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' lane included a set of lockers back and say ‘Hello' and tell “it's amazing all the peo- Br'ngs You right across front the main you what they're doing," he ple who wanted to be a part office collecting memorabil- said. “it's really interesting to ofthis." said Steckenreiter. _ » ia from each of the past five hear about all that." More imprinant that celee KRO E R decades. You could stare There were also former brating the past was the legaâ€" through the Plextglas's door alumni who wouldn't have t'y that the alumni were tryv L" e. of the 1970s exhibit and see missed the weekend no mai- mg to leave with the school fin» , ’ the bad haircuts and even ter where they were in the â€" a $500,000 commitment funnier fashions world, That was especially to refurbish the school’s Travel up a floor and the true of David Steckenreiter. a famed auditorium that is still formers student could see 1971 grad, who now calls home to events like the DESlG N You R OWN SOFA other relics of their school (Ihile home and splits his Perimeter lnstituie's popular . day time between South America public lecture series, - 7 dlfferent arms Made in [none ofthose rooms was and Germany "This auditorium has C nada chemistry teacher Don Hair An international mllslt' been the focal point of 4 dfi: [b' k a etirrais. awe] grad from 197] composer and promoter. he Waterloo really, it's been a ' l ere“ dC 5 with He entertauied sortie of helped organi/e most of the cultural centre," he said. “if _ ~ 4 _ , . the next generation oi musit for the weekend's TOY we don't make it this weekâ€" - literally 100 S ()l configurations ush- \'ikitigs wandering the halls. tiyities including bringing end this will he ongoing until getting the kids to share a hack six bands that‘were the we can. 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