The SOC HOP stories

Brenda Clarke was coming to The SOC HOP with my cousin, Linda Bowers, when they were both in the eighth grade. Linda's dad, Ed, was my father's partner in the dance hall. Brenda said it had been a long time since she had done the West Coast with her brother, Rod, who was one of my classmates. He an Brenda were two of the first SOC HOP patrons and also among the most faithful, who attended almost weekly for the duration of the SOC HOPs life. It was good to see them on the dance floor again at the Surprise Reprise on Dec. 8th, 2006.