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SAHS 100-year Celebration Mark Your Calendar 

The “100 Year Celebration” of St. Albans High School will be held on Friday, October 2 and Saturday, October 3, 2009. 

ALUMNI RECIPES AND ANECDOTES NEEDED FOR COOKBOOKS TO BE SOLD BY  PROM COMMITTEE

A cookbook is being organized.  The Prom Committee would like to obtain recipes and antidotes from all Alumni.  Items to be included are:  Your favorite recipes in complete form and also send your special memories from you high school years. 

The email address for these to be sent for publication is:  ahalstead@kcs.kana.k12.wv.us. 

Your name and year of graduation will also be included with the recipes. 

Examples of Antidotes examples: 

1.  Majorette boots that were worn during the rationing of WWII, used white rubber galoshes.

2.  $461.00 donated by the Senior Class of 2009 for St. Jude Hospital was given to Dr. Tom Williams, the principal, $1.00 at a time after they received their diploma at graduation.  Dr. Williams was completely surprised.

SHIRTS FOR SALE

The DECA Organization from the high school will design a shirt to sell as a fund raiser for their club.  The sponsor has gone through the old year books and made copies of the different Dragons  have evolved over the 100 years.  She is going to place dragons from different years on the shirt. 

GAMES/KIDS ACTIVITIES

Activities for the celebration on Saturday will be games, blowup slides on the front lawn of the high school property.  They are planning on having the Jupiter jump, face painting, clowns to make balloon hats, and animals.  Maps of the school will be available along with guided tours, if needed.  The school will be open on Saturday for people to walk around and investigate our school on their own. 

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2 – FOOTBALL GAME

PreGame - The Pregame will start at 7:00.  The former Miss Red Dragons will go on the field and be introduced either by name or year of graduation.

Halftime – The halftime ceremony will begin with the SAHS Band and the announcing of the SAHS 2009 Homecoming Queen and her Court.  Mr. Tim White, band director, is checking with the other band as to if we could use their 10 minutes in the halftime performance.  If we can use that 10 minutes, Mr. White would like to perform several songs.  He wants to include the Alumni Band with the student band. Instruments will be grouped together with Alumni and students. This could possibly be the largest band ever on the field for SAHS.  In addition, the former Field Commanders, former Majorettes and former Flag Corps could also perform on the field in an organized routine, or perform alone.  Majorettes and twirlers would be able to twirl their batons as a solo.  We are expecting 200 plus, we hope.  Mr. White’s main idea is to get the largest group ever on the field for the halftime.  Music will be made available at band website at:  www.marchingdragons.com.

PARADE – SATURDAY MORNING 10:00am

Forming at St. Francis on Park street.  Looping around to 5th avenue.  In order to enter your group, club or organization there will be a form to be filled out. The parade will start lining up at 9:00 am and consist of as many floats, radio stations, antique cars, former Miss Red Dragons and organizations that would like to participate.  We would like dancing groups, Hayes and McKinley Bands, Shriners, Past Field Commanders, Majorettes and Flag Corps.  The parade will march up Park Street, down Kanawha Terrace to the high school and disperse on Hudson Street.

See the registration form (Word document) below:

Centennial Parade Registration Form

 Web-based Form (Band Website)

There will be an Alumni Band and it will march in with the student band.  Songs that will be played in the band will be available for downloading on the band website at: www.marchingdragons.com. 

We are encouraging all past band member to get out your old instrument, dust it off, download the music, practice a little, and we will see you on the field during the football game and in the parade.

Contact person for the Parade and Miss Red Dragons: 

Patty Swango: (304) 727-3293 or pswango@aol.com

Contact person for the Majorettes, Cheerleaders, and Drema Dragons/Sparkey is: 

Jan Melton Quinlan: (304) 727-6606 or janquinlan@suddenlink.net

CEREMONY ON SATURDAY

The ceremony should start around a half hour after the parade - 11:30 approximately with a proclamation from the Mayor Callaway celebrating the Centennial for our high school.  In attendance will be the Superintendent of Schools and several Kanawha County Board Members.

Room assignments at the high school may be reserved by the different Alumni groups by calling Jeannie White at SAHS at (304) 722-0212. 

BASEBALL - An Alumni baseball game will be played on the Baseball Field in the back of the high school at 2:00 pm on Saturday.  Any former SAHS Baseball player is invited to bring their baseball glove and participate in the game.  The concession stand will be open for business.

BAND and the SAHS ATHLETIC BOOSTERS - These two organizations will be setting up concession stands all over the campus of SAHS.  The money made from this will go to their organizations.  They will be selling drinks, water, and food.

BAND - The Band will be selling the “Cat’s Meow” of SAHS, past and present.

DANCE -SAHS Alumni Member, Pam Dean Billups, Class of 1960, will be holding a “50’s Dance” on Saturday evening at St. Francis for Alumni from 7:00 to Midnight.  Tickets will be limited to 200.  The tickets will cost $15.00 each and contact Pam Dean Billups for your tickets at 304-727-3165.

MOVIE - The Women's Club of St. Albans is sponsoring a movie at the new "Alban Arts & Conference Center" for all SAHS Alumni. The movie "Somewhere In Time" will begin at 7:00 pm on Saturday. All SAHS Alumni are invited and we hope this will bring back memories of attending movies or even a first date at the Alban Theater.

COAL RIVER GROUP 

While you are in town this SAHS Birthday/Alumni Weekend, please take time out on Saturday, October 3, 2009, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. to visit the new Coal River Group's Science & Education Center.  It is a 'work in progress' and will be 'green' but the log building is complete.  Come see the gorgeous view of Upper Falls and the Coal River from the second deck.  The Center will become not only a hub of research and learning but also a center for history preservation and outdoor river-based recreation.  The CRG is working with local schools, universities, National River Environmental groups and a host of West Virginia and federal agencies to develop a multitude of learning experiences at the site for both young and old.
 
Many of SAHS classmates are involved with the Coal River Group along with many residents of St. Albans - Bill Queen ('66) was a co-founder, Kris Radford ('66) Vice President, Bill Currey ('62) President, Connie Mosteller ('74), Jane Burdette ('65) Secretary, Volunteeers - Pat Quinlan ('66), Mike & Jan Quinlan ('65), Tim Quinlan, David Lawson ('66), JD Anderson ('66), Greg Stamm, Hank Barnette, Cheri Bailey, Bettie Burdette, Darrell Brightwell ('62), Herk McGraw, Dave Mills, Mike & Penny Redington, Craig & Pam Skaggs and many more.
 
Directions:  Take Coal River Road, come through Tornado and make a left across the bridge and Coal River then make another left into Meadowood Park before you get to the railroad tracks - watch for signs!!
 
And if you can't make it - check out the site - www.coalrivergroup.com and come see us when you can or contact  Kris Radford, texascrzd@yahoo.com. 

SAHS Reunion Band Forming 

Mr. Tim White, current SAHS Director of Bands and Keith Bumgardner (Class of '90) are forming a reunion band to play during festivities at the centennial homecoming. 

Information is available on the band website www.marchingdragons.com along with contact information for Keith.

We want any and all members to come back out and wear the red and black one more time.

Contact Us Today!

E-Mail:  info@sahsalumni.org

Mail: SAHS Alumni
          P.O. Box 2304
          Saint Albans, WV
          25177