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06/25/20 11:50 AM #999    

 

Peggy Wood (Guernsey) (1968)

Let's see does climbing all those hallway stairs to keep everyone out during lunch time count?  hahahahaha  Or ushering during assemblies, or working a snackbar with those seniors at basketball count?  I could hit those baseballs during PE, but worked after school so Lenore Albers did all that physical stuff for us girls.  Archery was great too.    Well, today I mostly still usher, guide people, help where I can.  If you can't carry I'll be there.

I don't walk as I should and want to.  I had to put my precious dog down to sleep so I don't move as much, I know, I know, just do it.  I will.  Especially now that I'm as old as we thought our teachers were, wait!!!!! I'm not old I'm just 6 and thankful for every breath I am given.   Peggy

 


06/25/20 12:10 PM #1000    

 

Donna Bohrer-Abbott (Mayfield) (1963)

In answer to question #8:  I would say that Dance class was my best physical exercise during my High School years.  Actually I danced from age 6 and became a professional, then taught dance until my youngest was about 6 years old when I got a real job working for the government.

You could probably count running around in circles (haha), delivering messages for the Dean and the Attendance office for 3 periods a day!


06/26/20 06:16 AM #1001    

 

Ralph Martin (1967)

I really had no physical skills to speak of at Pacific....I was shy & kept to myself  avoiding being picked on..today my physical skills are playing Bingo ... chasing Slot Machines...and  walking  the beaches of Arizonawink


06/26/20 07:50 AM #1002    

 

Tom Brody (1969)

This is to answer Message #1001 from moderator, Sue Ferreira (Nunes): What was your greatest physical skill while at Pacific?  What is it now?   My greatest physical skills while at Pacific did not include any athletic skills. No, no, no!  I was always in awe of other boys from Pacific who could throw a baseball for a distance of 100 feet or more.  My physical skills while at Pacific were oil painting (pretending to be Salvador Dali, pretending to be Pablo Picasso) and doing sketching with pencil and paper.  I drew a weekly cartoon for The Current.  The December 20, 1968 issue of San Leandro Morning News has a small article about me, with my photograph.  The article says:  "BRODY'S A BORN ARTIST.  Pacific High School's Tom Brody is the witty satirist whose cartoons appear each week on this page as well as in The Current, Pacific's newspaper . . . among his avocations, Brody plays guitar in the Fellowship of the Ring, a combo that performs for local dances, and he enjoys skiiing in addition to his artistic endeavors." 

 

MY PRESENT PHYSICAL SKILLS.   This includes clogging (similar to tap dancing and to contra dancing, but performed to bluegrass music), photography, painting, and hiking in forests in the East Bay Hills.  Most of my hikes are with my supervisor and prison warden (oops, I mean my "wife").   During the years 1980 to 1984, I was a member of the Kickapoo Cloggers during my time in Madison, Wisconsin.  First, I took a year of dance lessons (tap dance, jitterbug, and ballroom) and then joined the group.  We performed at bluegrass festivals in Madison, WI, Jefferson County, WI, Delavan, WI, Mount Horeb, WI,  Edgerton, WI, Ashland, WI, Rockford, Illinois, and at Kahoko, Missouri.  Typically, for the past 20 years, I've taken weekly ten-mile hikes in Redwood Regional Park (Dunn Trail, West Ridge Trail, Stream Trail) and at Chabot Park.   On four occasions, I've hiked to the top of Hawkins Peak in Pinnacles National Park (south of San Jose).  I had to abandon my family for 4 years, in order to be employed in southern California.  During that time, every couple of months I took the 22 mile round trip hike from my apartment in Costa Mesa to: (1) Balboa Island and back; (2) Huntington Beach and back; (3) Orange Circle antique mall and back; (4) Cham Sut Gol Korean restaurant and back; or (5) Disneyland and back.   But as mentioned above, I had no athletic abilities while at Pacific, and I still don't.  For reasons unknown, I am able to run quickly for only 200 feet, before I come to a grinding halt.  However, I have no problem at all keeping up a 4mph walking speed for a distance of 25 miles.  Okay, one more physical skill.  I still do plenty of painting.  I use enamels and a tiny brush, and I paint psychedelic paisley designs and also reproductions of R. Crumb cartoons, e.g., keep on truckin'.  All of these paintings are on white-colored compact disc that I've burned in, with compilations of rock'n'roll music.  Also, plenty of landscape photography (California coastline, Death Valley, Joshua Tree Nat'l. Park, and waterfalls in Hawaii) with occasional exhibits at local galleries and nature museums.  


06/26/20 12:43 PM #1003    

 

Peggy Wood (Guernsey) (1968)

            HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL THE GREAT JUNIES   

          TWINS OR CRABS YOU ARE VIKINGS AND  are                                                  the GREATEST

 

My prayers are for your happiness and health and safety. Walks at the beach seem to be the safest.  BINGO will find a way.   Can't wait for Jackson Rancharia to open that SEAFOOD BUFFETT.  Oh well

good things are worth waiting for.  JUST like our PICNIC.   It will come, we will be fine.

