BEASWAX: Grad Reunion 67 Trail, B.C.

Monday, May 18, 2009

Grad Reunion 67 Trail, B.C.

This was a week-end that brought nightmares to me on a few nights prior to the event...what to wear, who would even care if you came...Would you recognize anyone? Would anyone recognize me? Would I be the one "Most Changed" Ha-ha... Lynn coaxed into going and now, I must say thank-you to my dear cousin for having faith that it would all be good. Friday night, I arrived in Trail an hour before the wine and cheese party started at the Riverbelle...just enough time for a shower and to get dressed and to have some delicious wings and cheese and crackers and spanokopitas before we went. Someone forewarned us that the hor's de oeuvres would be a little later so we thought it a good idea to snack...and I was half starved, having come from working all day and then driving over to Trail from Nelson.
Ok, so we were a little wrong... the snacks were out in no time and I was pretty much stuffed!
But back to arriving... We opened the door of the Riverbelle Banquet Centre and who should be in the line up in front of me? An old schoolmate( 60 year old) that I went to school with since grade one... Richard Sordi and his wife! He was so pleased to see me and so was I pleased that here I was, only one foot in the door and I already knew someone! Score One!
Lynn , on the other hand knew many people ... She is caregiver to many of their moms and dads,s o she has seen them in the last 40 years!
Thank-goodness for name tags! There was Diane Lepine, Judy LAmb, Barb and PAt Zinio, and Karen MacCabe all within the first twenty feet of the door. Judy Lamb's table was mostly all girls so we joined her and Karen MaCabe and her sister Chris and then with a resounding voice booming out a big" Hello Beatrice," was Monica Leshuik... Holy Maceral... hadn't even remembered that she was in our grad class...but at one time I did know her... She and her hubby kept us entertained with stories from their travels around the world. Karen is a practicing raw food diet person ( except when she is out) and so the evening , before it began , was already quite interesting. With a glance around the room, and then a stroll, I found more and more people that grew up in West Trail and that remembered me and Lynn and it was all good and calming! There was Fausta Marchi, Lorne Audia, Barb Nedlec, Linda Fowler, Danny Frieze, Fran Kumoric and of course, Nives Berno, who was the head organizer of the event The night blitzed by and before you know it, Lynn and I had gabbed with half the room and then were headed out the door.
Now I have to go soak in the jacuzzi because my knees are killing me...actually dropping off...maybe a bit too much dancing on Saturday night. I'll continue tomorrow night.