Class of 76 reunion

Wow, thirty five years. On Saturday afternoon the class of 1976, the Bi-Centennial Class, from Guilderland Central High School will gather for their 35th reunion. The song above was the number one song in the country as the graduates walked across the stage, set on the football field, dressed in red and white caps and gowns. Has it really been that long? This years reunion started last year on facebook. A small fire started as a few classmates decided to come back to Guilderland the same weekend. The fire spread to the many people that were still in the area, tours were set up in the Altamont Elementary School, the High School and the Farnsworth Middle school. After, a gathering at DeeDee's in Latham, why not, DeeDee was a classmate. The night was filled with fun and laughter, old friends and new stories.

This year, we are having a reunion, it is a clambake, picnic, steakroast what ever you want to call it. We are too old to do the Country Club thing anymore. We don't need to impress our classmates. We are what we are, shorts, t-shirts, sundresses, now that's the way to celebrate thirty five years of being an adult.

Over 500 graduates on that sunny June day in 1976 crossed that stage, we lost the first one a few weeks later, on Labor day weekend. The trouble with reunions is the loss of old friends, when you were 18 you were invincible, by the time you are 53, you know the truth. So to all the friends that have gone before us, we will lift a glass to your memories this Saturday and tell all the stories that used to embarrass you, you will always live on. See all you Dutchmen on Saturday.