Saturday, April 21 (muster day for Aggies) Lou attended the 60th reunion of her TWU graduating class of '47. The highlight of the day was the luncheon honoring the Distinguished Alumni and we got to sit at the table of honoree Dr. Colleen Smith, President of Cisco Junior College. Also at the table was her brother and sister and a niece who teaches English in Denton plus a TWU senior majoring in dance who accompanied Colleen to her seat. Colleen has her doctorate in dance from TWU and explained in her acceptance speech how her training in intellect and compatibility had prepared her for her administrative roles. Her brothers and sisters all have law degrees.
Her husband, Billy Smith, went to school from the sixth grade through high school with our son, Mark, and have remained friends. Billy is the artistic director of CJC and stages dinner theaters each summer in Cisco that we have attended. This summer he tells us they are repeating a musical that he created based on the Santa Claus Bank Robbery in Cisco. It occurred during the time that Lou's father, A. C. Halsell, was coaching a high school basket ball team. They had played a game the day before the robbery and had left their basketball in Cisco. A. C. let his players use his car to retrieve the ball, but they forgot it when they got involved in the robbery and subsequent car chase through Cisco. So we enjoyed the musical. As with all of Billy's creations it is an audience participation event and you get to join in by shooting ping pong balls at the robbers as they leave the bank.
Colleen remarked that when she met Billy he had more dance training than she had at the time. When he was a senior in Bryan High he opted for ballet training in place of athletics. Very unusual for the times but they needed men to dance with the women taking the course. The chancellor of TWU, Ann Stuart, also has her degrees in dance. Unusual for college administrators. Most that I have known had engineering or history degrees.
Lou joined her class for a class photo and got to visit with her former room mate and long time friend, Frances Anne Sunkel who has lived her entire life on Mockingbird street in Dallas. She is complaining about the new homes driving up her tax base. They also took photos of the class of '32 and '37. Hope we are around for the 70th and 75th reunions.
We got to stop in Weatherford on our way home and eat at Rosa's with our son, Mark, and his wife, Mary Kathryn. Still got home before dark thanks to daylight saving time.
Her husband, Billy Smith, went to school from the sixth grade through high school with our son, Mark, and have remained friends. Billy is the artistic director of CJC and stages dinner theaters each summer in Cisco that we have attended. This summer he tells us they are repeating a musical that he created based on the Santa Claus Bank Robbery in Cisco. It occurred during the time that Lou's father, A. C. Halsell, was coaching a high school basket ball team. They had played a game the day before the robbery and had left their basketball in Cisco. A. C. let his players use his car to retrieve the ball, but they forgot it when they got involved in the robbery and subsequent car chase through Cisco. So we enjoyed the musical. As with all of Billy's creations it is an audience participation event and you get to join in by shooting ping pong balls at the robbers as they leave the bank.
Colleen remarked that when she met Billy he had more dance training than she had at the time. When he was a senior in Bryan High he opted for ballet training in place of athletics. Very unusual for the times but they needed men to dance with the women taking the course. The chancellor of TWU, Ann Stuart, also has her degrees in dance. Unusual for college administrators. Most that I have known had engineering or history degrees.
Lou joined her class for a class photo and got to visit with her former room mate and long time friend, Frances Anne Sunkel who has lived her entire life on Mockingbird street in Dallas. She is complaining about the new homes driving up her tax base. They also took photos of the class of '32 and '37. Hope we are around for the 70th and 75th reunions.
We got to stop in Weatherford on our way home and eat at Rosa's with our son, Mark, and his wife, Mary Kathryn. Still got home before dark thanks to daylight saving time.
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