell him .."Go re-write your book. You have left out one of the most important
parts in Pan and Calypso"
It was also a great pleasure to meet with
your family...they must have been a great support in all your endeavors ( I
know because my wife and family had to put up with all of my crazy exploits
also LOL)
It was a great re-union of the old Mount
boys and their families thanks to Nigel and all the brothers who were there
including Cornel, Jerry, Dave and the others.
Bandit you are still a great entertainer.. a
natural......all the best to you and your family.
Here is my phone in Toronto (647) 832-4820
..
I will need to talk with you...
I will need to do an interview with you by
phone and email for my studies at York University...
I will set up some relative questions one in
particular I believe you came to Montreal first ....
Did you meet any Pan players or did you see
any Pan activities at that time in the 1950's in both Montreal and Toronto.
if so what year this is very relevant to me
because It can also paint another picture...that is why I keep saying that you
are a Giant...
Again all the very best. Tell your son to keep playing and do not
hesitate to call me for anything.
By the way I listened to the 'Landfill
Harmonics' and there are some definite parallels with the Pan and its
inception.
I wish them all the best and know that they
will continue on because it is a good cause and it also makes me feel proud to
be a 'Pan Man"
Best regards
Salah
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From: calypsobandit@live.com
Subject: FW: Landfill Harmonic
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2012 16:24:11 -0500
hi sala,
is this not how our steel band started --but
with no help--so great meeting up with you --your book is fantastic-when I
opened it --I got blown away--my son beats a tenor pan will let him take what
he needs to help him. What a great nite.
mount boys are definitely the best--what is
your ph. no will call you when I get back to florida--and anytime you want to
call me just leave a message and I will get back to you --as I only pay one
bill a month and can talk anytime and for as long as I want so long distance is
easy for me and does not add to my bill--keep that in mind –
later " bandit"
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From: Demorvay
Peter
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 5:38 PM
Subject: FOR GOLFERS - THE PERFECT
JUSTIFICATION
Hi George.
Based on the evidence provided, maybe I
should retire from the oil industry and go on to golf or similar activity, just
to increase my chances of surviving another 20 years of living.
Last week I went to the funeral of an “old”
Mount boy, Francisco Raffensperger ,
Rafi as we all knew him, another victim of
cancer. He was my age, 65.
Next week we have elections and the whole
country will be at a standstill, waiting anxiously for the results and the
possibility of getting rid of these corrupt goons and make the country a better
place, to live and work.
We are now at aprox 19.000 violent
deaths/year, best in the world...
Enjoy your life and God bless.
Peter
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Ladislao Kertesz at kertesz11@yahoo.com,
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Photos:
12NB0007AJAX21DEC, Salah Wilson and the
BANDIT
12NB3143AJAX21DEC, Joe Berment washing fish
12NB0040AJAX21DEC, Joe Berment making a
salad
12NB0010AJAX21DEC. Prefect´s Badge
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