My email is bigsales@aol.com, cell number is 410-365-6569. I was able after a while to afford some clothes from Lees of Broadway (whose selection of belted coats and pegged pants made it the Saks Fifth Avenue of Deaners). More Pictures from the "Tribute to Buddy" Dance, Tribute to Buddy Dance at Timonium Fairgrounds. Mary Lou Barber: My hairstyle was the biggest. . Here's What Essex-Middle River Moms Really Want For Mother's Day. This undated photo shows dancers on "The Buddy Deane Show." Kathy switched to a great beehive that resembled a trash can sitting on top of her head. They were the Mouseketeers! But my mother and father wont let me come down if you do that. In early December, Buddy Deane met with station officials and they said, Weve decided to cancel the program. And Buddy said, So it has to do with integration? And the station said, Thats correct. It was Reads, not Reeds. . As one report stated, the Deane show "Teeded [ sic] off last Monday and bowed an impressive array of guests, including Kitty Kallen, June Valli, Terri Stevens, Lou Monte, The Chordettes . And they told us we were going to go off the air because of it. I have two mixed-race grandchildren whom I adore. The main thing was your hair was flat, the antithesis of Buddy Deane, she says, chuckling. Several local art contests were also held on the show, with viewers submitting their own art work. God forbid, in school, if you didnt smile, you were conceited. To this day, I don't know why my late father, then in his 60s, was watching the Buddy Deane Show. Im told there are 4,000 contracts for productions this year, said James Hunnicutt, artistic director for Cockpit in Court. Wayne Hahn: Dick Clark [and American Bandstand], that wasnt a big thing here. Sure, as a teenager I was a guest on the show. Each reunion (and a new one is in the works) ls bigger than the last. He wanted me to go to a summer training session to be a trapeze artist. What happened Buddy Dean? Even as a guest, your friends and relatives saw you basking in your temporary fame. (The Washington Post), Almost 20 of the original stars of The Buddy Deane Show show off their signature dance, The Madison. (Jessica Goldstein/The Washington Post). It was hilarious., Some of the rumors were fanned on purpose. They just wanted to know if you were real. Many years later they married. If you made the short list, you were required to bring in a letter of reference from your parish priest, minister, rabbi or a teacher. This man approached me, telegrammed me, showed up at the show. So many talented musicians and people who wanted to show their appreciation made the night truly special. And, yes, they were actually "records" in 1983. Snyder said she choreographed the Madison, a popular line dance of the time, for . It was a target maybe of people who didnt even watch the show. John Waters: I put the spotlight on [the integration controversy] . My heart would have broken in two if I couldnt have gone on. Finally, Helen quit Mergenthaler (Mervo) trade school, at the height of her fame. I had a lot of black friends at the time, so for me this was an awkward thing, says Marie. "Do You Love Me" by The Contours, or "Hide and Go Seek" by Bunker Hill). . And there were a bunch of us on the rock-and-roll fence, eyes on Buddy Deane's show and ears on Paul "Fat Daddy" Johnson, the gifted and wild Baltimore radio disc jockey who introduced frenetic free-association poetry at unusual times. The pictures I've just posted are of the reunion dance for the Buddy Deane Committee Members with Buddy Deane playing the records. These kids developed a huge following of fans and hangers-on in Baltimore who emulated their dance moves, followed their life stories, and copied their look. It reminds me of the way people think now of gay marriage, how so many people are shocked about it and they dont agree with it. The Madison line dance was born here, called by the supreme voice of Eddie Morrison. Arlene Kozak, Buddys assistant and den mother to the Committee. To be a local celebrity like that, you always had to look your best when you went outside because people would see you. John Waters: Mary Lou [Barber] told me once that a black girl couldve gotten on the show easier than a fat girl. . Deane's show was one of the highest rated local television shows in the nation and girls didn't care as much for my corner jump shot as they did my ability to cha-cha or do the bop. We never discussed it, we had nothing to do with it. But the parents, I guess, back in the early 60s and late 50s, things were a lot different. They wanted to know something about your religious affiliation. Yes, I miss it very much. The first and maybe the biggest Buddy Deane queen of all. