2025.07.31 THROW BACK THURSDAY - SWING BAND REUNION
THROW BACK THURSDAY - SWING BAND REUNION
PLUS CLASS NEWS
Last Friday night, July 25, the original Swing Band at Central, now the Swing Band Reunion, celebrated our 25th
Anniversary and reuniting. After all these years, there are still three members coming to rehearsal every Thursday
night and playing in every gig. One of them is the founding member of the SBR, Betty Chandler Ward. The SBR
played to a packed house last Friday night. 298 tickets were sold and several professional dancers were comped
along with helpers. We made the ArDem Gazette and the 10:00pm news!!!! Here's some pictures. It was a\
wonderful evening!!!!
Betty and I are at the piano and Richie Allen ('57) is the first trumpet. Jerry Rogers end of Row 1
Dreamland Ballroom hosts band for first time in decades
1956 CLASS NEWS
Shocked at the phone call just received from Syd saying that Cecilia "Cil" Autry Bass had literally just passed away this morning.
Cil was one of our most faithful members. Although she lived in California, she didn't let that stop her from making every single
Reunion or Birthday event we had. She will be so missed! As soon as her daughter sends more info, we will pass it along.
Doug Smith and his wife, Jane Anne, were hospitalized at the same time . . . her with hip surgery and
Doug with a bowel obstruction . . . but they are finally home. And they're happy about that as you can see!
All 6 children and their children visited them in the hospital! Doug worked in that hospital
during his career as an ob-gyn, bringing all those babies into the world.
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AUGUST BIRTHDAYS
3 Carolyn Cubbins
5 Martha Hopkins
7 Jack Holtzman
8 Iris Johnson and Barbara May
9 Rachel Dodson, Gene Dolby and Jane Johnston
10 Jim Wallis
13 Cecil Robinson and Frankie Stevens
14 Joe Harbour
15 Mary Bowden
16 Laura "Snooky" Peters
17 Mary Fleming
20 Alvin "Storie" Mooser
22 (Larry) Kirk Tompkins
23 Bill Goodman
24 Louie Allred and Owen McHaney
28 Owen Curry
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HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ML