ANNOUNCER: THIS PRESENTATION WAS

MADE POSSIBLE THANKS IN PART TO

THE PATRONS OF “CHARLOTTESVILLE

INSIDE-OUT ” COMMITTED TO

EXPLORING THE PEOPLE, PLACES AND

QUALITY OF LIFE THAT UNIQUELY

DEFINE CHARLOTTESVILLE AND ITS

SURROUNDINGS.

TERRI ALLARD: FOR WHTJ, I'M

TERRI ALLARD AND THIS IS

“CHARLOTTESVILLE INSIDE-OUT ”

STEPHANIE NAKASIAN: JAZZ IS

AMERICA'S CLASSICAL MUSIC THAT

WHAT WE TRY TO ENCOURAGE AND IN

ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO BE IN JAZZ

YOU'RE ACTUALLY ALSO ENCOURAGING

SELF EXPRESSION AND FREEDOM

WHICH IS BIG.

>>TERRI ALLARD: OUR GUESTS TODAY

HAVE BEEN PERFORMING AROUND THE

WORLD FOR OVER THREE DECADES.

JOIN US AS WE VISIT WITH

RENAISSANCE JAZZ VOCALIST

STEPHANIE NAKASIAN AND HER

PARTNER INTERNATIONALLY

ACCLAIMED JAZZ PIANIST HOD

O'BRIEN.

COME ON!

>>TERRI: SO TELL US HOW YOU MET.

>>STEPHANIE: AH WELL IT WAS A

CONNECTION THROUGH

CHARLOTTESVILLE THROUGH HOD'S

SISTER WHO HAD BEEN LIVING HERE

AND I MET ONE OF HER CHILDREN

AND HE SAID, MY UNCLE'S A JAZZ

PIANO PLAYER IN NY. AND I SAID

OH. AT THAT POINT I WASN'T DOING

JAZZ, I WAS DOING BANKING, SO

>>TERRI: SO YOU WERE ON WALL

STREET.

>>STEPHANIE: YEAH SO I HAD NEVER

MET A JAZZ PIANO PLAYER SO I

THOUGHT THAT SOUNDS EXCITING AND

SEXY I WANT TO MEET SOMEBODY

SOME JAZZ GUY. SO I WENT AND IT

TURNS OUT HE WAS PLAYING IN NY

RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM WHERE

I LIVED. HE WAS AT 63RD AND

FIRST AND I WAS AT 54TH AND

SECOND. AND I SAID WOW THIS

MUSIC IS GREAT AND HE'S SO CUTE

AND SO I ACTUALLY MADE A FORAY

AND SAID YOU KNOW I LIKE TO SING

AND MAYBE YOU COULD HEAR ME SING

SOMETIME.

>>TERRI: I LOVE THAT. SO YOU

FELL IN LOVE WITH JAZZ, FELL I

LOVE WITH HOD AND THERE WENT

WALL STREET.

>>STEPHANIE: RIGHT, RIGHT.

>>SO LET'S BACKTRACK A LITTLE

TOO THEN. PRIOR TO MEETING

STEPHANIE, YOU HAD ALREADY HAD,

YOU WERE IN THE PROCESS OF

HAVING A REALLY FABULOUS CAREER.

>>HOD: IT VARIED FROM BEING A

GREAT CAREER TO SORT OF A

NON-CAREER.

>>TERRI: WELL, LET'S START AT

THE VERY, VERY, VERY BEGINNING

WHEN YOU WERE EIGHT. YOU FELL IN

LOVE WITH MUSIC, WHY?

>>HOD: OH, YEAH. I HEARD BOOGIE

WOOGIE AND IN THOSE YEARS, THAT

WAS IN 1944 AND BOOGIE WOOGIE

WAS KIND OF POPULAR MUSIC ON THE

RADIO IN THOSE DAYS. I HER

D

SUGAR

CHILD ROBINSON, TEN YEARS OLD,

PLAYING BOOGIE WOOGIE AND I

THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO

DO.

♪ PAORB PAORB PAEURPB PAEURPB

>>TERRI ALLARD: ONE OF YOUR

FIRST BREAKS WAS AT A CLUB IN EB

>>TERRI ALLARD: ONE OF YOUR

FIRST BREAKS WAS AT A CLUB IN EB

>>TERRI ALLARD: ONE OF YOUR

FIRST BREAKS WAS AT A CLUB IN >

FIRST BREAKS WAS AT A CLUB IN >

FIRST BREAKS WAS AT A CLUB IN >

FIRST BREAKS WAS AT A CLUB IN

NJ, RIGHT? WHAT WAS THAT

FABULOUS CLUB?

>>THIS WAS IN MA, LENNOX, MA.

