S.P. Waltrip Sr. High Opened in the Fall of 1960
The alumni of all 50 years are invited to attend the celebrations.
The weekend of October 15-17, 2010 is the time and there are events being planned for all to enjoy. Come re-connect with classmates, see faculty, friends and enjoy!
Waltrip was opened in the Fall of 1960 and the first graduating class in 1961 had a great time beginning many of the traditions the class of 2011 enjoys today.
To celebrate this occasion, there are a variety of events: golf, bowling, car parade, going to a Waltrip football game, happy hour, Event program, lunch, a dance and picnic.
Many things for all to enjoy. You can share some of your favorite receipes, inside or outside cooking....Help with the beautification of Waltrip, donate to scholarships.
Read on and become a part of a great fun-filled time.
Friday, October 15, 2010
Golf Scramble -- enjoy friends and have a great time. Place: Bear Creek Golf Club Tee Time: 10am
Networking and Happy Hour at Sheraton Brookhollow beginning at 4 pm till 7 pm on Friday, October 15, 2010
Football Game at Delmar Stadium, Friday, October 15, 2010 at 7:30 pm; seats reserved for alumni
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Car Parade: parade begins at 10 am at Waltrip.
Lunch: BBQ, pre-paid: $10 per person, at the door, $15 per person
Program: in the auditorium at 1 pm; seating is limited. reserve your seat.
Dessert and Fun: cafeteria
Bowling at Delmar Lanes begins at 4 pm till 6 pm.
Dance at Knights of Columbus, on Whitney; begins at 8 pm to 12 am.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Picnic, fun and games at Knights of Columbus begins at 12pm to 5 pm
As a grand finale to Waltrip’s fiftieth anniversary celebration, on the afternoon of Saturday, October 16, 2010, a choir and orchestra of alumni musicians from 1961-2009 will perform “Our Waltrip High.” I’ll be conducting the arrangement that I wrote for the event. If you sing (and especially if you were in one of the choirs) or still play an orchestral instrument, your assistance would be deeply appreciated. We are in special need of string players (violin, viola, cello, string bass), since there’s not been a string program at Waltrip in many years.
If you would be available and would like to help, please e-mail me (see below). My reply will be a form that you can fill out concerning the part you sing or the instrument(s) you still play. You can go into reply mode, complete the form with a few keystrokes, and send it back to me. I then will send you a copy of either the choral score or your instrumental part (multiple parts for flute, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, violin, and percussion players). Once I have your completed form, I’ll also e-mail you an MP3 file of the full ensemble performance so that you can hear it in its totality and determine how your part fits in. If you request it on the form, I also will send you an MP3 file of the performance with your part(s) emphasized, since rehearsal time will be very limited.
Due to balance issues, there are limits on how many performers can be on each part (especially brass, woodwind and percussion), so prompt response is important.
My e-mail address is llywarch@earthlink.net. I also can be reached at either (281) 859-5965 or (713) 419-6829.
Let’s pull together to make the final event a success!
Jack Bevil (Class of '66)
and moved to 1420 Richmond (formerly a Weingarten's store). This location is where the 13th Floor Elevators played their legendary early Houston gigs. Then the crowds started falling off, so they moved back to the church location by June of '66. Whether or not the 13th Floor Elevators ever played there is uncertain. Jerry Clark insisted that the 13th Floor Elevators played there New Year's Eve '67 (ie, Dec 31, 1966), but I don't know whether to believe him. His chronology was somewhat screwy. It's doubtful that the club lasted much into '67. There was a Houston Chronicle from April, 1967 article mentioning that the "Red Crayolas" (sic) were playing a fashion show there, but they refer to it as "an old church" and not La Maison. Another newspaper article from around that time specifically refers to it as a club that's closed. I'm told it became a communal type place for Jesus Freaks in the late sixties. It was demolished in the early 70s. 
Opened December, 1965. The first Catacombs was located at 3003 South Post Oak. They held Houston's first (only?) "Pop Festival" in that place on August 31, 1968. The show included the Mothers, Canned Heat and, of course, the Moving Sidewalks. Was sponsored by KNUZ radio (an AM station that was a rival to KILT). Catacombs also promoted (or was associated with) a number of other concerts at the Music Hall. Of Our Own took over their University/Kirby location in 1970.
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