Ginger and I really enjoyed the 45th reunion this year…making some amazing reconnections with classmates. Thacher is thriving, which makes me happy! My daughter Sarah and her husband Jeremy had a baby boy (Michael Estrada), so I am a grandpa. Still playing jazz, rock, and country & western music, and doing my Arctic geology thing […]
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Norm Rosenblatt ’49
I started writing jazz melodies to published poetry in 2009, using the poetry as lyrics, and worked with a great band. We put on 4 concerts, and last September, we brought the band to Thacher and put on a concert in the Milligan Performing Arts Center. The students seemed to enjoy it, and we got […]
C. Derek Anderson ’58
Pat & I recently attended a Memorial for Dave Brubeck at St. John the Divine in Manhattan. Many Jazz greats performed Dave’s works, including a stirring eulogy by Tony Bennett. (It also happened to be our 40th anniversary). We’d gotten to know Dave through ownership of a bar in Lake Almanor that originated in his […]
Noah Rifkin ’75
Spent several months living in LA. Managed to rendezvous with the oh so enigmatic Denny Millikan on several occasions to enjoy some of LA’s finest Jazz @ the world famous “Baked Potato.” Unfortunately, had to return to Buffalo as I was in need of some critical neurosurgery to remove a disk from my neck. Fear not […]
David Laylin ’55
Most of my time is dedicated to natural resource conservation and management, in Iran, together with scientific information exchanges with the US. I spend 1 to 2 months a year there, much in the boondocks. Don’t believe the anti-Iran media. It is a remarkably interesting and hospitable country – especially for Americans! This past Spring, […]