This trip to Buffalo was primarily for the Bennett High School Class of '73 50th Reunion.
First, the Meet and Greet at RiverWorks, a waterfront, boating, sports bar, adventure, sports, music & entertainment venue.
There are four ziplines; a zipliner can be seen as if landing on the tower to the left; however, he will continue to the "six-pack" (KSS) |
You can arrive by boat on the Buffalo River (KSS) |
Welcome sign for the Meet and Greet |
Saturday, August 12, 2023
This morning was the tour of Bennett High School, which has gone through several ups and downs since we attended.
Lewis J Bennett High School (1923-1925, by Ernest Crimi in Georgian Revival style) with the Alumni Honor Garden and Memorial Walkway |
Alumni Honor Garden |
Memorial Walkway |
Karen C H stands in front of the front hall cases with sports trophies, including the basketball memorializing her 1972-1973 season point average of 24 |
The school auditorium is the third largest in Buffalo, after Shea's Buffalo Theatre and Kleinhans Music Hall; Neil L leads the tour |
Swimming pool |
Swimming pool stands for swim meets: in stands are ? and Dmitri; from the left: Karen, Anise, Jackie, Cora, David, Kathleen, Vanessa, Yvonne, Karen, Michael and his grandson |
Gymnasium |
Another of the five panels of New World of Symphony that depicted folk inspiration of American music |
Library, apparently very few of us were ever in this library when we were in school, including me! |
Michael, Sandi, Karen in front of Jackie, Sandi's sister, Cora, someone from Class of '71, Michael's grandson, Donald, Yvonne, Dmitri, Marlene |
Chris claims he no longer fits in the locker! |
Updated science lab |
In our day, we had rows of lockers extending horizontally across the hallway, leading to dead ends under the windows |
Cafeteria, scene of pre-meditated food fights |
View of All-High Stadium, alsoo updated |
Paul S with his 1961 Chevrolet convertible (purchased new by his grandmother and given to Paul when he could drive it to school; since restored) |
Upstairs at The Barrel factory is the Lakeward Spirits Event Center; Lakewood Spirits is the on-site craft distillery; there is also the Pressure Drop Brewing craft brewery |
Bennett High School banner |
Lakeward Veranda is up another flight of stairs |
A view toward the grain silos |
The coffee and dessert (donut holes) corner |
The buffet; note the vintage barrels in the upper left |
The Memorial Table; we have lost 39 classmates of which we know |
Oops, the crudités, fresh fruit, and cheese and crackers have disappeared, but I see door prizes! |
Sunday, August 13, 2023
Today's event was pickleball at Pickleball Island on Grand Island.
Today's event was pickleball at Pickleball Island on Grand Island.
A Bennett Tiger with pickleball balls (KSS) |
Welcome to Pickleball Island (KSS) |
Yes, this is a Bennett High School event |
The Bennett Girls' Basketball Team members: Tamiko, Karen, Bernice, Ginger, Peachie, and Kathleen |
Pickleball participants: Kathleen, Anise, Peachie, Chris, Karen kneeling, Rita, Ginger, Bernice, Chris, Nathan, Tamiko, and Kent (missing Chesla) |
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