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Its like anything you see today. ''The Buddy Deane Show,'' on WJZ-TV in Baltimore, featured teenagers dancing to live bands, many of which became major recording groups. It was the times, most remember. At first I was so shy I hid behind the Coke machines., But Evanne used to come right home and head for the TV. Former Committee members still meet for reunions. Want to post on Patch? I watched it for the fashion and for the drama, because Buddy Deane encouraged them to [date and] break up on film. Vicki Defeo: I thought they did a great job with portraying the kids dancing. Marie Shapiro: I remember sometimes there would be African Americans at the hops, and it was frowned upon to dance with an African American if you were a Committee member. Deane died in Pine Bluff, Arkansas on July 16, 2003, after suffering a stroke. Her hair color and styles changed very often, of which I later found out that her Dad was a major hairstylist in Baltimore. Several marriages resulted from liaisons between Committee Members. . So you always had to kind of be on., Frani Hahn: Honestly, I was on the show for, Id say about six months before my father even found out, and he found out quite by accident. When you think about it, its funny. The genius of John Waters was to take that uncomfortable moment in history and turn it into something joyous. Not show biz, Arlene answers, hesitating, but the record biz, the people. Special Thanks to Linda Snyder (committee member from the Buddy Deane Show) who shares many stories from the TV show, Richard Powers who provided the amazing photo from the set of the Buddy Dean Show, Lance Benishek (dance historian) who provided some ample questions and motivation when we began researching these dances in 2005. Dance was a brief connection with home for us, time out from the insanity of war. And when we sprayed it, we had to blot it so it didnt leave residue. Joanie, whose mother wanted me to be a child star, hit the show in early 57 at age 13 (you had to be 14 to be eligible, but many lied about their ages to qualify), followed a few months later by Joe, 17. . I saw the show as a vehicle to make something of myself, remembers Joe. The protesters wanted the races to mix. I was nervous because I was celebrating a great moment in their youth, but I was bringing up something theyve swept under the rug, because they were kids. If you leaned on one side, the next day youd just pick it out into shape. Oh, my God, its Evanne! Autograph books, cameras, this is what they lived for. The boys had to wear coats and ties, dressing in the aforementioned "Continental" style. For many of them, it was the highlight of their life, and I get why. Even today Gene and Linda are the quintessential Deaner couple, still socializing with many Committee members, very protective of the memory, and among the first to lead a dance at the emotion-packed reunions. A big strong line!) up the hill to the famous dance party set, the one that now houses People Are Talking. Mary Lou Barber: Arlene would throw a spotlight on you, and theyd throw questions at you: What do you like about yourself, what do you like about the show? Check out the latest from the Deaners and get the full behind the scenes story of Buddy Deane and Hairspray here. We rounded up Waters and almost 20 of the original Deaners and asked a handful to recount their days as the most famous kids in Charm City. It aired for two and a half hours a day, six days a week. . John Waters: By that point, I dont think The Buddy Deane Show was on everyones lips anymore. If you were a teenager in Baltimore in the late 1950s and early 1960s, you watched The Buddy Deane Show. When the final bell rang you sprinted home from school, saddle shoes smacking the sidewalk, knee socks sliding down your shins, until you skidded to a stop in front of your black-and-white TV and turned to WJZ Channel 13 to watch Marylands answer to American Bandstand. Chances are you wanted to be on The Buddy Deane Show, whose stars were ordinary teens turned local celebrities. Linda Snyder: We still love to go dancing. The views expressed in this post are the author's own. . Ladies and gentlemen, the nicest kids in town!. The racial integration of a take-off of the show, dubbed The Corny Collins Show, provides the backdrop to the 1988 John Waters film Hairspray. Wayne Hahn: If you were late, you couldnt get in the door. This post was contributed by a community member. If Im ever depressed, sometimes I think, Well this will make me feel better, and