50+ High School Reunion

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debodun

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It will actually be 52 years since it was cancelled 2 years ago because of COVID. I only found out by accident. It was posted to a Facebook group. It's going to be on October 29 at a local country club. Price is $60 a person for a buffet plus a cash bar (which I wouldn't partake of anyway). Doesn't mention anything else like a band. I left my check with one of the contact people. I wonder if it's cancelled again whether I'll get my money back. Some other of my classmates I told about it said they wouldn't go since they felt thst $60 was too much for a buffet.
 

$60 is just under £50. I sent a PM to one of the committee members and asked. I was on the committee when we were having planning meetings originally, but I was not asked to join the one that finalized the fete.
 

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debodun said:
$60 is just under £50. I sent a PM to one of the committee members and asked. I was on the committee when we were having planning meetings originally, but I was not asked to join the one that finalized the fete.
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I know.. and I wouldn't pay £50 for a buffet , unless there was going to be some entertainment...
 
I went to mine last year, my 50th held on the 51st due to Covid. Can't say it was great, but it was interesting. I only spent my last 2 years of high school in Utah and then moved on, for the first time. So I was not very well connected to most of the people, but I did see a few old friends for the first time in 51 years.

Mine cost $25 for a pretty good buffet. Perhaps the higher cost was due to the cost of the venue, that can be significant. Ours was in a public park, volunteers did the set up and clean up, no cost.
 
I lived in a small mountain town in Colorado from the time I was 5 until I finished 8th grade. That summer my parents moved us to a larger town in Colorado where my father started a new job. I then went to a much larger high school in that area. My experience in that school was fine enjoyed those years and made many friends.

But I frequently wondered about all the kids I grew up with how they did in high school sports, who dated whom, etc. etc. I did lose touch with all of them even my best friend.

Jump forward 50 years. I was invited to my 50th high school reunion at the big high school in Colorado that I went to. We decided not to attend as we had attended the 25th and I had kept in touch with those friends I knew.

But, out of the 'blue' an old friend that I grew up with in the small town found me on the internet and invited me to their 50th reunion, he had been their Senior Class President. I was shocked at the invitation, but I had to go....as did my wife, she had herd so many stories over the years of my growing up in the small mountain town.

It was a bit uncomfortable, but it was one of the best times I have ever had. My initial meeting with everyone was in a local cafe and when I arrived most everyone was already there. I recognized some, some recognized me, but as I went around the shook hands and introduced myself, I remembered almost everyone in the room (a few had moved into town, after I left).

Everyone was super nice and most of us had stories to tell about each other. This time was priceless, some sad, as when I found out my very best friend had died in a car accident in Alaska a few years after he graduated from college. But overall, it was all happy times, life is funny how you can be away from someone for 50+ years and when you get back together it all comes back.... It was just a wonderful time and my wife also enjoyed meeting people she knew from my many stories over the years. I have kept in touch with many and hope to see a couple of them again when we start traveling again.

My advice, go to your 50th, you will be surprised! $60 bucks is no to much....!
 
I don't want to rain on someone else's parade, but I decided not to go to my 58th school reunion. I haven't seen any of my classmates in over a half century, and there were only 23 of us to begin with. The hard reality is that about half the class has passed. Since the school was so small they are having multiple years at the reunion. And in my mind, my classmates are still 17, and not 76. I've met people from my past. And the people I met aren't the same ones I remember, just as I'm not 28 anymore.
 
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My 50th is in September at a local country club.

The fee for the meet and greet is $10.00 to cover the cost of a private room and a few snacks, cash bar.

People who are interested in a round of golf before the mixer can make reservations to play and pay individually.

People who are interested in dinner following the mixer can form groups and order from the menu in the restaurant or from the bar menu.

I don’t plan on attending, but I think it is a nice way for everyone to be able to attend and manage the cost.
 
