Just remembered, I'm still looking for my Frank Sinatra and Roy Orbinson albums. I got a hunch....Girls??????

Some of us are planning on meeting at Summerfest in Milwaukee this coming week. Look for us in the Martini tent on Tuesday the 30th at 4-6 (out on the grounds after that). Also will be down there on the 4th and 5th. We'll be watching for ya'.....

Heard some KC and the Sunshine Band this morning (That's The Way I Like It---hint Shoobie) and it got me to thinking about how we used to go trollin' after the bars which got me to thinking about the time the fire fighters had to come and the one lost his glove and then how we had to go around and make sure there were no open flames (candles) and then how there was an accident with one of those liquid candles and I remember very well what happened after that, but what I don't know is where is Sandy Iwanski---anybody have any information?

Heard from our old friend, renowned backgammon player Mike Mesenbrink (better known as, or dare I say only known as Moby). Says that he is going to try and make it up for the reunion. Maybe he will tell us stories about lips and horns (and other stuff). Perhaps now we'll hear more from the Cedarburg Connection.....I can hear the REO now. Eh, looks like rock and a hard place in the game, though....

Added some songs to the playlist

Thanks for the requests Chuck, Cathy, Deb, Russ. I need more requests - what songs did we party to? Send your requests to northscotthall@aol.com. Check out the playlist here

Had a chance to meet with Deb, Russ, Shoobie over the past weekend and here is what we decided we are going to do. We are going to post an "itinerary" as to where we plan to be and approximate times so that folks will know where the group is hanging out at a particular time on the 17th and 18th. We are also planning to post a list of names of people we are unable to locate--if there is someone out there you are looking to find, be sure to let us know and we will include them on that list. Finally, right here and now, we are going to list the people we believe that have been contacted about the reunion. This may be through the mail, e-mail or good old word of mouth. If you see somebody on this list you know we hope you would encourage them to join us in Oshkosh in October. Of course, if you see your name we want you to join us as well. Some of the people on this list have told us they are thinking about joining us, others have said they may be in town, while others we have not heard from. What we hope to accomplish with this is to get some more people in the "planning on attending" list. So with no further delay, and in no particular order, here we go..........


Mike Moses--- Mike Mesenbrink (Moby)--- Sue Philippe---

Patricia Pingel--- Mary Ritchie--- Tom Stanton (Mel)---

Don Scasny--- Marjorie Schmitz--- Rick Thone---

James Trenter--- Pete Bons--- Gene Woelfel---

Michelle Zimmer--- Val Hanson--- Hugh Leasum---

Bonnie Miller ---Steve Staudinger (Stalin)--- Matt Barczak

Brian Campbell ---- Sue Bressers--- Bill Breider---

Jeff Blakley--- Kevin Coenen--- Don Dykstra---

Cindy Gunderson --- Lauri Keller--- Kerry Kreienbrink---

Cheryl Kunda--- Lance Lamers--- Suzanne Lirette---

Lisa Kurth--- Amy Lacasse--- Tom Lahiff---

Deb Teofilo--- Laurie Frederick--- Cindy Draves---

Pat Gosa--- Ann Buechel ---Todd Hobart---

Lori Koren--- Barbara Bergner ---Elaine Birschbach---

Kayleen Kauffman--- Lori Mierendorf--- Tom Precia---

Dawn Miller--- Elien Sauer--- Laura Lehner---

Suzanee Lirette ---Peggy Gertz --- Teresa Marver---

Patrica Hammer--- Rodney Kiefer--- Dan Kipp---

Barbara Koretos ---Denise Strassman ---Emily Capelle---

Julie Loker--- Cheryl Sykora--- Ron Tiedt---

Mark Verhagen--- Cathy Vita--- Tracy Schommer---

Michael Yaktus --- Karen Nabholz--- Joy Buechel---

Lewis Bettinger--- Tim Bressers--- Colette Gaymon---

Mary Callan--- Mary Sneen--- Scot Van Airsdale---

Jann Busse --- Mike Halla (H) --- Rob Roseff (Gumby)---


Also wanted to mention here that if there is anyone here you would like to get a hold of, let us know--We'll be glad to share any contact information we have. Less than four months to go now......

Hey! Only 130 days until the reunion---anybody seen Laynor yet????

I want to take a quick moment here to let everyone know about a great event involving one of our former hall mates. Tom Stanton, known to most as Mel, is probably one of the nicest guys I have ever met (if you don't count the Cleveland Browns thing, but they're pretty much harmless anyways). For the past 5 or 6 years Mel has been involved with a local fundraiser in the Cedarburg area known as Mel's Pig Roast. They have done a great job raising money for local charities and such, and more than one person (not Mel) have told me it is a real good time. This years event in on Sunday, Sept 27th from 11-5. Take a couple of minutes and check out the web site at melspigroast.com. If you're in the area I hope you can make plans to attend. I hope to see you there!

Got an email the other day from Cheryl Sykora--nice to hear from her. Seems that a friend of hers forwarded the blog site to her. This is a wonderful thing. It also brings me to this point. If I find out you know about this site, don't expect to get any personal invites from me. If you know, you know (of course, you never know until you know). So, Sue, Trish, Lisa, Amy and Mary (friends of Cheryl), consider yourselves informed and invited--we look forward to seeing you in October.

As you can see, Cheryl, I told you I had a picture around here somewhere....I'll see if I can track down Cindy--see if we can make it 100 percenter. I also seem to remember something about some Jello shots on a geography field trip, yes?

