DJ Sue

DJ Sue
Welcome to my blog. I’m a DJ in Second Life and I find myself discussing the music I’m playing with many of those in attendance at my shows. Unfortunately, when I am busy DJing, I can’t participate and discuss the music as fully as I would like. I’m hoping this blog can help change that. Look here before my set to see if I might be playing something interesting today or maybe after to see if discussion on a topic might continue. You are invited to join in the conversation and leave comments.

Sunday, July 21, 2019

Fifty Years Ago... Celebrating Apollo 11




Tonight’s DJ show is going to be special.  We have been celebrating this past week the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing, the first time that man set foot on another planetary body other than Earth.  That happened July 20, 1969, fifty years ago yesterday.
                                                                                                                         
My earliest memories concerned the moon. I recall riding in a car at night and watching as the moon followed me to our destination.  It appeared to move with us.  When we came back out to the car, the moon was up there in the sky, waiting to follow me home.  I knew it was me that was special.  If I stayed home, the moon would remain outside my window over my yard.

I was 10 years old when Apollo 11 took place.  I had grown up a bit and understood the folly of my earlier beliefs.  Now I was old enough to understand science and read and going to the moon gripped me with a fascination and thirst beyond most everyone around me.  My father saw this and managed somehow to get me an Apollo 11 Press Kit.  I studied it until I knew everything about the mission.  I knew the difference between TLI and LOI.  I was ready and sat glued to the TV for a week.



Tonight I’m going to relive that week and take you on a musical trip from the Earth to the moon and back again.  Along the way, I’ll tell the story, share my own memories and maybe share an unknown fact or two.  Come relive this historical event through the eyes of one of those witnesses who probably got the most out of it.

Join us tonight, July 21, at 7:00 PM SLT at a Woman’s Touch for the adventure of a lifetime.