Zumba Liturgy?

I laughed so much when I read Jim Koenigsfeld's (Fr. Jim's) reply to the Super-Fun Exercise Invite that I decided to post his in our class blog.  It reflects so well Jim's care-free, live-in-the-moment personality.  Enjoy!

"We have a Zumba class here at the parish.  It sounds as though the folks have a ball.  The music that comes out of the gym is a bit more upbeat than our liturgy music!!  I'll give it a go, just to see what we got going over here!!  Saturday PM or late evening?  I'll go along with whatever you guys want."

Jim

"Super-Fun" Exercise Invite

OK, Class of '68, here is a "special opportunity" that YOU can enjoy at our reunion next month!  But I need to know whether you are INTERESTED before I confirm this.  Susan DeGregory is the daughter of Frank and Judy Fulkerson; she lives in Calistoga, California.  She is a fitness guru.  Knowing that we will be in her "neighborhood," she has offered to lead a fun-filled exercise experience for US.  Below is her email to me describing the EXPERIENCE.  Off hand, I'm thinking we could have this activity some time Saturday afternoon/evening after we return from the Napa Valley Wine Train at the vacation house in Cloverdale where the Wampach's, Hageman's, and we are staying.  However, this is not definite yet.  After you read Susan's email, let me know whether you're interested.  Then, if you're interested, give me your thoughts about time and place.  Subsequently, I'll contact Susan again.  Here is her website: https://www.zumba.com/en-US/profiles/240619/susan-degregory/.  I look forward to hearing back from you.         Tom

-------- Original Message --------

Subject:	RE: Exercise Class
Date:	Fri, 17 Aug 2012 21:26:56 -0700
From:	Susan DeGregory <sbdegregory@comcast.net>
To:	'Tom Meyer' <tmeyer@nc.rr.com>
CC:	'FrankandJudy F' <frankandjudy@hotmail.com>, 'Chris Meyer' <cmeyer5@nc.rr.com>, 'Dr.Thomas Devereaux' <domtwd@sonic.net>

Hi Tom! 

I teach a fitness class called Zumba, which is an easy-to-follow Latin
inspired dance class. I teach to all ages including adults (ahem, my
parent's age) and one class I teach is even geared towards individuals with
Parkinson's. I've also led classes after dinner parties as entertainment!

My vision is a simple, low-impact, fun, energizing, upbeat, 45 minute
"class" (imagine a wedding reception). I would need a space where people
could comfortably move (preferably hard wood but not necessary - even
outdoors is fine) and I would bring my own music and boombox. 

I'm open to Saturday, Sunday or Monday and any time of day is good. I would
really love for everyone to at least see it in action, even if some people
don't participate, so in the evening when everyone gets together might be
fun too. I don't want it to be too formal of an exercise class as I think
that might deter people.

In case you didn't gather per my mom's email it is SUPER FUN!!! Thank you
for this opportunity!

Xoxoxo Susan

"Almost Final" Reunion Details

Yesterday, August 15, Tom Devereaux emailed to us details for our class reunion in Northern California next month.

Dear Tom and Dan et alii:

With all the bits and pieces from emails and phone calls, I have the following information:

There are so far 19 participants:

     Don and Betty Wampach

     Tom and Chris Meyer

     Norm and Linda Hageman

     Frank Kehres

     Mike Heydinger

     Jim Koenigsfeld

     John and Kathy Driscoll

     Jerry Knueven

     Dan Clayton

     Tom Devereaux

     Doug Kruse

     Ken Stephens

     John Ernst

     Frank and Judy Fulkerson

Is anybody else coming?

Rectory guests: Clayton, Koenigsfeld, Kehres, Knueven, Kruse; possibly Heydinger and/or Stephens (we have five beds and two couches)

Cloverdale housing arrangements: Hageman's, Wampach's, Meyer's.

That is 12/13. Where are the others going to sleep, live?

So can I expect to prepare for 19 people for THURSDAY afternoon, September 13? Cocktails at 4, casual, eat and party until? St. Rose Rectory dining room and patio. Anyone for cards?

THURSDAY morning and afternoon activities could be:

• A trip up the Pacific Coast from Bodega (Hitchcock's The Birds was filmed here) to Fort Ross (Russian Fort) and back down through the Redwoods to Santa Rosa
•  Hiking up Mount Tamalpais in Marin County 
•  Jack London State Park near Sonoma 
•  Luther Burbank home and gardens in Santa Rosa 
•  A trip through Dry Creek Valley to Lake Sonoma and the fish hatchery there 
•  Golf: 9 hole golf course at Northwood in the Redwoods or at Silverado in Napa County  

FRIDAY, September 14 starting a 9 AM 

• Wine and food day. Winery tour and lunch at Alexander Valley Vineyards, over to Napa County to a castle and to a winery in a cave, then do a cheese and wine tasting at Domaine Carneros, then over to Sonoma Mission (the northernmost Spanish Mission) ending up at The Girl and The Fig for a light dinner with wine. WHO IS GOING? 
• Hot Air Balloon Ride from Santa Rosa: Koenigsfeld and Driscoll's. Anybody else? Contact the Driscoll's for inclusion, etc. 

SATURDAY, September 15

•  Daytime Napa Valley Wine Train - $99.00 Silverado; $109.00 Gourmet Express.

12 participants: Wampach's, Meyer's, Linda Hageman, Kehres, Heydinger, Clayton, Driscoll's, Devereaux, Frank Fulkerson. 

ANYBODY ELSE BEFORE I MAKE RESERVATIONS? 

SUNDAY Morning, September 16 

•  Mass, 10:30 at St. Rose, concelebrated. Readers and EMs please volunteer, Homilist? Please suggest or volunteer.
• Parish Festival all afternoon on the parish grounds. 
•  Rectory patio, dining room, common room available to Joss alumni all day as a gathering place. 
•  The afternoon could also be for one of the Thursday activities (see above).

 Please get back to me ASAP.

Tom Devereaux 707 894 3932 or domtwd@sonic.net

Steve Lautermilch and Dave Kattan

Last month, as I was preparing a mailing for our classmates regarding our upcoming reunion, I called and spoke with Steve Lautermilch.  When a prior mailing had bounced back to me, I realized I had an old address in Greensboro, North Carolina, for him.  With the help of Mike Fry at the Josephinum, I obtained new contact information for Steve in Kill Devil Hills.  So, I called.  There he is, on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, approximately 3 hours from Chapel Hill.  We had a brief, though enjoyable, conversation.  Steve said he had a deadline to meet that day.  We agreed to contact each other again soon.

Then, last week, while my wife Chris and I were visiting her sister and brother-in-law in Bradenton, Florida, I looked up Dave Kattan.  I was aware that I hadn't seen him for 45 years.  I knocked on his door unannounced.  (I had an address, but no phone number, for him.)  After his initial surprise, Dave and I had a nice, two-hour visit.  Dave told me that he retired from the brewery in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, and that he and his sister Mary moved to Bradenton five years ago.  Dave joked about their neighborhood's landscape service "boxing" everyone's shrubs and hedges.  They have a lovely, spacious Florida home.  When Chris and I next visit her family in Bradenton, I will again contact Dave.

What a joy it was to talk with Steve and Dave!

New Followers/Members

WELCOME to the two newest followers/members of our class blog: Ron Langhals and Tom Whitney.  Others who have recently joined the blog include Betty Wampach, Ger Knueven, and Sr. Kathleen Knueven (Ger's sister).   Thank you so much for jumping on board.