KRISTINE KAHLENBERG
Kris is a girl I met in 4th grade, when I first moved to Two Rivers. We had Mrs. Schmidt together.
Kris and I never had much contact with each other. Although she was friendly enough to me. To me she always had somewhat of a plain-Jane look. But what do I know?
In 7th grade, Kris and I shared every single class together. I seem to recall that she and Jason Anderson were some sort of couple for a few days. I distinctly remember the two of them playfully pushing each other around a bit, up against the curtain in Mr. Longhini's room.
At some point Kris got heavily involved in dance. I think she was also involved in some local theater productions. In fact I know she was. Because she ran into a few people in Manitowoc who asked about me, having known me before I moved to Two Rivers. If memory serves, she went away for awhile to some dance school or something - possibly in New York. I recall that when she got back at some point, she mentioned that her parents didn't want her to return to that school because a lot of the students were on drugs. I suspect that either her parents relented, or they found another school. Because after junior year, she was gone. But as far as I know, her parents were still in Two Rivers. I was actually their paperboy for awhile. They had a nice dog.
I can only assume that Kris continued on with dance, and is some sort of teacher today. She's also married, and now goes by the name of Kris Morgan. She currently lives in Tampa, Florida. The pictures below show Kris in a news article from May, 2000. In the first picture, she's in the back, teaching two students some sort of snake dance. In the second picture, she's seated on the right, watching (and judging) auditions for something.
posted by TWORIVERSWALRUS @ 7:09 AM
3 Comments:
Now THAT is how it should be! I'm a firm believer that for people like Kris (people who didn't actually graduate from the school, but spent all of their childhood in the school system) should at the very least be given an invitation to a reunion. Kris was around through her junior year. Surely most of her school memories are going to be from Two Rivers, and not from wherever it is that she actually finished.
Apparently Amy Musial was at a reunion as well, even though she finished her senior year in Manitowoc.
Roughly 165 people graduated from this class. But I'd say at least 200-210 would be worthy of an invitation to a reunion.
Terry Hug and Mike Danzy - probably not.
But Kris Kahlenberg, Amy Musial, Kevn Dehne, Scott Jaklin, Ken Bartz, Kevin Koehler, Meff, Bill Kaderabek, Doug Wall, Kurt Psnicka... - DEFINITELY!
Ok, I wouldn't lose any sleep if someone forgot to put a stamp on Kurt's.
I have addresses. Oh, do I have addresses...
Kris was one of the few kids in our neightborhood who was pleasant enough to hang around with as a kid. I remember builing snow forts with her in our backyard.
Kris went to the Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen (near Traverse City), MI. I was there for a summer camp in 88 and saw pictures of her in a brochure for the dance dept.
She became a proffessional dancer for a while, but had to stop because of a dance-related back injury. She continues to work a lot as a choreographer -- I think she lives in Orlando and choreographs the shows at Bush Gardens.
I type this info from memory. I could be a little off, but I think that's pretty close. I always liked Kris a lot. She was hip.
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