Reflecting on the People Who Matter

Over the first half of last year's television season, I was a big fan of Glee. After the winter break, I stopped watching it. Not that I lost interest, it just wasn't on at the right time and I forgot to preset my DVR. As a result, I've been trying to catch the summer reruns to get up to speed for the next season.

As it turns out, after watching the finale I deleted it from my DVR and I can't find it online, but there was a point towards the end of the finale where "Mr Shu" is talking to the kids about the choir experience being a distant memory and how over a number of years you will forget people's names. Yadda, yadda, yadda.

It made me reflect on my high school choral experience and how it made me the person that I am today. To be honest, it wasn't the music that we did that I found to be most memorable, but the people who I made the music with. The individuals with whom I was closest were those who were in the Madrigals group.

The 15 of us had numerous rehearsals, shared the high and lows of our lives..., and wore some awesome costumes. I still value the time we spent together in Room 604 at Pius XI High School during my senior year. In no particular order, these people were:
Jimin Kim
Jodi Schwalbach
Kristin Redig
Liz Raven
Katie Neuman
Jill Kramer
Kathy Talsky
Angie Becker
Tricia Simono
Dan Byrne
Peter Parker
Nic Banach
Brian Wroblewski
Nick Denor
Bonnie Scholz (then Bielawski)-Director
(You're going to have to take my word that I remember these names off the top of my head, but I did. My apologies for not getting any married names on here.)

Having graduated in 1993, some of these folks I haven't seen in years, some I have recently connected with on Facebook. They were my best friends in high school and I will never forget that.