You are really good, very nice job! I started on drum pads, music stand as a Hihat, and cymbals and pillows. It’s nice to have a drum set !

Great job and God bless you brother!

Very nice

That's so smooth, takes a lot of practice, thanks for showing your talent.

Great song!

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Good stuff man,I'm a drummer as well just don't have the balls to post anything haha

Thank you so much for sharing! I grew up on 192 on Decatur Ave until 1965. We had to move because some 'new' folks broke into our apartment and freaked out my poor Irish Immigrant mother. I went to OLM for 1st Grade, the sisters were wonderful. We went to Poe park as well. When I got older went to the bar that was just off the Concourse and in an oval shaped block by Poe Park. And of course, the old K&R bar by Fordham and Webster. Best wishes!

i live in the building you used to live in now

You rock.

this was my block from the late 80's till like 94 in which time i moved to nj as well. Only to move back when i was 18 haha. I bet it looked alot diffrent when you were there but this video is definetly cool. 2600creston right here.... reppin saint james park WOOOOOOOOOOOOO

It is you. I just viewed your range video. It was hard to see your face at the end but I recognized you. Remember me? If no, no prob. If yes, how the hell are you Pat?

If you are, remember Red? That's me. How about Paddy Hartnett, Harold, Crazy Smitty, Craig Ferguson, Kevin, Piro? Getting old can't remember too many names. Paddys basement club house? Cases of black label beer for I think it was $2.00? Yeah, I named us the Briggs Boys because we had a pretty big crew including the girls back then and did some crazy stuff. You guys helped move my family out to "Joisey" in 1976.

Are you Pat Craig?

Wow..watching this brought back so many wonderful memories! I think I saw my street on this video...E 190th! I went to OLM too! Thank you for sharing this video! The Bronx was the best place to grow up! :)

Wow - I grew up on 192nd & Creston! Your video brought back so many memories. My scully cap was perfection (lots of melted crayons to get it just right). I remember OLM recess playing johnny on the pony and ringoleavio. Don't forget pitching pennies and excellent games of tag on the monkey bars in St James Park.....!! Thank you!

Nice video ..... I hung out on the corner of 194th & Briggs Ave from 1974 thru 1978 ish.. but I never recall beging referred to as the "Briggs Boys" ???

I really enjoy your Video, I grew up Washington,Bathgate tremont Ave...you bought me right home.Thanks

@bronxboy2141 lol - scully, ringoleavio, off-the-point, johnny on the pony, I have a buddy from the Bronx who belongs to the same American Legion as I do and we always talk about playing these games as a kid. The others that are sitting around the bar ask "what are you guys talking about?" Since they all grew up in New Jersey it's funny to see their reactions, especially describing johnny on the pony. Scully was one of my favorites street games. I also had the multi-colored melted crayon cap.

I tried to explain scully to a few people...lol....I still remember melting the different color crayons into the bottle caps.

great video... i used to live down the block from there.... =) on jerome ave...

@Nickdj329 Had a few friends that use to live in that building. A few buildings down there use to be a Knights of Columbus where we played basketball and had youth activities. I think it's a funeral home now.

3:48, the building on the right is where i live at.

@zzzarkka yes, I like Keynote. I like how the charts and graphs look, clean and sharp. But I recently upgraded to PowerPoint 2010 and Microsoft is finally starting to get PPT right. It is some great features that are worth checking out.

@SibuTNTcorps sorry for the long delay - I have the answer to your question to a response to the same question from another viewer.

@arpeggio15 - smoke is stock footage with alpha channel (background transparent). I inserted as a Quicktime movie, sized it to the height & width of the photo, and gave it a Build In Effect > Appear. It has a delay of .5 seconds. Next, you will see the logo and all text appear. The smoke movie is still playing as the logo and text appear and needs to finish playing to end this slide and move to the next. I added a Build Out > Disappear to the smoke movie which is the last Build Order.

@DarkEagleX9 - the bolt is a stock photo with the background removed in Photoshop and saved as a transparent PNG file. The bolt will have a 2 step animation, Build In (Wipe) & Build Out (Disappear) Animate the bolt in the Build menu > Build In Effect: Top to Bottom Wipe with a duration of .10 > Build Out Effect: Disappear.

tbh, I think Keynote is better than powerpoint.

@8352robo Our Lady of Mercy - it's in the video

@oneflyshorte94 What grammar school did you go to and when graduated?

@biglou1972 Lou. What is your ful name?

@Hogrider06 Who are you?

Robert DePalo and you?

Robert DePalo Who are you?

@anguspage45 Kelly I knew your brothers. Who else from that block is around? HAve you seen Patty Burns? John Noonan? Maureen Cummings?? Bub? Eggy? The Brett boys??

@Hogrider06 Dude I lived right where you described. What is your name?

Love the circus music...it's perfect. : )

@hibiscusfreak Hi hibiscusfreak - Moved out in 1976. I lived right up the block from Alexanders department store on Fordham. We lived directly across from St. James Park. The park was great we played all kinds of sports there when I was growing up, basketball, roller hockey, football and softball. It was like our big playground just for us kids that lived around there.

hey hibiscusfreak - I lived at 2558 Creston. The Bronx was great in the 60's and 70's. Many memories living there when I was growing up.

Hey @ruudjemulder yeah it's still a tourist area, especially if you like to shop on Fordham Rd. Also, the Bronx Zoo isn't too far from here either. There's also tours available - more info at i love the bronx dot com

I went to OLM too, and graduated in '70. I wouldn't have known you because as you remember, the girls and boys were segregated. The only times we were with the boys was when Fr. Gorman took us on skating trips, and at the 8th grade dance!

@biglou1972 grew up and lived there from 1960-1976

Yes, the Briggs Boys are listed as a gang on the New York Stone Greasers website.

i used to live on morris ave

Hi Kelly - How ya doing? How's your brothers? I remember your dad coaching the OLM Terriers and Bulldogs. Wow, time certainly flies. Hey, is that your son Matthew playing guitar? If he is, he's fantastic! I viewed his videos and it's great to see someone his age keeping the classics alive - he's very talented tell him to keep playing he's great. Yeah, the Bronx was full of some great memories from our neighborhood back then. Anyway take care and thanks for stopping by. Jim

Tommy Jays/Leinster House huh? :D You might be able to reconnect with the OLR kids from back then nowadays... Theres a pretty big group on facebook with a lot of us.. A direct link probably wont work, so just search for "Our Lady of Refuge- Bronx (196 St. and Briggs Ave.)" to find it... "Our lady of refuge" should be enough to search on, but theres two groups...

Thats my hood, i moved from thier about 3 years ago! lol cool shit!

Thanks Joe!

I like the Bronx too. I have spent much time along Fordham Road and 187th and Belmont. Those areas defy change and are cool to visit. Best egg creams in New York: Mt. Carmel Confectionery about 187th near Belmont, same side on 187th as the Church.

Great video and camera work! That whole video look familiar.