Archive for August 28th, 2007
Elvis in Ubaúna
It just dawned on me, Elvis and Brasil (and therefore Ubaúna by extension) have a very close connection.
On August 16, 1977, two very important events took place: the King of Rock died sitting on a toilet in Memphis and a really young Joe Carr got on an airplane in Memphis bound for the jungles of Brasil. As the plane banked to the west leaving the Memphis airport the pilot called our attention to the long lines waiting to get into Graceland for a viewing of the King.
On August 28, 1977, Joe came back sitting on a toilet and feeling like he was dying while Elvis had already left the building.
It’s taken 30 years to make the connection… Elvis has been seen in Ubaúna down by the lake eating fish eyes, drinking cachaça and spouting Portuguese.
But the locals all deny it.
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Chairway to Heaven update
Wow! (I’ve got to find another word… I’m about to wear this one out! 
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A week ago we started this little campaign to raise $2,000 to buy chairs for Ubaúna; as of today we’ve at $1,500 — that blows me away!
For full details, check this out.
Want to help us push it over the top? You’d better hurry… we’re on the verge of filling a building with chairs in Ubaúna and getting ready to turn that little town upside down and inside out! You definitely want to be able to say that you had a hand in it.
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