Cafe 1984 - "A Weekend at the Movies"

In 1984, our musically minded & talented classmates put on Cafe and the theme was "A Weekend at the Movies". Steve S. and Caroline R. were the MC's/hosts (double click on picture to enlarge).

Did you attend? What do you remember about the performance?

If memory serves me correctly, a bunch of the seniors did a song/dance routine to a song from Grease... We'll Always Be Together. "We go together like rama lama lama ke ding a de dinga a dong remembered for ever like shoo bop shoo wadda wadda yipitty boom de boom." That's a mouthful!

Get together again with your ACS classmates and catch-up. A lot has happened to all of us in 25 years! Save the dates: July 18 & 19th, 2009 at Lei-Ti. Send us your email address, snail mail address and news about your life! The email address is: alexandercentral1984@gmail.com

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Paul Newman

Paul Newman (shown here on the cover of People magazine in 1984) starred in "Harry and Son", a not-so-great '84 movie with Robbie Benson.
He had other really good movies in the 80's:
1981- "Fort Apache the Bronx" and "Absence of Malice" (Newman was Oscar-nominated for Best Actor, Sally Field was Golden Globe-nominated for Best Actress)
1982- "The Verdict"(Newman was both Golden Globe and Oscar-nominated for Best Actor and the film was nominated for Best Picture)
1986 - "The Color of Money" (Newman won the Oscar for Best Actor and was nominated for a Golden Globe)
1989 - "Fat Man and Little Boy"

Check out these and other great Newman films like "The Sting", "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", "Cool Hand Luke", "Hud", "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof","The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean", "The Towering Inferno", "The Hustler", "Slap Shot", "Mr. and Mrs. Bridge", "Nobody's Fool", "Road to Perdition" and most recently the animated movie "Cars".
What a career!

Newman donated more than $250 million to charities through profits from his Newman's Own brand.
He was married to Joanne Woodward for 50 years!

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Wanna See Eric?

Is he still "LOUDEST" in our class? Would he still be voted "Class Clown" 25 years later? (Class of '84 senior poll in yearbook)
What is he up to?
Where does he live?
He just had his 4th child a few weeks ago (Congrats Eric and Mrs. B!) -- want to meet the family?

Find out all this and more at the Class of '84 25-year reunion next summer!!!
July 18th & 19th at Lei-Ti.
If you haven't heard from Ann or Marie yet, we may not have your info!
Contact us at
alexandercentral1984@gmail.com

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Give Blood ~ Give Life

The Red Cross is sponsoring local blood drives at the following locations:

Friday, Sept. 26th Pembroke Community Center in Corfu
Saturday, Sept. 27th Stafford Fire Dept. on Rt. 5
Tuesday, Sept. 30th Chapin Manufacturing on Ellicott St. in Batavia
Monday October 6th Pavilion Fire Dept. on Rt. 19

DonateBloodNow.org
1-800-GIVE-LIFE

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1984 Emmys

Who won Emmy Awards in 1984?

Outstanding Drama Series Hill Street Blues

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Tom Selleck, Magnum, P.I.

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Tyne Daly, Cagney and Lacey

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Bruce Weitz, Hill Street Blues

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Alfre Woodard, Hill Street Blues Outstanding Comedy Series Cheers

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series John Ritter, Three's Company

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Jane Curtin, Kate and Allie

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Pat Harrington, Jr., One Day at a Time

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Rhea Perlman, Cheers

Outstanding Children's Entertainment Series Captain Kangaroo

Outstanding Children's Entertainment Specials ABC Afterschool Special: The Great Love Experiment

Outstanding Animated Program Garfield on the Town

Outstanding Game or Audience Participation Show The $25,000 Pyramid

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Farm Aid

Farm Aid began in 1985. Yesterday's concert focused on sustainability and the environment. From the Farm Aid press room:
"Farm Aid’s mission is to build a vibrant family farm-centered system of agriculture in America. Farm Aid artists and board members Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews host an annual concert to raise funds to support Farm Aid’s work with family farmers and to inspire people to choose family farm food. Since 1985, Farm Aid has raised more than $30 million to support programs that help farmers thrive, expand the reach of the Good Food Movement, take action to change the dominant system of industrial agriculture and promote food from family farms."
“Family farmers are the bedrock of this country. They are always looking for new answers to problems and finding creative solutions that work,” said Willie Nelson, president and founder of Farm Aid. “We need family farmers for our future and people can keep family farmers on the land with their good food choices.” Check out the 2008 Webcast!

