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Article: My Turn: ; Best bargain; in the whole United States
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- October 2, 2009
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After accepting an invitation to speak about birthdays to a St.
Albans group, I researched the topic and found some astonishing
facts. Marilyn Monroe's rendition of "Happy Birthday" is the most
popular version.
I decided then I would begin my speech by singing (I'm using the
word loosely) like Marilyn, so off I went to the Sissonville Public
Library, where I asked Joyce Coombs, the branch manager, if she had
a CD of Marilyn singing to President Kennedy. She found it online,
but she had a better idea. She brought out of storage a life-sized
cutout of Marilyn Monroe and told me I could use it.
At the beginning of my talk, I began singing at the same time a
man sashayed into the room with an ...