Donna Loewen
Dubuque, IA
The songs of Bread painted Donna Loewen’s growing up. She was preparing for her senior Homecoming in the fall of 1972 at Dubuque Hempstead. She was nominated for queen and had purchased a purple gown at Seiferts. It was a classic number, one that she still has today, having used it for a costume during her days as a classroom teacher. She admired a senior named Greg and a mutual friend nudged Greg into escorting Donna to the dance where she was crowned queen. Their coming together included one kiss but it was just for that night.
The songs by Bread, Baby I’m a Want You, Everything I Own, all take her back to that time of unreturned affection.
Later during a summer visit home, Greg called Donna to come over for a barbecue. She arrived to meet his new girlfriend. She was happy for him.
Much later in mid-life, he contacted her to meet, only to reveal he was gravely ill from cancer and passed away just weeks after. He asked for a kiss at that meeting.
Donna also remembers Helen Reddy and the songs that defined the decade of women’s liberation and she can sing it yet today.
70s Tunes Take Us Back 
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