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What a truly memorable evening at this year's Button South Class Reunion!! Always great to come together with old friends we don't get to see often enough. It will certainly be a night to remain in the memory bank for years to come!

(A post from event coordinator Michael Mark)*

The utmost of THANKS goes out to my partner in crime , John Loftus, for pretty much putting this entire event together!! This, and past reunions, would certainly not have gone as "smoothly" as they have without your dedication to keeping the spirit of The Button South alive. You're a friend and Brother J.L. .. Love ya man! And, of course, much love to original event creator and Button South hostess with the mostest, Darlene Delano.

An incredibly big THANK YOU to all the musicians who took part in the Encore event, including but not limited to .. Paula Mattioli, Scotty Migone, Kenny Wendland and Joe A. Ojeda of Gypsy Queen .. Mark Allen, Howi Hughes and Brad Izor of Race, along with Russ Hasty and Kenny Hasty of Canaveral, who came together for an awesome set of 'CRASH' .. Dirk Gilbert, Larry Schlossberg, Sean White and Frank Hill of MOTOR for kickin' off the evening in grand fashion .. To Jimi Robinette (Heartless), Pedro Riera (Gypsy Queen), Randy LaPierre (Farrcry), Bryan Veith, Rick Fasano, Howard Goldberg, Randy Ridenour, Scott Opiela and the entire Gypsy Queen band for entertaining us in an awesome all-star jam to wrap up the night .. and big love to my co-host and guest vocalist for the night, Bill Murphy, and to Steve Stansell for joining us to introduce some of the old-school crew in the house! Additionally, huge gracias goes out to the great folks at Markee Music for their help in providing the backline and rehearsal space, and to Greg Holbrook for lightin' up the sound!

Continued THANKS to the management and staff at Galuppi's for hosting the event and keeping things running smoothly, and to our friends and photographers Michael Key and Rob Concierge for capturing the evening's events and their help in promoting it!

Most importantly, THANK YOU to everyone who came out to show their support for the memories and music of the ol' Button South!

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*Michael Mark is better known to the Button South community as "Madman Mike" from the 97GTR FM Rock 'N' Roll Animals, also a DJ and light man at The Button South and the one time manager of the band Race. He has been a host and organizer of The Button South Class Reunion events since 2011. #rockfamily4life