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Seaholm: My Old High School — It’s Not Stuck in the Twentieth Century

November 18, 2009 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

A couple dozen of us took a tour of Birmingham High School, aka Seaholm High, during our reunion weekend in October. It looks like quite of few additions have been made to the building. I thought the designers did quite a good job of being faithful to the Fifties architecture.

High School Revisited: The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same — Only Different

November 16, 2009 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Seaholm High School Birmingham Michigan exterior. photo by BF Newhall

My old high school, deep in flyover country, has moved into the 21st century: The girls room is now the women’s room and the library the media room. Read more.

A Case of the Human Condition: Swing, Lindy, Fast Dancing — My Kind of Crazy

June 8, 2009 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Jon and I spent the weekend at his high school reunion in Southern California. Check out these youtube videos of the dancing from the era.

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