IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S BEEN TEN YEARS SINCE THE GROUP WAS TOGETHER. WHEN RICK CALLED ME TO HELP OUT WITH THE REUNION I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. A NAME OUT OF THE PAST. WHO CAN FORGET THINGS LIKE SCOTT JACOBY'S SAYING "UP YOUR VIRGINIA" (REMEMBER WHEN ELLEN WOULD HOLD UP THAT SIGN TO MAKE US LAUGH AND SMILE?) AND WHO COULD EVER FORGET WHEN ARVA HAMMOND WAS QUESTIONED BY THE POLICE IN CATALINA FOR MARIJUANA? AND REMEMBER OUR FIRST PERFORMANCE WITH COSTUMES IN SAUGUS? HOW ABOUT KENNY HERRMAN'S UKULELE GROUP? SOMEHOW THEY NEVER GOT TO PERFORM. AND REMEMBER ALL THE TOURS? OUR FIRST BIGGIE WAS UTAH FOR TWO WEEKS. NOW, UTAH IS GREAT, BUT A TOUR FOR TWO WEEKS? HIGHLIGHTS OF THAT TOUR WERE STANLEY'S GHOST STORIES OUTSIDE THE Y.M.C.A. OR DO YOU REMEMBER GOING WITH DON TO THE CEMETERY? CHRIS ZERMENO TOLD US IF WE FELT THE TOMBSTONES-AND THEY WERE WARM, THE SPIRITS WERE UP AND ABOUT. AND WHO WAS IT THAT FELL INTO THE GRAVE? BOBBY BRANDT I'VE NEVER RUN SO FAST AS WHEN THE COPS CAME THEN THERE WAS SAN FRANCISCO. I WONDER IF DAVID WERTHEIMER STILL DREAMS ABOUT THE MAN IN THE BLUE NEGLIGEE AT THE Y.M.C.A. IN THE MISSION DISTRICT? BUT WE KNEW WE REALLY MADE IT BIG WHEN WE WERE OFFERED THE YACHT TO CATALINA. WHAT CLASS!,...BUTLERS AND ALL! THAT WAS BEFORE ROSEY GRIER BECAME FAMOUS FOR HIS NEEDLEPOINT. M AND R WERE PROS LONG BEFORE UNDER THE VERY COMPETENT INSTRUCTION OF MRS. B. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THAT BANNER ANYWAY? AND WHO CAN FORGET THE TERRIFIC BUS AND TRAIN SERVICE WE GOT IN MEXICO AT CHRISTMAS 1969? RIDING WITH THE CHICKENS AND NO AIR AND THE BUS CATCHING FIRE IN TOULEYVILLE? RIDING 4 IN A SEAT? THE EXPERIENCES WE HAD WERE UNIQUE AND UNFORGETTABLE (WELL, SOME WERE) LIKE THE TIME WE PERFORMED IN PALM SPRINGS AT THE RIVIERA. THE AIR WAS FULL OF POLLEN AND DRIVING CHRIS ZERMENO AND ME CRAZY. CHRIS SAID ALL WE HAD TO DO WAS TAKE TWO ALLEREST AND DRINK SOME COFFEE ... WE WERE REALLY FLYING DURING THE PERFORMANCE...AND THAT WAS FOR THE BOY SCOUTS ON A PLATFORM THAT KEPT SWAYING THAT'S ALL FOR NOW (I'LL TELL YOU MORE AT THE PARTY) HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE!
New Generation Singers 10-years past
Gee, could the years have gone by that fast?
Reminiscing of times gone by
Everyone getting together to just say "hi"
United once again for an evening of fun
Noshing and talking. telling jokes and puns
I remember shows and trips
Those crazy old ladders that used to slip
Everyone remembers a special time and place
Do us a favor and show your face
I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK STACEY BLAIR FOR HER DEDICATION AND PERSISTENCE TO THIS PROJECT.
BECAUSE OF THE LOVE AND THE UNSELFISHNESS OF THESE PEOPLE, THIS REUNION WILL BE A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS.
RICK ROTHSTEIN, Editor