OK, we've been hearing a lot of buzz through the grapevine and we are trying to nail down dates and plans. Mostly we need to find people. If you are on the "Lost" list, or know anyone else on there, please let us know at: academyhs@gmail.com or respond to this post.
I was thinking that instead of a picnic on the beach, we could rent a covered pavilion at Waldameer and get group rates for rides. It solves the problem of who is bringing/preparing food, and what to do. If we open this up to AHS classes of 1987, 88 and 89 (or more) it will be more fun to see everyone and a side benefit is a greater park admission discount. Waldameer could cater the food and it would be easier to collect money and we wouldn't need to set-up/clean-up afterwards. Admission is free to the park, so if you just wanted to visit at the pavilion and leave, you could.
Here is the website http://www.waldameer.com/Group.html
For the Adults dinner, anybody been on this? http://www.victorianprincess.com/
Also, is there any interest in touring the school? It will be summer, anyone have any contacts at the NW PA Collegiate Academy?
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
20th Reunion Update
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I like the idea of having the classes of '87 and '89 to the Waldermeer picnick! Our class really had a significant # of friends in those other classes. But This will be OUR 20th and so it should be just '88 for the dinner/dance party.
I like July but after the 4th.
How 'bout:
July 11th for Friday night gathering (casual). I could look into having it a club (cheaper bevs!), this could be catered as well, if you'd like.
The 12th for the picnick during the afternoon and then the evening dinner/dance party that Saturday night.
If some like and are able, have a brunch on Sunday the 13th (doesn't have to be anywhere real nice like Puffer Belly, could be Perkins or Eat N Park or something like that).
The following weekends work for me too! I'm flexible!
As for the Victorian Princess, Would that be big enough to fit us all (assuming we get the turnout we'd like and hope for)? And what do we cruise? The bay? Not quite the Caribbean. I'm not totally opposed to the idea, though.
There's my input so far.
You all have a great day/night! Any one who would like to get a hold of a brotha, can. My info is below!
PEACE!
Robert R. Heck
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Erie, PA 16510
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(C)814-881-0817
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I agree with the dinner/dance party only Class of 88. The dinner cruise holds 120 people so depending on interest (and comparing to the 15 yr turnout), it should be big enough. Yeah, it's not the Caribbean, but not bad for Erie, PA.
And as for dates, I tend to agree with you, after the 4th. People will have stuff planned w/ their families, so there would most probably be conflicts. I was thinking the 11th for the cruise and the 12th for Waldameer. Waldameer opens at 11:00am and rides close at 10:00pm, so if anyone has kids like mine, they will want to stay 'til it closes. If we did the cruise the same night, they board @ 6:45 pm, which means leaving the park and changing clothes etc. at 6:00pm.
I think the cruise idea is a wonderful way for all of us to reunite after years and years of life. July would be a good time of year. I look forwrad to seeing all of you, and I really hope we can have a great turn out. Be Blessed. My contact info is Louis Gavin 512.663.9519 gavinstlouis@msn.com
Hi everyone! This is Tammy Salinas, I didn't know that I was lost until I read this blog! I currently live and work in Texas, and I am looking forward to attending our high school reunion. Hard to believe it's been 20 years!
Hi Tammy, good to hear from you! Can you please e-mail your contact info to academyhs@gmail.com? You're still "Lost" until we can get a hold of you!
Thanks,
Will
HI!! Just heard today I was lost. so curiousity got the better of me and here I am. I think it is a nice thing you are trying to do but if you humor me here, this has bugged me and makes me giggle now. I was not sent an invitation to the 5 year so I crashed it. I thought it humorous the "warm" welcome I received.I was told noone knew where I was living and at the time 2 of the girls i hung w/during school stood right next to me w/their invites in hand. 10 and 15 came and went.No invites. I've never left Erie and except for the last year I have been in the phone book. So I guess I am saying "thanx" for trying to include the "lost" but from the photos its the same crew it was in hs. I give u credit Will, I wouldnt have the chutzpah to try and do this. take care
I appreciate your comments. I'm sorry you didn't get invites for the last reunions; I didn't for the 5 or 10 either. I heard about the 15th through the grapevine when I was back in Erie for my mother's funeral (I haven’t lived in Erie since 1991).
I don't think it was a conscious thing that you were excluded. It’s a lot of work to find people after all this time. This whole reunion thing kind of fell in my lap so I ran with it. I started with a somewhat complete spreadsheet of names and a few addresses that previous organizers gave me. There were notes of last known addresses and invites that were sent, accepted, or returned to sender.
One of the drawbacks to living two time zones away is not having access to people when you would like, therefore, e-mailing is more time and cost effective for me. I started e-mailing the few people I had e-mail addresses from, they e-mailed people they knew, and it snowballed from there. My next step is searching on the online phone books.
I don’t want to turn this into a gripe session, so I’ll leave it at this. I have no way of knowing who left the comment. I am receiving contact info daily of people who were “Lost”. I sincerely hope you reconsider and join the fun. I’m not purposefully trying to be exclusionary; I just realistically don’t have the time I need to try to find everyone, but I’m doing my best. ANY volunteers would be a huge help.
My wife asked me the other night why I’m doing this. I honestly couldn’t give her a good reason; I really haven’t kept in touch with but a handful of people. Twenty years has been a good time to allow us to mature and mellow, and I look forward to all of us catching up with people we grew up with. I know, it sounds cheesy, but life’s short, and none of us are getting any younger.
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