Hey everyone,

I just stopped in to give a shout out to all and try to get to the next reunion. Also don't know if anybody knows who Becky is that was looking for me back in 9/24/05. I know it was a long time ago, but if any one knows please post a note for me. Thanks.

With all God's Love and Blessing to all of you and yours!

Mike Chapnick    5/7/08

Note to Mike: Did you receive your Evite to the reunion? If not, please write me at shari@jonesbeachbums.com. Hope to see you in July! ~Shari

Shari,

Your show was Great!!!
Kudos to you and yours on a job well done!

A bunch of us watched your real estate show last night on cable, and ranked it one of the best done so far. We can't wait for the next one to be filmed.

Peace and Love,
Jan and friends    3/18/08

Dear Bob,

You have touched our family's heart with the beautiful picture of Tommy. My mother and I got teary eyed for Tom, but it was great to see your work... we wish to thank you.

Tom's mother and sister Donna    2/24/08

Janet (stop sign) is alive and well. She is a nurse and lives in MS.

Her brother,
Mickey    2/24/08

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MEMORIES, ALTHOUGH I DON'T HAVE MANY SINCE I LIVED IN THE 70'S!

Randi Klaire-Jefferson    2/22/08

Hey, whatever happened to Baby Huey? We should invite him to the reunion.

Mr. Ed    2/20/08

Hey Mirror Man...

Yes Andy Bear, we need your music trivia and presence at the next reunion or gathering.
Hey Andy and Jeff - see ya soon. Hope you are doing good.

Peace and Love,

Jan (aka Guitar Lady)   2/18/08  
Hey, how'd I get that name, it used to be Space Lady...

Uncle Scotty, This is Mickey Wolk, Janet Wolk's Brother. I was in Dr. Mengs course in New Paltz. Do you have Enid's Pessahs e-mail address?
Regards, Mickey

Shari, I signed up but did not get password yet. I will be there for the reunion in July and so will my sister Janet.

Mickey Wolk  2/10/08

Mickey, I am so sorry but for some reason I did not get your sign-up! There is apparently something wrong with that page, and I am in the process of looking into it. In the meantime, please write me at shari@jonesbeachbums.com and I will be happy to help you. Look forward to seeing you and Janet in July! ~Shari

DOES ANYONE HAVE ENID PESSAH'S PHONE NUMBER?

Anonymous    2/10/08

Answer to Anonymous:
Perhaps, but no personal info is going to posted on the public domain of this website. Please sign-up, identify yourself and your email address will be forwarded to Enid. Hope this helps!
Shari

Mirror man for the name and mirror aviators we wore on the same day.
Ditto.

Andy The Bear  2/8/08

Hey Mirror Man, Mirror Man here, LOL.
We need your contact info man, and your piano playin.
I would love to see you at the next reunion, brother.

Peace,

Andy (The Mauler) Gay    2/6/08

Where is Andy Bear?.... A. Bear is Everywhere!

I have you all with me right here, and am wishing you the best. I died and broke some records in defripulation, but I'm back and loving it. Stonybrook was in Tents, Jeff Pollack isn't losing his Recall of The Magic Lepers. Jones Beach Bums are forever. Andrew Feinstein (Mirror Man). Wheat Chips, Road Trips, Sunshine, waves of Guitars bursting the Night..for now Hor deourve -

Andy The Bear   2/1/08

Note to Andy - Please send your contact info to us! Click on Sign-up, or send an email to shari@jonesbeachbums.com. Great to hear from you! Love, Shari

Sad News!

I received a phone call from my college roommate, Yas, this afternoon. I was stunned and profoundly saddened to learn of the untimely passing of our suite-mate and dear friend, Bob Devine. To those of you that traveled up to New Paltz and visited me back in the '70s, I'm sure you'll remember Bob (he was big, 6'5"), partying with us, and playing guitar long and deep into the night. Those were fun times for sure, and 'we thought they'd never end'. Like us, Bob too eventually settled down, but he never stopped pursuing his great love for, and study of music. He was truly a gifted musician! Like our dear friend, Tommy Rackovitch, Bob also suffered with the hardships of epilepsy, and this 'may' have been a factor. I don't know. But I do know he will be sorely missed, and not easily forgotten.

Wherever Bob Devine is tonight, I know he's still "playing in the
band".  R.I.P.

