Pop Music of the 1980s

Larry Hess believes the 1980s was a wonderful decade for pop and rock music; so much good music, and so much that is still good today! This class will count down the hits of each year in the decade and review the trends and artists; especially, the groundbreaking influence of music television, AKA MTV!

Larry Hess, M.M., is a retired Lubbock Independent School District educator and an OLLI member. He is also a professional musician, having retired after 30 years as a percussionist with the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra.

Monday, October 11 | 2-3:30 p.m. | $15 | Hybrid
TTU Plaza, 218 | 19th and University | Lubbock, TX

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August

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8/16 Motown – The Early Years (E)

8/18 Maintaining Muscle Mass (E)

8/24 Member Orientation (E)

8/26 Abilene Ranching Heritage (1/3) (ABI)

8/26 Member Orientation (E)

8/30 Abilene Ranching Heritage (2/3) (ABI)

8/30 The Enigma of Ridgely Greathouse (LBK)

8/31 Warning Signs of Alzheimer's (LBK)

 

September

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9/2 Civil War Era, Part 6A (ABI)

9/7 Abilene Ranching Heritage (3/3) (ABI)

9/8 Birding on Goose Prairie (J)

9/8 Aging in Place (LBK)

9/9 Amon Carter Museum (HL)

9/9 Civil War Era, Part 6B (ABI)

9/13 How to Play Mah Jongg (P1) (LBK)

9/13 Fredericksburg's Successes and Challenges (FBG)

9/14 How to Play Mah Jongg (P2) (LBK)

9/14 Improving Communication (FBG)

Cancelled 9/14 Winter-Themed Woodturning (LBK)

9/15 Preserving Scenic Texas (HL)

9/15 Astronomy From Space (LBK)

9/16 Civil War Era, Part 6C (ABI)

9/18 Birdwatching (LBK)

9/20 How to Play Mah Jongg (P3) (LBK)

9/20 Inside Computers (FBG)

9/21 How to Play Mah Jongg (P4) (LBK)

9/21 The Texas Grand Jury (FBG)

9/22 Tourism in Fredericksburg and Gillespie (FBG)

9/22 Explore Ranching History (LBK)

9/23 Challenges in the Early Days of the Space Shuttle Program (FBG)

9/23 “No Names to Be Given” by Julia Brewer Daily (FBG)

9/23 Civil War Era, Part 6D (ABI)

9/27 Charcuteries 101 (ABI)

9/28 What Your Grandchildren Should Know About Africa (Part 2) (FBG)

9/28 Understanding Alzheimer's and Dementia (LBK)

9/29 Some of the Best American Short Stories (HL)

9/30 Supreme Court Decisions (HL)

9/30 Civil War Era, Part 6E (ABI)

 

October

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10/1 A Journey Through America's Parks (LBK)

10/4 National Parks in the Four Corners States (FBG)

10/6 Historic Anson Opera House (ABI)

10/6 See the Play Like a Referee (LBK)

10/7 The Challenger Accident (FBG)

10/7 Hamilton (FBG)

10/11 Pop Music of the 1980s (LBK)

10/12 Allred Rangers' Cleanup of San Augustine (HL)

10/13 Bridging the Mind-Body Connection with Yoga (HL)

10/14 2021: What's Going On? (FBG)

10/18 First Aircraft on Mars (FBG)

10/19 Antique Cars as Works of Art (HL)

10/20 Cleaning Chemical‑Free! (HL)

10/21 Check Your Personality (FBG)

10/25 CASA – Children and You (ABI)

10/26 Latin America (FBG)

10/26 Understanding Dementia-Related Behavior (LBK)

10/27 Nocturnal Animals Among Us (HL)

10/28 The Columbia Disaster (FBG)

 

November

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11/2 Rentech Boiler Systems Tour (ABI)

11/2 A Doctor's Best Teachers Are Often Their Patients (FBG)

11/3 A Murder on the Texas Railroad (HL)

11/3 Have Dinner and Take a Detour (LBK)

11/3 m-pact (LBK)

11/9 Steak Clinic (LBK)

11/10 Gone to Texas (HL)

11/11 Women Military Veterans (HL)

11/17 COVID-19 Update (FBG)

11/18 Revolutionary NASA Technologies (FBG)

11/18 Nutrition and Immune Function (HL)

11/18 Deductive Wine Tasting (J)

11/30 Communication With People With Alzheimer's Disease (LBK)

 

December

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12/1 The Book of Lost Friends (ABI)

12/2 Travel Tales and Trails: USSR (FBG)

12/4 Strings Attached (J)

12/8 Civil War Era, Part 6F (ABI)

12/8 Art from Guantánamo (HL)

12/9 Retracing My Father's Journey in World War II (FBG)

12/9 National Park Hidden Gems (LBK)

12/10 OLLI Night at the Cactus (LBK)

Key: (ABI) = Abilene, (FBG) = Fredericksburg, (HL) = Highland Lakes, (J) = Jefferson, (LBK) = Lubbock, (E) = Everyone.