The Gathering of the Tribes II casual get-together for the JHS classes of 1968 to 1975 (and all other Jericho peeps) at the Homestead in Oyster Bay is less than two weeks away, on Saturday, June 7, 2014, at 7:30. Click the link at the bottom of this post for your invitation. Below are the latest folks to sign up for the big party, plus the full guest list so far. This email update is a few days late because two-fifths of your reunion committee just got back from Florida. Partly we were there to visit our respective families but also to conduct a reunion-related fact-finding mission, thus making the trip fully tax deductible. Specifically, we wanted to discover the elements that make for an amazing, fun party, and what better place to learn the secrets of entertaining the masses than the Boynton-Boca-Delray triangle of the Sunshine State, with its millions of gated senior communities and clubhouses. We observed 95th birthday parties, bridge club get-togethers, Mens Club powwows where the dominant topic seemed to be something about enlarged prostates, and other events in some five dozen clubhouses in communities with bucolic names such as El Rancho Dressing, La Mirage (funny, couldnt find it—itd seem to loom right in front of us, but as soon as we pulled up to the gun turret manned by a security guard, it would just ... disappear!), and the criminally misnamed Chlamydia Gardens. (Clearly, that builder mistook a medical textbook for a botanical encyclopedia). The newest trend, we discovered, is communities designed specifically for the sports-obsessed senior. Theres the 18th Hole, another called Bottom of the Ninth, Final Overtime (Sudden Death), Two-Minute Warning, and so on. Our takeaway from day after day of observing the fast-paced world of the senior-community clubhouse is that a great party must have these three crucial elements: 1. Orthopedic shoes. Not sure how this contributes to folks having a great time; maybe they help to keep everyone grounded. 2. Casseroles! So, everyone, please bring a lukewarm, foil-covered Corningware dish with you to the Homestead. 3. Entertainment! South Floridas gated communities are swarming with would-be talent playing the senior circuit in the hopes of being discovered and at long last grasping that golden ring: a dinner-theater gig somewhere near Ocala. Tribute acts are highly popular, on the order of: Frankie Potatoes is Frank Sinatra! Another attraction, Bachman-Turner Overweight, made up of four beefy Canucks in their sixties dedicated to re-creating that signature BTO sound, has been leaving clubhouse crowds wheezing and gasping for breath. (Although, admittedly, a leisurely game of dominoes seems to exert the same effect.) Or how about the Nathan Birnbaum Experience: a convivial octogenarian ukulele plucker who channels Jimi Hendrix, climaxing his act by falling to his knees in the middle of Foxey Lady, squirting chicken fat all over his instrument, and lighting it on fire. Gotta tell ya: the old people go outta their freakin minds! Thanks to this informative, tax-deductible Florida excursion, now were able to doubly guarantee you a swell time a week from Saturday night, June 7. Before you peruse the ever-expanding guest list, remember to contact Phil by next weekend if youd like to go on a guided tour of Jericho High School the morning of the big party. Note: The time has been moved up a half hour to 10:30 a.m. Ms. Lois Smith will meet you in the front lobby, by the entrance to the auditorium. Next update: Saturday! jhs1972.net/Senior%20Lounge%20-%20Reunion%20Info/Alluminati-4.pdf Sinsorely yours, Philip Bashe (72) - Linda Caputo Friedmann (72) - Larry Licht (72) - Leslie Rothkopf Berkman (74) - Paula Wood (75) Latest RSVPs (An A before the name means that the person is definitely coming; a B means probable.) (A) Marty Arkin (1968), upgraded from a B; (A) Mark Douneias (1975); (B+) Judy Cohen Zimmerman (1976); (A) Paul Gress (1972); (B) Jan Panebianco (1975); (B) Bobbi Jo Delagera (1975); and good friend of Jerichos class of 1969, Dick Hoesten + guest. The Guest List So Far 1966 Paula Pellicoro Klein - A 1968 Grace Andresini – A Marty Arkin – A Walter Bachman – B Dolores “Dee” D’Ascerino Mason – A Terry Drucker – A Russell Flaum - B Ronny Frishman - B Linda Glasser Rudes - A Kathy Lindenbaum Berk – A John Molina – B Nick Pellicoro – A Mark Rudes - A Manny Scarpinato - A Betsy Sgroi – B Bruce Steiner – A 1969 Stuart Lebowitz - A Patrick O’Brien - A Geoffrey Touretz – B Dick Hoesten + 1 - A 1970 Joe Pellicoro – A Estelle Oliva Scarpinato - A 1971 William Brancati – A Roy Fiorino - A Jan Millner - B Cindy Rosa Pelzar – A 1972 Leslie Axman - A Philip Bashe +2 – A Linda Caputo Friedmann – B Rachel Glickman – A Paul Gress - A John Heilig + 1 - B Amy Lubow – A Leslee Moskowitz Catalano - A Claudia Pellicoro – A 1973 Maureen Alles Bifulco - B Rick Baiman – A Virginia Ferrante - A Judy Friedman Sadick - B Lynn Goldman Mattias – B James Poster - A Michael Sadick – B Andrew Wilensky - B 1974 Elaine Ackerman - B Douglas Borrelli – A Elissa Buchman Broad - A Caren Buchner Colville – B Nedra Furst Wagler - A Arthur Miller – A Beth Mulnick Barbakoff - A Dianne Oliva – A Paul Pellicoro - A Leslie Rothkopf Berkman – A Debbe Simes Glass - B 1975 Jeff Arkin - B Ellis Belodoff – A Steve Cesare – A Bobbi Jo Delagera - B Mark Douneias - A Denise Federico – A Michele Friedman - A Lisa Jean Gambella – A Rik Kellerman – A Lori Kroll LaSchiavo – A Keith Lazarus - B Artie Monk – A Jan Panebianco - B Beth Polon - A Gloria Rothstein – A Ellen Meister - A Nanette Sardo-Travis - B Mickey Testa - A Steven Wainick - A Paula Wood - A Scott Yanofsky - A 1976 Jeffrey Bortnick – B Judy Cohen Zimmerman – B+ Ronni Elsner – A Mark Freidman - B Robin Kinberg Levitan - A Shari Strongin – A 1977 Janice Cohen Critofich - B Roxanne Litt Berlin - A Jodi Schechter Denenberg – A Lili Weiser Green – B 1978 Sandy Peterson Wainick - A 1979 Patti Pennsavalle Halberg - A Teachers Mr. Bob Hoffman – A Mrs. Karen Schwartz – A Mr. Ira Greene - A
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