We built a miniature Berlin Wall, picked up some surplus East German gear and set up Checkpoint Charlie.
Nerf Machine gun secured the American side of the Wall.
Stamping Visas so that visitors could cross the checkpoint and head over to other areas set up for Halloween.
The Addams Family with their Visas...a great time with a great group of people!
Reminds me of my lost (Rational) Youth. ;)
ReplyDeleteFrom the album Cold War Night Life came this track from the Montreal band RY:
Dancing on the Berlin Wall
Checkpoint Charlie's social climb
Mind the tripwires, watch the mines
On the Alexanderplatz there's a party goin' on
Harry Palmer glasses are required
We're dancing on the Berlin Wall
Cold War Night Life - Neutron Hop
Where the action never stops
If you've got a secret you can sell it at the bar
And yes, we'd love to see your microfilm
We're dancing on the Berlin Wall
All you heroes - here's your chance
All you have to do is dance
On the Alexanderplatz there's a party goin' on
Harry Palmer glasses are required
We're dancing on the Berlin Wall
How many people today would get the Harry Palmer reference is up for grabs. The Wall is fading into history.
My fav from the album was/remains Saturdays in Silesia:
Living in a graveyard
Waiting for the axe to fall
Working in a big hole
Just to pay the rent man
When my work is over
Call you on the telephone
Paint your pretty face
Put on your cardboard dance shoes
Saturdays in Silesia
Holidays are for heroes
City lights - not quite Broadway
Saturdays in Silesia
Bought a quart of vodka
Didn't even stand in line
That's the only thing
That we are never short of
Got the number 8 bus
Took it to the navy docks
Girl of my dreams
Lives right around the corner
Gonna take you where the music is loud
Where the rhythm never stops
Find the magic if there's any to be found
Saturdays in Silesia
Holidays are for heroes
City lights - not quite Broadway
Saturdays in Silesia
And if the soldiers put a padlock on the door
We'll break it open like we've always done before
We don't have much but what we've got we're gonna keep
Won't you stay close to me?
Gonna take you where the music is loud
Where the rhythm never stops
Find the magic if there's any to be found
Saturdays in Silesia
Holidays are for heroes
City lights - not quite Broadway
Saturdays in Silesia
Tell that to the young Ossis today and they won't believe you. :D