I go and dig in the box., Holding onto the memories more than anyone is Arlene Kozak, who is by far the most loved by all the Committee members. Login to create it. So the rules were bent a little; the big ones, the ones with the fan mail, were allowed to stay. These were the first role models I knew. Here is the new video celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Buddy Deane Show and the former Catonsville Community College (now CCBC). They are still referred to, good naturedly by some, as the Ken and Barbie of the show. Gene, a member of the first Committee, and I underline first, later became president of the Board. Now a receptionist living near Towson with her husband and two grown children, Arlene remains fiercely loyal, organizing the reunions and keeping notebooks filled with the updated addresses, married names, and phone numbers of my kids. She met Winston J. Looking forward to seeing as many of us old dancers that are still cutting the rug.Corky. Dick Clark patterned his ABC-TV show, Where the Action Is, after local remotes done by Deane in Maryland. You could throw her down on the ground, and her hair would crack, recalls Gene. "I remember it well," recalls Evanne. Didnt you dance on the Buddy Deane Show? This is 50 years later.. I wasnt going to go on and not be seen. But even Evanne turned bashful on one show, when Buddy made a surprise announcement: I was voted prettiest girl on this whole Army base. "A Buddy Deane Scrapbook: Shake . Being a Deaner lifted a committee member into the rarefied air of being a star at 16. . . Chaseman had this idea for a dance party show, with Buddy as the disc jockey, and Buddy asked Arlene to go to work for him. While the rest of the nation grew up on Dick Clarks American Bandstand, (which was not even shown here because Channel 13 already had Buddy Deane), Baltimoreans, true to form, had their own eccentric version. Bob Mathers, who worked with Deane on three radio stations, was a close friend of Deanes and is an unofficial historian of The Buddy Deane Show.. The Buddy Deane Show aired on WJZ-TV in Baltimore, MD, from 1957 to 1964. Im a typical housewife, says Peanuts. Maryland Public Televisions The Buddy Deane Show was the inspiration for the film and musical Hairspray, which will be performed by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Jan. 25-27. . That dancing was integrated and I learned how to do the boomerang, shing-a-ling, the skate and the twine time. The first stars I could identify with. He eventually became one of the most respected programmers in the country and was even written up in Time magazine. But something unforeseen happened: The home audience soon grew attached to some of these kids. We have our own "beach music" and sepearte room and bar in the back of the Ox. > The Buddy Deane Show, 1957-1964, WAAM/WJZ. . Bob Mathers: Were looking at the times of 1963, and in 1963, what overrode ratings and popularity were the feelings about race in Baltimore City. I would see this again years later, stinky and scared young guys dancing to candlelight in a sandbagged Vietnam bunker, serenaded by a tropically-warped Temptations album. Pixie was barely five feet tall, but her hair sometimes added a good six to eight inches to her height. Suite 320. Mary Lou was aware that in some neighborhoods it was not cool to be a Buddy Deaner. Oddly enough, few of the Deaners Ive talked to went on to show biz. It couldn't get much worse, or so I thought. From 1957-1965, Deane was chosen as host of WJZ-TV, Baltimore's "The . With the 1960s came a whole new set of stars, some with names that seemed like gimmicks, but werent: Concetta Comi, the popular sister team of Yetta and Gretta Kotik. "You could go into any bar in the city and it would be on," remembers Kozak. . If a guy had one beer, it was a big deal. September 17,2011 Parkville American Legion Hall Putty Hill Rd & Old Harford Rd 8PM til' Midnite $25.00 per ticket The Buddy Deane Show was over. [citation needed] In several instances, the show went on location to the Milford Mill swim club on the westside of suburban Baltimore County. The big garage-type door they remember would open, and theyd all pile in, past George and Mom, the Pinkerton guards who used to keep attendance, and crowd into Arlenes office to comb their hair, confide their problems, and touch up their make-up. We faked a feud. The Committee, as they were known, could do all the hot dances of the day: the Madison, the mashed potato, the pony. Such a thrill, oh, when she's close to you. His dance party television show debuted in 1957 and was, for a time, the most popular local show in