High School Reunion XXX

It has been thirty years since I graduated from Godby High School in Tallahassee, and our class reunion begins tomorrow.

Twenty years ago, we met at the now closed Silver Slipper Restaurant, and ten years ago, we met where we are meeting Saturday night, at the Tallahassee Leon County Civic Center. We are having a social at Harry's Seafood Bar and Grille downtown Friday night, and a picnic at the Godby courtyard on Saturday before the banquet at the Civic Center.

In 2001, Marty and I made an alumni slide show which was well-received by our classmates and their guests.

Technological and multimedia improvements in the last ten years will be sure to enrich this reunion.

I am saddened that we have lost so many classmates already. We have prepared a special tribute for them.

We would have liked to see more classmates come to the reunion, but feel we did our best to facilitate attendance by as many as possible, including attendees from other class years.
 

The reunion planning committee has been meeting and working for more than a year. Our very first initiative to contact everyone was a good one, and even after thirty years, we located 75% of our living classmates. Many helped us find others, and popular social networking sites were key in both finding classmates, and in greatly reducing the amount of times that the committee needed to meet in person. A few of our committee members never met with us and did a great job.

I have served on the reunion planning committee since we began, and met or re-met a lot of classmates and teachers -- those who could not attend, and all we are expecting to see this weekend. Many, many thanks to all we worked with: Danny, Debra, Gary, Glenn, John, Karen, Marty, Maureen, Paul, Phyllis, Renita, Roger, Susan and Troy. We have spent a lot of time together, especially long hours and late evenings these past few weeks, and I am looking forward to a party weekend!

(Continued in High School Reunion XXX Part 2)