Sweet Caroline's Blogspot

Carolina Panthers The Carolina Panthers are the American Football team of both North and South Carolina. They are part of the NFL South division and play in Panther Stadium in Charlotte, NC. In 1993, the team was founded as the 29th team in the NFL. Currently there are 32 teams which make up the NFL. The Panthers' last appearance in the Super Bowl was in 2015, but they lost to the Denver Broncos. This was after their only other Super Bowl appearance in 2004, when they were defeated by the New England Patriots. The team colors are black, white, and Panther Blue, and the mascot is named Sir Purr.  In 2018 David Tepper purchased the team from original owner Jerry Richardson for a record breaking $2.3 billion! As shown below, generally teams represent a region or group of states. The Carolina Panthers clearly belong to North and South Carolina. Vocabulary 1. football - American sport played with oval ball 2. North Carolina - state on eastern seaboard of USA 3. S

Carol Anne Freeling is a 4 year old girl living in Cuesta Verde, California with her brother and parents. One night, Carol Anne begins communicating with the ghosts in her house. As a clairvoyant, she is able to speak with, hear, and see the ghosts in her home through the family television set.  "They're here" The ghosts believe she is the one who can save them from their doomed existence and so they kidnap her through a portal in Carol Anne's closet and suck her into their dimension...  Played by 5 year old Heather O'Rourke, the trilogy of Poltergeist movies became very successful and she turned into a star overnight. She was recognized everywhere she went. Heather was a very capable 5 year old girl, and Steven Spielberg was impressed with her ability to read the script and memorize pages of it very quickly. Even on such a scary set, she was professional and confident, and acted very calm and quiet.   Unfortunately, at the young age

An adventurous 11 year old girl finds a secret door in her new home and discovers an alternate world on the other side. This parallel world that she uncovers is hauntingly similar to her real life except much better in some ways. Her new parents actually pay her attention and she yearns for their approval. All of her dreams are coming true. Her new mother adores her and wants to keep her in this new world forever. Little does Coraline know, there is a sinister twist to it all .   Oh. And all the people have buttons for eyes. For Coraline to remain in this world, she must turn in her eyes and sew buttons in their place.  This movie is a stop motion picture, directed by Henry Selick. He is known for his other stop motion films: The Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach, and Coraline.  Vocabulary 1. alternate world - another version of same world 2. parallel world - same world  3. hauntingly - spooky, eerie 4. similar - same 5.

Carolyn-Bessette Kennedy Carolyn- Bessette and John Kennedy, Jr. began dating in 1994 and became a popular gossip topic, with papers detailing where they ate, shopped, and even their arguments. Paparazzi often waited outside the couple's Tribeca apartment to snap photographs. Many were impressed with Carolyn's style and grace.  In September of 1996, the couple kept their much anticipated wedding a secret from the press. It was a ca ndlelight ceremony on a remote Georgia island in a tiny wooden chapel where t he groom's sister, Caroline Kennedy , was matron of honor. John's uncle, Senator Ted Kennedy told the press:  "You could tell right away that there was something special between the two of them." After the wedding, the media attention surrounding the couple intensified, and Carolyn often found it difficult to deal with the harassment. When the couple returned from their Honeymoon in Turkey, reporters were waiting for them on their doorstep.

Caroline Kennedy was born in 1957 to then Senator John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy. She grew up in Georgetown Washington DC and moved to the White House when she was 3. Her younger brother, John, was born just shy of her third birthday. She is the iconic little girl of JFK and grew up riding ponies and flying airplanes. She was pictured on a pony named Macaroni and that is the picture Neil Diamond says inspired the hit song Sweet Caroline. Just 5 days before her 6th birthday, her father was assassinated and within two weeks she, her mother, and brother moved from the White House back to Georgetown. Soon the house became a tourist attraction and they again moved, but now to the Upper East Side in Manhattan. When she was 10, Caroline christened the USS John F Kennedy aircraft carrier. Her mother wanted her to grow up out of the public eye and moved both children to Greece, where she married Aristotle Onassis. Caroline told a family friend that she nev

Sweet Caroline The song, Sweet Caroline, by Neil Diamond is a famous and truly American song sung at many sporting events and in bars across the country. The song was written most notably about JFK's daughter, Caroline Kennedy, whom Diamond had seen in a picture and then written about. The chorus is generally sung by everyone within earshot : "Sweet Caroline, Good times never seemed so good,  I've been inclined,  To believe they never would,  Oh no no" I have always enjoyed when the song is played and my friends turning to me to sing it. Many memories of college and late nights out come to mind and the fun times I have had. Being from Rhode Island , the song was also very popular for the Boston Red Sox as they viewed it as good luck to play it during their home games. For me, the song will always be a positive and fun reminder of good times and friends. Vocabulary: 1. sporting events (noun) sports games 2. notably (adjective) imp