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Family reunion and birthday weekend for Cookie Meyers, center, featured 45 family and close friends for meals and music, and 20-plus popping in and out to share the celebration. Here, the clan gathers from seven states and beyond. The oldest member of the family-friend clan was 92 and the youngest four, for a span of 88 years -- like the piano's keys! Cookie surrenders to the "getting ready" crew as nieces Amarylla and Kira, right, fuss with make-up and a new hair do. Gifts