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We are planning for our 2011 annual reunion, scheduled for Friday, June 11, and Saturday, June 12, 2011.

Friday, June 11, 2011
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm To Be Announced

8:30 pm - 10:30  To Be Announced

Saturday, June 12, 2011
As usual, we will all congregate at our alma mater at 120 West 46th Street to meet-and-greet our fellow alumni and wonderful teachers, The rest  To Be Announced.

If your own class is coming up on a five-year anniversary date: 1951 / 1956 / 1961 / 1966 / 1971 / 1976 / 1981 / 1986 and you want to help get in touch with your classmates, go here to see who among your classmates is listed there, and contact Jo-Anne Bruggemann to get help in e-mailing them to plan your own special events.  Jo-Anne can reached at pandia13@aol.com.

As those of you who were at our 60th reunion will recall, more than 300 PA alumni from all years attended and we had a great time. PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU PLAN TO COME: Please contact Jo-Anne Bruggemann at pandia13@aol.com to RSVP, or if you have any questions about our  June event.



PLEASE MAKE A DONATION:
Your assistance and support are  needed to keep SPAA alive and able to make these events possible. We have several thousand dollars in expenses every year renting our old school building, sending out mailings, and purchasing food for our spring and winter reunions. You can make a $25 donation at PayPal [SEE LINK ON HOME PAGE] and more is greatly appreciated. You can also write a check payable to SPAA, and mail it to 297 Stone Schoolhouse Road, Bloomingburg, NY, 12721.On behalf of the entire SPAA Board, we look forward to seeing you again in June!

Best regards, Margaret Luca ('65)
JoAnne Bruggeman  ('64)
Co-Presidents, School of Performing Arts Alumni Association

 
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Click this link to read the NY POST article (PDF file) that quotes former SPAA President Steve Lewis!

(Click here for a plain text PDF)


We have cracked the NEW YORK TIMES archive and present these rare articles about PA through the 1950s to the 1980s! They fill in some of the lost history of our school: such as the 1958 plan to merge the school with the High School of Commerce; a 1965 fundraising gala hosted by alumni Diana Sands and Janet Margolin; the 1974 25th anniversary Gala that starred meteoric rising comic and PA alumni Freddie Prinze; and the sinking fortunes of the school into the latter 1970s as construction of the new building stopped due to the City's fiscal crisis...

PA_HS_May_27_1958.pdf

PA_HS_Dec_11_1958.pdf

PA_HS_1958.pdf

PA_HS_May_10_1965.pdf

PA_HS_1974.pdf

PA_HS_1976.pdf

PA_HS_1977.pdf

Courtesy of Ben Kushner (Dr75 and SPAA Board)

 

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