Lufkin High School Class of 1975 50th Reunion...

 This weekend I had a great time with my oldest friends, (some I went to kindergarten with) from the Lufkin High School Class of 1975 celebrating the 50th anniversary of our graduation. The weekend began Friday with a meet and greet at Crown Colony Country Club, a football game, (Panthers won) a lunch Saturday at Napoli's for the Panther Band Alumni and back to Crown Colony for dinner, dancing and a program to celebrate the the reunion of all these people that shared such a formative time of their lives. 

Here's a group photo Cathy took of the class of 75. Maybe when the official one is posted I'll get it uploaded here. 

The Panther Band Lunch Plan started out with several of us trying to pull together remembrances to be read at the dinner Saturday night and from there it blossomed into the question of do we want to get together separately from the main reunion plans which took about 15 minutes for everyone to decide "yes." That decision then turned into a group of about 20 people including spouses who all shared their memories and memorabilia of the band years to the sound of digitalized recordings of the music we played.

It was great to see all the classmates that came out of LHS in 75 and I remember them fondly but as my friend Jay commented, "Band was my safe space...support the arts in public schools." I felt so comfortable seeing these people again that I could have shared all the ups and downs that the graph of life has dealt us in these intervening years without any reservations.     

I miss the old Hoo-Hoo Band mural that was in the downtown square, and sure the high school memories are dear but I'm generally not a nostalgic type guy and I think this new mural was a great backdrop for a good looking group of people that I will always hold dear.  

This photo is actually the class of 73 but all the folks present yesterday would be in it. 

Good times, again! 

Here's an old photo from Peter Pan Kindergarten which was on Schuler St. in Lufkin, Texas and within walking distance of most of these kid's homes. I probably saw half a dozen of these people last night.  

In memory of the classmates who are no longer with us. 

It was a great time. Word on the street is don't plan anything for 2030 and we will do this again.