#wofford

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FlanaryRon-CSXC142-WoffordKY-4-88- by Ron Flanary

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Volleyball Today: Wofford upsets Tennessee; AVCA Poll: big week for ACC

Wofford celebrates beating Tennessee/Mark Olencki photo Tennessee, which moved up a spot to No. 15 in the new AVCA Division I Women’s Volleyball Poll when it came out Monday, then got upset by Wofford, which beat a ranked team for the first time in program history. A handful of ranked teams are in action Tuesday, including No. 7 Wisconsin, which plays state rival Marquette, and the annual…

[profeminist]

Norma-Jean Wofford, "The Duchess"

Norma-Jean Wofford (c. 1942 – April 30, 2005) was an American guitarist who played with Bo Diddley and his band from 1962 to 1966.

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Wofford was Bo Diddley's second female guitarist, replacing Peggy Jones (a.k.a. Lady Bo). When Jones left the band, disappointed fans asked Bo Diddley what had become of her. In response, he hired Wofford, nicknamed her "The Duchess", taught her to play rhythm guitar, and told male admirers that she was his sister. In reality, they were not related. Wofford played guitar and sang alongside Gloria Morgan and Lily "Bee Bee" Jamieson as the Bo-ettes.

Bo Diddley stated, "Norma-Jean was my first sidekick... We did everything together. She was like family, which was why I told everyone she was my sister. There was no one else like her and I will miss her very much. I hadn't seen Duchess in so many years, but then she surprised me at a show in California last July. I'm so glad we had the chance to spend some time together again before she left this Earth."

More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma-Jean_Wofford

[unteriors]

Sycamore Drive, Wofford Heights, California.

[older-is-better]

Harris Wofford.

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[classichollywoodblogger]

[probablyaseamonster]

found out "woff" is German for "weapon".

Plot twist: Hilda the movie 2 reveals that woffs were secretly magic creations made by the fairies to invade the mortal realm or something.

[ncdweller]

Saturday our town had an unveiling of a remarkable sculpture. It depicts three women who are part of the area’s history.

Na-Ka Rebecca was a Cherokee woman (1793-1885)

Salley was a black slave (1799-unknown)

Timoxena was a white settler (1835-1900)

They are all holding hands. Timoxena is very pregnant. Salley is holding what appears to be a white child, Na-Ka Rebecca, with a child on her back, is pouring seeds into the white child’s hand.

The symbolism is everywhere in this sculpture.

The sculptor, Wesley Wofford offered to guide us through the symbolism after the unveiling, but unfortunately we couldn’t stay for that.

This is now the first stop on our town’s Women’s History Trail. It’s also connected to the Greenway. More about that later.

I’m really glad we moved here.

[therunwayarchive]

Payton Wofford at Naeem Khan, Spring 2023

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[marleneoftheopera]

Backstage photos by Ralph Watts.

[randomberlinchick]

Watch "BO DIDDLEY 1965" on YouTube

Norma Jean Wofford on that guitar has me reconsidering my retirement plan. 😂

[dearyallfrommatt]

"Hey, Bo Diddley/Bo Diddley”

 Yes, he had several songs with his name in them. Bo Diddley was as much the character in his songs as the singer of him. I forget where this is filmed, but Bo’s backed by his girl singers, the Bo-Ettes. That one on Bo’s far left is Norma-Jean Wofford, better known as the Duchess. Along with maracas master Jerome Green (who’s not in this for whatever reason), she was Bo’s musical sidekick throughout the ‘60s.

 During the ‘50s, Bo had Peggy Jones in his band as second guitarist. Known as Lady Bo, Jones had a strong career as a songwriter and bandleader while touring and recording with Bo. She decided to strike out fully on her own in 1961. Fans kept asking for her, so he taught Norma-Jean how to play guitar for him and called her Duchess. He told folks she was his half-sister to keep guys from hitting on her.

 She left the band and music to have a family in 1966. Losing touch, her and Bo were able to reconnected before she died in 2005. Bo himself left this world in 2008.

[artparks-sculpture]

A sculpture titled 'Coalescence (Passionate Naked Lovers sculptures)' by sculptor Wesley Wofford. In a medium of Bronze and in an edition of /9.

[thehopeofroby]

“Certe cose passano e se ne vanno. Altre restano. Pensavo che era colpa della mia memoria. Lo sai, no, ci sono delle cose che si dimenticano e altre che non si dimenticano mai. Ma non è così. I posti, i posti sono sempre lì.”

-Toni Morrison - Amatissima