The Endless Reunion, Day 4

A big crowd turned out at the second night for "Rock the Barn," even thought few of the reunion participants even noticed that bands were playing at both ends of the "midway." Here are some photos taken along the way (photos can be blown up in size by clicking on them); yours are welcome as well (Facebook or email it directly to the class site). And feel free to leave comments!

Well, at least people could find us at Rock the Barn. We were near the beer tent.

I can't add a caption in the usual way, but Steve Kies and Tim Cashmore catch up
 on 25 years of stories from the last time they saw each other.

Bob Schoenthal (left) made a rare personal appearance this year, and even brought his wife. Tim and Julie Porter caught up with them. Meanwhile, Steve Kies hangs on every word while Tim Cashmore doesn't.

A better angle of Julie Porter and Bob Schoenthal's wife.

Let's see - there's Tim Porter, Yvonne Massey, and Pat Tunkey talking, and Steve Kies (close to camera listening).

Marshall and Dian Andrews, with Eileen and Greg Wolmering. Greg is the one with a beer in his hand; that's not a rare sight.

Bill Conway was a little blurry on Saturday night ... or maybe the photo simply came out that way. But Cindy Lauer remains picture perfect, as usual.

Pat Tunkey won the award for most colorful outfit, female division. The winner of the male prize is coming up next.

See?

John O'Hare says the Grateful Dead ought to be on stage any minute, and he's ready for it.

The Endless Reunion, Day 3, Part Two

We will yield the floor now to the photographers of The Buffalo News, who took some photos on Friday and posted them there. Hopefully they won't yell at us for "borrowing" them. You can see the whole site by going here.

We'll put up more photos if/when we get them:

As you'll see, the photographer really like Sue Rosenthal's glasses.

Debbie Wijnberg (Class of '74, and a very nice person despite some immaturity in hanging out with older and wiser classmates from '73) and Sharon Lowry made the Buffalo News gallery.

And so did Marlena Bonosky, with Sue Rosenthal (again).

Barb Cutt, who moved out of Clarence in high school, will always be one of us. She's shown here with Dale Hughes and Julie Porter.

Bad planning by your webmaster made him miss out on the Friday night appearances of two favorites - Colleen Modaffara and Cathy Lofgren. Drat. Nice to see them here, though.

The reunion committee was always willing to accept help when offered. Karen Roth and Kathy Herle were the last to join and helped plan the Endless Reunion.

Tom Herberger poses with Donna Kothen, who unselfishly hosted many of the reunion planning committee meetings. She deserves a gold star as well as money to replenish her supply of alcoholic beverages that we consumed along the way.

Joe Kody talks high finance with Lee Abell, the husband of Sally Danna of the Class of '74.

Sue Rosenthal and Joanne Bosard take a bow.

Scott Roth and Dale Hughes seemed really happy to see each other. And we were happy to see them.

The Endless Reunion, Day 3, Part One

John O'Hare led a dozen people around the streets of Buffalo for a tour of the city's rich architectural heritage. John did a wonderful job of giving the details, that left everyone quite fascinated. There was no demand, however, for Budd Bailey to review the history of Buffalo's baseball stadiums. Some of those on the tour were Pat Tunkey, Steve Kies, Yvonne Massey, Jim Jozwiak, Sharon Lowry and Michelle Mangano. You can see them in the photos below.

 Ellicott Square Building often hosts political rallies, if only so that the candidates can make a grand entrance. A couple of scenes from "The Natural" (by the elevators) were shot there.

By a church on Church St. in Buffalo. Always pays to look around and take in the sights.

City Hall is one of the great places in Buffalo. If you ever get a chance, take a tour.

Visitors gawk at Niagara Square, which features a tribute to President McKinley in the middle. We're still sorry about your trip here in 1901, Mr. President.

Never knew that the front of the Genesee building was preserved and made part of the Hyatt when the new hotel was constructed.

The Electric Tower is based on the tower from the Pan-An Exposition of 1903, which celebrated electric power and light.


















Now that we've seen who was on the trip, let's take a closer look at the architecture. Thanks to Yvonne for these photos:

The Endless Reunion - Day 2

It's an Endless Reunion, of course, because you probably stay in contact with high school friends for life. These are from Thursday night at Brennan's. The name tags really are spiffy, but tough to read here.

They are still together - Kim Patterson and John Fassel.

Tim Porter and John Salzyn are still together too, but in a different way.

Tim McNally and Joanne Bosard compare patterned shirts.

The Endless Reunion - Day 1

We'll add a few photos as the proceedings go on this week - mostly group shots in order to save some space here. This is at the Penny Lane, where the barber shaves another customer.