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I’m sooooo excited! I found my old class photo from spring, 1963!

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  Kristinebergs Skola, First Grade, Spring 1963 Well, this was a great surprise!  I have been looking for this photo for quite a while; I knew I had it somewhere, but after a pretty thorough search last year, I had given up.  Lo and behold, today when I was looking for something else, I found it!  As you can see, this is from Spring 1963, second semester of first grade for me.  This was at Kristinebergs Skola, in the Kungsholmen part of Stockholm, Sweden.  Our head teacher was Mrs. Gärd Froster, and in 1962-1963 (first grade for me) and 1963-1964 (second grade), Mrs. Froster was in her last years of teaching, waiting to retire, so she did not have much patience left for us little kids, and I hope she enjoyed her retirement.  My classmates were the following: Lynn Dahlström, Hans Wallster, some girl I was infatuated with (ergo the empty spot in the class picture; I remember I had a huge crush on this girl, so I cut out her picture and kept it in my wall...

Smack Dab playing at the BlasMo Member Appreciation Night, 06-07-2026.

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  The invite for the BlasMo member appreciation night, Sunday, 06-07-2026.  BlasMo is located in Laguna Hills, CA.     Smack Dab is, from left to right:   Marc Repaire, lead guitar and vocals; Kent Richards, bass and vocals; Allison Friedman, lead vocals and guitar; myself on drums and Lloyd Brown, lead vocals and guitar.   You can reach us at SmackDabGroup@gmail.com. Smack Dab had the pleasure of playing at the BlasMo (Billiards Lounge Artist Sanctuary Music Oasis) Club, aka The Mo, on Sunday the 07 of June, 2026.   This was the BlasMo member appreciation night, and it was a super fun gig, playing in front of our musician peers.   By the way, everybody at the BlasMo is super supportive, and the atmosphere is always laid back and fun, and everybody checks their ego at the front door.   Just so you know, the Mo is (according to their Facebook page): ““The Mo" is a private member supported musicians ...