John Cirillo:  

I started out in Seattle, going to Hazel Valley Elementary. Had I stayed, I would have gone to Evergreen High along with most of my classmates. But we moved to Dallas, Texas in 1964. I went to Browne Jr. High in Dallas, Texas for 7th through 9th grades. I was pretty quiet and shy back then so maybe a lot of people don't remember me, I guess because I didn't make an impression on them. After Browne, I was going to go to Kimball for 10th grade, but it got changed. I went to Carter High School for my 10th grade and half of 11th grade, then transferred to Sunset High. I was there for just the last half of my Junior year (Basically spring of 1972) but I have to say that I made a lot of friends there, and finally started playing guitar in a group. I wonder if any of them remember me, since I was there so briefly, but I do remember them. I still remember my friends and acquaintances from all of my other schools very well too and wonder what they have done in life. When my parents announced that we were moving to Portland, Oregon, I was very upset. I was finally at a school where I fit in, and I had all my friends that I was about to lose. But in the end, I had to go, and Dallas would never be the same when I came back several years later. I was happy to find out that my name ended up in the 1973 Sunset Sundial anyway, as a "camera-shy Senior." At least it showed that I had been there. (Thanks, Lisa Hammontree-Farr!) Even though I wished I could have stayed in Dallas, if I had done so I would have missed out on life in Oregon, which was an interesting change. Oregon is a very beautiful place. We moved to Aloha, a western suburb of Portland, in June of 1972. The feel and attitude of Portland seemed a lot more laid back....Expand for more