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  Hello class of '84! Registration for our 40th reunion is now open!!!. We've been working hard to bring you a quality experience without breaking the bank. Please follow the pre-regisration and payment link to register and pay. Only the Saturday Main Event requires pre-payment, no later than June 15, 2024. And registration is cheaper if you pay on or before March 31, 2024. But please give us your best guess on the registration form about which other events you plan to attend so we know how many people to plan for.  The basic itinerary is as follows: Friday, June 28 5pm - close:  Meet and Greet  at Bottle House Brewery https://www.bottlehouse.co/ 2050 Lee Rd. (at Washington Blvd.) Dinner and Drinks on your own  No registration or payment required for this event  *The Brewery is family-friendly Saturday, June 29 School Tours in the a.m. (tbd) Light Snacks and Drinks in the Social Room following the tour Spend a planned afternoon with your classmates on Coventry or throughout t

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  It’s a date!! Survey Link  - Tell us your intentions! Hello again! Your 40th Reunion Committee is ready to give you some exciting updates!  First, we'd like to welcome our Treasurer, Laura Weygandt Chichester (LLCHI1022@yahoo.com). We're excited to have her on the committee.  We have a date! Our Reunion will take place on June 28-30, 2024 . We're still working on the hard details, but below you can see a general agenda for the weekend. Our back up dates will be June 21-23 Friday, June 28 - 6pm-9pm Check in (location tbd); cocktails 6-11pm (dinner on your own) Saturday, June 29 - 5pm - 11pm Dinner and Dancing (location tbd) Sunday, June 30 -11-4 picnic/brunch. (location tbd) As you can see, we still have some details to work out. We can't do that without a basic headcount, so we need you to check in with us once again.  In order to secure a space, we'll need to give each venue a rough figure of how many to expect. Reunion attendance has been rather erratic so we ca
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UPDATE: MEET THE COMMITTEE AND CHOOSE A  DATE! Well, here we are again. Things are moving pretty quickly now that we've got a committee assembled. Here are your committee members and contact info if you're not on social media: Loren Gerlach (twelvestring@ntlworld.com) Saundra Cephus (saundra.cephus@gmail.com)  Dwalla T. Dickerson (dtjdickerson@gmail.com) Gayle Weaver Williamson (gaylefwilliamson@yahoo.com) Tynetta Rogers (tynnettarogers@gmail.com.) Terri Moore Whynter (Terri.Whynter@gmail.com) Millie Rodgers Jeffrey Shook We are still accepting volunteers, but please only volunteer if you plan to contribute meaningfully. Reunion planning has been long on ideas and short on people willing to help execute said ideas. As always, please feel free to share this link with others who may not be on our distribution list or on social media. We appreciate your help in making sure all of our classmates get the opportunity to participate in this reunion. If you're not on social media,
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  Welcome to All Things 40th Reunion! Can you believe it's been 40 years?  We can't possibly be old enough to be thinking about our 40th high school reunion. We all just turned 30! But here we are.  We hope you'll come back here often and check in with us regarding updates to our plans to make this reunion special. Everything you need to know will be here, including links to hotels and rsvp options.  As many of you have heard, we are planning not one, but two reunions. One will be local; the other will be a family-friendly destination that will not require a passport. We've allowed a comments thread on this blog with the understanding that it can be removed at any time. We welcome your respectful comments and limited suggestions, but we have formed our committee and the committee retains the right to all final decision-making.  In  the meantime, we have a couple survey questions for you to fill out so that we can create a fun reunion experience for everyone. So the firs