Video . . .

. . . killed. . .

 

On your mark get set
Disconnect that Internet
Every girl and boy
Breathing in the joy
Not a care at last
Sit outside and bask
In rays of summer's bliss 

Crabs and fish and shells
Feel your tension spell
Fries and pizza pie
Smiles won't be denied
Everything is cool
in 2 1 8 4 2
Feel the sparkle in your eyes

Catch a wave and ride
Cars and motorbikes
Bikini babes in the sand
Vibin' to rockin' bands
Ocean City

From Memorial to Labor Day
We beckon you to play
To a boardwalk beat
Miles and miles of beach
Your memories to take
Currents dance and sway
leave your footprints in the sand

Fireworks at night
Give your love a kiss
Sail and fish the sea
Here life is a beach
in Ocean City

Now is the time that's right
For you only live once
Time does drag when it's all work and no fun
The ocean gateway calls you
Sport your shorts and shades
It's so divine to dine at life's buffet
It's almost heaven and
There's so much more we can say

Catch a wave and ride
Cool cars and motorbikes
Bikinis on the sand
Dance to rockin' bands
Ocean City

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OHO's "Ocean City Ditty," the CD single is now available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/oho4
(and, if you're in town, at Trax On Wax on Frederick Rd. in Catonsville, MD)

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Meanwhile . . .

. . . the successful poet (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) also worked full time at Harvard University, lectured, and directed the Modern Languages department. The department was meant to consist of four men teaching in their native languages: Spanish, French, Italian, and German. When a position was vacant, Henry had to fill in. Frustrated with his situation, Longfellow wrote to his father in September of 1839, "But my work here grows quite intolerable; and unless they make some change, I will leave them, with or without anything to do. I will not consent to have my life crushed out of me so. I had rather live a while on bread and water." Longfellow managed to tolerate the situation for another 15 years.

By 1854 Longfellow was able to resign his teaching post at Harvard; he had become, at age forty-seven, one of America's first self-sustaining authors. For the next seven years, Henry was able to pour his energies into his writing, unimpeded by teaching duties and supported by the love of his family.



(from The Song of Hiawatha)

By the shore of Gitche Gumee,
By the shining Big-Sea-Water,
At the doorway of his wigwam,
In the pleasant Summer morning,
Hiawatha stood and waited.
All the air was full of freshness,
All the earth was bright and joyous,
And before him, through the sunshine,
Westward toward the neighboring forest
Passed in golden swarms the Ahmo,
Passed the bees, the honey-makers,
Burning, singing in the sunshine.
  Bright above him shone the heavens,
Level spread the lake before him;
From its bosom leaped the sturgeon,
Sparkling, flashing in the sunshine;
On its margin the great forest
Stood reflected in the water,
Every tree-top had its shadow

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OHO's "Ocean City Ditty," the CD single is now available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/oho4
(and, if you're in town, at Trax On Wax on Frederick Rd. in Catonsville, MD)

'2014' is available April 8, 2014 at http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/RayJozwiak
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Last year's Black & White Then Back
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The Ditty. . .

 . . . Tour.

OHO- The Ditty Tour

Thursday, March 27, 2014
Live Lixx at Sixx @ Live Lixx
49th St, Ocean City, MD 21842 (United States) -
    Set: 6:00 PM
All Ages
   
Thursday, March 27, 2014
OHO @ Johnny's Pizza & Pub
5601 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD 21842 (United States) -
410-524-7499     Set: 8:00 PM
All Ages
    Tickets: na

Friday, March 28, 2014
Youth Ministry Outreach @ ocean city convention center
4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD 21842 (United States) -
1-800-OC-OCEAN     Set: 7:00 PM
All Ages
   
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Youth Ministry Outreach @ ocean city convention center
4001 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD 21842 (United States) -
1-800-OC-OCEAN     Set: 9:00 PM
All Ages
   
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Band Fest - Pop Up Art Gallery 2014 (by invitation only) @ Heritage Parville Gardens
Harford Road at Taylor Avenue, Baltimore, MD (United States) -
410-254-2272     Set: 7:00 PM
All Ages



Ocean City Ditty
written by John P. Graboski
performed by OHO- Jay Graboski, David Reeve and Ray Jozwiak
Get your very own right now at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/oho4 





What do you think?
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OHO's "Ocean City Ditty," the CD single is now available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/oho4
(and, if you're in town, at Trax On Wax on Frederick Rd. in Catonsville, MD)

'2014' available April 8, 2014 at http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/RayJozwiak
Pre-order your copy of "2014" at the iTunes Store NOW

My latest solo release, Black & White Then Back,
can be downloaded digitally at:

(or you can copy-and-paste this URL directly to
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OHO. . .

 (from https://www.facebook.com/ohomusic/posts/744901798865438?stream_ref=10)

OHO

Posted by Jay Graboski · 6 hours ago

Heading to OC Wednesday to promote "Ocean City Ditty." Wish us luck!


