Besides the dancing program I offer, CORY-OGRAPHY, I also conduct sing alongs called CORYokay.  My main audiences are senior centers and

I was an activity director in an assisted living community for nearly 10 years until I started going into various centers around the state as an independent contractor offereing my art, music and dance thearpeutic activities. One of my responsibilities was to design and edit an inhouse newsletter for the relatives, families, friends and residents within our community.  I would find myself being a columnist, cartoonist and photographer a lot of the time too.  Here's a list of 20 things I compiled about being a healthy chip rather than a couch potato.

I was leafing through some of my baseball memorabilia and found some info that I thought you'd all enjoy.  Things that make you go.."NO KIDDING."  There are actually verses to the song TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME.  We all just sing the chorus for the 7th Inning Stretch.  I also heard there are verses to GOD BLESS AMERICA, but we only hear the chorus most of the time. A lot of ballparks sing that Irving Berlin classic after the ball games nowadays. How about our national anthem's lyrics were written to fit an old English Pub song.  Do any of you know more interesting stuff like this?  Some call me Cliff Clavin, because I'm full of 'useless knowledge' among other things, but I think it's cool.  Did you know that there were two sequels written to the famous poem CASEY AT THE BAT?  One I believe was written during the Depression with more of a happier ending and another version during WWII. Back to the ball game song. This song was written in 1908 by a man named Jack Norworth. One day when he was riding a New York City subway train, he spotted a sign that said "Ballgame Today at the Polo Grounds." Some baseball-related lyrics popped into his head, that were later set to some music by Albert Von Tilzer, to become the well known baseball song, "Take Me Out To The Ballgame." Despite the fact that neither Norworth or Tilzer had ever been to a baseball game at the time the song was written, it is one of the most widely sung songs in America. (1927 version with verses ) Nelly Kelly loved baseball games,Knew the players, knew all their names,You could see her there ev'ry day,Shout "Hurray" when they'd play.Her boy friend by the name of JoeSaid, "To Coney Isle, dear, let's go,"Then Nelly started to fret and pout,And to him I heard her shout. "Take me out to the ball game,Take me out with the crowd.Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack,I don't care if I never get back,Let me root, root, root for the home team,If they don't win it's a shame.For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out,At the old ball game." Nelly Kelly was sure some fan,She would root just like any man,Told the umpire he was wrong,All along, good and strong.When the score was just two to two,Nelly Kelly knew what to do,Just to cheer up the boys she knew,She made the game sing this song. "Take me out to the ball game,Take me out with the crowd.Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack,I don't care if I never get back,Let me root, root, root for the home team,If they don't win it's a shame.For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out,At the old ball game."

I've gotta thank my mom and dad for giving such a versatile name. CORY is the nicest 4 lettered word I've ever been called.  I never knew how much fun I could have with that name , until I went into business for myself.  Art, music and dance have been so much of my life, it's just a delight to be able to make a living out of doing what I love. Here's some fun things I do, to keep outta trouble.

A regular statement posed an awful lot to me is, “you should be a comedian”.  Of course, the person stating that comment, I believe, is intending for it to be a compliment and not a sarcastic blow. But I have to laugh inside because I’m thinking to myself, “Okay, I thought I was.”  There’s no doubt that the best job that I have is being a cartoonist.  By being a cartoonist, I am tying in all 5 jobs that I really love and want to do.  Check it out.  As a cartoonist, I am an illustrator, writer, comedian, actor and a director. What a great gig!

 

WHEN I WAS 17, IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR.....Well, that was 17 years ago and now I’m 34.

Steamer's fame went sky high by our 3rd season.Al Roker, from The Today Show fame, made this poss