42 Years and Never Been...Gathered

The highlight of my last trip to Traffic Island (hehe) was a luncheon reunion of my high school club, the Chantares, at the Pineapple Room of Macy's Ala Moana.  Since this is a milestone birthday year for all of us, Phyllis had that "once in 42 year" idea to call us together.  Who said our brains are dulling?  Not Phyllis' anyway!

Sharon and Kathy

It may be evident to our kids, but for us it's difficult to believe that it's been 42 years since the "girls" graduated from Kaimuki High School. I think we look pretty darned good for *cough* six-zero.  Five girls were unable to join us because they all live away, but they all look just as good too.  

Dale and Anne

It's also hard to believe that we waited 42 years to come together this way for a club function.  Most of the girls who live in Honolulu do see each other occasionally because--as they did during our high school years--they involve themselves in KHS concerns, such as the Kaimuki High Foundation, but we had never formally gathered as a club this way. 

I was the only "off-islander" at the luncheon and felt very lucky to have good timing for once to be able to attend.  Next time I hope the other five off-islanders can make it.

Chiereen and Lynn

As I was telling a friend about our gathering, it occurred to me that I'm probably the member who was in touch with the most members over the years.  It could be because of my physical location (not on Oahu) which made me more conscientious, or maybe my mental location (my nosy personality plus my life situation, etc.).  Sandy had a simpler explanation:  the internet.  Yes, I'm probably the most active online since it's my favorite pastime...which points back again to my living on Kauai with not much else to do!

Phyllis and Anne

After I uploaded the luncheon photos to this page, it dawned on me!  It's not really fair that the ladies who did not attend the luncheon get to see those who did.  Turnabout is fair play, as they say!  So I emailed the other "off-islanders" to send me their most current photos.  I got a couple, but since most people of our age are not constantly taking selfies, I had to resort to my own computer and...THE INTERNET!

Faye and me

 
Some of you may already know this, but Google

allows you to search for images.  Type in your search keywords then on the resulting page, click on "IMAGES" and you'll see all the images that appear on pages where your keywords are found.  If you want to see the page where the image is found, click on the image then click on "Visit page." You can download photos to your computer by right-clicking and selecting "save image as". 

Sharon, Leilani, and Faye

The photos on this page can be clicked if you'd like to see the full-sized photos and again, you can download the photos by right-clicking and selecting "save image as".   Maybe you'd like to upload them to your cloud. Hopefully some Russian won't hack into your stash of Chantares photos.   

  

Anne and Marian

As you can see, I included a video file as proof that these photos are not airbrushed.  My photo editing abilities are limited and do not extend to video editing except for cropping.  We DO look this good at official Senior Citizen age! We're not talking Ross Dress for Less Seniors, we're talking Consolidated Theaters Seniors.

Below the video, take a look at the other "off-islanders": Sandy, Caron, Sharla, and Chaz.

(Please note that this video is not appearing on at least some tablets and consequently messing up the formatting of this whole page. My apologies!)

Sandy

Sandy is living in Sacramento and visits Hawaii about once a year.  Caron is on Maui and pictured below with Sandy on one of Sandy's visits.

Caron and Sandy

Sharla--who like me, lives on Kauai--was unable to send a photo, but I remembered that she's been in our Garden Island newspaper multiple times in articles about Mahelona Hospital.  I find it funny because when I asked Sharla if I could post photos I found online of her (thanks Google!), she said "That's fine...it proves that I work kinda."  Yeh kinda because there she is at a Christmas party and then at the beach.  

Sharla..working

Sharla, left..."working" again

Chaz (formerly Charlen) lives in Denver and continues to work for United Airlines.  She  asked me to post this link to her photo on the Shamanism.org website so that those of you who are interested can learn about her profession as a shaman.  Count me in, I find it fascinating!

If any members would like to share info, relevant links, or more photos that may interest the other Chantares, please contact me or leave a comment below