thank you

THANK YOU
THANK YOU
THANK YOU
FOR YOUR PART IN THE

30 YEAR Tidewater Hippie Reunion, July 2000

ROBYN ROBERTS
*for building and maintaining the web site (thanks for help from Tim Graham)
*for countless hours, days, weeks, and months at the computer searching for friends
*for organizing, planning and executing the reunion from 3000 miles away in San Diego
*for making this reunion the suitable outlet for her anal-retentive attention to detail
*for an unwavering belief that we are all a part of each other, all a part of each other's past,
(therefore part of who we are today) One Community, One World, One People

BELINDA BLAIN
*for always working hard to keep her friends together and connected to each other
*for asking Robyn to plan a nice little reunion of our old friends
*(she was busy taking care of her health and staying alive, for which we are all eternally grateful)
*for all the long-distance phone calls she made for the reunion

VAUGHN DEEL
*for being the East Coast contact and jumping right in after answering Robyn's call
*for always helping with any request with great enthusiasm
*for much valued advice and remaining calm through the storms
*for all the great music you're going to hear tonight
*for scouting and finding this venue
*for spreading the word and getting friends all fired up

BILLY ETHERIDGE
*for helping to organize the music line-up
*for providing the stage equipment
*for help designing the t-shirts
*for spreading the word and getting friends all fired up
*for infectious enthusiasm

LIZ (PYGEN) ROBERTS)
*for fronting funds to make this party a success
*for encouragement, support, belief in me (Robyn)
*for her photographic memory
*for being a great sister for 47 years

MOM (Gene Roberts - Pygen, Robyn and Belinda's mom)
*for fronting money
*for opening her home to all our friends, in the 60's and still today
*for helping with t-shirts, banking, painting backdrops, taking messages
*for never throwing anything out - old photos, old albums, old clothes

RICK JONES
*for great ideas
*for designing the incredible stage backdrop and painting many hours over the same weeks he was moving into a new home

MARIA LAYTON-BAKER
*for the photo-presentation you see here tonight
*(she worked on it many many hours)

TOM WHITE
*for being our sponsor at this Moose Club and enabling us to have this party in a place big enough to hold us all at a price we could afford

TIM BERNERS-LEE
*for creating the WORLD WIDE WEB and making it possible for the WHOLE WIDE WORLD to communicate as one small community with little effort. This reunion has taken on a scope that would not have been possible before the internet.

THANKS FOR HELP ORGANIZING, LENDING IDEAS, RUNNING ERRANDS, LENDING EQUIPMENT, TIME, ETC

Linda Covington-Walters Lloyd Binger Garland Reece

Liza Furge-Insley Rick Johnson Burt Weinstein

Linda Geringer Cheryl Poole Alan Garner

Sue Harper-Sillery Debra Lass Rick Jones

Belinda Tocco-Childress Vickie Jones Steve Sloop

Sueanne Doyer Bruce Bynes Jim Hassel

Gaylene Urquhart

Jimmy Ferguson

if I've left out anyone
tell me PLEASE!

THANKS TO ALL THE ARTISTS WHO HELPED PAINT

Rick Jones Michelle Binger Carol-Sue Stern

Tasha Dement Lloyd Binger Liz (Pygen) Roberts

Tom DeBolt Robyn Roberts Gaylene Urquhart

Gene Roberts Sharon Dement Vickie Jones

THANKS TO ALL THE NETWORKERS AND DETECTIVES WHO WORKED HARD TO FIND YOU

Scott Jacobs Liz (Pygen) Roberts Belinda Blain

Steve Trivett Belinda Tocco-Childress Valerie Trivett

Chuck Henderson Susie Harper-Sillery Nardine Henderson

Bruce Bynes Liz Furge-Insley Rick Jones

Diane Bryant Joe Lilly

Mike Diana Debbie Grow-Lewis Linda Gerringer

Tommy Schott James "Watt" New Russ Mills

Garland Reece Maria Layton-Baker Lloyd Binger

Mark Wampler William "Byrd" Sechman Robbie House

Mike Jones Barbara Quinn-Wheeler Dean Weaver

Rick Johnson Debra "Lassie" Lass; Bobby Murray

Tommy Shaw Ricky Burroughs Jo link

I know there's more of you
who helped, tell me your
names please, even if you
found ONE person you
contributed to the success
of this reunion!