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10 Year Reunion

Here's what a few of us looked like in 1994 at our 10 year reunion(click on the pic to make them bigger)

Looks like we still knew how to have fun!

What will our 25 year be like...?

Send your contact info. and contact info for other classmates so we can all be together again!!

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Wanna see Matt?

What's he up to now?
Who did he marry?
Does he have any kids?
Do you think he still has "Nicest Eyes" (Class of '84 Senior Poll in the yearbook)?
Find out at our 25 Year reunion!

Contact Ann & Marie today to get your name and info on the mailing list!
alexandercentral1984@gmail.com






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Born in '84

Prince Harry was born on this day in 1984!
Others born in 1984 include LeBron James, Scarlett Johansson, America Ferrera, Avril Lavigne and Mark Zuckerberg (founder of Facebook).







If you're a Grey's Anatomy fan, check out the
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(a nice song for a Monday, by Anna Nalick. Yep, she was born in '84:)

Stormy Weather

We have no problem with blizzards, but tornadoes and hurricanes are just plain scary!
Our well wishes and hope for safety go out to any ACS alumni living in Texas.

On this day in 1984, the worst hurricane of the year, the Category 4 Hurricane Diana, luckily looped and weakened as it struck the coast of North Carolina.

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Who Might Be at the Reunion?

Margaret (Meg), Annette, and John may be there!!!

The more, the merrier!
So friends, be sure to send your contact info to
alexandercentral1984@gmail.com
so we can add it to our reunion mailing list!

And send us your fun photos from the '80s and we'll post them here on the website!
Thanks ~ can't wait to see you all!
P.S. That's Mrs. Nelli there behind Annette & talking to John.

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Smurfs!

The Smurfs was one of the most popular Saturday morning cartoons in 1984. The little blue forest people welcomed Baby Smurf to their forest that year and from the moment he arrived we worried that evil Gargamel would catch him and eat him!!!

Click here for a fun Smurf adventure!


And how many of you had your very own Smurf cassette player?!





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MTV Video Music Awards

The MTV VMAs are tonight.
In 1984 this event was held at Radio City Music Hall with hosts Dan Akroyd and Bette Midler.
The Video of the Year was "You Might Think" by the Cars.
Herbie Hancock received 5 VMAs for his awesome video "Rockit."
Michael Jackson received a few for "Thriller."
Best New Artist went to the Eurythmics.
But the most talked about segment was Madonna's live performance of "Like a Virgin", which was shocking then, but seems rather innocuous nowadays, doesn't it?!

80's videos are the best.

What was the first music video to air on MTV? Click the Video of the Day below to find out!

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Jeopardy! 25th Anniversary

Jeopardy!'s 25th season with Alex Trebek begins September 8th. Here's a funny SNL spoof of the show.

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Back to School!

It's that time of the year -- only now it is some of our kids walking the school halls, playing fall sports, joining school clubs, etc. Crazy!

Congrats to those of us who have kids who have graduated already, and good luck to those of us who are still guiding them along their pathway to success.

Looking forward to sharing our high school memories at the reunion!


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40-Something and Fabulous! (Sept.)

Just wanted to give a shout out to our September birthdays:
Greg B., Chuck

May you have a wonderfully fun and relaxing birthday.

P.S. Thanks for RSVPing Greg -- really hope to see you at the reunion! Anyone know where Chuck is? We need his recent contact info:)


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