BROOKFIELD CENTRAL CLASS OF '76

20TH REUNION, November 30, 1996

Gee, 1976, seems like yesterday. Don't feel any different. Ah, those good old days. Gerry Ford was president. Hardly any UPC codes. Gas about 50 cents per gallon. School assemblies so loud you could go deaf. I was on the Legend and Tyro and everywhere with my 35mm camera.

Pause... Flash go 20 years.

Y2K on the horizon. United States of Europe on the horizon. Cold war over. Computers everywhere. World Wide Web is just catching on. I still have my 35mm camera. But I captured this occasion too. Not everyone, and not in tedious detail. Just a few vignettes, some friendly smiles. We are the same, and different. Shared memories bind us like scholastic siblings. Rivalry? Maybe. Business? Maybe. A good time of food, dance and fun? Definately. The festivities took place at Zorba's near Bluemound and Barker Rd.

I don't remember all the names and faces that well, but I tried to put a brief description with each photo. I just used the maiden names of the ladies, as I remember them. Excuse that fauxpas please. If you have more information or corrections, I'll be happy to look them over. Want copies of these color photos? Find someone with web access and a color printer. Look back. Look forward. Maybe there will be a 25 year reunion? or a 30 year? I hope so. See you then.

Chris Tenaglia