Uncle Scotty    1/16/08

Hi ya all!

Ally, Andy, Ira, Jeff, man o man it's been a long time.
My sister told me about this site, tonight I looked at it for the first time.
Very cool.  Brought back a flood of warm summer memories and much more.

With Love
Kenny Doppel    1/5/08

Wishing you all a very Happy and healthy New Year. To all that don't know
yet I am back in New York and living in Huntington.

Love to all
Danny    12/29/07

RANDI,

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOVE,
ROBERTA     12/14/07

Wishing all the Jones Beachs Bums and their families a Happy Happy Christmas and a Merry Merry New Year

Love Daria (another Tom sister)   12/22/07

Wishing all of you and your loved ones a Very Happy Holiday Season.

Love,
Ptr
Peter Chelsea (Maher)    12/22/07

HI JUDI,

GOOD MORNING TOMMY!

the Lancasters    12/18/07

Randi,

OMG!!! I can't tell you how happy I am for both of you. Good luck and
future blessings.

Paul   12/18/07

Dear Bums,

Tommy Rackovitch's "little sister" (he so fondly called me) Judi here with a few comments. Since Tommy passed away I try my best to read your website as often as I remember, which (honestly) is not as often as I would like because it always, without fail, makes me smile. After Tommy's funeral I was able to connect with Bob Beechill (I call him Beach), but lost his number and do not know where he lives, so if anyone has connected with him and/or knows how to reach him, please let me know!

Here is something for you to get a visual on - every morning when I drive over the Long Beach bridge to get to the Wantagh Parkway, I say say out loud (depending on how pretty the day is, I might say it pretty loud), "MORNING TOMMY".
Thought you all would appreciate that!

Have a beautiful and Blessed holiday, and I hope to one day get to one of your reunions........Hi to the Vanderhalls and Lancasters.............!

Hugs,
Judi (Tommy's baby sister)    12/9/07

Shari - I haven't visited the website in awhile so I didn't know you were
going to be on "Buy Me". Imagine my surprise when I turned on HGTV and
there you were!! You did such a great job. They should give you your own
show. :)

Fran (Diamondstein) Schuler    11/27/07

Shari - here is some good news - Larry & I got married.

Randi Crovets   11/26/07

I grew up with Dave Beechel, and all of the Beechels. I would love to
get in touch with Robert, Debbie, Donna and Mom (Dottie).

If anyone has any info, please pass it on to them... I would love to hear from them - Thank you.

Respectfully,

Chris Fischer  11/14/07
cfe144@yahoo.com

Jeannie,

You didn't give me a way to respond back to you. My email is dc_tarsus@yahoo.com. We are looking forward to hearing from you!

While I am here - Hey to all my Bum brothers and sisters.
Hope you are all well.

Peace,
Danny   9/26/07

I just saw this message that someone was looking for Danny Calvagna. Well, I'm looking for his wife Kathy, who I grew up with, and I have also been trying to find her for over 20 years.

I grew up in Forest Hills, Queens so I don't know any of you, but maybe there is someone that knows Kathy as well?

Jeannie    9/23/07

Hey Randi,

I remember the Wheat Chips. John Cobb from Hicksville was King Wheat Chip.

Don't remember much more. Long time ago. He married a rich girl and moved to Brookville. Go figure :)

Mitch (Mini-Mole)    9/1//07

Wow! (or as we used to say, "Wowie Zowie").

Mark Kross here ("Sweetkeys" in the Magic Lepers). I was just googling myself (admit it - you've all done it) and ran across Harlan's story about the Wantagh Parkway. I had no idea this site existed. Reading through brought up some names from the past:
Dave Title - it was your house I found myself the first night I fell in with the bums... I remember playing"bullshit" at the top of our lungs on your front porch
Andy Bear, in the Mutations (I think he drew a picture in my JFK yearbook)
Fred Botway, etc, etc.

I'll have to see when the next reunion is.. who knows if I can make it. These days I'm a jazz musician and educator in Boston - been here a looong time.

