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Umf-tronic is an electronic synth pop band based in Orange County California and is comprised of AUDREI GLEESON on lead vocals and AZUSA HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI JOHN RODRIGUEZ a.k.a. JOHN CLARKE (class of 83) on keyboards and programming. We are insprired by many of the 80's bands like DEPECHE MODE, THE CURE, KRAFTWERK and THE HUMAN LEAGUE. You can see our pics and download our music for FREE at our website mp3.com/Umf_tronic. We are also planning a small club tour that hopefully will start by mid-August in Orange County and end in Hollywood. -John Rodriguez (class of 1983)

Fernando & Patricia's love story made the new paper, This article provided courtesy of San Gabriel Valley Tribune -

It was Love at first sight

By Angela Vasquez
Staff Writer

Fernando Esparza and Patricia Orona attended the same elementary and junior high schools and lived in the same East Los Angeles neighborhood as children.

Rev. Raymond Cobb, far left, conducted the Renaissance-style wedding.

They never spoke, but Fernando always had a crush on Patricia, but was too shy to lift his head to say hi. Fernando's family moved from East Los Angeles to Azusa and the two never saw each other again -- not even when both moved to West Covina as adults, living two miles apart.

Reader's Digest magazine and classmates.com made it possible for them to get together again. And the happiest part: they were married on Oct. 31.

So how did this happen?

When the Esparza family moved from East Los Angeles to Azusa, Fernando gave Patricia a parting gift: a year's subscription to Reader's Digest. Being a young boy with no money of his own, he filled out a gift card at the bottom of his mother's subscription card. He eventually admitted to his mother that he was the culprit and he got into loads of trouble.

The gift was not easy on Patricia, either.

"My brother teased me about Fernando until I started crying," she said. "I hated him for liking me. I didn't like boys at that time."

Thirty years pass. Fernando registered with classmates.com recently to get in touch with former schoolmates. Then in May, he got an e-mail from the little girl he liked in elementary school named Patricia -- and nearly fell out of his chair. Patricia said she wanted to thank him for the Reader's Digest, which she said was a precious gift. In fact, giving subscriptions to the magazine had become a family tradition. Could she, Patricia wrote, thank him in person?

Fernando wrote her a long email explaining how much he really liked her back then. But, funny thing, he could not remember what gift she was talking about. Patricia promised when they met she would show it to him.

That's when the two destined lovebirds found out that they lived only blocks from one another in West Covina. Patricia showed up at his door with a McDonald's meal and a copy of the Reader's Digest. From that moment on, the two have been inseparable.

"I looked at those eyes and smile and I knew it was her," said Esparza. "That's who I'd been missing all these years."

During their 30-year separation, Esparza joined the Air Force and eventually landed a job with the California Highway Patrol. Orena raised two children by herself; two kids who now both love Esparza.

There have been noticeable changes in Fernando Esparza's appearance since he's fallen in love. He cut his long hair short and shaves regularly. He stopped drinking sodas and eating fast food, and lost 30 pounds. He even renewed his driver's license.

As a joke, Patricia suggested to Fernando that since they were going to be in Las Vegas on Halloween to see a show, that they might as well just get married there.

But after awhile, it sounded like a great idea. Especially if they dressed up in costume for the ceremony.

The couple originally planned on getting married dressed as Frankenstein and the bride of Frankenstein. Their guests donned Halloween costumes for the wedding.

But when they went shopping for their outfits, Patricia was distracted by a Renaissance gown in the store. It was a deep purple, satin and velvet, brocade-front Renaissance gown, and Patricia knew it was exactly right as her wedding gown. A complimentary chocolate-colored velveteen outfit with pleated sleeves and knicker pants fit Fernando to a T.

"Patricia saw the dress on the mannequin and immmediately knew it was her dress," said Darlene Falzone, owner of A & A's Top Quality Costumes in Covina, and the designer of the Renaissance attire the couple chose.

"They are two people who are very much in love and spent a lifetime looking for each other," Falzone said.

"You hear about stories like this on TV or read about them in the paper," said Orona. "Our wish came true."

-- Angela Vasquez can be reached at (626) 962-8811 ext 2507 or by email at angela.vasquez@sgvn.com

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"Storm" At Mandalay Bay

Gabe is a percussionist in the show Storm at Mandalay Bay, and boy is the show Hot-Hot-Hot, a definite must see if you are going to Las Vegas. Not only is he a drummer in the band he has a drum solo up on stage in which his personality and talent stands out. A note for all you female classmates of Gabe's..... you are going to wish you dated him in High School. Please click here for Gabe's Web Site

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On the Cover of the Sun

Okay!!!!!!!!! So, I'm a little proud of my big brother! He's been
drawing long enough, he deserves this!

Tracy Mayfield-Brenner '74