"Now and Forever"
Reunion 2003 is Finally Ready to
Go!
Sharon, Janet and Janie prepare
the "Goody Bags" for our 30th.
July 22, 2003
"Now and Forever"
Reunion 2003 is Finally Ready to
Go!
Sharon, Janet and Janie prepare
the "Goody Bags" for our 30th.
July 22, 2003
So everything is in place and all we need is...............you. It's been our pleasure to be able to plan this momentous occasion for our many wonderful friends, and we look forward to seeing you in just a few days.
Final Event Numbers
Friday Night Tailgate Party at SBHS....41
SB Park Fun Run/Walk and Bagel Nosh....39
"The Manglin' @ Franklin"....37
including spectators
(if you have folding chairs bring them....no
bleachers)
Reunion Gala....115/85 Classmates
Sunday Morning Farewell Brunch...58
The
Dinner menu for Saturday evening will include:
International
Cheese display with Assorted Breads and Crackers
Stuffed
Shells
Chicken
Francaise, Sliced Sirloin of Beef with Mushrooms
Roasted
Potatoes
Chef
Choice Vegetable
Personalized
Sheet Cake
Fresh
Brewed Regular and Decaffeinated Coffee & Selection of Herbal Teas
Open
Bar 7-11
The
Sunday Morning Brunch Menu will include:
(Buffet
will be served from 9-11am)
Chilled
Fruit Juice
Dry
Cereals
Farm
Fresh Scrambled Eggs
Golden
Brown French Toast with Whipped Butter and Warm Maple Syrup
Crisp
Bacon Strips
Skillet
Browned Potatoes
Assorted
Danish and Muffins
Creamy
Butter and Fruit Preserves
Freshly
Brewed Regular & Decaffeinated Coffee
with
a Selection of Specialty Teas
Our meeting with the Holiday Inn today finalized our numbers.
Those of you who contacted us
to say that "the check is in the mail" were included in our count.
Those of you who were unable to contact us may still be able to share the
evening with us through the Internet. The hotel will be able to provide
a phone line for our webcast that evening. We will now be trying
on our end to get that in place. So eventhough we won't be able to see
you, you can still be a part of the evening's festivities.
Your inclusion in our Memory
Book is still possible though. So please return those forms to use
right away. We already have the main book printed, but will be including
an addendum for additional classmates.
If you know of anyone who would
still like to attend, but who may be dragging their feet, tell them to
contact the Committee at alumni@falcons73.com so that we can include them
in the #'s eventhough we may still not have their commitment money.
This is looking like the best reunion we've had so far, and we'd like as
many of our friends to be able to share is this once in a lifetiime experience.
September 3rd
The Committee made it official as we visited
the Holiday Inn to finalize plans for our Sunday Morning Brunch!
You could alomost smell the bacon cookin'! Our "special" room will
be open from 9-12AM with breakfast being served from 9:30-11:30.
We were able to get the "Observatory" again for this affair! Alumni
will be able to look out over SB and the surrounding areas on hopefully,
a bright sunny Sunday morning. What a great way to say Good-by....
August 15th
The Official SB 73 Reunion Committee bank account
was opened today! We're ready to take your cash, and pay for all
the great stuff we have planned!! Sharon Manzo has been named Secretary,
Janie Brett will be the Treasurer, which is good because Janet had a hard
time figuring out the tip on the dinner check, and Janet Wagner will be
"The Person that does everything else that needs to be done." The
Official Reunion Logo was unveiled, and discussions about everything from
the music to the photographer to Memory Books, price, Pins, and t-shirts
were lively and enthusiastic.
August 2nd
Our first mailing hit the post
office!!
Here are some additional tips
for processing it all.
Just
Click the Inn
Road Trip #2
Friday, June 28th
Saddle Brook Holiday Inn
With checkbook in hand, I went to
make it a definite date! They were able to throw out those fancy
reunion people, and give us the date we wanted. Hopefully, it will
make life alot easier for you Southerners, Mid-westerners, and Californians-with-
weddings to go to. So come home to Jersey and make memories with all of
us!
So,
AUGUST 2ND, 2003
IT IS!!!
Mark those
calendars!!!
and include
the entire weekend.
Alotta
surprises to come.
Look for
a mailing in July!
What a pleasant surprise this was!!!
Janet, Sharon, and Janie hit the roads and set
off great distances to visit one of our local catering establishments.
The Holiday Inn
has gone through extensive remodelling and was very impressive right from
the start. When Kathleen, our hostess for the afternoon, brought us up
to the Observatory Room, all of us stood there with our mouths hanging
open...
what a great
view of SB and the surrounding areas!
This could be the ideal spot for our celebration. The price is right,
and they are willing to give us the 9th of August, and are working on throwing
out one of those ReunionConsultants on the 2nd. So more information will
be forthcoming.
We are planning a mailing to go out sometime
in July that will give you definite dates and times, as far as we've planned,
as well as a questionaire for you to fill out. Please return those
to us as soon as possible
Holiday
Inn Website
on-line reservation information
Wait until you get word from us on reduced rates!
And I don't mean "senior citizen"!
Meeting 1
Tuesday, April 30th
Panera Bread, Route 17, Ramsey
On an evening when the sky looked like the
beginning of the Wizard of Oz, the initial meeting of the Reunion Committee
came to order. Present and accounted for were: Chairman
Janet Toepert- Wagner, Debbie Policastro-Shafer, dave and Sharon
Manzo, and Jane Gorga-Brett. Missing-in-action,
but not forgotten were Norm Holzberg, and Bill Devine, who promise to make
it to our June mtg. After ordering coffee, Janet outlined some of
the ideas she had in regard to our Reunion Weekend, which our class has
asked to be held during the beginning weeks of August. Two places
that we will look into are the SB Marriott, and the new SB Radisson.
Here's a quick list of what we touched on:
JA weekend bash starting with an "early bird " Thursday night get-together for those of us who just can't wait to get started. Probably to be held in the suite of the Reunion Chairwoman right at the hotel.
JFriday night "Coffee Tour" of SBHS with a cafeteria get-together of coffee and cake.
JSaturday morning "Howie Schumann" Fun Run/Walk at SB County Park with Bagels and juica for all participants, and possibly a commmemorative tee shirt.
JSaturday Noon Hour Game O' Hoops at Franklin School to re-enact the historical 5th St.-Long School rivalry. Graduates of Cambridge, St. Phillips, and Washington School would cordially be invited to play as well, since at 48, you can never have enough help.
JPre-Reunion Dinner get-together of 73 Alumni Chorus.....to possibly "rehearse" before their evening performance. We'd like to include some entertainment during the evening... singing, video presentation, webcast out to those who can't make it to the festivities, as well as the usual and unusual awards that are given out at a reunion. Group photo of the entire class as well as candid shots and small group pics of ie; football team, rah-rahs, band, etc.
JSaturday night, an evening of friendship and "catching-up" at a 5 hour cocktail hour of hot and cold hors d'ourves and viennese table. Music to be served up by a disc jockey playing Seventies music that you can personally request.
JSunday
morning brunch at the SB Marriott for one last good bye.
"Somehow I'd expected
My classmates to stay
As young as they were
On that long-ago day
We'd hugged farewell hugs
But like me, through the years,
They added gray to their hair,
Or pounds to their rears.
But as we shared a few memories
And retold some class jokes,
We were 18 in spirit,
Though we looked like our folks.
We turned up the music
And dimmed down the light,
Rolled back 30 years,
And were young for the night."
courtesy of John Yelavich (
'66)