And... to keep the record straight:
The name of the band was The Magic Lepers (named for Scot Weiss - where is he? - and his skin rash we called leprosy). The second year we had the band we changed the name to "The New and Improved Son of the Magic Lepers, with FT 490, Orchestra and Chorus". It was never Captain Pollack and the Magic Lepers.
Personnel:
Scot "the Leper" Weiss - vocals
Harlan "Golden Lips" Sparer - vocals
Mark "Sweetkeys" Kross - Farfisa organ
Jeff "Uncle Cheeseburger" Pollack - guitar
Jan "The Skunk Brothers and Tick" Sasson - guitar
Steve "The Straight Man of the Group" - alto and soprano sax
Glenn "Kneecaps" Kurlander - tenor sax
Larry "The Lung" Davis - drums
Tony "Toenails" Velardi - drums, but then road manager
I think we had some occasional girl singers (and Andy Bear) but I'm not sure. I remember the Stony Brook gig that never happened. And our auspicious debut at the Calhoun HS "Rap and Rec", where we needed a police escort to get out alive.

Such fond memories of my Bumhood - I was recently at the beach (and found out who Jones was), and I was thinking about those days. I seem to recall we hung out by the boardwalk but never went in the water... is this possible?

Of course, when we weren't at the beach, we were at the Planting Fields, no?
Does anybody remember Officer Foley, NCPD's finest?
If anybody remembers me, give a shout.

Later
'Keys    9/6/07

Mark Kross again...
just to help you remember me:
I just found a picture of me - in the Park... last picture scrolling to the right. I'm the guy having his hair fondled. No idea who the other two are. Anybody know?

Mark (Sweetkeys)   9/6/07

Note to Mark....Dave Mucci (aka Big Bird) and Scott Weiss! ~Shari

Hi All,
Sorry I couldn't be at the re-union this year but I was there in spirit. I thought by now I would get to read about what a great time you all had and I am looking forward to seeing the pictures! Hope you all had a great time and that Karen and Pete didn't go home as red as lobsters.
Love ya's!

Debby Lorber (Munchkin)    8/6/07

Hi Shari, I just wanted to tell you that you are doing a great job with the site. So many of us remember those times as some of the best of our lives, with some of the best people we have ever known. I have been all over the world as a musician and have always told the stories of being a Bum, and so many of the people I talk to I tell them to just go to the site. I want to tell you how impressed they are with our history. You are solely responsible for the good vibrations we still give off through the site. Thank you.

Danny    8/2/07

As I was speaking to a Levittown friend who realized that he met me at "Salisbury" Park and not Jones Beach (for those of you who do not know, we were Jones Beach Bums by day and were on top of the hill - some called it Hash Hill - at Salisbury Park to watch the free concerts, really Opera or Ethnic music nights), he mentioned a group of teens that were a pre-cursor to the Bums. Does anyone remember the Wheat Chips? All I
remember is that two of them were twins from Hicksville and/or Plainview,
one named Kenny and that some of us hung out at Mid-Island Plaza too?

Randi C.   7/28/07

Just stumbled onto this web site. WOW, what great and vast friendships. Reminds me of times I had in the late 70s & 80s. Sites like this make me LOVE living in the USA! Going to look up some old friends before its too late.
God Bless
Live Free!

ED    7/24/07

OMG!! I spent the 14th, 15th and 16th year of my life hitching down Wantagh Pkwy to hang with everyone...me and my friends Dave and Pete were probably the youngest, but you welcomed us with open arms...I remember playing guitar and having a great time every single day....and then night at Salisbury Park....especially a place we used to call "Hash Hill"........thanks for this website!!

Al    7/10/07

I've been keeping up with the JBB site and goings on.... looks like it's been a busy few months. My mother actually made a comment about the recent article... she reminded me that I got arrested for playing guitar on the beach and she had to come down and get me out of "jail". Apparently, Scott Weiss organized a protest and the little JBB Police shack was surrounded. Heh. I completely forgot about that.

Peace - Don Morrell    6/9/07

I saw the Newsday article & had to check out the site. I was surprised and
touched to see the memorial for David Black, my "child" husband. I still
think of him & it was so nice to see that other people remember him too.


Karen Michelini    6/7/07

My name is Marc Kantrowitz, and I worked at Jones Beach from 1969-1976.

I would like to get a Jones Beach Alumni Association up and running.
If you worked at the beach, please contact me:
Bobcats1972@comcast.net

Hope to hear from you!

Marc    6/6/07

Hi Everyone, Shari...I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for all your hard work with this website. I can't believe the memories and feelings it can evoke. I enjoy checking in and getting the updates from all who participate.

