Class Reunions - The good, the bad, the dateless

Well, next summer is my XX Class Reunion. I've never missed one yet, and I'm usually the one who puts ours together for 267 people. However, last year I resigned. There was just too much going on in my life work-wise.

Now I have to start thinking about this one coming up. I dread it in a way. I love my class, don't get me wrong. I adore them. Almost every single one....and OUR reunion is the one everybody in town tries to crash because we have so much fun. We have tons of food, drinks (alcoholic and otherwise), provide driving services for those who would test the limits, ALWAYS dance till 4 or 5 next morning, and we never slow down...it last for three days, and is held at the same hotel every year, and it is just fun, fun, fun.

Anybody else got a reunion coming up?

Do you go dateless? Or does hubby go?

Do you have fun?

I'm thinking I might want to take a date. Wish now I hadn't scared off my last beaus...mahahahahaha, ahem, cough, spurt, haha, teehee....

Anybody got a brother?

What's your reunion story?

My last reunion was the most fun ever! We began on Friday night at a restaurant with drinks, dinner and the hugs and laughter. The next morning we went to the "old" highschool for brunch and a memory tour. This was soooo nice! We were treated to a wonderful catered brunch right in our old cafeteria. All around the room were memories of our time in school. There was even a SHORT velvet skirt with gold rings in it. It's so weird...because the moment everyone saw it we remembered it and who was in it! We toured the school and laughed and reminisced at certain labs and classrooms, telling all those old horror stories. Thank God we did that then because since that event they've remodeled entirely, added on and I don't even KNOW the place when I've had occasion to drive by. That night we had the semi-formal dinner, dance and drinks until all hours. (Anyway, is was mahhh-velous. I felt like I went back in time. And to see my sweet friends again was too much fun!) I watched several dance on the tables by 1 a.m. I was a pastor's wife then and couldn't do that...or even have a glass of wine. But...when it happens again...watch out! A new girl is going back !!!

I've never been to a class reunion. I read this because the title made me laugh - the dateless part.

At ours, the DJ asked us to please go home...we just laughed and told him to keep um coming...

I've never been to one of mine, they've all been held outside of Chicago. This year for the 40th the guy who is organizing says they're thinking of having a small reunion for the west coast folks who never make the Chicago gigs. Maybe in Vegas 2008 but no concrete plans yet.

If I go, I'll leave Whozzis at home. He has a knack for ruining pretty much everything.

Meredith, wouldn't it be cool if they held yours at the same time Dotsie had us all in Vegas? You could kill two burds...with one party!

actually I'd rather have them separate so I could be at the Boomer Gal Bash 100%. Although if they were consecutive, I'd only have to drive out there once.

The last one I attended was the 20th. You have to wait 20 years because at 10, nobody has changed that much.

I skipped out on the last two because I was sick of traveling. Plus, they decided to have four years together and I want to see my ex husband? No!

A lot of my classmates have died. This is what happens as you get older. Now, that we're moving back home and if they have another one, I'll probably go. Maybe not. Depends on how I feel at that given moment. But, I know as I look at people and think how old they seem, they are going to be thinking the same thing about me!

I went to mine ..it was for whole high school..just 2 yrs. after I finished there. I was the yearbook editor that devoted the whole edition of the yearbook during my term, on the history of the high school, start year....that's how everyone got to know its 125th birthday was approaching.

I have finished my deepest bow.
Actually after school, I was up in the school's attic ....yes it is an old building and discovered all these cool old photos of school dances from the 1920's, etc., during all the war years WWI & WWII. So I used those photos for yearbook's layout pages.

Fast forward there has been a 2nd reunion just last year. For 150th birthday reunion for high school. The whole city got into it...for 3,000 alumni.

Really I wasn't going to spend flight costs to travel 4,300 kms. to see people I no longer keep in touch ..except for 1 person. But photos of some folks...just well, surprising.

need to update my thinking here...

I think this one is going to be even more fun because so many of my class have retired and now they can participate where before, work may have kept them away.

I'm thinking I might even take a date this time...if I can hire one. LOL!

jawjaw, sounds like your class has the best reunions around.
I'm not surprised.

I was on the committee for mine last year, but ended up not going at the last minute because my knee surgery was the week before the reunion. Poor planning, but nothing I really had control over.

I went to an all girl high school. We only get about 35 people to attend so it's no great affair. The last one was held at the school. Sounds boring, huh?