Payment Deadline Extended!

We were able to extend our payment deadline with 5 Seasons, so you have a few more days to send in your payment.

WHERE and WHEN
5 Seasons Brewery at The Prado
Sat., June 27
8 p.m.–midnight (or until they throw us out)
We have the entire patio/outdoor area. The patio is covered, so rain won't bother us.

HOW MUCH?
Cost: $30/person

What does that $30 cover? Some great food, a birthday cake, and a deejay. Since we're not sure exactly how many of you are coming right now, we may end up with a surplus. If we do, we'll let y'all decide how to spend it—bottles of champagne, refunds, whatever the group wants.

The cocktails aren't expensive—$5 for beer, $6 for wine, $7 for cocktails.

TIME to PAY
We need your payment mailed by this Friday, June 19. You can pay by check or electronically, whichever you prefer.

By Check
Made out to Beth Coffey. Mail your checks by June 15 to:

Beth Coffey
P.O. Box 3319
Decatur 30031-3319

I'll confirm by e-mail when I receive your check.

By PayPal
If you have a PayPal account, you can send me your payment electronically. My PayPal account is under my personal e-mail address. If you didn't get the e-mail with the payment details, e-mail me here and I'll forward that address to you. I'll send a confirmation to you when PayPal notifies me.


Don't miss out on this chance to celebrate turning fifty and reconnecting with classmates!

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It's Time to Pay and Play!

Are you ready to pay and play at our class' fiftieth birthday bash? Let's get started!

WHERE and WHEN
5 Seasons Brewery at The Prado
Sat., June 27
8 p.m.–midnight (or until they throw us out)
We have the entire patio/outdoor area. The patio is covered, so rain won't bother us.

HOW MUCH?
Cost: $30/person

What does that $30 cover? Some great food, a birthday cake, and a deejay. Since we're not sure exactly how many of you are coming right now, we may end up with a surplus. If we do, we'll let y'all decide how to spend it—bottles of champagne, refunds, whatever the group wants.

The cocktails aren't expensive—$5 for beer, $7 for wine, $9 for cocktails, I believe.

TIME TO PAY
We need your payment by Monday, June 15. You can pay by check or electronically, whichever you prefer.

By Check
Made out to Beth Coffey. Mail your checks by June 15 to:

Beth Coffey
P.O. Box 3319
Decatur 30031-3319

I'll confirm by e-mail when I receive your check.

By PayPal
If you have a PayPal account, you can send me your payment electronically. My PayPal account is under my personal e-mail address. If you didn't get the e-mail with the payment details, e-mail me here and I'll forward that address to you. I'll send a confirmation to you when PayPal notifies me.


THE MISSING
Check the list just below this post. If you have contact information on anyone, e-mail me this week. I plan to call the numbers I have this Thursday.


Looking forward to seeing all your fabulously fifty folks!

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Let's Get This Party Started!

We’re trying to nail down details this week. First, though, we need a rough head count to help us select the venue and put together our budget.

So …

On the navbar is a new poll. Not coming? Click 0. Plan to come alone? Click 1. If you’re bringing a date or spouse (sorry, but we can’t allow both), click 2.

This is a rough count, not an RSVP, so you won’t be held to your click. In fact, we can’t trace who clicks what. But the results will help us determine the size room we need.

BTW, the party date you selected on the last poll was June 27. Most places are booked for weddings that weekend, but we have some ideas up our planning sleeves. We hope to confirm that date and the place next week.

And …

We have a healthy e-mail list at the moment, about a third of our class. Many of you, however, haven’t sent us an e-mail, so we’re not sure if all of you are getting these messages. If you haven’t replied, could you e-mail us to let us know you’re getting the e-mails and you’re interested?

BTW ...

We pulled the announcement from Classmates.com since we haven't been able to confirm June 27 as the party date. We're still planning to throw this bash, even if we have to reschedule it. We'll let you know as soon as possible if we have to change the date.

Finally …

Let us know if you have information on anyone listed as missing.

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Seriously? Y’all don’t want a party?

Beth is worried since we haven’t heard from many of y’all. I got her roped into this (well, chained, actually) because I never heard about any of the reunions — and I’d like to see everyone, dammit.

I’ve recently reconnected with a few folks from my CHS past, and it’s been a helluva lot of fun catching up. I haven’t seen most of these people in more than twenty-five years, but it felt like I saw them last week. That’s why we're eager to throw this birthday bash. Who knows how many of us have shared the same experiences or have the same interests — or who just wants to share a beer or seven with us?

Let’s get this party rolling! Leave a comment to this post if you want to go to our fiftieth birthday party.

One more thing: Phillip Barge suggested listing everyone’s birthday so we can toast each of us on as we cross the milestone. [I hit the 5-0 this Wednesday — and I want some drinking in my honor!] Want your birthday listed on this here blog? E-mail us at the Yahoo address, which you can find by clicking that profile link to the right. [We’re trying not to publish the actual address on the home page so the spammers don’t start pestering us. Because they will.]

Finally, forward the link to this blog to anyone from our class you’re talking to. We want to track down everyone we can.

Posted by Greg Halleck

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So, what's this about a party?

I joined Facebook a few months ago, and one of the first CHS’ers with whom I reconnected was Greg Halleck. We’ve had fun catching up, but many of our conversations include Greg’s “I haven’t been invited to any of the reunions” whine. One night over beers we decided to throw our class a fiftieth birthday bash. Not a full-on reunion, but a good ol’ party (much like the one at Renae Edge’s house just before graduation, without all the underage drunks).

Let’s get started. Our first step is to track down as many of our classmates as we can.

Gwynne Knap, who helped plan the November 2007 thirtieth reunion, gave me her address lists (and answers to my many questions). I keep up with a handful of our classmates, and we’re cross-referencing our address books. I’ve Facebook’ed many of you, and I went gold on Classmates.com to track down others.

Addresses to date: 62. Nearly 250 missing.

That’s where you come in. Have you stayed in contact with some of our classmates? Let us know who they are. You can leave the names in the comment box, but send the contact information to the Yahoo account we’ve set up for this shindig effort. You can find the e-mail address if you click on the navbar profile link.

You could be one of the many missing. If you received the e-mail blast with this URL via the Yahoo address, you’re on the list. If someone else sent this blog address to you, you’re missing. We’ll post the list of the missing later this month.

Next step: the when (probably this summer) and the where.

As for this blog, let’s use it to plan, to network, and to reminisce. We can post photos, your favorite stories, a much-needed shout-out. You can contact us at the Yahoo address.

Posted by Beth Coffey

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