Thursday, December 15, 2011

Famous People in the Middle of Nowhere


This past Monday 3 members of the Harlem Globetrotters visited Galena: Meadowlark Lemon, Tyrone "Hollywood" Brown, and Les "Pee Wee" Harrison. You can see Pee Wee directly behind Meadowlark Lemon, and Hollywood on the right. We were very excited to meet them. We got to see them at a basketball assembly at the school, and then visit with them at a meet and greet soup dinner that evening. It was a very fun time, and we enjoyed hearing these guys share...and perform. Can you believe they came all the way to Galena?!

They had luggage problems, and their uniforms didn't make it to Galena. Aah, the joys of traveling.

Here are a couple of links I found interesting, if you don't know much about Meadowlark:


http://articles.latimes.com/2010/dec/05/sports/la-sp-crowe-20101206

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meadowlark_Lemon

5 comments:

Jon said...

Very cool. I like the boys hair cuts..

Debbie and Mike said...

Too cool!

Anonymous said...

WOW, that's awesome. The boys (big and small) must have loved that. Hope you guys have a very Blessed and Merry Christmas!
Nan E/Elaine

Anonymous said...

WOW, that's awesome. The boys (big and small) must have loved that. Hope you guys have a very Blessed and Merry Christmas!
Nan E/Elaine

Anonymous said...

Wonderful experiences that you are having. Love the pics!
Barb