OVS Quote of the Day
January 28, 1985 * Music stars gather to record “We Are the World” * The special instruction Quincy Jones sent out to the several dozen pop stars invited to participate in the recording of “We Are the World” was this: “Check your egos at the door.” Jones was the producer of a record that would eventually go on to sell more than 7 million copies and raise more than $60 million for African famine relief. But before “We Are the World” could achieve those feats, it had to be captured on tape—no simple feat considering the number of major recording artists slated to participate. With only one chance to get the recording the way he and songwriters Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie wanted it, Jones convened the marathon recording session of “We Are the World” at around 10 p.m. on the evening of January 28, 1985, immediately following the conclusion of the American Music Awards ceremony held just a few miles away.
Middle School Winter Sports Beat * Monday, January 27th * 5/6 Girls AWAY vs. Mettawee 530pm game
PLEASE NOTE GAME TIME CHANGE!! Bus leave times - from OVS 345pm, BVS 400pm (parents please stay with your athletes until they are on the bus - Thank you!) * Practice -- 7/8 Boys 530 - 700 pm at BVS gym
OVS Quote of the Day
January 27, 1945 * Auschwitz is Liberated * On January 27, 1945, Soviet troops enter Auschwitz, Poland, freeing the survivors of the network of concentration camps—and finally revealing to the world the depth of the horrors perpetrated there.
Middle School Winter Sports Beat * 5/6 Girls AWAY vs. Clarendon Elem 430pm game start -- NO BUS - parents transporting (due to ski program) Thank you parents! * 7/8 Boys HOME vs. Mill River 430pm game start
OVS Quote of the Day
January 24, 1972 * Japanese soldier found hiding on Guam * After 28 years of hiding in the jungles of Guam, local farmers discover Shoichi Yokoi, a Japanese sergeant who was unaware that World War II had ended.
Middle School Winter Sports Beat * 5/6 Girls AWAY vs. Wells 430 game start, bus leave time BVS 315pm, OVS 330pm * 7/8 Boys AWAY vs. Middlebury 430 game start, bus leave time BVS 330, OVS 345pm.
OVS Quote of the Day
January 22, 1984 * Apple’s iconic “1984” commercial airs during Super Bowl XVIII * During a break in the action of Super Bowl XVIII on January 22nd, 1984, audiences first see a commercial that is now widely agreed to be one of the most powerful and effective of all time. Apple's "1984" spot, featuring a young woman throwing a sledgehammer through a screen on which a Big Brother-like figure preaches about "the unification of thought," got people around the United States talking and heralded a new age for Apple, consumer technology and advertising.
Middle School Winter Sports Beat * Tuesday, Jan 21 * NO practice or games scheduled for today
OVS Quote of the Day
January 21, 1738 * Ethan Allen is born * On January 21, 1738, Ethan Allen, future Revolutionary War hero and key founder of the Republic of Vermont, is born in Litchfield, Connecticut. *
Allen’s father, Joseph, intended Ethan to attend Yale University, but his death in 1755 precluded that option. Instead, Ethan, the oldest of seven children, took over the family landholdings. Two years later, Ethan made his first visit to the New Hampshire Grants, land that is now within the state of Vermont, as part of the Litchfield County militia during the Seven Years’ War.
Middle School Winter Sports Beat * Friday, Jan 17th *
Practice: 7/8 Boys 530-700 at BVS * Game: 5/6 Girls AWAY vs. Poultney (elem school) 430pm game start
Bus leave from BVS 330pm, OVS 345pm
OVS Quote of the Day
January 17, 1916 * PGA is formed * On January 17, 1916, a group of golf professionals and several leading amateur golfers gather at the Taplow Club in New York City, in a meeting that will result in the founding of the Professional Golfers Association (PGA).
Middle School Winter Sports Beat * Thursday, Jan 16th * No practice or games scheduled for today.
OVS Quote of the Day
January 16, 1605 * Groundbreaking novel "Don Quixote" is published * On January 16, 1605, Miguel de Cervantes' El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha, better known as Don Quixote, is published. The book is considered by many to be the first modern novel as well as one of the greatest novels of all time.
