This board is around to honor, share, and remember the memory of Bing Crosby.

The purpose of this board is not to:
1. Talk politics
2. Talk about non related Bing Crosby items
3. Be used for harrassment, intimidation, or slander of any kind

The board is set up now to automatically delete posts that fall into these categories.
Excessive posting in this regards will result in the deletion of your profile here.

Because of a hardware fault, access to this board was suspended for a short period yesterday, March 26th 2013.
Apologies to all. 

Bing's Yuletide cheer comes in many different packages, but beneath it all the same message is contained.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS


I apologise to those for whom this image did not display. I hope that is now corrected.

This discussion forum was set up by Tommy Bascumbe. I am sure all will wish to extend grateful thanks to him for his initiative and congratulate him on his success and the interest he has been able generate so far.

However, though it has been operating for a short time, Tommy has now realised that competing business pressures prevent him from being as active as he would like. 

He recently asked for assistance, but after some discussions he has felt it is more appropriate to hand over complete control to me.
While pursuing  discussions with Tommy I have also consulted with a key member of the management team of ICC. 
I have personal aspirations that at some point the forum might be incorporated in some way with the ICC,  of which I am a member,  but I emphasise that current responsibility is mine and mine alone.

When he set up the forum Tommy required some undertakings .
I am changing some of these to add emphasis to the general points about respect.

Participants are required to undertake
(1) To show every respect to the memory of Bing and his family.
(2) To have full regard to the ongoing rights of the family to respect and privacy.
(3) To understand and respect their ongoing business interests..
(4) To be generous and fair-minded to others;
(5) To be considerate and responsible in any statements;
(6) To participate regularly in discussions, if only to ask questions or to encourage the thriving of this community
(7) To invite other fans of the great Bing Crosby to join us here.

I assume that all existing participants will read this and their ongoing participation will be taken as an indication of their agreement.

I retain the absolute right to remove any posting that is likely to offend.  Repeated infringements will result in removal of the offender.

Any person or organisation with a legitimate interest who might feel that any item posted offends should send me an e –mail detailing their grievance. 

Legitimate criticism of the merits of a

Happy Birthday, Paul!

Thank you, Lobosco.  If you scroll down to the tagline at the very bottom of each page of this discussion board, you will see the request that members, and perhaps visitors too, spread the word about this cyberplace (assuming they find it worthwhile).  Since the quality of the experience depends on the participation of everyone who decides to join, all of us should be grateful to those who have publicized this board with links at other websites, as Lobosco and a few others have aleady done.  These and other similar efforts (emails, phone messages...) may bring this community many fascinating participants.

I like the way that Satchmo sings out the individual syllables in the opening theme song:
"High, Hign,
High, High,
High So-Ci-Et-Ty."
It has me smiling before the story even begins.

Tommy

Can anyone (already joined or about to join) tell about the new Collector's Choice CD set collecting songs recorded for the Crosby-Clooney radio show.  I mean, has anyone ordered it yet, heard it yet?

Here is a link to the catalog description for anyone who hasn't already heard about this:
http://ccmusic.com/item.cfm?itemid=CCM21622

I hope to be getting the word out in the next few days, so that this discussion board framework can begin to take on some liveliness! 

Meanwhile any Bing Crosby fanatics who happen upon this place are encouraged to click the "Register" lin,  to mindfully agree to the discussion board rules, and to thence proceed with the easy process of becoming a member, customizing your interface, and beginning to contribute in posts and comments!