Hooray For Hollywood ! Performed by Doris Day

Hollywood High School ~ My Alma Mater! Located at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Highland Avenue. I went there from 1982 - 1985. I loved that institution of learning! I loved my teachers, my counselors,  my principle and most of all the students. The majority of which ~ thanks to Myspace and Facebook ~ I am now back in contact with.

The football field is located on the backside of the campus. Across from this field is a massive apartment building with rows of windows facing the goal posts. On this field during first period the marching band assembled to learn to play this song.

I felt so sorry for the occupants of that building! Starting right after the last bell rang, the horn section would begin it's assault on this tune. It was early. It was loud. It was awful!

It took me many years to be able to listen to this song without hearing the students of my class massacre one of my favourite tunes. I grew up loving "That's Entertainment!" I watched every installment that KTLA - channel 5 showed.

One would think by the end of the school year they'd ever get the song down. I don't think they ever did in any of the years I attended that school! Oh, my goodnesses, come to think of it...I do believe my 10th grade year (my 1st year there ~ they've changed it since I graduated - with honours - 9th graders are there as well! whoa, dude!) was the only year Hollywood High was in the Hollywood Christmas Lane Parade. My 11th and 12th grade years there were NO marching bands to be in the parade. It was so sad.

I grew up on the street the parade route began. I'd attended every parade since I was 4 years old and now that I am a student there and can proudly watch my school march along side my fave high school marching band Locke High! Nope. Not any o' my years. I sort of lost interest in the parade after that. I hid from it. Far, far, far away from it!

It's taken me over 20 years to be able to listen to this song without hearing that horrendous horn section of a high school marching band rip it to shreds. It's nice to be able to appreciate the smoothness of Day's voice as she croons this lil' diddie!

~~ WHERE ANY OFFICE BOY
OR YOUNG MACHANIC
CAN BE A PANIC
WITH JUST A GOOD LUCKIN' PAN

AND ANY BARMAID
CAN BE A STAR MADE
IF SHE DANCES
WITH OR WITHOUT A FAN

HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD
WHERE YOU'RE TERRIFIC
IF YOU'RE EVEN GOOD

WHERE ANYONE FROM
TV'S LASSIE
TO MONROE'S CHASSIS
IS EQUALLY UNDERSTOOD

GO OUT AND TRY YOUR LUCK
YOU MIGHT BE DONALD DUCK

HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD!!!!!!