Bandstand

Dick Clark who passed away yesterday at age 82 started his American Bandstand show in West Philadelphia at the old WFIL-TV studio. This location was within walking distance of several local high schools so he didn't want for an audience. The kids who made it in would eventually hit the dance floor and most probably be on camera for their fifteen minutes of fame. However, the Catholic high school girls all wore uniforms with their school insignias sewn thereon and they were forbidden by the nuns from attending this gathering. Of course, a few "brazen" individuals would hike up their hemlines a few inches and brave the consequences. But this was circa 1955 during the vanilla Eisenhower years and youth was not defiant back then.  Life wasn't always fair then either. R.I.P. Dick Clark, born three weeks after yours truly, you will be missed on New Year's Eve.
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