The last reunion I went to was 1991, and I look forward to this year's. I hope to see you all there. I grew up in Plainview, and have great memories of hanging out with all the Bums.

Mara (Swerdling) Schoenberg    6/3/07

Hey Bums,

Sorry I will miss the reunion this year. I wanted to share one of my favorite goofy bum stories. We used to spare change it at the concession stand. A bunch of us from United Mutations (including myself, Scot Weiss, and Mark Kross) took a bunch of the money we bummed at the concession stand with us the next day to the toll plaza for Field 4 at the Wantagh Parkway. We pulled up to the toll attendant and told him we were paying for the next 5 cars. He was incredulous and couldn't understand why. We pulled over and watched the expressions on the untrusting NY'ers who couldn't get why some grungy hippies in a banged up mutation wagon were paying for their tolls. It was some great theater!

Love,
Harlan Sparer     5/31/07

It's been a long time coming. I follow the web site and all the additions but for so many years have been so busy and so have not written. The years following the 1991 reunion I worked as a computer programmer; then had two children, now 7 and 10, and changed careers. We moved a couple of times and are now in Sandpoint, Idaho. I am a Waldorf teacher, teaching second grade this year. Each year I move with my class up through the grades until eighth grade, so next year I will be teaching third grade with the same class. Waldorf teaching is a calling as much as it is a vocation and reflects my passionate pursuit of life. Life is good and life is full. It's great to read the messages and perhaps someday I'll make it back east for another reunion.

Take care,

Michael (Mike) Seifert   5/28/07

The cool thing is that the beach can have such a deep meaning, a different meaning to everybody....long after the beach bums had scattered away from field 4. It was the place I would also go to, especially in the fall. It was always such a great place to come to for prayer, reflection, to work out whatever was confusing me. I remember bringing my kids there when they were little. I think we were so lucky and blessed to have been able to have the beach be part of our lives!

Alison (Turner) Flanagan    5/28/07

Hi. I am Michael Davitt, a '74 Massapequa grad. Jeff and Jon Ellis, Bruce Fifield and I used to spend a lot of time at West End II. We did a lot of bodysurfing with the Churchill fins in the summers of '75 and '76. I recall watching the World Trade Centers go up in the distance on those beautiful, clear days. Once I saw the Concord fly over... awesome sights and sounds.
I recall the name, "East Coast Bodysurfing Association" was used to refer to the guys who hung out at that beach. Anyone out there remember that name... those summers?
I'm in Raleigh for the past fourteen years. I know Sharyn Fuller. I'll be in Europe for the next seven weeks, but will be up in NY late July and August. My best to you all. Love Jones Beach.

Mike Davitt    5/27/07
mtdavitt@nc.rr.com

My sister Debbie & my best friends Kerrie, Mary, June, & Nancy hung out at Central Mall every single day! We would hitch to the beach and use our $1.20 Rt bus fare to buy 2 packs of cigarettes. I remember Andy playing his guitar, and us all having a major crush on him. Does anyone remember Louie from East Meadow, who used to play Bob Dylan songs with his guitar and harmonica? Crash the lifeguard? Grubbing for money? Eisenhower Park's Battle of the Bands and 4th of Julys there?

For me it all started in the "Summer of 71".

Bernadette (Bernie) Urbano-Baker   5/27/07

I read the article in the paper today, then went to this website. I went through the pictures, and saw lots of familiar faces. I probably know people more from Salisbury Park and playing music than from the beach itself, never was much of a beach person. I graduated East Meadow HS in '73. Definitely remember Dave Mucci and Scott Weiss , and I remember jamming with Don Morrell a few times. I'm in the middle of renovating my basement and my old photos are boxed, but I'll dig them out asap and send you some. Bet you'll be getting some response from the article.

Great job on the website.

Jeff Goldstein    5/26/07

I didn't hang out with you guys, but I do remember seeing all of you there when I was a kid with my family. By 1977 ( when I was 13 ) our bunch were there!

God I love taking my kids there and driving them crazy with stories of my past at Jones Beach. Not all of it. :-)

I still go there for lunch on my motorcycle almost everyday (weather permitting). I also take Ocean Parkway home every night to start my evenings. It just makes me feel good...the smell of it calms me down while crossing the bridges.

