submitted by Gay (Lange) Scott
High School reunions create strange emotions.  I cannot tell you that I really enjoyed high school.  I got good grades and participated in some events, but I always felt like everyone else was having more fun.  Interestingly, though, I have attended all the reunions.

It is an interesting connection that we all share.  With some of you it started in grade school......sitting on the school bus with Linda Vanderhouwen and then burying small treasures in the playground with Linda during recess.  I remember when Linda, Maria Sanchez and I tried out for cheerleader in eighth grade, and won!   Me..................a cheerleader?

My best memories are of my fellow choir members in high school.....Tom Kean, Steve Hull, Phil Gray and Kris Johnson were my constant daily music companions.  I was so excited to start the day with choir, especially when Jerry McManus was our choir director.  He was my "Mister Holland".

I will never forget how much fun I had with my friend Tally.  By my Junior year, Tally, my cousin Diane and I would take turns driving to school so that we didn't have to ride the bus.  I was so proud because my Dad had just bought a new 1965 Dodge Dart.  Diane, on the other hand, drove an ancient pickup (fondly named Emily). You could hear us coming on the days that Diane drove!  What great memories also of the time spent at Tally's house.  Once her Mom helped me write my English essay.  I'm surprised that Mr. William's didn't question me because it was so much better than my usual work!

Tally, I will never forget that you set me up with Jim Lindsey for our Senior Prom.  My parents did not allow me to go to dances, so you told me to sneak a dress to your house and tell my parents that I was spending the night.  It all went off as planned, but I was not prepared for the overwhelming guilt felt by betraying my parents.

There are lots of other fond memories, probably too many to write down.  Writing them down, though, is therapeutic.  Looking at these memories on paper makes me wonder why I thought high school wasn't much fun...................

response from Tally VanEaton on September 29, 2007
I enjoyed your memoirs - we definitely had some good times and trust me, you DID have some fun in high school!!  I remember laughing with you a LOT!!  Do you remember when my brothers put that smoke bomb in your car engine?