The graduation was drawing closer but there was another celebration first. This was the ceremony where Jane got her gold key. But this was to be kept secret, so we went to school under cover and ran into Carolyn
and Michael
and Justin's mom
as Carolyn tried to out-photo me
at which point David Kinsey arrived.
Once inside, the stage was set
and Jane was getting ready to play
as a few classmates gathered ons tage
and we focussed on Jane in the orchestra pit (flute section)
as she played on
as Mr. Loughran led
before Tommy Sweemer took to the podium and the event began
as Jane watched
and there were speeches
as Jane watched
more speaking
Jane waiting
speaking
waiting
more speaking
until finally Andrew Black and Tommy Sweemer took the stage
as Jane listened
while they described Jane (and these web pages, gentle viewer!)
before they got ready to greet her
and there were hugs
and then she made her way to the gang of gold keys.
I made my way to the Class Day ceremony where Sandra was marshalling
and I captured this picture of Sylvia with Ruth Stevens
as the students marched in
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The final event of the day was the Prom. Here we were -- Jane, Suzanne, Sarah, Ed and John -- in the parking lot
and once inside Jane and Sarah posed under the orange and black balloons
before we went in and saw Joey Cotruvo and Louis Epstein who posed with Sarah
and this camera
as Sarah posed with Jessie Yu '06
and Jane and Suzanne posed
as did Joey Cotruvo, Louis Epstein, Sarah, Jessie
and Jessie and Tony
then Jessie Yu, Sarah, Jake VanNaarden, Joey Cotruvo
Mccauley Peterson and Sarah
and Joey Cotruvo, Sarah, Jed Peterson, Tarryn Chun, Jake Van Naarden
and then Jane, Suzanne and Sarah
Me, Suzanne and Sarah
and then Jane posed with me for a self portrait
before Suzanne and Sarah danced
and then posed
as did Sarah and Jane
and I posed with Suzanne
before the Davisson family arrived
and were joined by Suzanne
and Jane
and after this self portrait
Olivier Kamanada and Chuck Brown appeared
and posed with me
after which John, Ed and Scott posed
as did Mccauley
as Suzanne and Jane danced
Sarah, Eve and Ed posed
and then were joined by their siblings
before we greeted Michelle Chen '09 as we departed