Joe Mulligan     5/26/07

Hi. I just found the website. I remember a lot of good times at Eisenhower Park and Jones Beach. I remember hanging out with Mitch the Prabbi, Danny Calvagna, Joe Satriani, Steve Muller, Laurie Pfeffer.

Mike Verow    5/22/07

sign up for the directory and email me.

I can't wait to see the Newsday article by John Hanc. The Jones Beach Bums website reminds me of the piercing illuminating beacon of a LIGHTHOUSE that is always shining brightly, day and night, and which is capable of being seen by wandering Internet travelers such as John Hanc and sometimes even by 'Long-Lost Bums' who just happen to "Google" the words "Jones Beach". It is so much fun to see the Bums evolving and growing again in new and unexpected ways.

Uncle Scotty    5/20/07

HI THERE BEACH BUMS,

I ATTENDED 2005 & 2006 REUNIONS. LOOKING FORWARD TO 2007!

REMEMBERING MY PAST: PAUL & RONNIE LANDCASTER, ALICE-MARY GRUNINGER, GIGI & SCOTTY. FRED BOTWAY, AND HIS SISTER ANDREA. I'M NOT SURE IF I KNOW MIKE CHAPNICK, BUT I LIVE IN PORT RICHEY, FLA TOO! ( IN THE WINTER)

I GREW UP IN NORTH BELLMORE, BELLMORE RD & JERUSALEM AVE. DORIS AVE. I HAD PARTIES IN MY BASEMENT. LOTS OF BLACK LIGHT POSTERS. JONES BEACH PLAYING WINKY DINK, LOVED IT!! I WONDER WHY? WRESTLING BOYS! THEN TO EISENHOWER PARK, WATCHING CONCERTS, OR JUST HANGING OUT...

TO BE CONTINUED AS MY MEMORIES GET SPARKED.
PLEASE HELP ME SPARK THEM! MY E-MAIL: TANZONITE1@YAHOO.COM

CINDY DEITCHMAN    5/14/07

P.S. IF U NEED TO SEE A BEFORE PIC, I SUBMITTED ONE. SO CHECK IT OUT, AND IF U REMEMBER ME, LET ME KNOW.

Hi Everybody!

I'm reaching out to everyone I know about a situation I'm in. After MeatLoaf got an ear infection and the concert was postponed till July (still can't wait though), I found out that they sold the land where my trailer is in Syosset. Which means I'm facing losing my home, and I am devastated. It's been featured on Eyewitness News 12 and the Times, so far. Anyway, here's my question - does anyone have any connections whatsoever to any officials in the Town of Oyster Bay, or civil right's attornies...80 families are getting evicted...you never know...any advice on this matter, please e-mail me.

Thanks!

Ginger    5/13/07

Hi Beach Bums,

I'm writing you just to let you know that I've written the first history of Jones Beach. It's just out now, already getting good reviews. I invite you to check out the website for more info--and I hope you might consider joining me at one of my upcoming speaking engagements about the history of Jones Beach.

FYI the books is titled "Jones Beach: An Illustrated History" by John Hanc. Publisher: Globe Pequot Press.
www.jonesbeachmemories.com

It's always nice to meet people who know and love the beach, the way you guys obviously do!

Thanks,

John Hanc    5/6/07

Hi All,

I was wondering of anyone has heard from Nan Groden (her maiden name). She was from Seaford. We used to date back in the old days. I know she attended Goucher college in MD and became a doctor, I believe her married name was Lohr. If anyone talks please let her know I'd like to say hi.

Thanks!

Mike Westman    5/3/07

Hi everyone! Just thought I'd share my great news with you - I am the grand prize winner of the "Meet and Greet MeatLoaf" package!! I am a major fan, so winning this contest is by far my wildest dream!! Since the show is in NY, my best friend from Memphis, whom I haven't seen, is being flown in with her daughter. (A lot of you met them when we"bumped" into the reunion in '91.) We will stay at the Grand Hyatt with limo, 2 nights, and we'll be in the front row!! I am soooo excited, and just wanted to share it with all of you!!

Rock and roll dreams come true!!

Keep Rockin',
Ginger    3/18/07

Hey all, I'm siting here with my Mom, Mrs. Rackovitch, and we're surfing through the site. Mom says she feels so gratetful that Tommy had all of you! She says those years Tommy had with all of you I'm sure were some of the happiest of his life. And when she thinks about all of you in those glorious summer days, she will always feel that you all and Tommy will always be "forever Young". Dad wants to know how we can buy a few of those great 2006 T-shirts ?

