Resonance and Future Echoes

I spoke with someone from "High-School-days" this evening - just before dinner.

She told me things in passing, which had a strange and profound resonance within me; things I would have acted upon back in those days of youth and folly. And I thought, how many people could or might have said similar nice things to me if I had given them a half a chance back then. And how many would know what I have thought of them - my personal observances of their fine natures.

At this juncture -this late stage in life, I can at least, meet with some at the reunion and tell them. No-not overly romantic, but no less significant; perhaps something they never realized, that they can carry with them into the future; private messages they would not otherwise have known, without this occasion, things that accrue in true life-value as we age.

I could tell Barry Jones, how I loved having tea with his mother- she had such a smile and gleam in her eye- and how for a time he was the closest thing to a brother I had ever known and sometimes he still is.

I could tell Margaret how lovely she was - how her spirit, joy and rippling brook laughter have given me such wonderful memories at different times in my life - just by thinking upon her smile or looking at the dam.

I could tell Debbie Kaye Phillipowski that she and Garth are respected and admired by many who still remember them -even if from afar and that the apple does not fall far from the tree. -Chateaugauy is blessed to have such families.

I could tell Jane Spratt that tears of Joy and Sorrow, even in grade five were never wasted and her presence was ever felt and appreciated all through high school- but like pearls before swine, little boys for the most part are, invariably, lacking in good graces and are lucky should they acquire them in the passage of time.


And then there is the angelic and maybe not so angelic Louise Lacey - loved by all her friends. Here is- how we still see her in our mind's eye- from a time of wonder, a time of magic, indeed- a time of light.


So Chateaugauy is beginning to heat up now - Kahnawake too, with so many planning on converging.

Seventeen days left to REUNION.

Friday at the hotel in the "Greeting Suite" on the second floor of the Hotel - Richard, Lynda and I will be welcoming incoming travelers. Perhaps Jane Ashley -my wife- may join me.

Louise, her crew and I will put up some pictures at the school in the afternoon but then I'll head back to the suite at the hotel.

Meanwhile there are numerous parties planned Friday night, in and around Chateauguay and at the Alibi.

Then next day -Saturday Kick-off is at 11:00 a.m. since there may be "work" being done on the bridge, so the key idea is to come out and see the school and visit some friends but then head on back in by 3:00PM or 4:00PM to get ready for the Bash at the Dorval Hilton in the evening commencing around 7:00.

You just need to be paid-up in advance and on our list. (Pay instantly at the hsbalumni.com site.)

You may buy a ticket (now) for the morning Kick-Off at the school for $25 if you plan on doing something else during the rest of the day or if you prefer not coming to the school - drop by in the evening after dinner at the Hotel for around 10:00PM for the music and Social reunion dancing and music $35 (paid in advance). Of course there is greater value in attending the morning, the dinner and the bash $100 which includes the MC activities of John Saunders and Colleen Hillock between 7:00PM - 10:00 and perhaps more thereafter. I think I'll bring a video camera for that!

There are still some sitting on the fence and some I consider key pieces of our mosaic who seem to be choosing to side step the event - money, insecurity, incapacity or letharic spirit-whatever the reason, in the end it will be their loss. You know you'll get into it once you get there. The talk is going round now, the momentum is building.

There are many now, who make up the best parts of our collective past committed to attend. There is still time yet -but not much.