Class of 1974

Class Posts

Tom Davidson, 3/25/09
Fellow Alumni of the Class of ’74 – I would be interested in hearing from you, especially if you’d like to join me on a Facebook group for our class. Please let me know: my email address.

Mitch Gilbert, 9/27/05
We are less than one month away! Don't forget to call or sign up at:
Welcome to Back To School Reunions!
http://backtoschoolreunions.com/reunions/BCC74/index.htm

James (Max) Mammarella, 6/3/04
Aloha all you 40-somethings! Those were the days, my friends! Who remembers when the Chinese Ping Pong Team came and performed an amazing exhibition in our gym - - the Cold War was still on, but that maniac Nixon was bent on thawing relations with Red China. This is one of the more striking memories I could dredge up, y'all. These days I'm in NYC-New England, still fling the frisbee, now with my teenage kids.
Where is everyone? Or for that matter, any one of you? Tantalizing clues welcome.
Cheerio - - contact me if you dare.

Don Harting, 6/25/03
I went to Rosemary Elementary School on Meadow Lane and Leland Junior High School through the ninth grade before moving out of state due to family problems. Would have been a member of BCC Class of 1974. Would like to re-establish contact with my classmates and friends from Leland to share memories and recollections. Would be interested in learning about plans for a 30th reunion of BCC Class of 1974, if plans are underway for 2004. Also would like to find someone who has a copy of the Leland yearbook for 1970 or 1971.
Matt Liebman, a member of our class at Leland, and a neighbor on Shepherd Street in Chevy Chase, ended up also being a classmate at Harvard. Didn't see much of him there, though.
I played basketball with Quentin Gunther, John Rich, Jerry Widdicombe, Billy Caine, Jon Adler, Chuck Bagy, Jack ________, and Rex Edwards, managed by Mark Andersen. We were coached by Jay Breakiron. I ran the 880 in track coached by Mr. Rostkowski and Mr. Wrightson. In ninth grade my teachers included Ms. Rodolph for U.S. history, Breakiron for math, Erica Ritter (who later became Erica Morse) for English, Wrightson for gym and Tim Daniels for band. I played trumpet.
I also remember quite a few dances at the school and at the old youth center off Wisconsin Avenue. Our dances had names then -- the Mashed Potato, the Pony, the Shing-a-ling, the Hitchhiker, and the Swim. We must have looked ridiculous! But it was fun.
I returned to stroll around Bethesda a few years ago -- my how things have changed! I also checked out the site of our former building. Too bad they tore it down. Not because it was such a piece of architectural jewelry, but because we've kind of lost a central focal point for memories and meetings. Oh well.
In case any body's interested, the old short cut we used to take between the school and McDonald's -- the one that wound through the woods, between a couple houses, across the railroad tracks and up to East-West Highway south of the Topaz Hosue, well, it's still there! Despite all the growth and development. Not sure why, that just strikes me as amazing.
Cheers, and best wishes,
Don Harting, Syracuse, New York

Sovathary Sen Hum, 11/6/02
I was class of 74 but graduated early in 73 due to going out of the country. I need to know if there is a reunion club or anything of this nature for class 73 & 74. Please let me know. Thank you.

Past Reunions

October 22, 2005 Four Points by Sheraton, 8400 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda

Class of 1974 Reunion was held on Saturday, Oct. 22, 7:30-11:30p.m. at the Four Points Sheraton in Bethesda, with a buffet dinner, music and memories.
For more information, please go to
http://backtoschoolreunions.com/reunions/BCC74/index.htm
or contact Mitch Gilbert.

November 8, 2014 Positano Ristorante Italiano, 4948 Fairmont Ave., Bethesda, MD

B-CC Class of 1974 held its 40th Reunion on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014 at the Positano Ristorante Italiano, 4948 Fairmont Ave., Bethesda, http://www.epositano.com/ for 3 hours of all you can drink (including alcohol) and all the appetizers you can eat for $54.
Please go to the following Facebook link    www.facebook.com/groups/263047917231557/    and join for updates.

For more details, please contact Mitch Gilbert.