Surf’s Up June 39ers

June 39ers Singin’ Surf Tunes!

Cowabunga, dude, let’s party hearty!

Goin’ to Surf City ♪…gonna have some fun…♪  

For years I’ve been urging you to celebrate birthdays not just for a day, but all month.

So let’s head into summer with International Surf Music Month! Thinking Boomer memories of Endless Summer (1966) and Gidget (TV, 1965).

But the surf craze began influencing our music as early as June 2, 1963, with the KRLA TUNEDEX music survey, charting these great twangy surf tunes in its top 40. 

Take a stroll down Memory Lane on your way to a 39 and Holding beach blanket bingo party:

# 7         SURF CITY                       JAN & DEAN

#12        Surfin U.S.A./Shut Down    The Beach Boys

#23        Crazy Days Of Summer      Nat "King" Cole

#28        Surf Walk                          Manuel & Renegades

#32        We're Going Surfin'             The Wailers

I threw in ol’ Nat King Cole’s song, ‘cause summer and surfin’ just go together, ya know? Like adding National Flip Flop Day – June 17^th – to our list of reasons to celebrate!

Of course, dear 39ers, June is also more than daddy month, Father’s Day, June 19, and Limbo Rock beach parties. Put a spotlight on your 39er birthday and theme your party with:

June 6   – YoYo Day

June 12 – National Peanut Butter Cookie Day

June 27 – National Sunglasses Day

Whether you’re channeling your inner Gemini Twins (05/21 – 06/20) or kicking sand in your Cancer Crab mood (06/21 – 07/22), there is always a reason to party hearty.

You know the old adage, “Stop to smell the roses”? They’re June’s signature flower – don’t smell just one – grab a bunch! You deserve ‘em.

Happy UN-Birthday JUNE 39ers,

(Here’s lookin’ at you, kids – 39AHC Birthday 39ers, Sally, Christine and Melanie!)

 

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*Thank you for the special observance day list, Brownielocks!

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Roses, Pearls and the Summer Solstice – June Magic!

All riiiiiight June 39ers! We get a day this month just for us! Well, for those 50 plus. June 21^st is Baby Boomer’s Recognition Day!

It falls on Father’s Day this year, so we’re splitting the fun. Of course, if you’re a dad and a June Boomer – party on! The rest of you can sip an after-daddy evening cocktail with your best Boomer buds. And if you're in that in-between stage, 39er-not-Boomer – well, it's all good.

For added glow, Baby Boomer Recognition Day coincides every year with the Summer Solstice. More reason to party!

Start with a bouquet of roses for the table centerpiece … perhaps one for each “bud.” Ar-ar. Yep, the quintessential rose is June’s official flower.

Add Mardi Gras strands of faux pearls, the June adornment preferred by the Roman Empire. Cool trivia: the iridescent bauble even had its own “pearl age” during the 1500s in Tudor England.

So, you’re comfortably seated at a tall table in your fave pub, with three of your closest Boomer buds, libations rising to toast, pearls sparkling, and the scent of roses wafting in the air – when …

… Shazam! In walk fellow June 39ers, Morgan Freeman and Meryl Streep!