THANKS TO ALL WHO SENT PHOTOS

Belinda Blain Robyn Roberts Liz "Pygen" Roberts

Vaughn Deel Billy Etheridge Debra "Lassie" Lass

Rick Jones Tom White Sue Harper-Sillery

Gene Roberts Sam Edens Maria Layton-Baker

Eddie Hazelwood Dan Knorowski Cherie Blankenship

Bruce Bynes Pam Williams Cheryl Rizzolo-Pool

Tom Prothro Mark Wampler Susan Schaltegger-Murphy

Donald Thompson Steve Sloop

Steve Trivett Alan Hoshor Dean Weaver-Mueck.

Lloyd BInger Scott Jacobs Ed Hazelwood

Mac McCarty Garland Reece

Dick Morrison

THANKS TO ALL THE PHILANTHROPIC HIPPIES WHO DONATED FUNDS

Belinda Blain Tommy Shaw Liz "Pygen" Roberts

Alan Hoshor Alan Gray Sally & Dan Scharver

Joe Witkowski Gene Roberts Rhonda Brogden-Cullifer

Robyn Roberts Ricky Burroughs

Bobby Murray Liza Furge-Insley Susan Shaltegger-Murphy

Rick Jones Linda Covington-Walters

THANKS FOR COMPUTER HELP AND ADVICE

Tim Graham Donnie Gaskins Bruce Bynes

Billy Etheridge Charlie Sillery Merrick Taylor

Sharon Dement Vaughn Deel Garland Reece

THANKS TO ALL THE MUSICIANS WHO PLAYED FOR US

One Night Stand Tom White, Mark Keimer, Scott, Buckshot

Suzy Ray Vaughn Sueanne Doyer, Ray Bruce, Vaughn Deel

Work Order 30 Lloyd Binger, Jay Oviedo, Donnie Kepley

Journey Back Billy Etherdige, Stan and Larry Burnell,
Steve Smith

Helicopter Mark Wampler, Dickie Morrison,
Buzzy Besette, James "Watt" New,
Scott Wright, Tom Cole

Austin Lee Mark Leigh, Carl and Jeremy Gaborik

AND THANKS TO ALL THOSE MUSICIANS WHO CAME WITH INTENTIONS TO JAM
WE'RE SO SORRY WE RAN OUT OF TIME

Tommy Prothro Jamie Jones Garland Reece

Phil Childress Mike Diana Ricky Burroughs

Joe France Tray Eppes Pat McDowell

Debbie Grow-Lewis Carol-Sue Stern Bill Sechman

Rick Johnson Mike Jones

AND THANKS TO ALL THESE MUSICIANS LISTED ABOVE WHO HELPED LOAD IN, LOAD OUT AND GET BANDS OFF AND ON STAGE IN ONLY 20 MINUTES

THANKS TO ALL WHO HELPED ON SATURDAY, DECORATING, WORKING THE DOOR, SETTING UP

Belinda Blain Becki Davis Liza Furge-Insley

Alan Gray Steve Trivett Val Trivett

Alan Hoshor Marty link Jo link

Bruce Bynes Billy Etheridge Debbie Grow-Lewis

Buzzy Besette Tom Cole Linda Covington-Walters

Vaughn Deel Chaz Sillery Sue Harper-Sillery

Garland Reece Lloyd Binger Pam Williams-Bradley

Sharon Dement Lavern Dement James "Watt" New

Debbie Livinston Eddie Hazelwood Liz "Pygen" Roberts

Drinda Franzen Jim Doolittle Linda Gerringer

Gaylene Urquhart The Queen Bitch
of the Universe

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO BOUGHT T-SHIRTS
(ALL PROFITS GO TO PENINSULA AIDS FOUNDATION)

Ricky Burroughs Tommy Shaw Bill "Byrd" Sechman

Rick Jones Sue Sillery Liza Furge-Insley

Robyn Roberts Karen Cammon Debbie Grow-Lewis

Steve Trivett Val Trivett Susan Shaltegger-Murphy

Tommy Schott Marty link

Jo link Janet Brown Belinda Blain

Patty Frizelle Michelle Blain Bruce Bynes

Tasha Dement Sharon Dement Maria Layton-Baker

Jimmy Freed Lloyd Binger Janis Brooks-Smith

James Doolittle Pat Etheridge Paula Campanella-Sorgea

Buzz Besette Alan Gray Carole-Sue Stern

Robert Murray Alan Garner Ray Bruce

Vaughn Deel Gary Grow Rhonda Brogden-Cullifer

Garland Reece Pep DeSantis Linda Covington-Walters

Billy Etheridge Ronny Smith Janis-Brooks-Smith

Gene Roberts Bob Jones Liz "Pygen" Roberts

Mike DeSantis Jamie Jones Sam Edens

Dick Morrison Butch Harlow Ed Hazelwood

Roger Frizelle Jeannie Childress Pat Etheridge

Sharon & Tasha Dement
(my cousin and her 16 year old daughter) thanks for coming over day after day to help me paint, shop, fold shirts, make signs and flyers, number the American Lighthouse Club Cards, for keeping me company, and for keeping me laughing

