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The 11th Annual G lobal O n R eflection G iant G athering
Oct. 23 – Nov. 1, 2009 Photos |
Scrimshaw Waterside Restaurant Pier, Greenport, New York
Jerry McCarthy with Judy & Gary Green | 
Eileen McCarthy and The Green’s in Greenport | 
Judy & Jerry on the pier |
The Norwalk Inn, 99 East Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut: Lobby
Judy with Irina Lebedeva and Lynn Mortimore | 
Malcolm Mortimore, Gary, and Marc Catera | 
Shirley Burns, briefly, and Pat Astley | ||||||
Jerry and Joe Pecorello Mammie being Mammie | 
Ant Bowles joins The Lobby Crashers | 
Irina and Lynn “Fetch ... the comfy chair!” |
The Norwalk Inn: Hotel Entrance and Lobby
The Burning of Norwalk [inset] | 
Dave Astley, Gaz, and Glen Bourgeois | 
How much nun can a nunchuck chuck? | ||||||
John Burns | 
Mammienun | 
Judy, Pat, and Gaz |
The Norwalk Inn: Bar and Lobby
Glen and “Doctor Stu” lead a sing-along | 
The Drink of Champions Kerry Minnear | 
Fred Rosenkamp and Dave Matlock: thumbs up! |
South Norwalk (SONO): The Maritime Aquarium, N. Water St.;
Black Bear Saloon, Washington St.;
East Norwalk: Meigas Restaurant, Wall St.;
The Norwalk Inn: Lobby and Bar
“Meeting in this way, no one could have known” [aquarium] | 
Eileen high-fives a rather brown Black Bear in SONO | 
Gary and Lana Matlock are cozy at The Norwalk | ||||||
Ant and Judy | 
Jerry and Lesley Minnear | 
Dave and Jerry talkin’ hockey | ||||||
Irina and Lana | 
Matlock and Astley | 
Ker, Ei, and André Bazinet | ||||||
White tablecloths are in at tasty Meigas [larger] | 
“Grandmother, what big eyes you have!” [inset] | 
Mammie and Marc sax up the joint | ||||||
Ed Hurst & Vicky Glaub webcamming | 
Pat, Dave, and Ant cutting loose | 
Pointing the way to tomorrow... at long last |
The Norwalk Inn: Mariner I Meeting Room (Hospitality Suite)
Québec arrives! [larger] | 
Vicky & Ed | 
Jan-Arjen Voskuilen | ||||||
Denis Boucher & Janelle Desbiens with Malc | 
François Rochette’s Party of Four | 
Do Plante & Pierre Bordeleau sure can brighten a room | ||||||
Ei & Jer Must be October | 
Jon’s right-hand man, Marc Margolies | 
Kiirja Paananen and IZZ’s Paul Bremner | ||||||
André and Dominique in the Hospitality Suite | 
Lynn with Jerry and Jonathan Roberts | 
Lily Pratasik and Rich Hilton | ||||||
Kay Mullen and Pat from north of the border | 
Steve Hudson, David Vella, and Jack S k e l l y | 
John Burns and IZZ’s John Galgano | ||||||
Their rivers flow Dave Cherkus and Matlock | 
Irina and Brems seem happy as clams | 
Virginia’s Debi Byrd and Chris Buckley | ||||||
Impromptu duet Irina and Paul van de Hart | 
Mikko Alapuro, Dave Sr., and Bernie Veith | 
Jeff Smith and Jamie Krutz ridicule K’s hand deformity | ||||||
Marc Guilbert | 
Jan-Arjen and Jerry | 
Norwalk Jamming | ||||||
Brems is gobsmacked by Diana’s calendar | 
Unplugged Giant Gary and Paul ’til dawn | 
“Time to make the donuts” GORGG in the wee hours |
East Norwalk Metro-North Railroad Station, East Ave. & Winfield St.;
Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises, Pier 83, W. 42nd St., New York City;
Heartland Brewery Radio City, 51st St. & 6th Ave., New York City;
The Norwalk Inn: Hospitality Suite
André, Eddie Stremler, and The Hudman await the train | 
François, Céline Drolet, Denis Hogue, Linda Lavoie | 
Catchin’ the 9:50 A.M. Kiirja and Kerry | ||||||
Malc and Cherkus await the 12:30 P.M. cruise | 
Julia and Elliot Bowles by the Statue of Liberty | 
Windblown Lesley enjoying the sunshine | ||||||
Real Men Wear Sequins Kerry | 
It’s water under the bridge for Tourmeister Jerry | 
Diana Green circum- navigates The Big Apple | ||||||
“Ooohhh ... aaahhh ...” | 
The Astley’s | 
Lady Liberty and Eileen | ||||||
The Greening of Manhattan | 
Bernie & Beate Schoepflin | 
Jerry and Dave | ||||||
Chris and Jack shivering | 
Barney Rubble | 
