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Getting In Step with an RFH Icon

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George Giffin moving feet to the beat with RFH Drill team girls
Photo/RFH Yearbook

“OK, pick your dance partners,” RFH’s iconic George Giffin said at a 70s ballroom dance class.

The cool guys scurried to get the most popular girls as the tune countdown ticked away. I was the last girl left. Left footed, Lainey. Yep. Giff chuckled a little, looked at the two boys left as they backed into the wall like frightened wallflower turtles.

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Retro RFH Baseball

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Baseball at RFH in the 1970s Photo/George Day
Baseball at RFH in the 1970s
Photo/George Day

Play ball! Well, spring has arrived and RFH Baseball season is set to start soon — on April 9 with a home JV game at Meadow Ridge. Time will tell whether or not vaccines will hit COVID-19 out of the park, but the game is on and the RFH players are set for a home run season.

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Ode to Rumson’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade

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Well, it’s St. Patrick’s Day. And this year is the year without a parade to usher in the day.

So, on the year without a Rumson St. Patrick’s Day Parade, we offer a glimpse back at some favorite parade moments over the past few years.

Cheers! Here’s to the next parade passing by all!

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Retro RFH Dudes’ Surf into Spring

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The RFH surfing guys of the 1970s Photo/George Day
The RFH surfing guys of the 1970s
Photo/George Day

A classic reprise for some cheer, just because we’re warming up for spring fever … 

That winter chill is still in the air. The beach is pretty barren. But thoughts of catching a wave into some forecasted spring weather tomorrow are with many in the Rumson-Fair Haven area.

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Summoning the Sun: Retro RFH Gals on the Beach

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The girls of the Class of '78 perform 'Girls on the Beach' in special way at the Freshman Follies. Photo/George Day
The girls of the Class of ’78 perform ‘Girls on the Beach’ in special way at the Freshman Follies.
Photo/George Day

It’s a fine time for a reprise of an RFH staged classic … 

As that sun starts to make it’s spring preview appearance this week, what better way to celebrate the warmth and hope than with a little pandemic respite of RFH bathing beauties on the stage?

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Retro Ice Storm Chillin’

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The 1973 ice storm in Fair Haven. Photo/Elaine Van Develde (age 12)
The 1973 ice storm in Fair Haven.
Photo/Elaine Van Develde (age 12)

Our Retro Pic of the Day is a sort of “gratitude journal” reprise from an original 2015 post in honor of the short-lived Valentine’s Day ice storm.

Chill out with thaw and the reminder that, though it is pretty cold outside, and it’s been a pretty snowy, icy February, it could be worse. 

This, albeit blurry, instamatic camera shot from December of 1973 takes us back to what we referred to as The Big Ice Storm of ’73.

Limbs of trees, coated in very pretty, but dangerous, icicles were snapping all over the place. So were electrical lines. So were adults’ nerves.

As kids, however, we thought it was pretty cool. We were unfazed. We went out with our instamatic cameras and posed for pics. In reality, it was pretty treacherous.

Take a look back to a Fair Haven ice storm scene. Remember?