Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Thanks from Laura Gusewell Rawe

This is a note of thanks and expression of appreciation to all the organizers, volunteers, and contributors to the 35th class reunion. What a perfect event!!!!

It was obvious that much planning, time and money went into this undertaking. The attention to detail was magnificent.

* Note pads wrapped and tied with a ribbon.
* Designed name badges with photos of classmates
*Tie dyed gift bag with a lot of goodies
*Gift baskets with specially designed tags (I never seen so many gift baskets!)
*A standup reunion van for photo opts--it even had a steering wheel!!
*70s posters, flowers and a song for each table!!
*DJ
*CD with a great selection of tunes
*Cake with the invitation theme
*70s hat grab
*Peace sign bead necklaces
*Hula-hoops
*DVD presentation of high school days
*Live performance by Dennis Bottoms
*etc.
*etc.
*etc.

You are all truly energetic, talented people! Please know that you gave many people an extraordinary evening! I hope with all the work involved you were able to enjoy it too!

Thanks again!!

14 Comments:

At Wed Sep 05, 03:53:00 PM CDT, Blogger Gwennie said...

Knowing that you appreciated the details, Laura, makes every bit of it worthwhile for your committee. I am so glad that you had a great evening. It was absolutely wonderful to see you and everyone else again! The night just flew by. Let's make sure that we share the details of our lives on the blog going forward. No event is too insignificant, i.e. kid & grandkid birthdays, vacations, backyard bbq's, float trips, trips to the zoo, zoological digs, digging for worms, etc. We want pictures of the Naylor's new grandbaby in October, be it another boy or the first girl. Everyone, keep in touch!!!

 
At Wed Sep 05, 08:29:00 PM CDT, Blogger Sheri Shoff said...

Amen and amen.

 
At Thu Sep 06, 07:25:00 AM CDT, Blogger Patty said...

My husband and I had a wonderful time. A very elaborate party with all the trimmings. Good friends and good food. As I look at some of the pictures I see classmates that I didn't get to that evening. Wish I could have hugged them all. The committee did an outstanding job. Thank you to all.

Patty

 
At Thu Sep 06, 09:21:00 AM CDT, Blogger SteveD said...

thanks, laura. actually steve q and i did everything ourselves while the women sat around and drank beer.

 
At Thu Sep 06, 10:33:00 AM CDT, Blogger Gwennie said...

that will be the scenario next time, steve

 
At Thu Sep 06, 11:02:00 AM CDT, Blogger LindaWright said...

What NEXT time???

I'm still receiving blood transfusions from THIS time!

 
At Thu Sep 06, 11:22:00 AM CDT, Anonymous Anonymous said...

That's not true, I don't drink beer. ;)

 
At Thu Sep 06, 02:49:00 PM CDT, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Patty you are right...As I look at the group photo I see people in the picture that I didn't see at the reunion. I'm thinking how did I miss them?

 
At Fri Sep 07, 07:24:00 AM CDT, Blogger Linda Kaye Lack said...

Laura,
I missed you at the reunion. Sorry, but this is exactly my thoughts too. Bob and I really enjoyed the reunion and our hats go off to the all the planners. What alot of work. All the details, very nice. Have you all caught up yet on your rest? Again. Thanks for a wonderful night. Ny the way, Ann Ferguson-O'Kelley and her husband will be married 30years this month and they are taking trip to Hawaii, to celebrate. Congradulations Keith and Ann.

 
At Fri Sep 07, 08:24:00 AM CDT, Blogger lois said...

Absolutely. Congratulations Keith and Ann!
Have a great time!


Thanks for all the nice compliments.
and Steve, it was white/black russians, and margaritas.And they must have been really really strong.I'm experiencing memory loss.

 
At Sat Sep 08, 10:10:00 AM CDT, Blogger LindaWright said...

Did anyone get a picture of the hula hoop dance?

 
At Sat Sep 08, 12:38:00 PM CDT, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yes, Linda I have some. I'll be sending you some pictures soon.

 
At Sun Sep 09, 07:54:00 PM CDT, Blogger donna p n said...

I asolutely agree with everyone that the weekend was fantastic! I think we could have gone on for four days and still not have managed to talk to and hug everyone. There were so many I missed! Thank you, thank you, thank you to all who had a hand in the planning and hard work. Hats off to you!

 
At Wed Oct 03, 07:51:00 PM CDT, Blogger Carla said...

Hey gang!
From the pics it looks like a lot of work went into making the reunion a success. Even though I wasn't there physically, I was there in spirit. So those spooky artifacts on some of those phots could have been me and Cookieman and all the others who were there in spirit. I agree with Gwennie that we should all keep in touch and keep blogging.

 

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