Saw Larry and Jane this past weekend at the state track meet in La Crosse. Their son had a good race in the 300m hurdles--2nd in D2. Congrats to them--and to us, because Larry says he will be at the reunion. I imagine Jane will be there as well. Rah...

Don't know what got me to thinking about this, but....What do you remember about Nov. 16, 1981?

Of course, the wedding of good old Luke and Laura! And all the memories of Mitch Williams and Roy Deluca, The Campus Disco, Frank Smith, Scott Baldwin, Robert Scorpio and Tiffany Hill, Beecher's Corners (Lloyd and Lucy Johnson), and who can forget the Ice Princess--the Quartermaines and the Cassidines? Ah, the wasted afternoons---now for a little Herb Alpert........

Music to get the Party Started

Here are some songs played hundreds of times in Scott Hall 1978-81. Send your list of favorites to northscotthall@aol.com and we will add them to the list. Below is a sampling, CLICK HERE TO SEE THE FULL PLAYLIST.

Hard to believe that we are at 145 days until our event...we are in the process of setting up a kind of time line as to where we will be, what we will be doing, etc., so if anyone has any great ideas, let us know...

Got to have lunch with Mary Wichmann this past weekend--had a very nice time...She was wondering where all the girls were, so if you're out there give us a shout and let us know what your up to....

Nearly finished contacting the people I have addresses for from the Alum Assoc. If you are in contact with anyone from the old days, please let them know about our upcoming reunion---the more the merrier....

Took a few photos of some local landmarks last month while in Oshkosh....everybody able to identify these buildings??? What about how much time spent in each????

I guess you could call this the preferred lodging for the reunion (no beer in the dorms, Burrow Inn unavailable). There is a block of rooms there (don't know how many are left)--am sure we will be able to get more. Let them know you are in for the reunion--$70/night. Pool open 24/7, should be extra time to catch up. This is the old Park Plaza, downtown Oshkosh.

Just took a look at a weekly report we get letting us know how many visitors we get to the blog and on what day, stuff like that. By my quick count I have contacted about 85 people--I assume they are getting the info because the good ol' USPS has only returned a couple of letters to me. According to the weekly report we had 109 unique visitors to the blog last week. That is obviously more people than I have contacted, so thanks to all for getting the word out. I don't know who you all are (get no info on that), but I hope you're being entertained. If your so inclined drop us a quick note at northscotthall@aol.com, would like to hear from whoever is checking this out. Keep spreading the word, and if you want us to try and track somebody down let us know.

Got to thinking some after I carefully read Dugan's comments to the 5/1 post....if his price numbers are correct, then I have some change coming--I distinctly remember $3.00 for a six pack of PBR on my first day ever in Oshkosh. Remember Joe from Thirsty's? Wonderful guy, little wild at times...

Still love free beer.....











Was thinking about the Florida trip in the Spring of '80. I'm sure many of you made it south during the spring breaks, and all have great stories to recall and share, but I doubt if any can top Larry the bus driver (best ever). No messin' with Larry. He assigned seats before we left, ran with the drains open, didn't take any misbehavin' from the back up driver, cruised the beach in Florida with the bus, and found us three cans of warm malt liquor when we were having withdrawal symptoms from a day at Disney. Long sleeve shirt the whole way, never sweated. Many more memories of the trip as well--gallons of wine on the bus (what were they thinking?),mooning Chicago, bringing in ringers for the volleyball tourney, walking two miles to save a buck on a twelve pack of Busch, having some guy try to sell me carbonated beverages and precious metals, vodka and pool water--and of course the ride home with no a/c on the bus...good thing we could get into the Dwelling to have a place to sleep. Wonder whatever happened to the Fenning sisters.....

This is one of my favorite memories from the Scott Hall days. Just now realized that it will be 30 years tomorrow since my first North Scott Hall Regatta. Ya' gotta' Regatta....That was sure an interesting day for me....went to Little Chute with Russell to pick up the beer wagon and 6 half barrels...when we got there they were welding it together--should have known there would be problems. Had to tow the beer wagon back to Oshkosh with a van---heading south on 41, little bit of rain, in a hurry to get to the lake...next thing ya' know, snapped the tow bar, I'm spinning, Russ passes me (no brakes)....there go the half barrels bouncing down the highway. We finally got stopped, everything still upright--people stop, not checking on us, but bringing back the half barrels--unbelievable! Only got better from there...plenty of beer, cruddy weather, little boating, Spid Peeper--wonderful day overall (we'll forget about the trip to New Holstein).....

BEEN THINKING ABOUT MUSIC (PART ONE)

Been thinking about some of the music we were listening to back in the old Oshkosh days (must have heard something on the radio). Decided to check some old cassette tapes and albums to see what I could come up with (finally got rid of the 8 tracks Mel, so no help there).

Seems to me we had Springsteen, Mellencamp, Petty---not much different there. Then there was Bob Seeger, Jackson Browne, Pat Benetar. Of course the tail end of the disco era and all that went along with that. Then there was the Urban Cowboy period and the country and country rock with the likes of Skynard, Marshall Tucker, the Outlaws....

I'm trying to remember some of the floor favorites---Tommie with Rod Stewart, Shoobie with Cheap Trick, Fleetwood Mac and ELO, Phil and one of my favs (Doucette), and of course the Cedarburg guys with that damn REO. Also seem to remember a lot of Meatloaf and progressive parties......

am sure I am forgetting a lot--somebody help me.....

....to be continued......