AND THERE WAS ADJACENT TO THE

TANGLEWOOD GROUNDS WAS A PLACE

CALLED THE MUSIC INN, COUNT

BASSIE

ORCHESTRA WOULD PLAY THERE BUT

ALSO THE MODERNISTS OF THAT

TIME, WHO PEOPLE LIKE DIZZY

GILLESPIE, THELONIAS MONK, THE

MODERN JAZZ QUARTET, PLAYED

THERE AND I WOULD GO TO THESE

CONCERTS, THEY HAD THEM EVERY

SUNDAY NIGHT AND RIGHT UP THE

HILL FROM THE MUSIC INN WAS A

PLACE CALLED AVALOCH WHERE RANDY

WESTON USED TO HOLD COURT EVERY

SUMMER DURING THE EARLY 50'S.

AND SO AFTER THE CONCERTS AT THE

MUSIC INN WE'D ALL GO UP TO

AVALOCH AND SOME MUSICIANS WOULD

COME UP THERE AND RANDY WOULD

HAVE THEM SIT IN AND THAT WAS MY

PROVING GROUNDS, MY STOMPING

GROUNDS.

>> YOU ENDED UP IN NY BECAUSE OF

THAT RIGHT? YOU FOLLOWED THESE

OTHER MUSICIANS TO NY BECAUSE

THAT'S WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND

YOU WERE PART OF THE LOFT SCENE?

>>HOD: THEY INTRODUCED US TO THE

LOFT SCENE.

>>TERRI: AND WHAT WAS THAT? FOR

PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW, WHAT WAS

THE LOFT SCENE?

>>WELL, IN NY CITY THEY HAD THE

VERY OLD DOWNTOWN AREA WHERE OLD

ABANDONED WAREHOUSES USED TO AH,

MUSICIANS USED TO MAKE THEIR

DWELLINGS IN THESE LOFTS SO THAT

THEY COULD HAVE GATHERINGS THERE

OF MUSICIANS AND JAM HAVE JAM

SESSIONS.

>>RIGHT, MMM HMM.

>>YOU KNOW LIKE STAN GOETZ WOULD

COME INTO ONE OF THOSE LOFTS AND

PLAY AND EVERYTHING AND IF HE

LIKED YOUR PLAYING, HE HAD IF HE

WAS GETTING ANOTHER - CHANGING

HIS PIANO PLAYER HE MIGHT CALL

YOU RIGHT THERE.

>>RIGHT, RIGHT, SO IT WAS GREAT.

>>TERRI: YOU GOT ONE OF YOUR

FIRST RECORD DEALS PLAYING THE

LOFT SCENE, RIGHT?

>>WELL, IT WAS SIMILARLY, YEAH.

I WENT TO SEE TEDDY CHARLES WHO

WAS A VIBES PLAYER AND HAL STEIN

AN ALTO SAXOPHONE PLAYER WAS

PLAYING WITH HIM AND I KNEW HAL

FROM ONE OF THE LOFTS AND SO I

SAID I'D GO SEE HAL AND SEE IF

HE'LL GET TEDDY TO COME AND ASK

ME TO PLAY.

>>TERRI: YEAH.

>>HOD: AND WHICH HE DID. AND SO

AFTER I FINISHED PLAYING, TEDDY

TURNED TO ME AND SAID I LIKE

YOUR PLAYING MAN HOW'D YOU LIKE

TO DO A RECORD GIG NEXT WEEK?

>>OH! THAT'S GREAT.

>>THERE WERE THREE TRUMPET

PLAYERS, ART FARMER,IDREES

SULIEMAN DONALD BYRD.

♪

>>TERRI: THREE TRUMPETS. AND

THEN TALK ABOUT REPLACING BILL

EVANS.

>>WELL THAT WAS IN OSCAR

PETTIFORD'S QUINTET.

>>AND THIS IS ONE OF MY DUBIOUS

DISTINCTIONS - OSCAR WAS

COMPLAINING ABOUT BILL EVANS'

PLAYING AND HIS COMPING AND HIS

TIME FIELD. HIS TIME FIELD

MEANING HIS SENSE OF RHYTHM HE

HAD A DIFFERENT WAY OF

ADDRESSING THE BEAT AND

ADDRESSING RHYTHM THAN OSCAR WAS

USED TO AND I HAD ALSO SEEEN

OSCAR ALREADY, YOU KNOW PLAYED

WITH HIM IN A LOFT AND SO WEEK

LATER I GOT A CALL FROM OSCAR

JOIN THE BAND. AND I SAID SURE!

I WAS PLEASED

>>OH! AND FOR THOSE WHO DON'T

KNOW JAZZ WE'RE TALKING, THESE

ARE TOP PERFORMERS, THESE ARE

INCREDIBLY WELL RESPECTED

>>WELL WE ALL KNOW WHO BILL

EVANS TURNED OUT TO BE.

>>YEAH, EXACTLY. OK SO THEN

FAST, FAST FORWARD TO WHEN YOU

ALL MET AND STARTED PERFORMING

TOGETHER.

