Reunion

Reunion: Mr. Webster defines it as a "coming together after a long period of separation", or "a gathering of a certain group of people who have not seen each other for a long period of time". However you define it or what they mean to you, (if anything) they are a time of recollection, and reflection on a (hopefully) significant time of yøur life. In St. Louis, (and like no other city in the country) where you went to high school is as significant as the day you were born. We St. Louisans are measured sometimes not by how much money we've made, or our social class, and certainly not by what kind of car we drive, but where did you go to high school? I too had the experience of joining in with my classmates this fall (40yrs as well) and renewing very old acquaintances. I also attended another high school prior and then rejoining that group in college. We celebrated our combined high school and college reunion also. And I must say, it is that group of guys that I identify with the most. They are the bond, the glue, that endears me. It might have been our common goal or "dream" at a very young age that sustains us to this day. Our ideals and aspirations have carried us to adulthood.

I had the privilege of shooting/developing a video project for a group of ladies who's high school closed the year they graduated. A rather small school by the standards back then (1968). They had 33 in their graduating class. It was a testament of their solidarity that 24 of them returned for their 40th reunion this past summer. Several of them live out of state yet came in for this special event. And they still today meet once a month to renew their friendships, and share in each other's lives.
Thank you ladies