Judi Rackovitch    3/18/07
judirocks10@aol.com

Hey All,

Just found this and was amazed at some of the names (and faces) - wow! Not sure if any of you will remember me (I was one of the original Wheat
Chips and Bums too)
Most knew me as IGGY.
I'll check back soon.

TJ (IGGY) Cormier    3/9/07

Mike,

I am so sorry to hear about Suzie. Don't forget to lean on your
friends, brother.

Peace,
Andy    1/25/07

To Andy, Jeff and any one else that knows me ( Mike Chapnick) and my wife Suzie, this is just to let you know that Suzie passed away on Nov. 24, 2006. She was happy that I was able to talk to you guys after so long apart, and we started making plans to come to the next reunion.

To all who read this, Have very Happy Holidays, and a safe and Happy New Year's.

With all of God's Love and Blessings to You and Yours,

Pastor Mike Chapnick    12/19/06

Has anyone considered a winter reunion On Long Island? It gets awfully lonely, cold and dreary over the winter. A cold beer, guitars and old friends sounds wonderful. What do you think?


Alan (Leo) Cohn    12/5/06

Robbie, please see what you can find out about someone named Nina Marie.

Please send me a letter with any info.

Peter Ruggiero
385 Allview Ave.
Brewster, NY 10509

Pete    10/26/06

Hi Bums, Missed you guys this year....couldn't do the reunion....I hear it was great. I was going through my poetry (over 250 of them) and wanted to share this one.

Jones Beach Bums
July 20, 2004

Coconut oil blaring as loud as the radios
perfect and imperfect bodies alike
baring their skin but not their souls

While we are huddled together
with guitars and dope and jeans
blaring our indifference to their schemes
singing Rock and Roll to their irritation
restlessly absorbed in our indignation
thinking ourselves to be the Woodstock Nation
awash in a cloud of marihuana smoke
bumming spare change as if we were dead broke

We had something to say
as we look back
with our pot bellies and our somewhat broken family
hoping somewhere in that cloud of confusion
we planted some good seeds

Love and Peace,

Harlan    9/22/06

I got to the site quite accidentally. I googled John and meant to google Mike Ohlrich. Seeing the photo of John on your site brought back some good childhood memories. I met John by hanging out with his brother Mike. I met the Ohlrich family in the fall of 1970. Mike and I were in junior high and John was in HS. They lived not far from me, walking distant four blocks or so. It was great living in East Meadow. Seemed like there were neighbor kids all over, where small to large groups near and far could get together and have some fun or play ball. The beach-going started for me in the summer of '71. Summers were fun and special. Walk to Wantagh Parkway and put out your thumb. There was always someone going to the beach. There were even drivers that drove like a taxi service...just requesting donations for the toll. That was the summer that I went out boating with them. They had a 1958 Thompson. All wood. It was my first time water skiing. I remember boating to the first bridge (Wantagh Parkway) and Mike went ashore and dove off the bridge from the roadway, as we were listening to Simon and Garfunkle's "Bridge Over Troubled Water." I never did get to see the hydroplane boat that they were building in the garage float in the water. Then there was the time we spent the night on a marsh island by Zack's Bay. We called it Rat Island. I don't think that was the name, however there were rats there. Things that I do recall of John's house were his little sister. I don't remember her name. Nor do I remember his older brother's name. Though I remember to not touch his reel to reel tape recorder, tapes or records. They had a small dog and a rabbit in the back yard. John and Mike had a room together. They had a bumper pool table with a card table board for the top of it. Oh Hell was the popular game. 21 and poker (3card) were regular games too. That's where many parties were then and that was were I had seen John last before he had went out on June 2, 1972. The parties were then over, but the beach still had me.

I had a lot of fun just hanging at Jones Beach and to this day I still measure the good years by the tan I get on the tops of my feet.

