Bob Eusebio II:  

Before, during and after those Kearny High school days in Mission Village, Serra Mesa, Linda Vista, Kearny Mesa and Mira Mesa was the most diverse populated community in San Diego County. Wouldn't most agree? I had a wonderful time at Kearny High School during my teens. A definite balance despite the challenges of growing. My interest was music since I was 8, and formed our first band while at Wegeforth Elementary with my oldest friend in the world, Oscar Vargas, at Taft Junior High and Kearny High. I also played a lot of baseball and managed Little League at Mission Village. During the 9th grade at Taft Junior High I remember my late mother, a graduate of San Diego High School 1955, 20 years before I graduated, drove me one evening to the high school I would attend. On the right side of the building, (outside the choir room back then) the letters read Stephen Watts Kearny High School. It seemed so unreal that I was actually going to high school. During my sophmore year 1972 - 1973 I remember going to my first Komets football game against Hoover High School. It was packed, it was loud and we won! After the game many of us went back to the "after dance". I loved Friday nights during football season. Nick Akers class of 75, Bob McCreery class of 74, Jim Gilsdorf class of 74 formed a rock band with me. We rehearsed most nights and gigs were energetic. One of the most memorable was playing two nights at the Kearny Spring Show. During 1973 - 1974 my Junior year was incredible! Our senior class dominated San Diego County football and basketball. To see Don Norcross, Ron Means (God bless him), Ed Imo, and Mark Hoaglin lead our Komets at San Diego Stadium during CIF football, and beat Patrick Henry High was priceless. We went undefeated! It was sweet to see the highlights on the news at 11. Our basketball team was hot and remember that game with Madison we ended up winning. We also won CIF basketball going undefeated. I sang in Kearny's Acappella Choir during 11th and 12th grade. During Christmas we sang Handel's Messiah, only the 3rd high school in Southern California to sing college level arrangements at that time. My music was expanding and started experimenting more with major 7th and 9th chords on my guitar, vocal harmony arrangements and writing. In 1974 - 1975 my senior year was a time of growing. I remember registering for the draft, was driving more and college was in my sights. My parents were hoping I would enroll at San Diego State University. I was forming a new band, not rock but more light jazz. I met Frank Litavish class of 1973, while in the advanced drama class I met DeeDee Carver class of 1976, Tony Adamo class of 1976, and Vernon Bratten class of 1974. We were inspired by Sergio Mendes Brasil 66 version of Fool On The Hill, Van Morrison's Moon Dance, Antonio Carlos Jobim / Norman Gimbel's The Girl From Ipanema, America's Lonely People, and many others including original compositions. After high school I attended community colleges San Diego Mesa and City College. I studied Materials Management and went to work in Purchasing and Manufacturing in San Diego. In 1984 I met my wife Hazel and we were married in 1985. Hazel had a marketing degree from The Women's University of The Philippines, b...Expand for more