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Remember Chubby, Elvis? Let’s twist again

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Recall the days of Chubby Checker and Elvis Presley with the class of 1960 50-Year Reunion on May 6-7. The program includes school and college luncheons, banquet dinners at Folsom Field and the UMC, tours of campus, and — often the highlight of the reunion — leading the procession into Folsom Field for the 2010 commencement.
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Attend the class of 1960 50-year reunion

1960 yearbook

For those who remember when Johnny Tillotson’s Poetry in Motion and Elvis Presley’s Are You Lonesome Tonight? reigned on the Billboard pop charts, the year was 1960. Recall the magic and memories by joining your former classmates for your 50-year reunion on May 6-7. The program includes school and college luncheons and tours, a barbeque, a banquet and the opportunity to lead the procession into Folsom Field for commencement.
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When Sputnik and the Beatniks ruled

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During the late 1950s, Bob Harvey (Edu’59) and his friends at the University of Colorado listened to folk artists like the Kingston Trio, played guitar and ruminated on the deeper meaning of Jack Kerouac’s 1957 anti-establishment treatise, On the Road (Viking).
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