June 19- See Me In Cicero Tomorrow Night!
As my constant viewers and readers know, I’ve made many trips to Berwyn- but, tomorrow evening, I stop a little short of there on my way west to make a special appearance in Cicero!
It’s the Cicero American Fest-and yours truly will be there for the big kick-off- at 6 pm. I’ll be there to sign autographs, take pictures with you, make a few announcements from the stage,
and enjoy the Cicero hospitality. Please note- Sven t-shirts will NOT be on sale there, but you can stop by at our fine sponsor Horrorbles, in Berwyn on Roosevelt Road right near Oak Park Avenue, and pick up a shirt to wear proudly and/or have me sign! I’ll be at the Fest from 6-8pm…so please make sure you get there early enough to guarantee that you’ll be able to get an autograph, just in case there’s a lengthy line (optimistic, ain’t I?!) The fest is located at 50th Avenue at 25th Street.
Last I heard, classic rocker Rick Derringer will be making an appearance later that night at the Fest! His long-standing career includes being part of the McCoys of “Hang On Sloopy” fame- recording “Rock and Roll Hootchie Koo”- and the WWE entrance theme for Hulk Hogan –“Real American.” He also produced parodyist Weird Al Yankovic. So, all in all, it should be a great night in Cicero- and I hope to see you there. If you can’t make it, remember that we’ll be at the Flashback Weekend Horror Convention in Rosemont on Saturday afternoon, June 28th- more info to come on that next week…
Meanwhile, over the border from Cicero in Berywn-just in time for the celebration of Berwyn’s 100th year- a surprise find has been made. If you’re like me, you’re constantly misplacing important documents, even though, when you first put them wherever, you think, “I’ll always remember where this is!” (Fat chance!) Well, an employee was cleaning out a closet in Berwyn City Hall-and found, wrapped in a blanket, an old framed document. It was dated June 6,1908-and said it was the city’s certificate of incorporation! At first, nobody, including the Mayor, thought it was legit- but it was soon verified as authentic- and, since it was in kind of rough shape, the Illinois Secretary of State’s office spent about four months to restore the fragile document to its original condition! From here on in, the certificate will be stored safely in a fireproof cabinet- and a reproduction certificate will be on display at various functions.
So- quick- where is YOUR birth certificate? In a closet, wrapped in a blanket?(Kind of makes sense-if you wrap a baby in a blanket, you could also wrap its official birth papers in one…)
It’s the Cicero American Fest-and yours truly will be there for the big kick-off- at 6 pm. I’ll be there to sign autographs, take pictures with you, make a few announcements from the stage,
and enjoy the Cicero hospitality. Please note- Sven t-shirts will NOT be on sale there, but you can stop by at our fine sponsor Horrorbles, in Berwyn on Roosevelt Road right near Oak Park Avenue, and pick up a shirt to wear proudly and/or have me sign! I’ll be at the Fest from 6-8pm…so please make sure you get there early enough to guarantee that you’ll be able to get an autograph, just in case there’s a lengthy line (optimistic, ain’t I?!) The fest is located at 50th Avenue at 25th Street.
Last I heard, classic rocker Rick Derringer will be making an appearance later that night at the Fest! His long-standing career includes being part of the McCoys of “Hang On Sloopy” fame- recording “Rock and Roll Hootchie Koo”- and the WWE entrance theme for Hulk Hogan –“Real American.” He also produced parodyist Weird Al Yankovic. So, all in all, it should be a great night in Cicero- and I hope to see you there. If you can’t make it, remember that we’ll be at the Flashback Weekend Horror Convention in Rosemont on Saturday afternoon, June 28th- more info to come on that next week…
Meanwhile, over the border from Cicero in Berywn-just in time for the celebration of Berwyn’s 100th year- a surprise find has been made. If you’re like me, you’re constantly misplacing important documents, even though, when you first put them wherever, you think, “I’ll always remember where this is!” (Fat chance!) Well, an employee was cleaning out a closet in Berwyn City Hall-and found, wrapped in a blanket, an old framed document. It was dated June 6,1908-and said it was the city’s certificate of incorporation! At first, nobody, including the Mayor, thought it was legit- but it was soon verified as authentic- and, since it was in kind of rough shape, the Illinois Secretary of State’s office spent about four months to restore the fragile document to its original condition! From here on in, the certificate will be stored safely in a fireproof cabinet- and a reproduction certificate will be on display at various functions.
So- quick- where is YOUR birth certificate? In a closet, wrapped in a blanket?(Kind of makes sense-if you wrap a baby in a blanket, you could also wrap its official birth papers in one…)
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So, Berwyn's anniversary is on the anniversary of D-Day... (Of course, there was no D-Day in 1908.) Well, that's my anniversary too. I'll have to remember to add a toast to Berwyn to my yearly celebration.
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