We Have A Schedule

Folks, we have our reunion planned and we are finalizing the costs (we will have these to you shortly – think early May). Hopefully this schedule will help you lock in your travel arrangements and lodging for the event. (From my experience, if you are flying, roughly 54 days before flight date is your best time to book – lodging will only get more expensive as we approach the event date so better sooner than later).

Here is what we have planned for you: (see map: here)

Friday evening, July 29, 2016

An informal get-together (6:00ish till whenever) at the Oak Bar & Bistro inside the Hotel Indigo (80 Allen Street, Basking Ridge) – come have a drink or two (and maybe even dinner) with Don, John, Bob and myself. If you would like to join us Friday night, please let me know by return email – we need to give the bistro a heads up on numbers of people they can expect to be serving that evening. The informal Friday gathering is on your own (unless you luck out and Don buys you a beer).

Saturday morning, July 30

We have an informal brunch scheduled for mid-morning (10:30ish) to early afternoon (2:00ish) at Bob Clear’s home in Mendham (think barbeque with all the trimmings)

Saturday afternoon, July 30

For those of you that would like to get back to the high school, take a tour, see how it has changed and maybe take a few pictures, we will have a window of opportunity to do that from 3:30 to 4:30pm that afternoon.

Saturday evening, July 30

We have our informal reunion dinner (6:00pmish) at the Basking Ridge Country Club (the old Pennbrook Golf Club) at 185 Madisonville Road, Basking Ridge. (I think Don will be announcing plans for the 100^th reunion during that evening so you don’t want to miss this)

Sunday morning, July 31

We will have an informal breakfast (10:00ish) at the Grain House Restaurant in the Olde Mill Inn (225 US-202, Basking Ridge)

The Saturday brunch, Saturday evening dinner and Sunday morning breakfast will have separate per head costs so you can pick and choose your events when the prices are firm. If  had to guess at the moment - if you attend every event during the weekend it will cost about $115-120/head.  Just a guess as we finalize with vendors...

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In my next communication (which will include the cost of those events) I will be asking you to make commitments with your dollars for the events you choose so that we can finalize numbers/ space/ quantities with vendors. Don will be our focal point for monies and expenses. 

We are hoping some of the faculty will join us during the weekend to include: Mr Meys, Mr Smith (he may require some pushups from you) and Mr Sabol.

Some of you have previously told me that you are interested in giving a donation to help defray additional expenses not included in the individual event cost (think bribes to get us into the high school, rental fees, deposits, etc…).  We are also sensitive to those classmates who might feel the costs to attend the reunion are challenging and if we can help them out, this is an area where your donation will also be used. You may also have specific ideas on what you would like to give and have done with your donation. Please let me know by return email what your thoughts may be on your donations so that we can plan accordingly. Your donations will be kept confidential.  Any monies that are left over from these donations will be given to the high school as a gift from the class.

Stay tuned for more details, event maps, directions, GPS coordinates, etc…

50 years is a truly a milestone and I hope all of you can attend.  Only 113 days to go! (or 18,375 days if you are waiting for the 100^th reunion event)

Jim