Event Ideas

On the way home from work last night, I had a few ideas of some little things that we could do during the "formal" reunion.

• Display the talents of our class. Many of us have developed new talents or honed those we started in High School. We could display art, have people perform songs, play videos of performances from plays, etc.
  
• Have a photo montage that compares us then and now. I really like this idea, if we can get it to work. I'm envisioning a montage that has random shots from "back in the day" playing throughout the reunion as we are socializing, eating and whatnot. This could be a special presentation that specifically compares then and now. That way, we get to see everyone's family shots as well.
  
• Give awards. Cheesy, I know. Maybe we could stay away from "Most Successful" (is anyone the CEO of a Fortune 500 anyway?) and stick with funny awards. Maybe "Where Has My Hair Gone?" for the guy with the biggest bald spot :-), "I Traveled the Farthest", "Most Kids", etc.
  
• Photographer. At my mom's ten year reunion, they had photos made of all the attendees. They were your typical "Olan Mills" type shots. I suggest that we try to hire someone to take candid photos (like they did at Frat parties in college...will have to remember the name of that company)

So...there are my ideas so far. Input would be appreciated!

Ideas - Activities

Let's discuss possible fun activities for the night/day/weekend. (then I will be done with posting for today probably never to do it again )

I've discussed this with some other folks, and we all seem to agree that a daytime activity coupled with a more formal "reunion" would be fun. My idea was a giant potluck picnic because I'm always thinking about food :-).

Other ideas?

Ideas - Length

Okay...

Should reunion activities take up an entire weekend? One full Saturday? Only Saturday evening?
What are your thoughts?

I've thought that in order to make it worthwhile for everyone traveling, it should at least last one day. If we wanted to carry it over, we could perhaps have a local church as the "place of worship" for that Sunday. Any other ideas?

Conference Call - August 4th

Here's the information for the scheduled conference call on Tuesday, August 4th.
Conference call on August 4th at 9:05 PM
Call-in Directions:
1) Dial (218) 339-2500
2) When prompted by operator, dial 1045507# (Participant Access Code)
3) You should then be connected to the call, free of charge

This call was set up by Hagan Jordan, so please email him at hagan.jordan@endochoice.com to RSVP.

I will be doing a commentary of what was discussed on here. If you have to miss the call and have any input, please let me know. Also...drop me a comment if you're attending. I'd love to do some pre-conference call conferencing!

Hello my fellow Mustang alums!

I figured we could start this blog as a way for everyone to be updated on the progress of the reunion planning, generate and share ideas, and catch up!

Please feel free to comment, share...whatever. I will delete any comments that are rude or nasty, as we want to make this an environment of PHS love.

Talk to you guys soon!

danetha.

BTW, if I forget to update this, just slap me.