the United States. . . It was horrible/ says Joe. John Waters: The most amazing thing about The Buddy Deane stardom was they would show up not knowing if they would fight or sign autographs. The dancers were known as the Committee. Girl Scout leader, very active in my kids school. Mary Lou is still a star. For many of us, Deane will always be there, standing ramrod-straight, an electronic maestro with a microphone, introducing Brenda Lee or hyping sponsors like Kit-Kat and the Etta Gown Shop. One time I was going with this guy, and he was dancing with this guest I didnt like, says Evanne. And who could forget those great ads for the plastic furniture slipcovers that opened with the kids jumping up and down on the sofa and Royal Parker screaming, Hey kids! . I watched it like a soap opera. To be selected you had to bring a character reference letter from your pastor, priest, or rabbi, qualify in a dance audition, and show in an interview (the Spotlight) that you had personality. At first the Committee had a revolving membership with no one serving longer than three months. my father inquired as I walked into our rowhouse. His childhood nickname was Buddy. . The views expressed here are the author's own. The popular television Baltimore dance show aired from 1957 until 1964. It aired for two and a half hours a day, six days a week. [1], As with many other local TV shows, little footage of the show is known to have survived. Deane, Kozak, Cahan, the . Deane, I dont mind at all. Fabian, Bobby Rydell, Bobby Darin, all of them. Marie Shapiro (then Fischer): The first thing, theyd kind of look you over. Every major Rock and Roll performer (save Elvis and Ricky Nelson) appeared on his show. The first big stars were Bobbi Bums and Freddy Oswinkle, according to Arlene, but no matter how big anyone got, someone came along who was even bigger. Joe Cash and Joan Teves became the shows first royalty. After saying goodbye to the Committee members . When Maryland Public Television wanted to film the event, it mushroomed into an even bigger affair. I lied! If the boys dared to sport chino pants, the crease had to be razor sharp. I know he would love hearing from you! They wanted to know about bringing black kids on the show. For example, Carole King appeared on the show playing her single "It Might as Well Rain Until September", nearly a decade before she burst to popularity with her landmark 1970 album, Tapestry. so they had a points system. See production, box office & company info. Frani & Wayne. The Buddy Deane Show is a teen dance television show, similar to Philadelphia's American Bandstand, that aired on WJZ-TV in Baltimore, Maryland from 1957 until 1964. . And if you dared to dance the obscene Bodie Green (the Dirty Boogie), you were immediately a goner. Over lunch at the Thunderball Lounge, in East Baltimore, Kathy remembers, I could never get used to signing autographs. I wanted to get into the record businessand years later he did. Or purchase a subscription for unlimited access to real news you can count on. I was just accidentally obsessed with something that was appealing to more people. It was your personality and your thoughts. Deane was named the No. Hairspray movie was inspired by this show and was based off of the the events but unlike the movies, instead of the show being integrated, it was cancelled. She was the one of the biggies who refused to be on the Board (they had power; a liked because of it). The Buddy Deane Show was a teen dance television show, similar to Philadelphia's American Bandstand, that was created by Zvi Shoubin and aired on WJZTV in Baltimore, Maryland from 1957 until 1964. . Committee Member 1961 Billy Givens Little Italy. Hope life has been good to you! [1], Deane's dance party television show debuted in 1957 and was, for a time, the most popular local show in the United States. Phone: (410) 494-4490 Fax: (410) 494-4492 There I was under the burning lights of the WJZ-TV studio, slow-dancing with a Buddy Deane Show committee member. Here is the new video celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Buddy Deane Show and the former Catonsville Community College (now CCBC). Warner, Tony, Buddy's Top 20: The Story of Baltimore's Hottest TV Dance Show and the Guy Who Brought it to Life! And although few will now admit to having been drapes, the styles at first were DAs (slicked back into the shape of a ducks tail), Detroits, and Waterfalls (flowing down the front) for the guys and ponytails and DAs for the girls, who wore full skirts with crinolins and three or four pairs of bobby socks.
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