Just back from North Carolina for The Whitsuntide Singers reunion. We had a fantastic time. Lenny picked Marssie and I up at the airport in the biggest limo I've ever seen! We were drinking champagne and hooting and hollering all the way to Lenny's house in the Carolina Pines. In a word beautiful (and warm too). Lenny's wife Jackie was a real trooper to put up with the never ending nonsense, singing, drinking, and incredible story telling that went on until the wee hours of the morning.
We did a little recording too, but not up to our collective expectations. Nevertheless, The Whitsuntide Singers sang again after a 40 year layoff to live semi-normal lives. Lenny is retired now and fooling around in the stock market and playing all golf courses in his neck of the woods. Marssie is the Radio Broadcast Department Chair at Columbia in Chicago. She still does a lot of voice over work for commercials and has done some theater as well.
It was amazing that after all that time we picked up right where we left off, great friends...never to be forgotten.
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Oh Tom! I've got goosebumps! I know what this means - to pick up old threads and re-weave them into the fabric of your life. It's a wonderful thing. I'm very happy for you. Looking forward to being in the WI pines with you and Ann and the bassets in a couple weeks.
Awesome... thanks for sharing.
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