 

Love to you all,  Have GREAT DAYS, FUN and LOVE,  Peggy

 

 


06/26/20 01:49 PM #1004    

 

Vincent Acosta (1967)

don't let Ralph fool you. Ralph was an undefeated amateur boxer. with a nice long jab. i could have made him a champ but all he got was a 1 way ticket to palookaville.


06/30/20 04:47 PM #1005    

 

Lynn Tapley (1972)

CLASS OF 1972
Our 50th reunion will be here in a blink! We are putting together a reunion committee and we need YOU! WE WILL HAVE FUN!  Please contact me at lyniet44@aol.com.


07/02/20 06:36 AM #1006    

 

Ralph Martin (1967)

Want to wish Gail Childers (Martin) A very Happy 70th Birthday! heart


07/02/20 08:35 PM #1007    

Leo Halverson (1967)

Sad to hear about the passing of Michael Henderson ( I only know him as mike) I am sitting here under a a tree , watching the hired hands cutting the hay and racking it up into windrows, 

Takes  me back to Grover Cleveland school in the middle 50s to the early 60s all the guys know Mike, he was one of the two captain's of most of the games we played then , Mike and Bruce Holmes ( I wonder what happened to Bruce)

The school would cut the grass/weeds and rack it up and the boys would make grass fortress and have horse back fights, pulling the other riders off .

All of were on Mike's team or Bruce's team one day then on the other . Some of the guys were good in some sports and some other, but we all had fun ( some more than others )

Made a mess of the grass but at that age all we did was to have fun 

Ya it's sad to think of Mike gone, I went from Cleveland to John Muir and Pacific H S with Mike, haven't seen anything of him in a long long time but when you grow up with a good group of kids you will always remember them and the good things and times 

LEO ♌️ 


07/08/20 11:37 AM #1008    

 

Sue Ferreira (Nunes) (1967)

Question # 9

What was the first concert you went to?

 


07/08/20 12:54 PM #1009    

 

Vincent Acosta (1967)

the supremes at the oakland arena. went there to their ticket office and got front row seats. my date was impressed. it was a great night being so close. it was early 1968.


07/08/20 02:27 PM #1010    

 

Joseph Bustos (1962)

STEPPENWOLF AT WINTERLAND 1967, I JUST GOT OUT OF THE ARMY AND I WALL ALL DRESSED UP WIG TIP TURTLE NECK CASHMERE SPORTSCOAT SLACKS AND I WAS SO OUT OF PLACE


07/08/20 08:15 PM #1011    

 

Ralph Martin (1967)

James Brown & The Flames (his brass section at that time),,,1965 at the Oaland Arena by Lake Merritt which is long gone as the amt. of  audience was limited due to size ....angel


07/09/20 03:01 AM #1012    

 

Vincent Acosta (1967)

it was the oakland auditorum Ralphie. they had a concert side and the other half was roller derby, wrestling. when they lost the parking across the street it killed it. it had some limited parking around the building. my older brother saw james brown there.


07/09/20 03:48 AM #1013    

 

John Statler (1966)

1965 or 66, can't remember, went to the Filmore Auditorium. Don't remember the bands but it was awsome. I went with the Don and Doug Wilson if I remember correctly. Went back by myself a couple of weeks later and people passed around a rolled cigarette ... it was a highly unusual concert to say the least. A few months later I was there and someone said there was coolaide upstairs -- didn't know what it was then but do now and I'm glad I skipped it. Became a flower child and am still that way today. That's my story and I'm sticking with it.


07/09/20 06:45 AM #1014    

 

Ralph Martin (1967)

Thanks for info Vinnie..now I also recall the westling matches,,,at that time "Flying Pepper Gomez" was the star of Wrestling...cheeky


07/09/20 08:41 AM #1015    

 

Tom Brody (1969)

This to answer the question, "What was the first concert you went to?" (Comment No. 1011, posted July 8, 2020).   I assume this question refers to our years at Pacific.   My answer would have to be CREAM at the Fillmore Auditorium.   The opening act was Gary Burton Quartet, and their set was from their album, DUSTER.  DUSTER is still one of my ten favorite jazz albums.   What I recall from this act, was that Mr. Burton seemed to announce one the compositions as, "GENERAL MOTORS."  But later on, after I bought the album, I learned that it was really, "GENERAL MOJO."  From CREAM, the only thing that I remember was the earth-shaking opening notes of the bass guitar, which occurred during their first song, "SPOONFUL."   According to photos of the concert poster, available on line, this concert occurred on each of the days, Aug. 29-Sept.3, 1967.  The poster says that Electric Flag also played each night.  But Electric Flag did not perform, at least not on the night I attended, and they were replaced by FLAMING GROOVIES, and they played a song, "It's Not Unusual," made famous by the recording by Tom Jones.   I saw CREAM again, and this was at Oakland Coliseum on October 4, 1968, and the opening act was, It's A Beautiful Day. 


