The events will be held this fall in early October in, where else, Weedsport... ALL 3 days/nights. Now my memory is failing a bit but I was sure we graduated from Moravia. I am 2 years this class's junior but I hung around with many of these guys and gals would love to see some of them. If only I could know who will be attending and who won't be able to make the trip. I know, this isn't my reunion and albeit a moot point. Lee did show up at the last one for a drink or two and therefore made it on the good list and into the newsy newsletter. There was no mention of his bitchy wife who chose not to tag along as she had closets to clean....BTW, this reunion was held in Cortland as the planners must have then thought the class of '68 graduated from there!!
I still think that Groton Alumni Association has the market on smart planning. They hold a reunion yearly with certain years being recognized each year. This gives all classes a chance to visit with old friends and new. Certainly in our small schools, we didn't just cavort with the members of our class...cheerleaders hung with cheerleaders (after all, that's the only sport we could enjoy), athletes hung with athletes, nerds with nerds and so on...This just makes so much sense as planning a reunion is time attentive, expensive and thankless...(obviously....listen to me whine!)
We've had a few reunions over the past 4 decades. Our 20th still takes top honors and will be remembered ( till we can no longer remember) as the best to date. We truly enjoyed everyone's company, we were skinnier (ok I was), we drank, we got down ( that was back when we could also get back up) and we stayed out past midnight, The 40th was a bit more mellow and the music was turned down a notch. The skinny were heavier, the taller were shorter and the smarter, well they were still pretty smart....and successful. We noticed our "In Memoriam" section was growing and that made us sad but we celebrated them and our great memories. We're not sure whatever happened to the notion that we'd take a big cruise for our 40th.... I guess we sort of ..did.. We cruised around town and through the school.
Thankfully Face Book has made keeping in touch easier and more accessible. We can share updates, memories and pictures every day instead of waiting for 5 and 10 year intervals. Everyone is much more amenable as we all have aches and pains, losses and joys and things we like to share. 40 years later, we're all on a level playing field...right where we always should have been. As they say, if we knew then what we know now.................
Even Pinterest has hints to make your reunions an event to look forward to rather than a hassle to avoid.
http://pinterest.com/reunionsmag/class-reunions/
October 4th is on the calendar and I'm happy to share the night and the memories... After all who knows what 2014 will bring or even if.......................................................(you fill in the blank)
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