HAPPY EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY!
IT ONLY COMES ONCE IN A LIFETIME AND IT IS GREAT TO HAVE, AN EIGHTY YEAR BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION. MUCH TO NORM’S SURPRISE, A FEW OF HIS SENIOR AND CLOSE TENNIS FRIENDS FETED HIM FOR HIS LONGEVITY, CHARACTER, OF COURSE HIS TENNIS.
SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHT INCLUDED LIGHTLY ROASTING NORM’S LIGHTER MOMENTS ON THE TENNIS COURT, AND TIMES THAT HE HAS ENCOURAGED OR MENTORED SOMEONE WITH KNOWLEDGEABLE WISDOM. THE LATTER WAS PUT TO THE TEST BY LEONARD ROMITO PULLED OUT TWO TENNIS BALLS AND ASK NORM TO IDENTIFY THE ONE WITH RED LABELING. AFTER CAREFULLY WEIGHING EACH BALL IN THE RIGHT AND LEFT HAND WHILE HIS EYES WERE CLOSED, NORM WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE THE CORRECT BALL.
LESS WORDS IN FAVOR OF THE FOLLOWING PICS:
THE SURPRISE WAS PULLED OFF AS INVITES WERE MADE IN VICKIE’S NAME. NORM ENTERED WITH A GIFT FOR VICKIE.
THE GIFTS ??
THE LIGHTER SIDE OF GIFTS CAME IN THE FORM OF TENNIS AND EARLY CAREER MEMENTOS. FOR HIS TENNIS, A CAN OF RED/INDOOR TENNIS BALLS IN A METAL CAN, AND SOME OLD SOGGY TENNIS SHOES. THE EARLY IN HIS CAREER RELATED TO A BROADWAY PLAY HE ACTED IN BEFORE IT BECAME A MOVIE, A COPY OF THE “FIDDLER ON THE ROOF”. WHEN NORM WAS IN IT ON LIVE STAGE IT WAS CALLED “TEVYE AND HIS DAUGHTERS”.
AND THE TRADITIONAL TOUCH WAS ADDED WITH A CAKE CUTTING AND BOISTEROUS HAPPY BIRTHDAY SONG.
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