UPDATED DATES FOR 25th Reunion... August 6th, 7th and 8th, 2010.
Planning a reunion is a lot of work. Even more so if you don't have Linda Partsafas-Guches at the helm, steering the ship a year in advance! (Thanks Linda... I know it's a labor of love.)
Meeting at Porter's in Medford yesterday it was fun to see Linda, Paige and Shannan again. We've all kept in touch via email, but time has blown by since we last hung out together while planning the 20th reunion so the first order of business was to play 'catch up' on our lives. About an hour into it, we decided to talk 'dates'. After referring to our handy electronic devices (Ipod Touch... never leave home without it...) we decided that the best dates for next year's reunion would tentatively be July 9th, 10th and 11th. Going with that, we'll be checking some venues and costs, bringing that info to the meeting next month.
Because of the current economic climate that has a lot of folks without jobs or struggling financially, we want to try and provide a fun, but cost conscious reunion for you. The current ideas are as follows:
Friday Night (9th) - a casual meeting place (perhaps in Jacksonville), with a bar and space to wander and chat, with no loud music to try and shout over.
Saturday (10th) - a softball game at the high school, lunch, class photo and more socializing. Have transportation available for those who are going to go over to Grants Pass and take the Hellgate Jetboat Excursion dinner cruise, to bring them safely back to Medford where they can attend another casual 'bar' gathering if they desire.
Sunday (11th) - there's a question mark on this one. Some think 2 days are enough and not planning anything leaves a travel day for some, or a day to get together for brunch or something similar with close friends. OR another picnic at Holmes Park, as was done during the 20th reunion.
As you can see the planning is focused on casual fun this time around. If you have thoughts or input, please let us know via email or on Facebook. I will be a Classmates.com gold member again soon, so I'll be posting there too, but for now this blog, our email and FB are the easiest ways for us to hear what you think and/or for you to get a hold of us.
Have a Happy 4th of July and we'll look forward to sharing more with you about the reunion in the coming months.