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My late wife was invited to her 50th back in Pittsburgh, and we are on the West Coast. At least 90 % of the alumni lived in Pittsburgh, so it was not a big deal for them. There was a local chapter here in California, also.
I told her that if she was not interested in the local chapter, why go back there?
We settled on buying a group photo.
 
debodun said:
It will actually be 52 years since it was cancelled 2 years ago because of COVID. I only found out by accident. It was posted to a Facebook group. It's going to be on October 29 at a local country club. Price is $60 a person for a buffet plus a cash bar (which I wouldn't partake of anyway). Doesn't mention anything else like a band. I left my check with one of the contact people. I wonder if it's cancelled again whether I'll get my money back. Some other of my classmates I told about it said they wouldn't go since they felt thst $60 was too much for a buffet.
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I just went to my 50th year class reunion, and we had coffee together at a coffee shop and someone brought a coffee cake. Then we went to the football field where the graduating class of this year was graduating plus we were there. Great time, but we are not going to have anymore. We lost a few just before the reunion, and it is a lot of stress, and we don't get around quite like we used to. lol
 
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My class is having their 50th high school reunion this fall. No plans of attending. We aren't party people and we don't drink alcohol. And that's what they do ~ get plowed.
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debodun said:
The entertainment starts when the cash bar opens.
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In fairness, I'm not sure that I could stand it sober. ;)

I understand a few close friends getting together, but I don't understand mass reunions of any kind.
 
Aunt Bea said:
In fairness, I'm not sure that I could stand it sober. ;)

I understand a few close friends getting together, but I don't understand mass reunions of any kind.
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Well, our whole class did get together and it cost $75 to go to the party at the football stadium. It went well. Some didn't associate with some of them, don't know why, but I enjoyed myself.
 
I attended my 50th reunion, in Denver, in 2010. It was really nice to see some of the old crew who were able to make it. I don't remember how much it cost, but the cost was miniscule compared to the cost of traveling to/from, and the pleasure of exchanging life experiences. There was some talk about having a 60th in 2020, but between Covid, and only a small number of us left, that never happened.
 
PamfromTx said:
My class is having their 50th high school reunion this fall. No plans of attending. We aren't party people and we don't drink alcoholic beverages. And that's what they do ~ get plowed.
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Yup. Like every lame ass Christmas party at work. I went to one, once and it was a total bust. Never again. But I sure do hear about them. Everyone's "friends" from work talk crap about how they acted at the party. Luckily where I work, there hasn't been one. I think due to covid of coarse and cheapness prior.
 
I went to my 10th high school reunion. When I walked in, it looked just like it used to in the cafeteria. Everyone was still sitting at the same tables in the same cliques, lol. I had a drink and talked to a few people I wasn't really interested in talking to. I couldn't wait to get out of there and ended up leaving with a very good old friend and having a late supper at a bar/restaurant that we used to frequent when we were younger. It was fun catching up with him. I had no desire to attend my 50th reunion.

Bella ✌️
 
My 50th high school reunion was delayed until this year due to Covid. When I first received the invitation I thought it was a little pricey but I was sorta excited and thought I’d go.

As it got closer I begin to remind myself:
1. I don’t hear well in large groups with background noise. So I’m either saying ‘what ‘ all night or just standing there blandly smiling at whatever.
2. I cannot recognize faces or remember names.
3. I don’t drive well at night anymore.
4. It would require finding someone to stay with my mom while my husband and I were out. Not easy to do.
5. I remembered I did not really enjoy high school while I was actually attending.

so, talked myself out of going.
 
Bella said:
I went to my 10th high school reunion. When I walked in, it looked just like it used to in the cafeteria. Everyone was still sitting at the same tables in the same cliques, lol.
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My 50th (51st actually) was my first. Moved away from Utah shortly after graduation and quickly lost touch with everyone. So I was seeing people for the first time in over 50 years, a different experience. To be honest I don't remember the cliques so don't know if they were still together. I was surprised however at how little personalities changed, they were mostly the same people I remember.

Nothing in my old school looks the same, its been a parking lot for the last 40 years... building long gone.
 
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