If you weren’t there, you should have been.  The whole event and evening was filled with love and happiness.  Everyone in attendance (100+) enjoyed being there.  (In late September, we will post a video of the entire evening on this web page.)

If you weren’t there, it went like this; The hospitality suite opened at 4:00 on Friday night and by 8:00 it was filled with classmates.  Saturday afternoon it continued as classmates started arriving early in the afternoon and continued arriving until 6:00 when the doors opened to the ballroom.  There was a large crowd waiting to register at 5:00.

Walking into the ballroom for the first time set the tone for the evening.  It looked beautiful.  The tables had gold table cloths and scarlet napkins with a beautiful center piece made and put in place by our decorating committee.  The committee also had hung banners on the wall, which they had made especially for the evening, along with other decorations they had made and bought.  The room had 13 tables of 8 and they were all filled.

The program was outstanding.  It began with a video tribute to those classmates who have passed away.  The video is very moving featuring the deceased classmate’s senior picture (or another if not available) with Michael Jackson’s song, “Gone Too Soon” playing in the background.  (This video will be posted on this web page soon.)

Our Mystery MC turned out to be Richard Williams.  He did an masterful and fun job of reviewing the last 50 years of our lives and the crazy things our generation did.  Many of his business and charitable accomplishments were recognized in his introduction.

Vicky Zackheim was recognized for the many books and screen plays she has written.  Ray Holt was recognized for inventing the first micro processor in the world and his life-time work with kids around the world.  Sharon Hays sang two beautiful songs from Broadway Musicals.  What talent she has.  All took time to make comments of their lives.

We were supposed to be out of the ballroom by midnight but at 2:30 the catering staff asked the remaining group to move out to the lobby.  The breakfast area was filled with classmates on Sunday morning.

We plan on continuing to keep this web page in place going forward.  We ask that if you have any, please send your reunion pictures to Ray Holt for posting.  We will be posting the videos we have on this page, and when the edited version of the 50th is ready at the end of September, it will also be posted.

Thanks again to everyone who worked to make this reunion one of our best ever and to everyone who came.

Bob Thornton
Chairman