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Coventry Carolers photos by Justin Shults

The short of the story is that Sarah (soprano, now living in Atlanta, GA, seated in the middle of the couch) was coming to Wichita Falls, TX to visit. It just so happened that her visit coincided with my visit to Wichita Falls for my folks 60th wedding anniversary. The four of us in the photo (all music majors during our college days) became the Coventry Carolers, a group that performed lot of medieval folk songs as well as old traditional carols - yes, including the Coventry Carol. We have all stayed in touch. I see Susan (far right on couch) and Holly (playing guitar) much more frequently because they still live in Wichita Falls. I've visited with Sarah in Atlanta, but we've not been together as a complete group since about 1981. So we planned a gathering.

Susan, pulled out our old music but we could barely play it. Not because we didn't know how, but because we were having so much fun we just couldn't stop laughing. "One, two three, hit it," seemed to mean start laughing. Finally we managed to muddle through some of the old music. Noel (with the cue card) was our original roadie/supporter/assistant/photographer and she managed to find the cue cards for Silent night, which we weren't expecting, and thus sent us into more uncontrollable laughter. Mostly it was just great to be with friends that I love and adore, and who help mold my life in so many ways.

Are there any of you who have had an 'old friend' reunion lately? Do you have an 'old friend' from your past that you've lost touch with? Maybe this New Day is a good day to locate them and reconnect