Mac McCarty
thanks for sending CDs, t-shirts, hats and autographed photos for door prizes, and thanks for mentioning me and the reunion on the liner notes of your new CD

Sam Shaheen
at T-body's SILK SCREENING - thanks for a fabulous job on the t-shirts

Jim at the Moose Lodge
thanks for being there to answer questions and for trusting us

Paul at "Somewhere in Time"
thanks for lending the lava lamps and tapestries and giving incense and jewelry for door prizes

Linda Covington
for invaluable advice and humor and for bringing the Peninsula Free Clinic Posters she designed in the 70s?

Bruce Bynes
for working his butt off the week before the party, loading in and loading out, for cooking dinner

Mark Wampler
for lending mattresses for my "crash pad" and for trusting me with the KHS Thespian Roll (oops)

Valerie Trivett
thanks for your great sense of humor when I needed it most. You made it possible for me to ignore small minds and live large when I was ready to chuck it!

Thanks to The Daily Press Message Board
(where I advertised in Reunions and Lost Friends)

The Musicians Exchange (TMX) and
Tidewater Entertainers Association (TEA)
where I found Billy Etheridge and Vaughn Deel whose efforts threw this event into overdrive.

Thanks to Sam McDonald
for all the great press

Thanks to Debra Lass (Ms DeMille) and the support of WHRO
for stirring up old memories and 60s values and making a lasting memory of our reunion.

(If I forgot to mention anyone, remember,
I'm almost 50. Help me out! Let me know!

I FEEL IMMENSE GRATITUDE TO ALL OF YOU
WHO ATTENDED THIS REUNION.
Your love and interest in getting back together with all your old friends has turned this from a small gathering into an incredible community event that will be forever remembered. Thank you for sharing with me your stories about how know how much this event means to you.
Remember that a part of each of your entry fee as well as all proceeds from the tshirt sales went to PAF, the Peninsula Aids Foundation.
So far we are donating $800 and you can be proud of yourselves for that.
Any future tshirt sales will go entirely to PAF

THANK YOU LANDMARK EDUCATION
for the whole-life transformation that enabled me to see that I could make this reunion come true
JUST BECAUSE I WANTED IT TO!
AND FOR THE ABILITY
to fight my own apathy, and debilitating shyness and to speak despite my fear of stuttering
to see that the fear of failure is a perfectly ordinary human characteristic
to live convinced that I don't have to be either perfect or ordinary
to feel the fear and act anyway
AND TO NEVER SAY
"THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS"
TO JUST DO IT!

And . . . finally . . . thank you to my spirit guide in this life,
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Remembering his words and deeds help me to remember to always
"DO THE RIGHT THING".

Peace will take you home!

for free graphics I used on this site

Full Moon Graphics

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Linda Covington-Walters	Lloyd Binger	Garland Reece
Liza Furge-Insley	Rick Johnson	Burt Weinstein
Linda Geringer	Cheryl Poole	Alan Garner
Sue Harper-Sillery	Debra Lass	Rick Jones
Belinda Tocco-Childress	Vickie Jones	Steve Sloop
Sueanne Doyer	Bruce Bynes	Jim Hassel
Gaylene Urquhart
Jimmy Ferguson
if I've left out anyone tell me PLEASE!