>>STEPHANIE: WELL, JUST IN

GENERAL THINGS JUST STARTED

HAPPENING. WE STARTED GETTING

GIGS, IT WAS OBVIOUS I COULDN'T

WORK ON WALL STREET, GET UP AT 6

IN THE MORNING TO BE ON WALL

STREET AND THEN STAY OUT TILL 3

HANGING OUT WITH HOD YOU KNOW

SINGING IN THE CLUBS. SO I JUST

HAD TO MAKE A DECISION ONE DAY

TO COME OUT, YOU KNOW AND YOU

KNOW GO TO, WE HAD A PARTY AND I

SAID TO MY FRIENDS I'M STEPHANIE

NAKASIAN AND I'M A JAZZ SINGER.

>>LAUGHTER THAT'S GREAT.

>>AND YOU KNOW I HAD MY BUSINESS

FRIENDS THERE AND MY NEW JAZZ

FRIENDS AND I JUST DECIDED TO

TRY FOR FIVE YEARS, I WAS YOUNG

AND HAD TIME, I COULD DO THAT.

AND IF IT DIDN'T WORK OUT I'D GO

BACK TO BUSINESS AND FINISH,

FINISH MY CALLING THAT WAY.

>>WHEN I FIRST HEARD STEPHANIE

SING I WAS AH, SHE WAS AMAZING.

THE WAY I HEARD WHEN I HEARD

ELLA FITZGERALD AND SARAH

VAUGHAN SING. AND SHE TOLD ME

SHE'D NEVER HEARD OF THESE

SINGERS.

>>STEPHANIE: I'D NEVER BEEN

EXPOSED, NO.

>>HOD: AND SO I WAS TOTALLY

BLOWN AWAY THAT SHE HADN'T HEARD

OF THEM.

♪

>>TERRI: SO YOU ALL TOURED FOR

YEARS AND YEARS AND THEN YOU

WERE TOGETHER FOR YEARS BEFORE

YOU EVEN GOT MARRIED. BUT THEN

YOU DECIDED TO START A FAMILY,

RIGHT?

>>STEPHANIE: YEAH, WE WERE

TOGETHER 14 YEARS BEFORE WE EVEN

GOT THAT, GOT THAT FAR. BECAUSE

WE MET IN 1980 AND WE WERE

TOURING, WE WERE DOING WE LIVED

IN THE POCONOS, WE HAD GIGS IN

HOTELS IN NJ AND NY AND WE DID A

LOT OF CRUISE SHIPS.

>>HOD: YEAH.

>>STEPHANIE: WE WENT ALL OVER

THE PLACE YOU KNOW AND THEN

AROUND 1992 WE STARTED TO GET

ITCHY ABOUT - MY CLOCK WAS

TICKING AND YOU KNOW I WAS HMM

SHOULD WE DO THIS? I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW. AND SO WE FINALLY

MADE THE LEAP AND HAD BEAUTIFUL

VERONICA IN 1994. WE GOT MARRIED

IN 1993 IN ST. THOMAS.

>>HOD: BEST THING WE EVER DID.

IT WAS THE BEST PRESENT SHE EVER

GAVE ME.

>>TERRI: OH!

>>STEPHANIE: THANK YOU. YOU GAVE

THERE'S A LOT OF HER, THERE'S A

LOT OF YOU IN HER, BELIEVE ME.

>>HOD: SHE'S BECOMING A TOP

NOTCH JAZZ SINGER NOW AND SHE

WAS ALSO INTO ROCK AND ROLL AND

SOMEHOW SHE'S GOING TO DO

SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE

REALLY SIGNIFICANT AND DIFFERENT

I THINK.

>>TERRI: YEAH, SHE'S, WHEN SHE

WAS NINE YOUR DAUGHTER VERONICA

HAD HER FIRST ALBUM?

>>STEPHANIE: YEAH.

>>TERRI: RIGHT? I MEAN, SHE'S

REALLY QUITE TALENTED, TOO.

>>STEPHANIE: SHE'S ALWAYS WANTED

TO DO IT WITH US, YOU KNOW IT

WAS A FAMILY, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL

FAMILY THING. YOU KNOW IT'S VERY

LOVING. IT'S REALLY FABULOUS

SHE SINGS WITH US AND THEN SHE

HAS HER OWN, HAS HER OWN CAREER

NOW AND IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL.

>>TERRI: NOW YOU'RE UP AGAINST

A HEALTH ISSUE. YOU WERE

RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH LUNG

CANCER, HOD.

>>HOD: LAUGHS. YES. BIG SHOCK

AND SURPRISE. NEVER HAVING, WELL

I MEAN I SMOKED A LONG TIME AGO

AND GAVE IT UP A LONG TIME AGO.

NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT.

>>STEPHANIE: YOU'VE BEEN

HEALTHY.

>>HOD: NEVER HAD ANYTHING TO

INDICATE THAT I HAD A BAD LUNG

OR SOMETHING.

>>STEPHANIE: YEAH, HE WAS A

MARATHON RUNNER, VERY ATHLETIC

AND STRONG AND NEVER SICK OR

ANYTHING, SO IT WAS A SHOCK.

