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Subject: From the BCR Battle Creek Archives


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Mary F.
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Date Posted: 16:51:20 10/21/03 Tue
 hey all...
was cleaning out an old drawer today and found an item I thought I'd long gotten rid of (but now so glad I still have!). It's a hand written letter postmarked Sept. 18, 1979 from the BCR fanclub - Wilma (Tam's mom) to be exact. I'll share it all with you here although it takes a bit of explanation first.

See, in Aug. '79 I had 6, 4th row tickets to see the BCR in Saginaw, MI (yeah,almost Bay City). Made my then-college-age brother with extreme hatred for the band drive me three hours w/ my best roller buddy, my sister (also an 'anti-fan') and some other college buddies of my brother's - only to find the show had been cancelled. We youngsters were devastated. To add insult to injury we had to endure the 3 hour drive home broken hearted and listening to my brother and the other musical snobs in the car berate our band. Grrr. My mom - a fiesty old woman even then - couldn't bear to see me so torn up so she shot off a nasty letter to the fan club and on the outside of the envelope wrote in bright red "DO NOT IGNORE THIS LETTER IT IS NOT BEING WRITTEN BY A STARRY EYED TEEN". A couple weeks later I received this letter from Wilma. Looking back I have to laugh a bit. Two p*ssed off moms defending their kids. Read on:

"Dear Mary,

I just don't know what has happened with the Rollers. I myself have been let down as I have tried to get hold of them for the newsletter as it was time for it to go out and it was impossible. The only news I received was from my son, Tam, that he had been sacked. I think they have such short memories after all that was done for them. Well they will be home at the end of the month and I will see that Mrs. Wood gets your letter - like yourself she feels bitter. I too don't like children to be let down either. And I am very sorry I can't give you an explanation to it all. I think they have a lot of explaining to do to a lot of fans.

Wilma"
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Re: From the BCR Battle Creek ArchivesJulie17:04:39 10/21/03 Tue
I remember that. I was so excited i was finnaly gonna see the guys live, me and a bunch of friends were gonna drive all the way to MI to see them and then when i heard it was cancelled. I was so pissed i kicked the fridge and put a dent in it! I think i even still have the tickets! (NT)Gina = )17:46:23 10/24/03 Fri

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