Western Guilford High School
Class of 1976

Homecoming 2006

October 20th - 21st
Friday night 7:30pm
Homecoming
 

More Information Forthcoming

Game Time: 7:30pm EDT
October 20, 2006


links to WGHS web sites:
Official school system site for WGHS

and now, to the class of 1976
30^th Year Reunion

Click on the Fighting Hornet for
the 25th year reunion pictures

Event Information - Click here !

          See some pictures from the past

Major Events of 1976

Sports

NBA: Boston Celtics vs. Phoenix Suns Score: 4 games to 2
NCAA Football: Pittsburgh Record: 12-0-0
Heisman Trophy:Tony Dorsett, pittsburgh, RB points: 2,357yds
Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadians vs.Philadelphia FlyersSeries: 4-0
Super Bowl X: Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Dallas Cowboys Score: 21-17
US Open Golf: Jerry Pate Score: 277 Course: Atlanta AC Location: Deluth, GA
World Series: Cincinnati Reds vs.New York Yankees Series: 4 games to 0

Popular Songs

 "Saturday Night" ... Bay City Rollers
 "Canvoy" ... C.W. McCall
 "I Write the Songs" ... Barry Manilow
 "Theme from 'Mahogany'" ... Diana Ross
 "Love Rollercoaster" ... Ohio Players
 "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" ... Paul Simon
 "Theme from 'S.W.A.T.'" ... Rhythm Heritage
 "Love Machine Pt. 1" ... The Miracles
 "December, 1963" ... The Four Seasons
 "Disco Lady" ... Johnnie Taylor

Popular Movies

1. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2. All the President's Men
3. The Omen
4. The Bad News Bears
5. Silent Movie
6. Midway
7. Dog Day Afternoon
8. Murder by Death
9. Jaws (reissue)
10. Blazing Saddles (reissue)

Academy Awards

Best Picture: "Rocky" Best Director: John G. Avildsen ... "Rocky"
Best Actor: Jack Nicholson ... Peter Finch ... "Network"
Best Actress: Faye Dunaway ... "Network"

Grammy Awards

Record of the Year:"This Masquerade" ... George Benson
Best Song: "I Write the Songs" ... Bruce Johnson
Best Album: "Songs in the Key of Life" ... Stevie Wonder
Male Vocalist: Paul Simon ...Stevie Wonder ... "Songs in the Key of Life"
Female Vocalist: Linda Ronstadt ... "Hasten Down the Wind"

Pulitzer Prizes
Drama: Michael Bennett, James Kirkwood, Nicholas Dante, Marvin Hamlisch & Edward Kleban ... "A Chorus Line"
Fiction: Saul Bellow ... "Humboldt's Gift"
History: Paul Horgan ... "Lamy of Santa Fe"
International Reporting: Sydney H. Schanberg ... "New York Times"
National Reporting: James Risser ... "Des Moines Register"
Public Service: "Anchorage Daily News"

Most Popular Books
Fiction:
1. "Trinity" by Leon Uris
2. "Sleeping Murder" by Agatha Christie
3. "Dolores" by Jacqueline Susann
4. "The Deep" by Peter Benchley
5. "1876" by Gore Vidal

Nonfiction
1. "The Final Days" by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
2. "Roots" by Alex Haley
3. "Your Erroneous Zones" by Dr. Wayne Dyer;
4. "Passages" by Gail Sheehy
5. "Bom Again" by Charles Colson

Most Popular Television Shows
1. Happy Days (ABC)
2. Laverne & Shirley (ABC)
3. ABC Monday Night Movie (ABC)
4. M*A*S*H (CBS)
5. Charlie's Angels (ABC)
6. The Big Event (NBC)
7. The Six Million Dollar Man (ABC)
8. ABC Sunday Night Movie (ABC)
9. Baretta (ABC)
10. One Day at a Time (CBS)

10 day forecast for Greensboro, NC

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