My senior year the Lafayette Band had a contest in St. Petersburg Florida and I roomed with Mike Cox, Barry Reister and Jim Brinegar. Rumors spread that there was booze in our room. The drum majors Larry Wilson and Jim Kays came to our room looking for booze. None was found but I would like to know how a bottle of vodka was taped to the inside of the commode in the water. We drank it but no one confessed about that night and how the booze got there. This is one of the great memories that I had with the Lafayette Band. Thanks for Jim correcting my story concerning year and place. Memories change but all good memories
I brought the vodka and hid it in the toilet. That was our trip to St Petersburg in our senior year, rather than the Virginia Beach trip. I don't remember who drank the vodka, but we were not caught.
I was saddened to learn that Barry had passed away. I attended our 10th reunion in 1974 and renewed a friendship with Barry. Although we travelled different paths, we discovered we had a lot in common. Both of us were in serious relationships and I beleive he was engaged. At the time I was staiioned in Washington, DC and pursuing an MA at the American University. Barry was working on a doctorate in Pyschology, I believe at IU in Bloomington. He came to visit me in Washington twice during the 1974/75 timeframe and we exchanged a couple of letters (remember snail mail). When I moved overseas and presumbly he went into the workforce somewhere, we lost contact as was common in those days. We were never able to reestablish contact. Barry was a first class gentleman, well spoken, and highly entertaining. I always intended to track him down and am sorry I never did. Did any of you stay in touch with Barry beyond this timeframe and if so could you share some insights into his life?
Barry and I sat next to each other during the years that we played in the band and about every year after graduating we stayed in touch with each other during the holidays. I would always see him with his cousin Brian McLaughlin. Barry had a brain issue and chose to go to Texas for an operation but never came home. He lived a few blocks from me and I saw often when walking the neighborhood. He told me a lot of his relatives were from Nicholasville, Ky.
I saw Barry at either our 40th or 45th reunion. He was just as cute as he was in high school! He loved seeing everyone and had a great time. He and I got to talk to Mr. Hall (our band director at Lafayette) and we told him how much he had influenced our lives. Barry died a year or so later of a brain tumor. I had no idea when I saw him that last time that he had suffered so much. He wrote a book about being a Survivor in 2003. His book, "On Becoming a Survivor" can be purchased from Amazon. We lost a great General when Barry passed away.
Barry and I spent a week together at EKU for band camp one summer. While attending UT at Austin, Barry would visit me from Waco where he was in armored tank training (he eventually went to Nam). Visited with him once in Manhatten when he was Dean of Students at Queens. Saw Barry frequently after we both returned to Lexington. He stayed close wtih many LHS friends.
Dean Wilson
My senior year the Lafayette Band had a contest in St. Petersburg Florida and I roomed with Mike Cox, Barry Reister and Jim Brinegar. Rumors spread that there was booze in our room. The drum majors Larry Wilson and Jim Kays came to our room looking for booze. None was found but I would like to know how a bottle of vodka was taped to the inside of the commode in the water. We drank it but no one confessed about that night and how the booze got there. This is one of the great memories that I had with the Lafayette Band. Thanks for Jim correcting my story concerning year and place. Memories change but all good memories
Dean Wilson
Jim Brinegar
Dean,
I brought the vodka and hid it in the toilet. That was our trip to St Petersburg in our senior year, rather than the Virginia Beach trip. I don't remember who drank the vodka, but we were not caught.
Jim
Philip Marcum
I was saddened to learn that Barry had passed away. I attended our 10th reunion in 1974 and renewed a friendship with Barry. Although we travelled different paths, we discovered we had a lot in common. Both of us were in serious relationships and I beleive he was engaged. At the time I was staiioned in Washington, DC and pursuing an MA at the American University. Barry was working on a doctorate in Pyschology, I believe at IU in Bloomington. He came to visit me in Washington twice during the 1974/75 timeframe and we exchanged a couple of letters (remember snail mail). When I moved overseas and presumbly he went into the workforce somewhere, we lost contact as was common in those days. We were never able to reestablish contact. Barry was a first class gentleman, well spoken, and highly entertaining. I always intended to track him down and am sorry I never did. Did any of you stay in touch with Barry beyond this timeframe and if so could you share some insights into his life?
Dean Wilson
Barry and I sat next to each other during the years that we played in the band and about every year after graduating we stayed in touch with each other during the holidays. I would always see him with his cousin Brian McLaughlin. Barry had a brain issue and chose to go to Texas for an operation but never came home. He lived a few blocks from me and I saw often when walking the neighborhood. He told me a lot of his relatives were from Nicholasville, Ky.
Dean Wilson
Jeanne Buchanan (Shryock)
I saw Barry at either our 40th or 45th reunion. He was just as cute as he was in high school! He loved seeing everyone and had a great time. He and I got to talk to Mr. Hall (our band director at Lafayette) and we told him how much he had influenced our lives. Barry died a year or so later of a brain tumor. I had no idea when I saw him that last time that he had suffered so much. He wrote a book about being a Survivor in 2003. His book, "On Becoming a Survivor" can be purchased from Amazon. We lost a great General when Barry passed away.
Grover "Sandy" Kearns
Barry and I spent a week together at EKU for band camp one summer. While attending UT at Austin, Barry would visit me from Waco where he was in armored tank training (he eventually went to Nam). Visited with him once in Manhatten when he was Dean of Students at Queens. Saw Barry frequently after we both returned to Lexington. He stayed close wtih many LHS friends.
Grover Kearns