On the eve of January 18, 2008 the skies were cloudy and it was rainy and misty
outside. Okay, if it's raining I wouldn't get any pictures because I am sick and
my husband certainly would not take pictures in the rain. However, by around 10am
the next morning, the sky had cleared enough for decent picture taking and a nice
sized crowd of what he called "older people." Ha, he is 70 and I am 67. Okay, what
he meant was there were people for whom Janis had done some babysitting for in her
youth.
Instead of the typical yearly birthday bash, this year of 2008, there was to be
a special dedication at the former home of Janis Joplin. At 10:30 my husband took
off for the 11:00 a.m. unveiling of the Texas Historical Marker dedication on the
lawn of the home where Janis Joplin lived from the time she was four years old
until she left home in the early sixties. The address is 4330 - 32nd Street, in
Port Arthur, Texas.
Saturday evening was the Annual Birthday Bash in the Parker Center at Lamar State
College on the Port Arthur Campus. We did not attend that so there won't be
photos of that in here.
Preceding the concert, at 2:00 p.m., there was a press conference held in the
Museum of the Gulf Coast. The article can be found here in the Port Arthur News.
The Museum is located at 700 Procter, Port Arthur, Texas. For additional info,
go to The Museum of the Gulf Coast.
I will identify the people in the seventh photograph down.
Left to right:
Wearing sunglasses is Yvonne Sutherlin; behind her is Dr. Sam Monroe, Carlita Zummo,
To the right of the marker is: Alicia Sanchez, Alicia's son and husband, and ?
(My sister is working at getting this name.)
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