UPPER DARBY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Notable titles bestowed in junior high school! Wonder how many are

still true!!!

Some of the athletes from Drexel Hill Junior High

The cast from Lil' Abner, 1974, finding out they were unnecessary

Mr. Keller always put on amazing musicals every year that engaged

a huge cast and crew from the school.

The others who have gone before us keep warning us we'll be sorry to have such high expectations and to expect to see people we haven't seen in thirty years...that those people we once were are now of a different era...there may be some truth to that. Even so, we wouldn't miss the reunion, and a chance to laugh again with some of our old friends.

Rene kindly sent this Ode to Reunion Poem, just to prep us...and no worries, there is an entire wall of mirrors where we can all check our older reflections out! Just remember, you are not alone!!!

                   ODE TO CLASS REUNIONS

Don't go to class reunions, you'll be sorry if you do;
The sunny mood that you've been in will suddenly turn blue.
What happened to that beauty queen who made the fellows stare?
She's gained an extra hundred pounds, and look at her pink hair!

The handsome football captain's out of shape and has a limp.
He used to flex his muscles but has turned into a wimp.
The red-haired girl I envied so keeps pulling at her ears
Her hearing aid keeps screeching and she's fighting back the tears.

Just look at Billy Jones, the boy I used to dream about;
I wouldn't say he's fat but why's his stomach hanging out?
The girl we dubbed "The Fashion Plate" now buys her clothes at Sears.
The rich boy that she married has been gone for many years.

I can't believe how Sally looks, she used to be so vain.
And look at Susie Murphy, she's the one we called "The Brain."
That handsome dog they're gathering round, and hanging on each word,
That CAN'T be Kenny Stevens who was always such a nerd.

I look around the room and think there must be some mistake;
This has to be a nightmare, one from which I'll soon awake.
These people are their grandmas, can't you see how much they've aged?
This party was a joke they played; the whole thing was just staged.

I turn and walk out through the door before I say goodbye,
But then I see a mirror and I heave a mighty sigh.
I know that I belong with them, acknowledge time had passed,
I rush back in and join the crowd and do we have a blast!