Last Saturday, 114 people (including yours truly) attended the Rumson Fair Haven Regional High School’s Class of 1976 reunion down on the Jersey Shore. The party was held at the beautiful pool house at the Rumson Country Club in Rumson, New Jersey, where Bon Jovi has a house and I used to have one. He sings the words, “Who says you can’t go home?” and it’s true. You can go home, and even though someone tore down the house you grew up in and built a concrete monstrosity in its place, you can still go
home
and feel deeply your roots.
Someone traveled to the reunion from Switzerland. There were a few from California and some from Texas. New England was well represented, as were Georgia and South Carolina. The closest person lived around the corner. The most kids anyone could boast about raising was eight. A few were grandparents.
I passed the river where we used to go crabbing, the hospital where I was born, my old church and the schools I attended. Things were familiar—yet not. But the friends I saw were still my friends and the connection was still there. You can go home, even if it’s once every 10 years.
A Good Cause: The family of John Scharf, a Manorville resident who died in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, is hosting a golf tournament in John’s memory on Friday, August 19, at the Swan Lake Golf Course in Manorville. There will be a shotgun start at 1:30 p.m. Dinner and cocktails will follow the golfing. Tickets are $135 each for golf, lunch, dinner and an open bar. Proceeds will benefit disabled veterans. For more information, call 909-8166 or 998-3779.
Manorville resident Rudolf Mikkelson, a student at the Suffolk County Community College’s Ammerman Campus, was recently honored with an Excellence in Technology and Design Award from the Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas, in conjunction with the Kennedy Center American College Theater National Festival. One student from each region was selected for the award and each attended a one-week master class in the area of their choice. Rudolf chose a class in moving lights/lighting technology.
Rudolf plans on attending a four-year college to pursue a bachelor’s degree with a focus on lighting design and theater. He also plans on continuing his performances as a magician!
Students in grades nine through 12, who will be members of the Eastport South Manor Marching Band this fall, will have a rehearsal on Thursday, July 21, from 7:15 to 9 p.m., and on Friday, July 22, from 9 to 11 a.m. Marching Band Camp for all band members will be held the week of August 1-4, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. This year’s field show will feature the music of Led Zeppelin. Additionally, a meeting for ninth grade band members and their parents will be held at the high school on Thursday, July 21, at 6 p.m.
on Jul 18, 2011