You Know You're Old When You Feel Nostalgia...

[teddy_radiator]

sempraseverus' superb drawings of carousel animals has me thinking of the days when the Myrtle Beach Pavilion was a magic place you went to ride rickety amusement park rides, take a turn on the Full Menagerie Herschel-Spillman carousel, and listen to the German Band Organ. When I was a little girl, I used to stare at this for hours.

Now the Pavilion is only a memory, but the Organ and the Carousel were taken to another tourist attraction in Myrtle Beach called Broadway on the Beach. If you're ever there, go and listen to this lovely old organ which by the looks of it here, has gone through major renovations. At the Pavilion, it was sadly allowed to fall into a terrible state of disrepair. Now it's all shiny and beautiful. It is the sound and vision of my childhood, and even through my jaded teenaged years, I would stop and watch the band organ play. The top is just a nice set of shots, the bottom vid shows it in all it's jingling, turning, cherubic, bleating glory:

This one is sort of long, but worth it just to see the closeups!

Comments

[sabrebabe.livejournal.com]

I took a survey like that once. My number 1 answer was Eagle River, Wisconsin. Number 2 was Houghton, Michigan.

I live (and was already living in) Houghton, Michigan at the time.

Eagle River, Wisconsin? 2 hours drive to the south. :D

[howlingmojo.livejournal.com]

I deliberately omitted number three on my list: Little Rock, Arkansas. I mean, que?

That is hilarious though. The survey knoooows you. ;-)

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

That's amazing! I've only passed through Michigan a few times (my father, for some Southern reason best known to himself, insisted on calling it Mitch-i-gen, which, I sadly, now say automatically). And my first husband was from Madison, Wisconsin, which I thought was lovely, but alas, that's about all I know of the Midwest. That, and what Prairie Home Companion taught me.