I wanted to write a song about my oldest sister Julia before she lost her battle with cancer. I spent a couple of hours with her asking a lot of questions about her past to try and come up with an idea. After our conversation I realized that her happiest time in life appeared to be her teen years. This inspired me to write about her senior year in high school when she and a friend spent some time decorating the gym for their senior prom dance. I started writing the song in November 2014 and I was glad that I had finished the complete song by the end of November for Julia died the week after Christmas 2014. I have attached her senior year picture taken in 1957.

1957

Julia arrived at the gymnasium
Wearing a blue and black skirt
Smiling and laughing with Peggy Walters
Knowing all the boys will flirt

Everyone there was decorating
Soon there would be lots of romance
There was so much anticipation
For the 1957 prom dance

The night was young and everyone was leaving
Excitement was everywhere
The girls drove Love and Main street
And cruised the Varsity
With Elvis singing on the air

When they had parked and ordered
The girls then started to dream
Of all the hairdos and the dresses
The 1947 prom would bring

The night was young and everyone was leaving
Excitement was everywhere
The girls drove Love and Main street
And cruised the Varsity
With Elvis singing on the air

Although it’s Julia reminiscing
Of times that she felt were so sane
Looking back at all those memories
Helps her to ease the pain


Style - c_conway.sty conway-classic
Drums - Nashville 128 - Brian Fuller
Bass - 532 - acoustic - Byron House
Tenor Sax - 403 - motown - Jack Stafford
Guitar - 1570 - high back beat 60’s - Sandy Williams
Piano 1 - midi hq grand
Piano 2 - 895 - pop slow - Miles Black
Strings - 1543 - PopBelieve - Blair Masters


HP AMD Athlon(tm)II B28 processor with 3.4 GHz 16GB ram - Mixcraft 6 DAW with Waves Diamond effects - 32" Westinghouse flat screen monitor - Focusrite Saffire Pro 14 interface - Studio Projects B1 mic - Sony HDR 7506 and Sennheiser HD 202 headphones - 2014 BIAB.