tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23936398.post7479058233428378118..comments2024-03-01T12:13:55.402+00:00Comments on 1963 Eastern Hills High School EHHS Highlanders: The EHHS Social Order - 7 – 7th Grade & More (Gasp!) Puberty Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23936398.post-59440981769032266542013-10-09T04:48:29.241+01:002013-10-09T04:48:29.241+01:00In the early 1950s Pat Boone made the move from No...In the early 1950s Pat Boone made the move from North Texas State to WBAP, Channel 5. He hosted Foremost Teen Time on Friday afternoons and on Saturdays, Barn Dance which was one of the first local programs broadcast in color.<br />When Pat moved on to the west coast to write Love Letters in the Sand, Channel 5 produced their version of American Bandstand. It was called Teenage Downbeat hosted by Tom Malarky.<br />Several of us danced past the cameras and pretended that we were Kenny & Arlene or Bob & Justine and Tom Malarky was Dick Clark. But it was our own Carolyn Marcotte who actually glided across the sacred dance floor on a trip to Philadelphia. Back home in Fort Worth on Teenage Downbeat Linda Dorough danced with Phil Hancock and Danny McCoy managed to move his feet fast enough to win a pair of white buck shoes - the same that was worn by Pat Boone. Later, this disclosure eliminated Danny's chance to appear on Dancing With The Stars as he had lost his amateur status.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com