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Live Blog: Narragansett High School Graduation

We're live from the Ryan Center, the site of tonight's graduation ceremony.

10:55 p.m. – Post-grad Twitter fun:

  • Jack Salomone: congratss @ seniors!
  • Katie Farley: Good job Graduating Brendan sorry I couldn’t be there
  • Chris Salomone: I'd like to thank @Wale again for the graduation gift of retweeting me
  • Devin Vietri: Officiallyyy a college girlllllll;)
  • Sonny Brunette, sophomore: This senior class will never be forgotten! You all have became my friend and I'm going to miss every single one of you #sad
  • Sean Wright: sorry class of 2011, congrats and all, but June 16th, 2011 will be known as the day baron davis tweeted at me #muchbiggerdeal
  • Cassie Couture: Forver younnng,,I wannna be foreverr young
  • Marciano Brunette: I just graduated! Holt shit
  • Christian Ranney: Done. So surreal
  • Cassie Couture: GraduuattttttedddD :)
  • Alicia Perry: Now to go home and study #greatt
  • Alicia Perry: SO proud of all the graduating seniors! #congradulations!
  • Lucy Tillman: Sooooooo excited
  • Brendan Kenny: Just got a hug from mrs. P :)

We are actually signing off for now. Tomorrow, Brooke will have a graduation story for about 6 a.m., followed by a photo gallery from Sarah. If you’d like to be e-mailed when those stories are published, click the follow-up link at the bottom of the page.

Also, a special thanks to Kristina Barbone's uncle, for helping one of our reporters get a jump for her car in the parking lot.

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7:55 p.m. – And we’re now finished up, about five minutes before eight. The graduates are in the lobby of the Ryan Center, soon to be joined by family and friends.

We’re going to sign off for now – We’ll be back with more video tonight, and a full story and photo gallery tomorrow morning. Click the follow-up link at the bottom of this story to receive e-mail updates!

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7:25 p.m. – Even as they’re sitting in the crowds, seniors from the class of 2011 and others are chiming in on the ceremony, via Twitter. In reverse chronological (newest to oldest) order:

  • Chris Salomone: That's it? A piece of paper and we're done?
  • Brendan Kenny: Thank god I have an iPhone for this graduation
  • Katharine Lord: #graduationtweets makin me laugh
  • Marciano Brunette, on teacher Stephen Costello of the English Department: That was the best speech ever he just blew me away with that speech
  • Chris Salomone: My family is sooo immature and I love em for that trait
  • Chris Salomone: Am I the only one tweeting?
  • Mark Sahagian: Tweeting holllla
  • Chris Salomone: And here comes the eight hour speech…
  • Marciano Brunette: Shout out to everyone to come support me thank you!
  • Mike Herchen, underclassmen: Is @GansettPatch in the building? (Absolutely!)
  • Marciano Brunette: this is mad funn...can we get through this though I'm just tyin to hand mr.smith my tin
  • Katharine Lord, SK student: Congratulations Narragansett Class of '11
  • Chris Salomone: Sitting here about to graduate...whaaattttt

6:45 p.m. - Hi there folks! We're here live from the graduation of Narragansett High School. Throughout the night, we'll be adding photos and video of the ceremony, along with a full story for 6 a.m. tomorrow.

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