We grew up in my family taking karate with Arthur Drago at the Front Royal Karate Club. Well. I took it for 2 years and dropped out. [insert laughter from Mum] Anyway, it was Artie's 70th birthday May 1st, so here are a few pix from his party.
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Card I made for Artie. This is the logo for his school. |
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Inside of card. Pop-up! |
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Me, Artie, & Mum. I'm the only non-blackbelt is this trio. |
I took several pix of Artie with chiro-sister; most with Artie looking like this:
But I finally got a cute 'n' cuddly one:
Mum's calligraphy is all over the dojo:
This was from one of Artie's students:
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SO SWEET! |
Chiro-sister comes up to me & says, "You have to go to the bathroom! The SIGN is still there!"
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It's been there since we were teenagers! 30+ years. |
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Birthday Hug from Mama Drago, 93 years young! |
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