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| Published: April 24, 2007, 9:16 pm |
| Tags: Grant Lee Phillips, Palace Showboat Theatre, Pollardville |
| red hot mamas that were a Pollardville staple.Bob Gossett played a touching acoustic version of "People Gotta Get Along Together", a song that musical director Marian Larson composed for the melo The Downfall of the Uprising.Another Gulp! moment was the memorial video Bill Humphreys had masterfully pieced together as a salute to Palace |
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| The Ville-The Final Curtain: Showdown |
| Published: April 21, 2007, 8:56 pm |
| Tags: Pollardville Ghost Town, Pollardville |
| were to arrange some non-Pollardville activities during my four day weekend. I hadn't been in the area since my mom passed away in 2001. I really did feel a need to contact some family and friends separate from the reunion.But early Saturday, I found myself right back at the Ville, lured by the possibility of watching one more gunfight on the |
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| The Ville-The Final Curtain: Homecoming |
| Published: April 14, 2007, 8:02 pm |
| Tags: Palace Showboat Theatre, Pollardville |
| of my mind when I visited Pollardville for the very last time. Maybe it's a good thing I don't own an Ipod. I probably would have loaded it up with a plethora of send-off tunes, including "Auld Land Syne", "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" and "Nearer My God to Thee".Even though I knew this was to be The Grand Finale for this beloved institution, I |
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| The Ville-Part Four |
| Published: April 5, 2007, 8:59 pm |
| Tags: Pollardville Ghost Town |
| me for my first job at the Pollardville. (I say "reluctantly" because that's the way he felt about anyone who worked for him) On a clear spring Saturday morning, I became the engineer of the legendary CKRR-old number 65-the great Ghost Town train. The 50 cent ride (a quarter for young 'uns) took passengers on a tour of the north side of the |
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| The Ville-Part Three |
| Published: March 31, 2007, 6:28 pm |
| Tags: Jeri Worth, Vaudeville, Palace Showboat Theatre, Pollardville |
| treated to an evening at the Pollardville Palace BS (Before Showboat) for a Saturday night performance of ALASKA or THAR'S GOLD IN THEM THAR PANTS (or whatever the hell it was called) and the vaudeville entitled...uh....VAUDEVILLE (fill in the blank). What struck me most about the show was how vibrant all the colors were...and I wasn't even high |
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| The Ville-Part Two |
| Published: March 22, 2007, 12:08 am |
| Tags: Palace Showboat Theatre, Pollardville |
| It won't be long now, a matter of hours actually, when I visit the Ville for the very last time. In honor of that occasion, it's only right that I devote the next couple of installments to the first time I ever set foot on those hallowed grounds.I was probably 16 years old when Ed Thorpe (aka Max) began singing the praises of the place when he was |
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| The Ville-Part One |
| Published: March 14, 2007, 1:39 pm |
| Tags: Palace Showboat Theatre, Pollardville |
| at a magical land called Pollardville, the kingdom that fried chicken built. Located just outside Stockton, California on Highway 99, Pollardville began as the Chicken Kitchen, a take-out restaurant specializing in deep fried poultry. Years later, the Pollards acquired some buildings and sets from the William Wyler film The Big Country |
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| That is SO Last Year-Part One |
| Published: January 1, 2008, 6:51 pm |
| Tags: Goldie Pollard, Extras, Palace Showboat Theatre, Ricky Gervais, Pollardville |
| two great loves of my life-Pollardville and its Queen Mother, my beloved Goldie Pollard, one of the best friends I ever had. I was blessed with opportunity to say goodbye to both before the end came, but I can't help but want more. Still I am grateful for what I was able to accomplish in my trip to the Pollardville reunion, especially for the |
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| That is SO Last Year-Part One |
| Published: January 1, 2008, 6:51 pm |
| Tags: Goldie Pollard, Extras, Palace Showboat Theatre, Ricky Gervais, Pollardville |
| two great loves of my life-Pollardville and its Queen Mother, my beloved Goldie Pollard, one of the best friends I ever had. I was blessed with opportunity to say goodbye to both before the end came, but I can't help but want more. Still I am grateful for what I was able to accomplish in my trip to the Pollardville reunion, especially for the |
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| Forever Goldie |
| Published: August 5, 2007, 8:02 pm |
| Tags: Goldie Pollard, Palace Showboat Theatre, Pollardville |
| Goldie Pollard used to tell us, I am the mother of you all. More often than not, some smart-ass, probably me (okay, it was me), would add, Yeah, you're a real mutha all right. She didn't mind. In fact, she'd cop to that as well. Of course, she'd have to get the last word in with some rejoinder, cutting me right off at the knees and |
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| The Ville: The Final Curtain- Requiem |
| Published: May 5, 2007, 9:23 pm |
| Tags: Palace Showboat Theatre, Pollardville Ghost Town |
| a lot of time together. Pollardville became a second home, especially for those of us who performed in show after show. Sometimes it was the only home that ever meant anything to us. Though we didn't bring up the dysfunctional aspects of our brethren, I would venture to say that when it came right down to it, we were functionally |
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| The Ville-The Final Curtain: Tribute |
| Published: April 24, 2007, 9:16 pm |
| Tags: Grant Lee Phillips, Palace Showboat Theatre, Pollardville |
| red hot mamas that were a Pollardville staple.Bob Gossett played a touching acoustic version of "People Gotta Get Along Together", a song that musical director Marian Larson composed for the melo The Downfall of the Uprising.Another Gulp! moment was the memorial video Bill Humphreys had masterfully pieced together as a salute to Palace |
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| The Ville-The Final Curtain: Showdown |
| Published: April 21, 2007, 8:56 pm |
| Tags: Pollardville Ghost Town, Pollardville |
| were to arrange some non-Pollardville activities during my four day weekend. I hadn't been in the area since my mom passed away in 2001. I really did feel a need to contact some family and friends separate from the reunion.But early Saturday, I found myself right back at the Ville, lured by the possibility of watching one more gunfight on the |
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| The Ville-The Final Curtain: Homecoming |
| Published: April 14, 2007, 8:02 pm |
| Tags: Palace Showboat Theatre, Pollardville |
| of my mind when I visited Pollardville for the very last time. Maybe it's a good thing I don't own an Ipod. I probably would have loaded it up with a plethora of send-off tunes, including "Auld Land Syne", "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" and "Nearer My God to Thee".Even though I knew this was to be The Grand Finale for this beloved institution, I |
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| The Ville-Part Four |
| Published: April 5, 2007, 8:59 pm |
| Tags: Pollardville Ghost Town |
| me for my first job at the Pollardville. (I say "reluctantly" because that's the way he felt about anyone who worked for him) On a clear spring Saturday morning, I became the engineer of the legendary CKRR-old number 65-the great Ghost Town train. The 50 cent ride (a quarter for young 'uns) took passengers on a tour of the north side of the |
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