Dorothy Lerner's Page

Dear Dorothy: I was sad to learn that this website will be closing down soon. It's funny--I rarely use it, as you realize,  but now that it is ending, I feel really sad. I wonder if our classmates might want  to share email addresses as a group, so that we can maintain contact, even if only in our dreams. Should we encourage people to do this? What do you think?

Bonnie

my email address is bsk1@cumc.columbia.edu

Wow, so nice to hear from you. I'd love to speak with you. Please call me at 856-234-3969....if u feel like it.
In many ways it feels like yesterday; is it me or do you agree we were much more mature than the kids today. Seems we've both have had colorful and interesting lives & since the advent of the blow dryer my hair is long and straight (thank God.)
Engaged twice, I never married but I did very well in business, BFD. Let's connect, okay?
xo

Hi Dorothy,
I doubt it if you'll remember me. I was Ricki then, a nickname my father gave me. When I finished high school it was time to drop Ricki and use my given name...hence Rebecca.
I too admired you, your voice and the way you carried yourself. We were kids but very mature compared to the kids today.
I became a first time mom at age 49 when I adopted a newborn, Zachary who is now 17, I've had a colorful career, landed in I.T. without a Master's Degree and owned a computer consulting firm.
When I think of those early days I'm reminded how simple and easy life was. My heart breaks for my son and his generation. We may have ducked under our desks (which was scary enough,) but this generation must live with terrorism and nightly news that is often horrific.
Well, time for me to shut up. It would be wonderful to hear back from you. At the very least would you tell me the name of your album...I'd love to buy it and hear your beautiful, powerful voice again. Be well and keep singing!!
Ricki.....

HI Dorothy - I remember your name. I also went to Parsons and then to Jamaica - and Queens College. Where did you live? I lived on 78th Road and Main Street. Have an older sister Betsy. My email address is shametro@aol.com. It's easier to communicate.

Regards Sharon Nash Eisenberg

Hi Dorothy,
I remember you with your black hair, beautiful voice and smile, and amazing stage presence. I had Mrs. Bromberg in the 5th grade and remember her playing, "The Flower Drum Song" on the record player as we did our work.
I was a in the Glee Club and had solos, but no starring roles. I don't know if you remember me. I was a quiet little girl. I now deliver training workshops, so I've overcome my shyness!
I'm married for 41 years, have 2 sons--38 and 35, and 3 grandsons.

I'd love to reconnect with some of our fellow classmates.

Thank you for your sweet remarks.
If there is a way that you could post the photos from the "King and I" (or "My Fair Lady") productions on this website, I would love to see them. Great nostalgia there. (And laughs, too, I'm sure.)
Keep singing, Dottie

"The Child is father of the Man;
And I could wish my days to be
Bound each to each by natural piety".
Wordsworth ~~ Recollections of early Childhood.

Dear Dottie,
When my sister Barbara recently located the "P.S.164 Facebook" site, I was flabbergasted to read up on my old chums' remarkable histories. I'm not real surprised that so many have done so well since I thought we were a pretty bright group, all in all. Or perhaps they put something in the water fountains. . .
We were in kindergarten together and in the 5th. & 6th. grade Glee Club. I could kind of carry a tune, so Mrs. Bromberg put me in the chorus where I wouldn't do much damage. But your star gleamed even then and I was amazed at the power & control of your voice, at such a young age. It seemed effortless. I'd love to hear that album you produced way back when...
And I remember you as friendly with an open smile & since I was a pretty shy kid, I admired that.
I was the one to tell Gil Gross about the site. We reconnected recently, had a wonderful time reminiscing last month (your name came up among many others.) It's easy to give him high marks; he's a talented & gracious guy. And VERY funny.
I'm very close to my twin Barbara & I do think, when next you come to our coast, we should have a mini- reunion.
Bonnie

Dottie...Thank you for your kind words. I wasn't always the happiest kid back then and your words were sweet to hear even all these years later. I'm not sure which class it was or whether it was just the fact that 164 was a small school and pretty much all knew one another in some way or another. My teachers were 1: Mrs. Simon 2: The Miss Schmidt who later married 3: Mrs Bromberg 4: Klein 5: Bromberg again and 6th Reppa but we even could have known one another from Ballad for Americans [remember when we all took part in that?]. Whatever it was I remember you too. There were some who you could tell through their eyes, Sue Ford was another, Bonnie & Barbara....who just "saw" more as they looked about. It's funny what stays with you. I too have one son and he is also, for whatever accomplishments I've had, what I will grace the world with upon my departure. He has a gracious heart and a noble soul. Isn't it odd the least "unique" thing we may do on this earth, raising a child, may turn out to be the thing we most hope to be remembered for. If life ever brings you out this way again please get in touch. I've reunited with the Lucas sisters who I also did not know that well at PS164. They both live here. Belle Simon and I stayed in touch until she passed away just a couple of years ago. There''s a part of us that has taken the years within the walls of 164 with us. It's nice to be able to again share that with someone.
Gil

Dorothy. Hi. You probably don't remember me, but for whatever reason I remember you well. Some years back I was at King Karol, the record store on 42nd street, and I saw an album by Dorothy Lerner and the cover looked like you. For some reason I didn't get it that day and though I've regretted that and wondered if it was you, when I've looked on line I've never seen it again. I take it from your bio that WAS you and now I regret not getting it all the more. I hope this finds you happy and I still haven't given up hope of tracking down that album.
Gil Gross