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| Bay High Class of 1973 35th Reunion
OUR 35th BAY HIGH SCHOOL
CLASS OF 1973 REUNION!
It will be the best reunion ever! Why, you wonder:
1) The committee has been able to
reach about 300 out of 360 classmates through:
* Bay High Alumni Association
records and previous 30th reunion records
* Our Class of '73 Web site and lots of searching, calling and mailing
* Oprah's Big Give
gift recipient list
2)
Nirvana
(remember these
talented fellows?) is pulling their
electric guitars and bongos
out of hibernation, and
will be performing live!
(more on that deal below)
3) We are taking a
different approach for this reunion. The theme is "informal and
anything goes." In other words...inappropriate behavior will be
admired. Vegas has nothing
over our reunion: "What Happens in Bay, Stays in Bay."
Here's
the tentative game plan (subject to minor changes as
we continue to
fumble and make stuff up as we go along)
Friday, September 19th -
BAY HIGH ROCKETS HOMECOMING FOOTBALL GAME
* 4:30 - 7:00 PM - Pre-game at Margaux Quayle
Hamilton's casa. Margaux resides at 29801 West Oakland
Road in Bay (right off Bassett Road.) In keeping with our theme,
here's how it works. Bring your own dinner over (grab a Subway,
whatever works) and
any "adult" beverage you want. Margaux will provide the
paper/plastic set-ups along
with ice, sodas, water, snackies, croquet and even music piped
through the City
of Bay Village's antiquated air raid siren system. Cost: a
whopping $5 per person.
* 7:00 PM - Road trip (or walk over...it's close
by) to our NEW Bay High Athletic Field
* 7:30 PM - Rockets vs Firelands (No, we've never
heard of them either, but who cares?)
* News Alert: as part of the Homecoming
game festivities, the 1973 Cheerleaders, Rockettes and Majorettes
will be dressed in their original uniforms and out on the field
performing at half time (just joking). Trained paramedics will be on hand to
perform CPR.
* 8:00 PM - Closing -
Post game (or during) get-together at the
Ironwood
Cafe, 688 Dover Center Road, Westlake.
Saturday, September 20th - on
your own activities
* 9-10 AM - Hugely informal Golf Outing
at Sweetbriar
(750Jaycox Rd, Avon Lake). Guys e-mail
Ken Dechert,
kendech@mchsi.com,
Dolls e-mail Margaux Quayle Hamilton, margaux42@sbcglobal.net if
interested. We'll
form foursomes and head out on a first come, first serve
basis. Organize your own group
or we'll match you up. We will need a final headcount by
August 15th.
* 11 AM - walk-thru tour of our high school. Meet
at the main/front entrance of the school.
Tour leaders are Becky Obey and Shelley Wysong, who will tell
fascinating stories of yesteryear including how they received all
their after-school detentions and suspensions.
E-mail kimflash@sbcglobal.net if
interested, so she can nail down a general headcount.
* 6:00 PM - 12:01 AM...and now for the
Main Event...Kim (Johnson) Flash
and her husband, Mark, (in an obvious moment of temporary insanity)
have invited our entire class
to a backyard bash at their new home. Wow, so how cool will that
be?! Here's the deal:
* Kim and Mark live at 563 Bradley Road in Bay (corner of
Ashton Lane and Bradley)
* Kim and Mark will be visiting relatives in Toledo and won't be
home. They agreed to leave the back light on and the key under the
front door for us....OK, just kidding
* The game plan for now is to do an informal self serve dinner
with a keg, wine, mixed
drinks, soda and set-ups (feel free to BYOB if you're on a Red Bull
or Tequila only diet)
* The main feature...Nirvana
will be making an appearance. Yep, you got it.
As you may or may not remember, Nirvana is our infamous high school
band comprised
of Hody Peters, Kenny Kresge, Mark Wysong, Jim Heinke, and Billy
Bush. They will be playing their hits and may even allow
Nirvana-Wannabes to grab the microphone and
sing backup. OH MY, WILL THIS BE ENTERTAINING OR WHAT!? This is
bigger than
Elvis coming back from the dead. The guys will be wearing earplugs
and have their pacemakers fully charged for their own safety and
well-being.
* If possible, bring lawn chairs,
blankets and your flannel pajamas to enjoy the creek-side bonfire
and dessert. When Nirvana smashes their guitars at the end of the
concert, we
will pitch them in the bonfire for added effect.
* Bring new/old pics, yearbooks, arrest warrants, and Vince
O'Donnell stories to share.
* Cost for the evening: a whopping $20 per person;
however, if you can't make
the dinner from 6:30-8 pm, just roll by any time...remember,
it's drop-in casual.
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OK, listen up, here are a few more
important notes of interest...so try and pay attention:
A) Name tags will be provided at all
events to assist the authorities
in identifying and removing incapacitated
classmates.
B) All future updates will be through two means
of communication only. They are:
1) View our class web site, All the latest reunion information is here.
PLEASE NOTE: Be certain your info on the web
site is up-to-date. Simply e-mail our Webmaster,
danmccarthy@comcast.net with your
updated info and presto, it appears!
Also, if you don't see a classmates' email address above, please
pass this e-mail along.
2) The Reunion Committee will be sending out a final reminder
at the end of July via e-mail only. Zippo
hard copy mailings. If you don't have an e-mail address,
no problemo! Just find an Internet cafe and access the class web
site! Final details, deadlines and any other last minute
info/changes will be included in that email!
Any questions or suggestions? Email Ken Dechert,
kendech@mchsi.com. Any concerns,
welcome to the committee. No email? Feel free to call
Margaux, 440-871-6585.
C) It is Homecoming and a busy weekend with many
Bay reunions and other local events. Here's some hotel info:
http://hotel-guides.us/ohio/westlake-oh-hotels.html.
D) BTW - You can receive all Bay Alumni news for
free. Shoreline is for
all classes and contains events, pictures,
dates and Bay history. To receive your free subscription via
email or snail mail go to http://www.bayalumni.com/alumni/forms.htm#subscribe.
OK KIDS, FIRE UP FOR SEPTEMBER. IT'S GOING TO BE ONE FOR THE MEMORY BOOKS!
Our 35th Reunion will be held on Bay High School's Homecoming weekend; September 19th & 20th 2008. Based on the feedback we received from the 30th (see results below), this will be a more casual and affordable approach to the reunion. It was clear from your opinions that the "laid-back casual" Friday event was the most popular aspect of the 30th reunion, so our 35th is going to be full of those kind of opportunities. Who says we don't listen to you?
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