Rick Jones	Michelle Binger	Carol-Sue Stern
Tasha Dement	Lloyd Binger	Liz (Pygen) Roberts
Tom DeBolt	Robyn Roberts	Gaylene Urquhart
Gene Roberts	Sharon Dement	Vickie Jones

Scott Jacobs	Liz (Pygen) Roberts	Belinda Blain
Steve Trivett	Belinda Tocco-Childress	Valerie Trivett
Chuck Henderson	Susie Harper-Sillery	Nardine Henderson
Bruce Bynes	Liz Furge-Insley	Rick Jones
Diane Bryant		Joe Lilly
Mike Diana	Debbie Grow-Lewis	Linda Gerringer
Tommy Schott	James "Watt" New	Russ Mills
Garland Reece	Maria Layton-Baker	Lloyd Binger
Mark Wampler	William "Byrd" Sechman	Robbie House
Mike Jones	Barbara Quinn-Wheeler	Dean Weaver
Rick Johnson	Debra "Lassie" Lass;	Bobby Murray
Tommy Shaw	Ricky Burroughs	Jo link
	I know there's more of you who helped, tell me your names please, even if you found ONE person you contributed to the success of this reunion!

Belinda Blain	Robyn Roberts	Liz "Pygen" Roberts
Vaughn Deel	Billy Etheridge	Debra "Lassie" Lass
Rick Jones	Tom White	Sue Harper-Sillery
Gene Roberts	Sam Edens	Maria Layton-Baker
Eddie Hazelwood	Dan Knorowski	Cherie Blankenship
Bruce Bynes	Pam Williams	Cheryl Rizzolo-Pool
Tom Prothro	Mark Wampler	Susan Schaltegger-Murphy
Donald Thompson	Steve Sloop
Steve Trivett	Alan Hoshor	Dean Weaver-Mueck.
Lloyd BInger	Scott Jacobs	Ed Hazelwood
Mac McCarty	Garland Reece
Dick Morrison

Tim Graham	Donnie Gaskins	Bruce Bynes
Billy Etheridge	Charlie Sillery	Merrick Taylor
Sharon Dement	Vaughn Deel	Garland Reece

	One Night Stand	Tom White, Mark Keimer, Scott, Buckshot
	Suzy Ray Vaughn	Sueanne Doyer, Ray Bruce, Vaughn Deel
	Work Order 30	Lloyd Binger, Jay Oviedo, Donnie Kepley
	Journey Back	Billy Etherdige, Stan and Larry Burnell, Steve Smith
	Helicopter	Mark Wampler, Dickie Morrison, Buzzy Besette, James "Watt" New, Scott Wright, Tom Cole
	Austin Lee	Mark Leigh, Carl and Jeremy Gaborik

Tommy Prothro	Jamie Jones	Garland Reece
Phil Childress	Mike Diana	Ricky Burroughs
Joe France	Tray Eppes	Pat McDowell
Debbie Grow-Lewis	Carol-Sue Stern	Bill Sechman
Rick Johnson	Mike Jones

Belinda Blain	Becki Davis	Liza Furge-Insley
Alan Gray	Steve Trivett	Val Trivett
Alan Hoshor	Marty link	Jo link
Bruce Bynes	Billy Etheridge	Debbie Grow-Lewis
Buzzy Besette	Tom Cole	Linda Covington-Walters
Vaughn Deel	Chaz Sillery	Sue Harper-Sillery
Garland Reece	Lloyd Binger	Pam Williams-Bradley
Sharon Dement	Lavern Dement	James "Watt" New
Debbie Livinston	Eddie Hazelwood	Liz "Pygen" Roberts
Drinda Franzen	Jim Doolittle	Linda Gerringer
Gaylene Urquhart	The Queen Bitch of the Universe

Ricky Burroughs	Tommy Shaw	Bill "Byrd" Sechman
Rick Jones	Sue Sillery	Liza Furge-Insley
Robyn Roberts	Karen Cammon	Debbie Grow-Lewis
Steve Trivett	Val Trivett	Susan Shaltegger-Murphy
Tommy Schott	Marty link
Jo link	Janet Brown	Belinda Blain
Patty Frizelle	Michelle Blain	Bruce Bynes
Tasha Dement	Sharon Dement	Maria Layton-Baker
Jimmy Freed	Lloyd Binger	Janis Brooks-Smith
James Doolittle	Pat Etheridge	Paula Campanella-Sorgea
Buzz Besette	Alan Gray	Carole-Sue Stern
Robert Murray	Alan Garner	Ray Bruce
Vaughn Deel	Gary Grow	Rhonda Brogden-Cullifer
Garland Reece	Pep DeSantis	Linda Covington-Walters
Billy Etheridge	Ronny Smith	Janis-Brooks-Smith
Gene Roberts	Bob Jones	Liz "Pygen" Roberts
Mike DeSantis	Jamie Jones	Sam Edens
Dick Morrison	Butch Harlow	Ed Hazelwood
Roger Frizelle	Jeannie Childress	Pat Etheridge