>>TERRI: RIGHT, RIGHT.

>>HOD: YEAH.

>>TERRI: AND AH, WHAT DID YOUR

DAUGHTER VERONICA SAY TO YOU

STEPHANIE?

>>STEPHANIE: OH, RECENTLY? I

TOLD YOU THAT. WELL, YOU KNOW

SHE SAID MOM, YOU HAVE TO GET

DADDY WELL BECAUSE HIS, HE'S,

HIS MUSIC IS TOO IMPORTANT TO

THE WORLD. YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE

HE GETS BETTER

♪

>>TERRI: THERE ARE ALL THESE

DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU'VE

BEEN WORKING ON YOU HAVE BOOK

ABOUT YOUR WHOLE CAREER.

>>HOD: IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE

REALLY, NOT A REALLY EDUCATIONAL

ACADEMIC TYPE OF A BOOK,

BIOGRAPHICAL THING, IT'S

SUPPOSED TO BE AN OFF THE CUFF

TYPE OF THING TELLING FUNNY

STORIES THAT OCCURRED IN CLUBS

WHILE I WAS PERFORMING.

>>STEPHANIE: VERY FUNNY.

>>STEPHANIE: YOU GET THE FEELING

OF THE JAZZ LIFE.

>>TERRI: WHAT A GREAT BOOK. AND

YOU'RE WORKING ON A BOOK TOO.

YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF BOOKS, ONE

THAT YOU'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT

IS HELPING PEOPLE TO SING AND

LIKE TO GIVE THEM PERMISSION TO

SING.

>>STEPHANIE: YOU KNOW IT'S FUNNY

HOW LIFE TAKES YOU ON THESE

JOURNEYS. YOU KNOW HERE I WAS

JUST A JAZZ SINGER. NEXT THING

I'M TEACHING JAZZ, WHICH I

WASN'T TRAINED IN SCHOOL TO

TEACH JAZZ BUT YOU JUST TEACH

WHAT YOU KNOW.

>>TERRI: AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE

FOR MANY YEARS.

>>STEPHANIE: AND SO I WAS

HELPING CHOIR DIRECTORS AND IT

TOOK ON A BIGGER SCOPE. AND AS I

DID THAT I REALIZED EVERYBODY

HAD THE SAME ISSUES. EVERYBODY

WAS PRETTY INSECURE ABOUT

SINGING. IT FELT VERY NAKED,

VERY EXPOSED AND THERE WERE

CERTAIN TECHNICAL THINGS WITH

THE MOUTH AND THE JAW AND THE

THROAT THAT THEY'RE ALL COMMON

TO ALL OF US AND IN FAC TIF THEY

CAN RELEASE THAT YOU KNOW AND

FREE UP A LITTLE BIT THE MUSIC

WILL COME OUT BEAUTIFULLY.

>>TERRI: HOW MANY CD'S IF YOU

CAN EVEN COME UP WITH A NUMBER,

THAT YOU'VE RECORDED SEPARATELY,

TOGETHER AND THEN WITH OTHER

PEOPLE. I MEAN LIKE A

GUESTIMATE.

>>STEPHANIE: WELL, THE ONLY

REASON I KNOW HOD'S IS BECAUSE

HE'S WRITING THIS BOOK. AND SO

THERE'S SOMEONE IN HOLLAND, IN

THE NETHERLANDS, WHO'S WRITING

THE DISCOGRAPHY AND HE CAME UP

WITH 69 RECORDINGS THAT HOD'S

ON.

>>TERRI: THAT YOU'RE INVOLVED.

OH MY GOODNESS.

>>STEPHANIE: SO I THINK YOU HAVE

ABOUT AS A LEADER, 20 AS A

LEADER MAYBE.

>>HOD: I DON'T THINK IF IT'S

THAT MUCH

>>TERRI: SO SPEAKING OF

INSPIRATION. IF YOU COULD GIVE

ADVICE TO OTHERS WHO ARE

PERFORMERS AND MUSICIANS I MEAN,

WHAT'S YOUR BEST ADVICE FOR

SURVIVING IN THIS INDUSTRY?

>>HOD: WELL, AND KEEP TRYING AND

HOPE FOR THE BEST.

>>STEPHANIE: YEAH YOU WORK ON

YOUR MUSIC AND YOU DEVELOP

YOURSELF.

>>HOD: YOU DEVELOP YOUR JUST TRY

TO DEVELOP YOUR OWN STYLE.

>>STEPHANIE: YOU HAVE TO ALMOST

KEEP REINVENTING YOURSELF AND I

DON'T MEAN CHANGING WHAT YOU DO

BUT

>>TERRI: YEAH.

>>STEPHANIE: NO TWO JAZZ

MUSICIANS SHOULD SOUND THE SAME.

THEY SHOULD NEVER SOUND THE SAME

BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT. SO

WE JUST ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO

IT. LISTEN TO MUSIC, BUY

RECORDINGS, GO TO LIVE

PERFORMANCES, EXPERIENCE IT,

SHARE IT, GET YOUR KIDS INVOLVED

WITH IT. IT'S FANTASTIC.

