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Born Theodore Allen Jones.Classically trained in opera. Signed by MGM for two Marx Brothers movies where the song 'Donkey Serenade' was a hit and became his theme song.
The pop singer Jack Jones is his son from his 2nd marraige.
Allan died on 27 June 1992 aged 84.
Jesse was a bit late, missed the skipper's meeting, and had to hustle to make the start of the first race. This is him getting ready to launch his kite on the beach with the help of Steve, who was standing next to me with the kite. Jesse's still rehabbing his ankle which he broke a month or two ago. Didn't stop him from racing though. =D
#3 explains the courses for the days races (which buoys to go around, where to start and finish) and the rules (I overheard a bit about who gets right of way to prevent line entanglement, but didn't catch the rest).
It's interesting to note that everyone races together in these bi-weekly races, meaning women and men of all ages compete against one another. Here, you can just see a female competitor at left in blue (just behind the man in red), and I think there was a second woman who raced as well. And there are definitely some guys in their forties and fifties mixing it up with the youngsters.