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Retro First RFH Reunion TGIF Cheers

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TGIF and cheers, again, to reunion season … With that toast, remember that there’s always a first. And when it comes to firsts, there’s nothing quite like that first RFH reunion.

It’s always a doozy. OK, it’s a fun word. Doozy. It really is, though. That first reunion is a big doozy of a trip back into that insular high school time capsule with compadres, classmates, of many familial-like years. Dysfunctional? Na. High-functioning fun-seekers. After 10 years apart, though, that reunion reveal is always one that gives you a steal-back of what you may have missed. What’s changed and who? It’s all in the big reveal.

And sometimes, the changes barely happened. Everything just goes right back to the way it was — only out of the RFH halls. And when it’s a class full of camaraderie and clowning, that’s true class through the years.

Yes, you could say some classes just have class. Timeless class. They really do. In this case, it’s the pretty infamous RFH Class of ’78 pretty well-behaved at that first — the 10th reunion at the Molly Pitcher.

Yes, it was 1988 for this first reunion. Can’t you tell by the dresses, shoulder pads and hair? That ’80s look was a bit of a departure from the classic preppie attire seen around the RFH halls.

But, like all good RFH Class of ’78 kids, they went with the celebratory era. Any way to better celebrate was always and still is the Class of ’78 way. This class was always such a “feel the high school love” class that others have wanted to get in on their parties. Everyone kinda liked one another. Kinda … no. A lot … yes. On any given weekend in the R-FH area, you can still find RFH classmates clinking glasses, or just plain clicking, somewhere.

In fact, some just might be partying in your vicinity this weekend. You never really know who’s in your R-FH area crowd, do ya? Will you spy one or a few still toasting to one another? Somewhere you will.

So, raise a glass. Save the clink for when you get that wink from an RFH friend from way back when …

Cheers to endless reunions!

— Photo/George Day