On Tue, 2 Sep 2014 15:03:08 -0700, "Lew Hodgett"
wrote:


Lew Hodgett wrote:

Over the weekend, received a letter from the chairman of our
60th anniversary high school class reunion, advising that the
reunion will be from September 18-20, 2015.

More details to follow as they become available.

Talk about advance planning.

Maybe that's one of the reasons our reunions have been held
every 5 years starting with the 10th and have had very good
participation.
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"Leon" wrote:

Well that and or no one's math skills, that look forward to
attending, has deteriorated so much that they can't determine on
their own that they should be expecting another reunion in 5 years.

There are going to be a lot of factors on participation. The less
the class has spread out/relocated to other parts of the country
over the decades the more likely the participation.

I recall my dad going to his 50th class reunion about 25 years ago,
7~8 showed up, and that was about 85% participation of the whole
class.
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The reunion organizers have managed to keep in contact with most
of the class.

Staying in contact has had a major impact on attendance
over the years.

The 50th was the big one.

Had a live band and a large first time participation of classmates
from California, Texas, Florida, Georgia, New Jersey as well as
the New England area.

Had about 80-90 attend which included spouses.

Since then (10 years ago) parents are gone and many have now
down sized and moved to retirement homes in Florida and are not
traveling as much as in prior years.

I'm sure health issues are now beginning to impact travel ability
as well as cost and incontinence of air travel.
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Hmm, Freudian slip? ;-)

And of course father time has claimed a share, probably 25%-30%.

Will just have to see how things progress during the coming year.