Liverpool Class Of ‘77 High School Reunion

Well, it was kind of a flop. Actually, throw out the “kind of”; it was a flop.

As you know, we had to cancel the Saturday event altogether because we didn’t have enough people who sent money in. We had hoped for at least 50; we got 12.

Then the place we were supposed to go for the Friday happy hour, the Maplewood, threw a monkey wrench in, and that led us to move it to The Retreat. Well, for those who remember, The Retreat is and isn’t the best place to meet for a happy hour. Both reasons have to deal with traffic and bodies; way too many cars, no place to park, then way too many people. There had to be at least 300 people on the inside and outside of the place; it was a mob.

Then the next problem; there were other classes meeting there the same night. It seems that both the class of 1978, which was supposed to be at the Cobblestone, and the class of 1983, which was supposed to be celebrating its 25th, decided to show up. You know, in high school, it’s easy to look at someone and tell who’s in what class. As adults, it’s hard to tell, at times, who’s in the upper 40’s as opposed to their lower 40’s.

In the end, I recognized one person who was from the class of ‘78, and met someone who was from the class of ‘77, but didn’t know him because he was a House 1 guy, and I was in House 3. Hey, y’all know how many people we graduated with; almost 900 bodies. And, without a specific place to meet inside (not like it really would have helped), who could identify anyone else?

Well, at least I got to meet the news anchor of Channel 3, Matt Mulcahy, who was easily recognizable, and was looking for members of his class. This was embarrassing, folks,…