Dave Smith:  

I can sincerely say that, if I could, I'd do high school all over again. It's true I had a little too much fun and, yes, I'd do some things a little bit differently. But, in the end, no regrets. After high school, I became a broadcaster - perhaps best known for my many years on CKOC, Hamilton and, more recently CHYM FM, Kitchener and most recently 99.5 KFUN (CHUM/CTV now Bell Media). There were also had stops in Burlington and Barrie. I also have been involved with hockey all my life as a player, I scouted for many years and managed a pro hockey team a couple of seasons. Right now, still doing the radio & tv thing freelance, tv and radio commercials (even a few of those annoying middle-of-the-night tv infomercials), been in a couple of films, writing and working as an image consultant. I have been married twice and have a Brady Bunch type family of six kids - all grown up and doing a variety of things. In what seems like precious little spare time there is, I'm up to speed on Facebook and hoping to connect with old friends along the way. And it actually happened in 2011 when, after forty years, Bill Stolba, Debbie Porter, Paul Larabie and I hooked up as the Mushy Peez playing mainly "British Invasion" stuff that was big when we were in high school. After Bill left the Mood and I departed the Federation, we formed Old Dixie with Ian Madge and the late Lyle Burke until the end of 1970. In 2011, we played at The Brig (Norfolk Hotel) in Port Dover as part of a school reunion/birthday party. However, I left the Peez after three fantastic years and have re-united with Ian Madge to reform the Federation. The 'Feds' (the nickname we had back in the sixities is the name we go by now) played with the also reunited Mood (who called themselves the Men In The Mood) on August 23rd (2014) in the SCS gym. The show was presented by the Lions Club with all proceeds going to the charities they work with in the co...Expand for more