And. . .

UPCOMING EVENTS

OHO

O - C - E - A - N . . .  C - I . . . T!! Y!!

Give 'em HELL Johnny!!!!

Jay Graboski

Interview with Bulldog on Seacrets Radio tomorrow AM at 9:00 AM. The journey (it may be a short one) begins. Long live "The Ditty"!

 

and . . . 

© 2014 Official Site of the Ocean City Maryland Roland E. Powell Convention Center. Town of Ocean City, Maryland
4001 Coastal Highway Ocean City, Maryland 21842 • 1-800-OC-OCEAN • 410-289-280

Youth for Christ - IMPACT High School Conference

Music by OHO

March 28 – March 30, 2014

Ocean City Ditty
written by John P. Graboski
performed by OHO- Jay Graboski, David Reeve and Ray Jozwiak






What do you think?
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My latest release, Black & White Then Back,
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Trivia. . .

. . . about Frederick, Maryland

(from The Baltimore Sun, February 07, 2010|By Frederick N. Rasmussen | fred.rasmussen@baltsun.com)

There was one battle the late Sen. Charles McC. Mathias Jr. couldn't win during his 26 years in the House and Senate - where he had championed such historic causes as civil rights legislation, women's rights and restoration of the Chesapeake Bay while defying the Republican Party with his opposition to the Vietnam War - and that was concluding the Civil War for his hometown of Frederick.

For all of his political power and acumen, Mathias was unable to persuade Congress to pay back the original $200,000 ransom that the city of Frederick had paid in 1864 to Confederate Gen. Jubal Early to stop his troops from torching the town.

Brewer's Alley Restaurant & Brewery (Songwriters Showcase-Upstairs) takes place every Monday night (except during December) in this very room, which was formerly the office of the mayor of the town of Frederick.
 

My latest release, Black & White Then Back,
can be downloaded digitally at:

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Winter. . .

. . . over yet? . . .

On your mark get set
Disconnect that Internet
Every girl and boy
Breathing in the joy
Not a care at last
Sit outside and bask
In rays of summer's bliss

Crabs and fish in shells
Feel your tensions melt
Fries and pizza pie
Smiles won't be denied
Everything is cool
in 21842
See the sparkle in your eyes

Catch a wave and ride
In Ocean City
Cars and motor bikes
In Ocean City
Bikinied babes on the sane
In Ocean City
Vibin' to rockin' bands

From Memorial to Labor Day
We beckon you to play
To a boardwalk beat
Miles and miles of beach
Your memories to take
Kites dance in sway
Leave your footprints in the sand

Fireworks and night
In Ocean City
Give your love a kiss
In Ocean City
Sail and fish the sea
In Ocean City
Here life is a beach
In Ocean City

Now is the time that's right
For you only live once
Time does drag
When it's all work and no fun
The Ocean Gateway calls you
Sport your shorts and shades
It's so divine to dine at life's buffet
It's almost heaven and there's
So much more we could say

Catch a wave and ride
In Ocean City
Cool cars and motor bikes
In Ocean City
Bikinis on the sane
In Ocean City
Dance to rockin' bands


Ocean City Ditty by John P. Graboski
Performed by Oho (rehearsal recording)





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Capital. . .

. . . idea

 (from Wikipedia.com)  
". . . In early 1791, President Washington appointed Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant to devise a plan for the new city in an area of land at the center of the federal territory that lay between the northeast shore of the Potomac River and the northwest shore of the Potomac's Eastern Branch. L'Enfant then designed in his "Plan of the city intended for the permanent seat of the government of the United States..." the city's first layout, a grid centered on the United States Capitol, which would stand at the top of a hill (Jenkins Hill) on a longitude designated as 0:0. The grid filled an area bounded by the Potomac River, the Eastern Branch (now named the Anacostia River), the base of an escarpment at the Atlantic Seaboard Fall Line along which a street (initially Boundary Street, now Florida Avenue) would later travel, and Rock Creek.

North-south and east-west streets formed the grid. Wider diagonal "grand avenues" later named after the states of the union crossed the grid. Where these "grand avenues" crossed each other, L'Enfant placed open spaces in circles and plazas that were later named after notable Americans.

L'Enfant's broadest "grand avenue" was a 400 feet (122 m)-wide garden-lined esplanade, which he expected to travel for about 1 mile (1.6 km) along an east-west axis in the center of an area that the National Mall now occupies. A narrower avenue (Pennsylvania Avenue) connected the "Congress house" (the Capitol) with the "President's house" (the White House). In time, Pennsylvania Avenue developed into the capital city's present "grand avenue". . . ."

And for all it's architectural grandeur, significant history, natural beauty and political, governmental and international relevance one cannot help but think that all the shady, greedy, manipulative, unconscionable, corrupt game-playing that takes place there casting a tarnishing pall over all the aforementioned attributes that the city itself does possess.

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