>>TERRI: THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

>>STEPHANIE: THANK YOU, TERRI.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

>>HOD: THANK YOU.

THIS IS A PLACE THAT'S

CONSISTENT. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE

GETTING YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE THAT

ARE HERE IT'S SOMEWHAT LIKE

CHEERS IN THE BAR OF OLD. THEY

KNOW YOUR NAME.

TERRI: TODAY WE'RE GOING TO STOP

BY A VERY SPECIAL

CHARLOTTESVILLE ESTABLISHMENT

THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDING OUR

COMMUNITY WITH HOMEMADE

LEMONADE, THICK MILKSHAKE, TASTY

DELI TREATS AND A PRESCRIPTION

DELIVERY SERVICE FOR OVER A

CENTURY. JOIN US AS WE VISIT

WITH JOHN PLANTZ, OWNER OF

TIMBERLAKES DRUG STORE AND SODA

FOUNTAIN ON THE DOWNTOWN MALL.

COME ON.

KAYLIE: OK. AND DID YOU WANT TO

HAVE THAT DELIVERED OR DID YOU

WANT TO PICK IT UP? OK. SOUNDS

GOOD. THANK YOU. GOOD BYE.

JOHN: TIMBERLAKES HAS BEEN AT

THIS LOCATION SINCE 1917, BUT IT

WAS DOWN THE BLOCK, 2 BLOCKS

DOWN FROM 1890 UNTIL 1917. AND

THE BUSINESS HAS BEEN OWNED- I'M

THE FOURTH OWNER IN ALL OF THOSE

YEARS, SO EVERYBODY KEEPS IT

ABOUT 30 OR 40 YEARS AND THEN

SO, I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE '77, SO

WHAT DOES THAT MAKE IT? 40 YEARS

IN 2017. BUT I HAVE NO INTENTION

OF RETIRING. I'M HAVING TOO MUCH

FUN.

TERRI: LAUGHS. TALK ABOUT WHAT

IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT TIMBERLAKES.

THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT

MAKE IT SPECIAL.

JOHN: WELL, I GUESS JUST THE

FACT THAT IT REPRESENTS THE

PAST. A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE

BEEN COMING IN HERE SINCE THEY

WERE LITTLE KIDS AND THEIR

GRANDPARENTS BROUGHT THEM IN AND

THEY JUST KEEP COMING.

SENA: TIMBERLAKES STILL KIND OF

HAS THAT OLD FASHIONEDDRUG

STOREESQUENESS TO IT WHERE YOU

CAN GET, THERE WAS A VANILLA

POWDER THAT MY MOM LOVED FOR A

LONG TIME SO FOR A WHILE THIS

WAS THE ONLY PLACE I COULD FIND

TO GET HER CHRISTMAS PRESENTS

EVERY YEAR. JUST GOOD PEOPLE.

AND PART OF YOUR LOCAL

NEIGHBORHOOD.

TERRI: WITH YOUR PHARMACY YOU

DELIVER.

JOHN: YEAH, THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S

KEPT US IN BUSINESS, THE FREE

DELIVERY. IT'S PROBABLY NOT THE

BEST PLACE IN THE WORLD TO HAVE

A DRUG STORE, CAUSE PEOPLE GO TO

THE DOCTOR, THEY DON'T FEEL

GOOD, BUT OUR DELIVERY SERVICE

MAKES UP FOR THAT. WE CAN GET IT

TO YOUR HOUSE WITHIN A COUPLE OF

HOURS SO.

TERRI: AND YOU HAVE YOUR

FABULOUS SODA FOUNTAIN WHICH IS

-

JOHN: YEAH, THE SODA FOUNTAIN IS

THE FAMOUS PART OF THE

DRUGSTORE- WHICH I ALWAYS TELL

PEOPLE, WE FILL PRESCRIPTIONS

TOO. BUT IF YOU SAY TO ANYBODY,

IF YOU'RE AT A COCKTAIL PARTY OR

SOMETHING, SOMEBODY INTRODUCES

ME TO SOMEBODY, THEY SAY, WELL,

WHERE DO YOU WORK? AND I SAY,

TIMBERLAKES, OH, YOU HAVE THE

BEST GRILLED CHEESE, OR OH YOU

HAVE THE BEST MILKSHAKES, NOBODY

TALKS ABOUT THE PHARMACY END OF

IT.

TERRI: SO YOU HAVE REAL ICE

CREAM, I MEAN SHAKES WITH REAL

ICE CREAM, YOU MAKE YOUR OWN

LEMONADE, YOUR OWN LIME AID.

JOHN: RIGHT. WE MAKE OUR OWN

CHILI, WHICH PEOPLE JUST LOVE.

TERRI: PIE.

