Since I covered the basis for the Reunion, now I shall discuss some of the fun moments of the affair as well. Through the initial opening of the doors and right through the dinner period there was classic music playing of our era, with special emphasis on the sounds of Motown and rightfully so.  So when I got a moment to listen to music while I was at the registration table and ably assisted I could here some old standards of my youth.  By the time dinner had ended, the live music portion of the evening was preparing and the party really started to heat up.  I even tried to walk around the tables to see some people that I only had a chance to say hello to, while doing the paper work.  Though I have to admit that of the three teachers that attended, I somehow missed one of the teachers that showed up, and I admired him then as well as to this day, and I feel badly that I did miss him.

As a gesture towards my reputation as “The Wine Raconteur” the committee got me a bottle of wine.  As I said in the last article I tried several of the wines that we were serving and I was very happy.  I happily went out to my car to get my waiter’s corkscrew and opened up a bottle of Chateau Grand Marceaux Medoc 2005.  The Medoc is a smaller section of the Bordeaux region, and the Medoc itself is divided into two parts; Haut-Medoc and Bas-Medoc, and these designations refer to the elevation of the land.  The Haut-Medoc is where the famed Communes of Bordeaux reside, hence you will see that term on a bottle, whereas the growers of the Bas-Medoc feel that the term appears in a negative tone, so consequently the wines are usually listed as Medoc.  The major wine varietals for the Medoc is the Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot plus small quantities of Malbec and Petit-Verdot and the mix is determined by the individual winery or by the Negociants, as there is no legal standard for the mix.  This wine had a deep color that one expects from Bordeaux, and the tannins were heavy, especially after drinking some wines that were made for immediate consumption, and there was a decent aftertaste as well.

Another surprise for me that evening was from an old neighbor of mine, actually her brother was more of my contemporary, but we became good friends through social media.  She has been going to art classes and parties and she presented me with a painting of numerous wine glasses filled with red wine.  I was overwhelmed with her generosity and her thoughtfulness.  She and her husband came up from Kentucky and her husband was one of the members of the band, even though he himself was not an alumni, his charming wife was an alumna.  It would not be right of me, not to mention this fine gift, and to give me another chance to say “thank you.”