The Country Club of Darien was the perfect venue – a big hallway to mingle in and enjoy drinks and hors d’oeuvres, a delicious buffet and seating at tables that were invitingly close, and a beckoning dance floor with groovy lights and non-stop music from OUR era, provided by DJ Anthony Radice.
We made a frame (stole the idea from the Class of 1972’s reunion a few weeks earlier), which got a lot of use throughout the weekend. Although the plan was to get each and every person as they arrived to the dinner-dance, the crowd pressed forward and we missed quite a few…sorry!
NOTE: A last name is indicated the first time a person appears on each page.
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The DHS hotmail account overseer, Sandy Cunningham Volin awaits the crowd.So good to have Lee Kiggins back again for the 50th+1!Sandra / SandyScott Rodgers and his honey LisaBruce ManchonTammis Rehill LazarusSteve & Darlene LotzJay DeVivoDoug LawrenceRoger & Bev BeattyBobby MoultonMary Ellen QuirkJeff WrightSue Reichart AllenReuben JefferyLyn Littlefield HoopesGail MardfinLiz Hough HardenMike HarbisonOur emcee, Hayes ClarkJeff Castle & Susie Castle ’72Ellen StitzelCarley TankoosMary Kay DaughtersJudy & Bob ShepherdAnn CollinsCarley and DougJim Tarantino, Ned FarringtonMarty WomerBFFs: Cathy Ashley Muskus, Kathy Fricke Blanton, Mary Pfann SavagePhil Williams, Peter RogersMike H amuses Posey Holland Griffin & her husband GregGail brought old posters she silkscreened back in the day.Remember the Senior Prom? $8.00!Sandy Shaw Valek & husband RonSandy, Joe Cook & Debbie Mayo CookGreg & PoseyGreetings & laughter aboundMary Cusack Sivore, Bill CooksonLyn, Sally Wurtzell Wright, Alexis Massad GleitmanJohn Shaker and his backup of sillies, Gail, Sue, and PeterThe iconic pumpkin, courtesy of David HendricksonC’est cheese!It was a delicious feast. David Foote & Marita Villalva at leftSadly, we learned we needed to add Jay Baldwin to this list…Ralph & Nancy Lockwood WhitcombHayes delivers A toast to 1971!Emcee Hayes, Matt Scott front leftThe fabulous reunion committee, all Connecticutians except Gail (California) and Bruce (Colorado). Let’s hear it for Zoom!
Still fitting into his Temptations jacket from the senior year talent show, Hayes Clark did another great job as emcee, first thanking the hardworking reunion committee (Come on, two years of zoom meetings with Gail keeping people focused…?!), leading a moment of reflection remembering those classmates who have departed, and then humorously reporting on commonalities from the questionnaire responses. (Questionnaires still being accepted until the end of December 2022.)
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Renée & Bill WhiteRob & Mary Savage, Patrick & Cathy Muskus, and the WhitesPeter, Kathi, and Ralph Whitcomb (Nancy Lockwood Whitcomb’s husband)Janet Lechak Nielson & husband BobJanet, Bob, Debbie Bruno Goyette & husband HenryGreg & Posey, Hayes, and Ann VernonDavid Hendrickson, Tammis, Matt & Sue Yates Scott, and Rob HightPhil, Scott, Peter Sweeney, Bill Mulkerin, Roger, and BruceBruce Jones Chris Canavan & Mary Elizabeth Zamboni Canavan, and Bill Cookson Mike, Liz, and ReubenMike Keane, Ed Maher, and JimMark Bubar, Hayes, and Tom BensonSandy & RonLucy Leyland and Ted EngMark Schuyler, Mary KaySteve & DarleneGail, Sue, and PeterBruce and ScottSusie & Jeff CastleDave and the artful pumpkins (carved by the artist who did the DHS one)Conni Bergin Carrozelli and CarleyLooks like Queen & King of the Prom, Kathi & PeterBill and MarkTammisLisa & ScottPeter the HamMarty & Mary KeefeBob Graham and John Carrozelli (Conni’s husband)Mike and Lyn Bob, Priscilla, and LisaKathy summons the fire godsPatrick Muskus Ray Lietuvninkas, Mary Cusack Sivore & husband Tony, Ed Maher
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Lynn Doscher-Vreeland and RaySteve & DarleneDavid & MaritaPeter, Tammis, Bill, Ted, Conni, and the DJJohn, Mike Moore, Lynn, Bruce, and RayBob & Priscilla GrahamGail and BrucePeter, Noel Cogburn Bryant, Bill, and GailRepeat 😉The Kumbayah Moment begins…………Yay, Class of ’71…Group hug!
BACK: Nick Warren, Jane Irvine Montgomery, Matt Scott & Sue Yates Scott, David Hendrickson, Peter Rogers, Tammis Rehill Lazarus, Christine & Lee Kiggins, Rhonda & Mike Keane (front), Ted Eng, Bill Mulkerin, Barbara & Ed Maher, Bill Wright (behind them), Abby Goodyear, Doug Lawrence, Daryl Driscoll & Lindley Franklin, Peter Sweeney, Conni Bergin Carrozelli, Ray Lieutenvinkas, John Carrozelli. FRONT: Bruce, Manchon, Gail Mardfin, Kathi Rogers, Rob Hight, Mary Cusack Sivore, Mike Moore, Lynn Doscher-Vreeland.
The music was nonstop, just one great song after another. Our allotted time at the country club ended at 11pm, but at 11:15, there was a still a nice crowd of 31 dancing diehards! The DJ put on our class song, “Teach Your Children,” to wrap things up before a final group picture.
As we danced and sang along, everyone in the group began to spontaneously hold hands, forming a dancing ring that organically moved, pulsing in and out, holding hands and singing…for the entire song! It was a real, love-filled moment…
Here’s a video that captured the scene, by our own videographer, Matt Scott.
Darien High School 1971 Reunion Website 