JOHN: WE BAKE OUR OWN TURKEY

BREAST, WE BAKE TURKEYS IN THE

OVEN DOWNSTAIRS IN THE KITCHEN.

AND UH, YEAH, YOU DON'T GET REAL

TURKEY BREASTS JUST ANY PLACE,

THE KIND LIKE YOU MAKE AT HOME,

IT'S JUST THE REAL STUFF.

TERRI: AND PIE.

JOHN: YEAH. PIE, PIE, PIE. WE

HAVE A LOT OF PIES.

TERRI: I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THE

PIE. LAUGHTER

WARREN: WE'RE HAVING A CHOCOLATE

MILKSHAKE.

HEATHER: WE CAME IN TO HAVE

LUNCH SO WE CAN EARN THE

MILKSHAKE THAT FOLLOWS BECAUSE

THIS IS THE BEST MILKSHAKE THAT

THERE IS. SO IF WE DO A GOOD JOB

AND EAT OUR LUNCH THEN WE'RE

GONNA SPLIT A CHOCOLATE

MILKSHAKE WHEN ALL OF THIS IS

OVER.

WARD: FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER

YEARS AGO THE DECISION WAS MADE

TO ONLY NAME SANDWICHES AFTER

PEOPLE WHO HAD DIED AND SO ONE

OF THE PERSONS WHO RAN THIS

PLACE WAS A GENTLEMAN NAMED

MCCAFFEY AND SO A SANDWICH WAS

NAMED FOR HIM. ANOTHER WAS LOUIS

GLAZER WHO IF YOU WILL

MANUFACTURED QUILL PENS THAT

WERE USED AT MONTICELLO. ONE OF

OUR MORE BELOVED GENTLEMEN IN

THE COMMUNITY WAS DARDEN TOWE, A

SANDWICH IS NAMED FOR HIM.

CONNIE: DEVILED EGGS. MAYONAISE,

CELERY AND MUSTARD, THAT'S ALL I

PUT IN THAT. AND WE MAKE CHICKEN

SALAD THAT'S REALLY FOR, AND THE

TUNA FISH. AND THE ONLY THING WE

PUT IN OUR TUNA IS RELISH AND

MAYONAISE AND THE ONLY THING WE

PUT IN OUR CHICKEN IS CELERY AND

MAYONAISE AND PEOPLE SEEM TO

LIKE IT LIKE THAT SO WE CONTINUE

TO DO IT AND THEY CONTINUE TO

BUY.

TERRI: SO TALK ABOUT YOUR

FABULOUS STAFF.

JOHN: FABULOUS STAFF, WHERE DO I

BEGIN? ACTUALLY THEY ALL SERVE A

VERY IMPORTANT PURPOSE HERE AND

UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF BANTERING

THAT GOES ON.

TERRI: YEAH.

JOHN: BUT THE PROBLEM IS, THE

STAFF IS, THE PROBLEM IS WE HAVE

ONE LADY WHO JUST RETIRED OVER

50 YEARS OF SERVICE. WE HAVE TWO

LADIES WHO ARE TALKING ABOUT

RETIRING, AND THEY'RE BOTH,

ONE'S OVER 50 AND THE OTHER ONE

IS GETTING CLOSE.

TERRI: FOR 50 YEARS OF SERVICE,

RIGHT.

JOHN: AND UH, IT'S HARD TO

REPLACE THOSE KINDS OF PEOPLE.

TERRI: YEAH.

JOHN: SO, IF SOMEBODY OUT THERE

IS LIKE 75 YEARS OLD AND WANTS A

JOB COME AND SEE ME.

DEBBIE: I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS

PLACE EXISTED UNTIL I WALKED BY.

I USED TO GO TO LANE HIGH SCHOOL

AND I USED TO LIVE ON BELMONT

AND I WOULD GO BACK AND FORTH

YOU KNOW IN THE MORNINGS TO GO

TO SCHOOL AND BACK TO GO HOME.

AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS

PLACE EVER EXISTED UNTIL I SEEN

THE YOU KNOW THE AD IN THE PAPER

SAYING YOU KNOW THAT THEY NEEDED

HELP. SO I SAID YOU KNOW LET'S

GO IN HERE AND CHECK IT OUT AND

FIND OUT. AND THAT'S WHAT I DID

AND I'VE BEEN HERE FOR SIXTEEN

YEARS NOW. AND ONCE IN AWHILE IT

HAS ITS UPS AND DOWNS YOU KNOW,

CUSTOMERS LIKE THIS ONE OVER

HERE YOU KNOW THIS LAUGHTER.

CHARLES: THERE GOES THE TIP,

I'LL TELL YOU THAT, BOY.

