“This was me in Grade 9, Baby” is an oft-repeated line in a song by the Barenaked Ladies.

Well, these two photos are also me (and others) in Grade 9, baby.

Thanks to Diane (Webster) Kennedy who found them in a photo album. Apparently, she and I were king and queen of the Grade 9 prom. I don’t remember that title, or indeed the rest of the evening, but here’s the photographic proof.

One of my kids commented that we all look like we stepped off the set of Mad Men. I guess that’s true.

The second photo was taken the same evening before the dance, with me, Craig Stanfield, and Peter Cox.

Grade 9, baby.