The Minnear’s | ||||||
John Granda’s first GORGG | 
Lynn and Eileen | 
Lindsey Spratt | ||||||
Chris sails The Hudson | 
Jan-Arjen and Lana | 
Alan Benjamin sneaks in | ||||||
Judy obviously never went to Catholic school | 
André ducks Sylvie Durand & Jean-Pierre Bourgeois | 
Autumn in New York back at Pier 83 | ||||||
Denis and Jerry – at The Heartland where it all began | 
Donald Fagen at GORGG? Nah, that’s Adam Levin! | 
André makes Gaz grateful he’s wearing Depends |
GORGG Tenth Anniversary Banquet & Jam with “Special Guest Appearance”
The Norwalk Inn: Artemis Ballroom, Hotel Entrance, and Lobby
GORGGanizers Jerry & Jon, Kerry, and... Derek Shulman! | 
Adam’s musical colleague Wendy Boulding | 
The Minnear’s with Noah and Sharon Shulman | ||||||
John, Kiirja, and Marc | 
Fred & “The Confab Four” | 
Pascal Schoepflin & Dad | ||||||
Russ Miller & Lynne Mathieu with David Vella | 
Henry and Mark Ptak sit in on rehearsal | 
Fred, Tatsurou Ueda, and “Uncle Norm” Nied | ||||||
Diana and the GORGGanizers | 
A bevy of beauties on a Friday afternoon | 
“The Litmus Test” Astley greets Derek | ||||||
A group saunters by hoping a banquet might break out | 
The Shulman’s enjoying the GG memorabilia | 
Gaz and Alan work up Memories of Old Days | ||||||
Kerry and DVS | 
Dave, Jerry, and some newbie | 
These five are 11 for 11 now! | ||||||
Group photo during Derek’s visit [larger] | 
Group photo before banquet (José via Skype!) [larger] | 
Folks who attended both GORGGs 1 & 11! [larger] | ||||||
Jerry’s “GORGG’s Eleven” Welcome & Toast [read it] | 
Phenomenal opening act: our friends, IZZ [intro] [photos] | 
Pascal listening intently – this kid rocks! | ||||||
Eileen and Marco Catera | 
Mike Harper does an O’Reilly | 
IZZ drummer Greg DiMiceli | ||||||
IZZ vocalist Anmarie Byrnes | 
John, Brian Coralian, Tom Galgano, Anmarie | 
Ken Nestler, videographer | ||||||
Ryan and Jeanne McCarthy | 
For Nobody [larger] Rich’s sons Jamie & Corey... | 
...and Papa on guitar for this arrangement | ||||||
Malc, Gaz, JohnG, Denis | 
Mon Ami Pierre has big things ahead of him | 
A Reunion Kerry, JamieK, Paul | ||||||
Three Friends “Once three friends, sweet...” | 
“What’s this infernal racket you kids are making?!” | 
This ain’t your grandma’s GORGG Jam! | ||||||
Alan gets a turn with Kerry for company | 
The late-night comedy stylings of John Galgano | 
OK, so how many Dave’s is just too many? | ||||||
Jerry and Brems, IZZ’s superb guitarist | 
Gary Citro, back for the first time since ’99 | 
Awesome After-Party circa 3:30 A.M. [larger] |
Raffle & Silent Auction: The Norwalk Inn, Hospitality Suite
Goodies galore for raffle [larger] | 
Skip Rizzo hopes to clean up | 
The brains of the operation Anne Catera and Eileen | ||||||
David Eric Shur & Barbara daGraca | 
Richard Beaucage, 3F promoter | 
Amy & Alan Benjamin view GG photos | ||||||
David Kowalski & Lonna Buinis | 
Kerry and Debi in conversation | 
The Bowles Clan waits for the results | ||||||
And they say New Yorkers are rude! | 
A few of the 647 prizes that Eddie won | 
Sylvie and Vicky enjoy the proceedings | ||||||
Pierre and DavidK | 
Denis & Janelle: any keepers? | 
Spellbound by Dave Lederman | ||||||
Marc checks his stock portfolio | 
First-timer Bob Brinton | 
Wondering why they skipped the first 10! | ||||||
Marc settles up | 
The Raffle Auditing Team | 
Job well done, Ladies! | ||||||
Passing the Banner to Scotland 2010 | 
John Burns takes the torch Good luck, John! | 
Jerry and Jonathan at the Finish Line | ||||||
“Now, if I was in that band of yours – hypothetically...” | 
Quiet chats on the final night | 
Kerry and Jamie bringing it home |
Cross-Sound Ferry, Bridgeport, Connecticut
en route to Port Jefferson, New York
A look back ... or ahead | 
A nosh on the ferry | 
Bidding adieu ’til Edinburgh |
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