KAYLIE: IT IS NOT EASY, WE HAVE

A LOT OF REGULARS WHO HAVE BEEN

HERE SINCE BEFORE I WAS EVEN

BORN, SO WORKING HERE HAS

DEFINITELY BEEN A NEW

EXPERIENCE. WE HAVE A LOT OF

ORIGINAL PRODUCTS ALSO, LIKE

JEAN NATE I THINK IT'S CALLED,

AND LIKE ELIZABETH ARDEN AND THE

BLUE GRASS,ALL OF THAT LIKE THE

DUSTING POWDER YOU KNOW. THAT'S

ALL, YOU CAN'T REALLY FIND THAT

ANYWHERE ELSE, LIKE AT ANY OTHER

DRUG STORE. SO IT'S NICE WHEN

PEOPLE GET EXCITED BECAUSE THEY

COME IN AND SEE THAT WE HAVE

THAT.

TERRI: SO TALK ABOUT HOW, TALK

ABOUT HOW YOU COMPETE WITH SOME

OF THESE LARGER CHAIN

DRUGSTORES, BECAUSE THAT MUST BE

TRICKY.

JOHN: IT'S VERY DIFFICULT, AND

AH BUT WE, REALLY, TECHNICALLY

PROBABLY SHOULDN'T STILL BE

HERE. BUT WE HAVE A BIG

FOLLOWING OF PHARMACY OF PEOPLE

WHO NEED PHARMACEUTICAL

SERVICES. AND A LOT OF THEM ARE

SHUT-INS. A LOT OF ‘EM -ALOT OF

THEM JUST LIKE TO DEAL WITH A

PLACE THEY CAN TALK TO SOMEBODY.

TERRI: RIGHT.

JOHN: SO THEY CALL UP ON THE

PHONE AND THEY GET TO TALK TO

US. AND THAT MEANS A LOT TO

PEOPLE.

TERRI: YEAH.

JOHN: NOT ALL PEOPLE, I THINK

THE YOUNG GENERATION DOESN'T

REALLY KNOW THAT, THEY'RE USED

TO DEALING WITH ANONYMOUS PEOPLE

OR INTERNET OR WHATEVER, BUT THE

OLDER GENERATION LIKE TO DEAL

WITH SOMEBODY THEY KNOW.

TERRI: WELL, THEN, THEY LIKE

HOMEMADE FOOD TOO, EVERYBODY

LIKES HOMEMADE FOOD, YOU HAVE.

JOHN: YOU KEEP GOING BACK TO THE

SODA FOUNTAIN

TERRI: I KNOW, CAUSE WE HAVEN'T

REALLY GIVEN IT ITS DUE TIME

YET.

JOHN: NO, ITS.

TERRI: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE

THING ON THE MENU? IN THE SODA

FOUNTAIN, I KEEP GOING BACK TO-

JOHN: UHHM, MY FAVORITE THING IS

PROBABLY I PROBABLY EAT THE TUNA

FISH SANDWICH MORE OFTEN THAN

NOT, PARTLY BECAUSE IT'S HEALTHY

BUT I LOVE IT WHEN WE HAVE HOME

GROWN TOMATOES.

TERRI: OH YEAH.

JOHN: DO YOU KNOW WHERE THEY

COME FROM?

TERRI: WHERE?

JOHN: I GROW ‘EM. ALL SUMMER

LONG HERE, WELL STARTING IN

ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF JULY THROUGH

AUGUST THE TOMATOES WE HAVE AH

COME OUT OF MY GARDEN.

TERRI: OH, THAT IS SO GREAT. AND

YOU'RE THE PHARMACIST, YOU'RE

BEHIND THE COUNTER.

JOHN: RIGHT.

TERRI: SO YOU ARE A BUSY GUY.

JOHN: YEAH. I WORK 4 DAYS A WEEK

NOW AND I HAVE ANOTHER

PHARMACIST, SHE A YOUNG WOMAN

AND SHE TRIES TO CHANGE

EVERYTHING THAT I DO. AND I

WON'T LET HER SO WE GO BACK AND

FORTH ALL THE TIME. BUT TO ME

YOU KNOW TO ME LIKE ALL THE

PEOPLE WHO WORK HERE, NONE OF US

LIKE CHANGE. WE'RE ALL

OLD-FASHIONED, WE SEE NOTHING

WRONG WITH THE OLD WAYS BUT YOU

KNOW THEY KEEP, PEOPLE KEEP

TRYING TO RAM THINGS DOWN YOUR

THROAT HOW YOU HAVE TO DO THIS

OR HOW YOU HAVE TO DO THAT, BUT

I'M PRETTY STUBBORN ABOUT THAT.

MILLIE: I WATCHED THEM LAY THE

FIRST BRICK OF THE MALL. AND I

CAME HERE WE HAD TWO WAY TRAFFIC

AND COULD PARK OUT IN FRONT OF

THE STORE. YOU TRY TO PLEASE

YOUR CUSTOMERS NO MATTER WHAT.

SOMETHING MAY COME UP THAT'S NOT

MAYBE YOUR FAULT BUT YOU CORRECT

IT AND BE GRACIOUS ABOUT IT. YOU

DON'T MAKE YOUR CUSTOMER FEEL

THAT YOU ARE DOING HIM A FAVOR.

IT'S THE OTHER WAY AROUND.

