he met my mother just after ella fitzgerald had "a tisket a tasket."her, he quit being a composer and a copy of four events -- a copyist for bands. he talked to my mother, and she said, what you want to do? he said, i want a big family. she said, i am a college girl. i want to go back to school and continue my education. he said, that is cool, but let me be able to keep up with the music, and we will be able to have zero albums and a way to play it. -- to have some albums and a way to play it. not hearing music from them, your music from their friends, they used to come over. by the time i was -- as a young person, they were in their 30's. they were still young. they were moving everything. having potlucks. everybody comes over with food, and they would party. they would come out dancing with all that action all the time, so hearing the music, and nat king , i was 7 years old. my favorite song, i would sing and body and soul by coleman hawkins, and everything would be better. i did not know how different it was from other kids. tavis: what is it that c

. >> the income pairable ella fitzgerald, that is one of many recordings wants to preserve.preservation plan. the list of recordings includes one of the greatest moments of american history. executive can director of the national audio visual conservation center. quite a title. good to have you here. >> thank you. >> this was congressionally mandated. talk about this plan. you've got it right here. visual aid. talk about the plan and how you are moving forward. >> well, congress became aware of the scope of the problems affecting the preservation of the recording sound history. in the year 2000 they passed the national preserving plan act to establish a national recording preservation board. and to each year began to select recordings for the national audio registry of recordings, the librarian of congress is specifically tasked to pick those recordings for the registry. >> how do you determine what is significant, what should be part of our history and what shouldn't be? i would imagine depending on who you speak with there might be different opinions. >> that's true. the f

washington, ella fitzgerald. the message is, people make history.se are wonderful books, highly recommended for all kids and they're all reviewed in tuesday's kids post. >> wonderful way to celebrate the month. you're also featuring a writing contest for kids this week. >> that's right. in sunday's kids post, we have all the details about you can be a junior sports writer. the idea is to write an essay on what it means to be a successful team. the deadline is february 25th. entries are submitted to kidspost@washpost.com. in sunday's kids post, your essay will be published and you win four tickets to a washington wizards game. it's worth thinking about what makes a successful team. >> excellent. there's a lot of young talent out there too. i know your readers are really good. >> we're going to get lots of great essays. >> finally, a little bit of snow, but people are wondering, what's going on? the snow lovers are upset. >> absolutely. this week we answer the question. the reason actually why we thought we were going to have as much as 15 inches of s