07/09/20 12:10 PM #1016    

 

CarolLynne Biddle (Cole) (1971)

1970...Creedence Clearwater at the Oakland Coliseum I think was the 1st...with Donna Knab Lawrence....too many years ago to remember! We went to the top of seats...looked down on everyone...pulled out the bodda bag with wine...lit up and enjoyed the show. They had huge balls that we watched at it made its rounds with everyone hitting it across the stadium...those were the days! Frenchys for lots of bands...Power of Tower was one of my favorites...one time Tiny Tim was there...horrible show...couldn't dance...he was pretty strange for the day...lol

 


07/09/20 12:10 PM #1017    

 

Bill Statler (1969)

Cool to see a response from my big brother!

On first concert: it was at the Fillmore Auditorium with Mike and Pat Gardner in 1968 to see Jefferson Airplane.  Pretty awesome for a first show and totally in sync with the times. :)

PS: Tom Brady - I'm in awe that you saw Cream live - twice! The quintessential "super group" rock band . Disraeli Gears one of the best rock albums ever.

- Bill

 


07/09/20 12:58 PM #1018    

 

Bruce Nunley (1965)

The first concert that I went to was the start of over a thousand concerts that I have attended over the years and I continue unto this day to attend ten to fifteen concerts a year (yes, I'm a concert addict and I need help). Thanks to fellow classmates Peggy Paciotti and Robin Santos who would have a few of us over to their house to hear them play folk songs was when I was introduced to Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell. The first and second concerts that I went to was Joan Baez in 1964 and 1965 at the Civic Auditorium (which is now the Bill Graham Auditorium) in San Francisco. The third concert that I went to was Cat Stevens at the Oakland Arena. In 1981 was when I became a full on concert addict for whom I have to blame the group Air Supply who were very popular back then. They were performing at the Concord Pavilion as part of a five concert series (the other four concerts in the series were Donna Summer, Little River Band, Chicago and Hall & Oats). What particularly made me an addict was that I was fortunate to have front row seats for all those concerts and when I renewed my subscription for the next twelve seasons I had those same front row seats (if you have ever had the fortune to be seated in the front row for a concert you know what a rush it is). Some of those thousand plus concerts that I have attended over the years have a vast range from Andrea Bocelli,Barbara Streisand,Yanni, Benise; to U2, Bruce Springstein,The Who, Roger Waters, Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles, Peter Gabriel, Rod Stewart; to Linda Ronstadt, Pink, Madonna, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry; to Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, Emmylou Harris, Dwight Yoakam, Tim McGraw with Faith Hill; a little bit of Jazz with Keiko Matsui; and a little bit of Gothic Rock with Evanescence. 


07/09/20 02:29 PM #1019    

 

Roxanne J. Ferguson (Cline) (1970)

My step father was a ticket seller - this is before Ticket Master, so I saw lots of concerts.  The Animals, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Little Richard, The Who, James Brown, Jimi Hendricks, The Temptations, Four Tops, Janis Joplin, Big Brother, Chad & Jeremy, The Supremes, Sonny & Cher, I can't remember them all.  My favorite memory was seeing the Beatles at Candlestick.  Because of step dad - we sat in the press box.  It was pretty far away and there wasn't much sound over the screaming.  They left the stadium in an armoured car.


07/09/20 04:06 PM #1020    

 

Butch Myers (1969)

Hey Ralph,

The Oakland Auditorium in Oakland you were talking about is called the Henry J Kaiser center. It is still there ! From what i read they are renovating it sinc 2019. Remember when they had the midget cars inside breathing all the fumes when the Boys Club would take us.

Butch


07/09/20 06:24 PM #1021    

 

Steve Pendley (1967)

In the.summer of 1970 The Who “The Rock Opra Tommy”. At Exeter University, Exeter, Devonshire, England at the end of my Mission. I really enjoyed “Top of the Pops” every Thursday on BBC 1 at 7:30 pm. Featuring all the top 10 Bands yes the original Music Vidios. I was there 104 weeks so that’s 1040 songs! I was there when the Beatles broke up (sad). I love Cream, Lulu, Cilla. Black, Mary Hopkins.....Those were the days my friends, we thought they’d never end, we’d sing and dace forever and a day ! I love them all. Can’t name them all. Sat in the front row of Tommy right next to the loud speakers and they kept shooting the microphone out over the audience and quickly drawing it back to continue singing. We were deaf for days!

 

 


07/10/20 03:52 AM #1022    

 

Elverta Yoshida (Yamanaka) (1963)

Beach Boys at the Oakland autitorium 1964?


07/10/20 07:35 AM #1023    

Brad Amaral (1969)

Hey Ralph & Butch
Frank Belger & me went to see the Yardbirds in 1965 or 66 at the SL roll arena . At that time we where only 14 or 15 Franks mom dropped us off & pick us up. Yardbird where great, don't remember who was playing lead guitar 🎸 at that time , who ever is was Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton or Jeff Beck was laying it down way back then & to this day.

 


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