CONNIE: I LOVE THE CUSTOMERS

BECAUSE ALL OF THEM ARE

DIFFERENT, ALL OF THEM HAVE

STORIES TO TELL AND WE'VE HAD

SOME PRETTY GOOD TIMES, TOO. I

FIRST CAME TO WORK MY COUSIN WAS

HERE AND SHE GOT ME ON BECAUSE I

HAD JUST GOTTEN OUT OF SCHOOL IN

'68. AND I HAD STAYED AT HOME

FOR A LITTLE WHILE SO THEN IN

'69 AFTER I GOT MARRIED I SAID I

WANTED TO WORK TO PUT SOME MONEY

IN MAYBE FOR A HOME LATER. WELL

I WAS ONLY SUPPOSED TO WORK

UNTIL WE DID THE HOME BUT NOW

I'M STILL WORKING AND THE HOME'S

BEEN PAID FOR NOW FOR ABOUT

FIFTEEN YEARS. LAUGHTER. OR

MORE.

TERRI: TELL ME ONE OF YOUR

FAVORITE STORIES THAT TOOK PLACE

ABOUT A CUSTOMER OR STAFF

ANYBODY, ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE

TIMBERLAKE STORIES.

JOHN: WELL, I USUALLY TELL

PEOPLE ABOUT THE LADY WHO HAS A

DOG AND THE DOG IS GAINING

WEIGHT AND SHE ASKS ME FOR A,

WHAT CAN I GIVE THE DOG TO HELP

HIM LOSE WEIGHT? AND I SAID DID

YOU EVER THINK ABOUT NOT PUTTING

SO MUCH FOOD IN THE DOG DISH?

TERRI: OK.

JOHN: AND SHE SAID, OH NO, I

COULDN'T DO THAT; HE LOOKS AT ME

WITH THOSE BROWN EYES. AND THEN

THERE'S ANOTHER LADY WHO TOLD ME

ABOUT HER CAT. HER CAT HAS A

HEADACHE. AND I SAID HOW DID YOU

DO THAT? OR HOW DO YOU KNOW

THAT? OH, I CAN JUST TELL BY THE

WAY IT HOLDS ITS HEAD. SO, THOSE

ARE SOME OF THE ANIMAL STORIES

BUT UH I ALWAYS SAID I WOULD

WRITE SOME OF THESE STORIES DOWN

AND PUT THEM IN A BOOK. BUT THEY

COME ALONG EVERY WEEK THERE'S

ANOTHER ONE AND OF COURSE YOU

DON'T REMEMBER THEM ALL.

TERRI: MAYBE IF YOU EVER RETIRE,

MAYBE THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL DO.

JOHN: I MIGHT WRITE A BOOK ABOUT

FUNNY THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN A

DRUGSTORE.

TERRI: THAT WOULD BE A GREAT

BOOK.

JOHN: I COULD TELL YOU ONE ABOUT

A LUBRICANT, BUT I WON'T GO

THERE.

TERRI : OK,SO SERIOUSLY, ARE YOU

NEVER GONNA RETIRE? AND IF NOT,

WHY?

JOHN: UH, I REALLY DON'T HAVE

ANY PLANS TO RETIRE. I DON'T SEE

ANY, I THINK RETIREMENT IS WHAT

YOUNG PEOPLE THINK ABOUT. WHEN

YOU'RE YOUNG, YOU DON'T WANT TO

GO TO WORK. BUT WHEN YOU GET

OLDER THE JOB REALLY FILLS UP

YOUR DAY. I MEAN, I LIKE PEOPLE.

TERRI: YEAH.

JOHN: SO HERE I HAVE PEOPLE ALL

THE TIME, I CAN CHITCHAT ALL THE

TIME TELL PEOPLE WHAT I THINK,

GIVE THEM SOME INFORMATION. AND

IF I RETIRE, I'M AND AT HOME AND

ALL THAT'S GONE. SO, THEN I

HAVE MY WIFE.

TERRI: LAUGHS.

JOHN: WHICH I'M OKAY WITH BUT

SHE MIGHT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH

THAT.

TERRI: WELL JOHN, THANK YOU FOR

ALL YOU DO HERE AT TIMBERLAKES -

I HOPE YOU DON'T EVER RETIRE

EITHER.

JOHN: WELL, THANK YOU.

TERRI: THANK YOU.

TERRI ALLARD: THAT'S IT FOR THIS

WEEK. FOR WHTJ I'M TERRI ALLARD.

SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON

CHARLOTTESVILLE INSIDE-OUT.

ANNOUNCER: THIS PRESENTATION WAS

MADE POSSIBLE THANKS IN PART TO

THE PATRONS OF “CHARLOTTESVILLE

INSIDE-OUT ” COMMITTED TO

EXPLORING THE PEOPLE, PLACES AND

QUALITY OF LIFE THAT UNIQUELY

DEFINE CHARLOTTESVILLE AND ITS

SURROUNDINGS.