Finishing Touches - Details

Reunion Schedule:

Friday 7/28, 5PM - Boatyard Grill, Old Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca, NY

We'll have a tent set up on the lawn by the inlet. There will be hot and cold appetizer, Beer and Wine $5 each. Comp beverages for kids (soda, etc). Other beverages are available at the regular bar. There will be a band playing in the outside bar area, some seating and lots of room to mingle. (Oh yeah, and a whole bunch of sort of familiar faces hanging around). Parking will be tight, so car pool if you can; otherwise you might need to hunt a bit for parking and walk a ways.

This evening was originally planed as informal and 5PM - 7PM, but with the addition of the tent, the exit time is no longer fixed. But, remember, you have a big day on ....

Saturday 7/29 Noon - 5PM RH Treman Park (Lower)

Chicken BBQ picnic, potatoes, salads, watermelon and lemonade/water. We'll have some other snacks and beverages, too, throughout the afternoon.

At ~12:30, we hope to do a kind of welcome/yahoo toast thing, for which there will be some appropriate "toast-able" beverage; otherwise, the rest of the beverages from our end are nonalcoholic, so if you want any alcohol, you have to pack your own.

Lunch will be served between 1:00 and 2:30. We'll have meal tickets to pass out to the folks on the list.

If you think you'll want to swim at any point, come prepared. Parents should be responsible for their children (we are still attempting to get some kid coverage, but consider that a surprise bonus should it happen). There will be some kid/adult activity stuff there like balls, art stuff, periscopes, etc.

Park Fee - $7 per car to get into the park! Again, car pool if you can, otherwise, if it is a hot and sunny day the parking lot will fill up fast and parking there is going to be a zoo. I have warned the park, so they will just have to deal with us!

Guests. There may be several former teachers in attendance and all are welcome, so feel free to extend an invitation. If they would like to eat, too, it'll cost just $10 for them, but WE NEED TO KNOW BEFORE they are coming, to ensure that we have enough chow on hand. So, if you think someone else might come, please let me know!

Hopefully the weather will be fine, there is seating within the pavilion, but you may want to prepare to sit/spread yourselves out on the grass or wherever; remember - casual picnic! If it rains, we'll figure something out, but, to be safe, imagine clear skies!

Things will end at the park by 5PM latest, giving you time to relax, eat, maybe shower and prepare for ........

Saturday Night, Castaways Dance Party, 8PM-1AM, Old Taughannock Blvd, Ithaca.

From 8 - 1, a private night for IHS grads and their friends, ANY class year, so invite away! There will be a DJ playing great music all night long. There is no cover charge and it is a regular cash bar. This is going to be really fun! Come prepared to dance and carry on!

Optional weekend events:

These are events for interested folks, though not part of the formal reunion. I am listing the event and the contact person for you to get in touch with, then it is up to you and them!

Golf: Contact Deb (Cook) Donnelly We have a 8AM tee time for Saturday July 29 at Hillendale Golf Course 218 N. Applegate Rd. I've reserved 4-foursomes. If there's going to be more, I'll need to know ASAP. Thanks, Deb

Music: Music/Jam Opportunity: explore the possibilities by contacting Chris Gibbons (of Crossroads fame)

Gay, Lesbian, Bi Social Hour: tell everyone they're welcome to the LGBT cocktail hour at 6pm Sat. at "Felicia's" on West State St contact either Greg Hewett , or Eve Raimon

Prayer Gathering: Saturday, 5PM at Treman Park. Contact Kaye (Walters) Ingram. Note: anyone interested in this who might also play guitar or keyboards, she'd be happy to hear from you, soon!


I have tried to get in touch with EVERYONE from our class (and then some), but there is no guarantee that I was successful (in fact, I definitely was NOT successful in reaching everyone)! Therefore, if you would like to see someone in particular at the reunion, then please make the effort to contact them yourselves (I can help to an extent, just let me know). For example, I just called someone today that I hadn't heard from yet. We hadn't spoken in 20 years, invited him to the Castaways party and he's now coming! If I hadn't called, he would probably not have shown and it would have been my loss, actually all of our loss! Due Diligence!

Bring digital cameras if you want. I will have something set up at the picnic for getting small group shots ongoing. But, I also hope to be able to gather a mass of good photos together to put up a gallery online to entertain the classmates who couldn't make it (and for us, too)!

I think that is all I have, save this last comment via Sue C: "We are going to have a great time! It will be great to see everyone"! And from Bobby McFerrin: "don't worry, Be Happy"!

See you this coming weekend! Any questions from you, email me and ask; I'll answer something! I leave Wednesday for Ithaca. So, after Wednesday, AM, I am in computer blackout for a week! Woohoo!

Pete