George Holzmann    8/4/06

Hi All,

Ira Weiss here. I was never a full fledged Beach Bum, I was always on the fringe. I was used to hang out with Andy Gay, Quin Werthauer, Jeff Kjellgren, Aly Rosen, Ken Doppel (I was the last keyboard player in Molly Bloom), Mike Chapnick, Fred Botway, Ronnie and Joanne Lancaster. Laurie Pjeffer was my sister in law for a long time. I was at many of the parties and hung out at the park and Middle Earth a little, but never at the beach. Anyway, every year I plan to go to the reunion and something always comes up. This year, once again, my band was booked to play at a block party, so I could not make it to the beach.

Fortunately, Jeff was gracious enough to host an after-party which I was able to get to around midnight. It was wonderful to see people that I hadn't seen for about 30 years. I had a great time visiting and making music until around 3:30 AM.

Thank you Jeff!!! It was wonderful!!!

Love to All,

Ira     8/1/06

To my OLD buddy Andy G. This is a flash from the past, it's Mike Chapnick. I only found out about the web site today, I found Debby Lorber on my classmates and emailed her my phone#. She called we spoke and here I am. I am still married to Suzie 30 years, 4 kids - 31, 28, 26, 11 (the last is God's Joke on me), 4 grandkids - 6, 5, 2, 7 mo's. I would love to hear from you. By the way I'm in Port Richey, Florida.

Love ya!

Mike Chapnick    7/23/06

Hey all,
Looking forward to the the reunion and seeing everybody. I will be in N.Y. on this monday and may need a ride. Anyone out by Northport? By the way Andy, Mike Chapnick just found me again and I am waiting to hear back from him to see where he's at.

DEBBY (MUNCHKIN) LORBER   7/23/06

Hope to see every one of you lovable lunatics at the 2006 Reunion.
I haven't seen ya'll since the 1991 reunion!

Dave Title     7/16/06

Looking forward to seeing everyone, fun in the sun, songs by the sea, an evening with old and dear friends!

Laurie (Grasshopper) Wills    6/20/06

Hi Everyone! Time to get moving on making plans to come to the Reunion at the beach this year!

I sent an Evite invitation to all the email addresses I could find. If you notice that anyone is missing please feel free to contact me to send them an Evite. Virginiaduff@aol.com is best email for this.

Looking forward to all the fun!

Gigi   5/29/06

hi everyone, this is roberta friedland (potraker.) I had email from shari fuller at classmates.com and she said she saw my name on this message board. so I emailed her back and thought I would check this out. this website is amazing and brings back so many wonderful memories. unfortunately we lost my lovely and wonderful sophie 2 years ago. and I live in florida and never go to the beach. ironic huh? maybe I'll be able to get to a reunion some time.

chow for now,

roberta   5/23/06

Roberta Potraka (daughter of the lively Sophie from the Plainedge Potraka's) lives in Florida now. She has been married for many years and loving her life in FLA. She sent me an e-mail as she found me on Classmates.com. (she listed herself as a freind at several neighboring schools so that she could do searches) (but I no longer have her e-mail address).

Randi    5/20/06

Just curious, has anyone heard from Little Ritchie Hayes? We need to track down some more of the gang. I've tried but have had no luck. Maybe if we all get on it, someone will have some success. Oh yeah, where are the Cinnamin Bros? And lets not forget Millie B. She was in San Diego many years ago. Andy Fienstien (mirror man), Ronnie Gladstone - let's get to work gang.

Peace,
Andy G    5/16/06

Hey peeps :)

I agree with Ginger, it's only once a year so lets keep it a "Beach Bums" thing. How about a bbq after at "the Park", really make it like old times, lol. That was the order back then, right - 1)Beach, 2)Park 3)Party at the Hirshfield Hilton. :) How about it Scotty, open up the Hilton for a night, lol. (Anyone still have Gas Mask :))

Peace all,
Andy G    5/7/06

Hi everyone!

As far as I'm concerned, the only place the Jones Beach Bums reunion should be held is the one and only Jones Beach. Of course, I'm definitely up for something in addition to that, but the atmosphere of being where we used to be, with the people we used to be with, is what adds to the amazing nostalgic feeling and memories in my head on the last Sat in July! See you all then!

Ginger    4/9/06

HI BEACH BUMS MY NAME IS JEANNIE OHLRICH. MY BROTHER WAS JOHNNY OHLRICH HE WAS A BEACH BUM. I LOVE THE OLD PHOTO IF ANYONE HAS ANY MORE I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THEM.

MY E-MAIL - JOHLRICH@ARKWIN.COM