<p>My 30 yr HS reunion is this fall and there’s been a FB group trying to get everyone interested, the price pt for a northern NJ hotel buffet (cash bar) with some sort of DJ playing 80s favorites is $75/pp. I had suggested to the organizers that we hold it at the HS gym which I guess didn’t fly because people couldn’t drink but for me, I think the nostalgia of the building would have made it worth attending. I mean, a Marriott in the town over to meet people I have forgotten makes it kind of lame. Sooooo, don’t think I’m going.</p>
<p>Gosmom, just go and call your friends to meet at a restaurant or bar on the original reunion date. Tell them to tell others and before you know it, you’ll have an impromptu reunion without the headache of planning!</p>
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<p>Here’s a post of mine from a similar previous discussion. My 40th was two years ago. I’m amazed that people would complain about a catered dinner for $25! Where can you even get a catered meal for that price, which would also have to include the price of the room rental. Maybe these people would like the reunion to be held at McDonalds. 
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<p>alwaysamom, Thanks for your post. I found the thread it was from and want to link it here so I can refer to the other posts there too.
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/1171855-has-anyone-ever-used-reunion-organizer.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/1171855-has-anyone-ever-used-reunion-organizer.html</a></p>
<p>I feel hesitant about suggesting too much since I don’t live close, but I am pretty good at research, so maybe I can offer my services at helping to track down people.</p>
<p>We had our 40th in 2010 and it was a blast. Thanks to Facebook and a bunch of us reconnecting and working on the planning, it was an entirely different experience for everyone than prior reunions. </p>
<p>We had so much fun that we immediately started planning our “60th birthday party” for this fall. It will be at an outdoor event facility with games and a band. We think it will be really fun. We all turn 60 in 2012.</p>
<p>I’m back from the 30th. It was a fun gathering and I recognized more people than I thought I would. Of course there were a few that changed a lot due to weight, so I had to do a double take, but they were still the same great people. Fortunately the organizers made name tags in large letters with our old high school yearbook picture on them.</p>
<p>I did make one HUGE mistake … I re- met a guy (I’ll call him John) that I had known pretty well in HS. As we did the initial greeting when he arrived, I saw that the woman behind him had the same last name, and I recognized her, but not enough apparently. I introduced myself to her and I said, 'oh, I didn’t know that you and John got married," and she say, “Oh Snowflake, you’re kidding, right? We’re twins!” And of course then I remembered that and felt like a knucklehead. She laughed if off, and continued to greet people and move through the crowd. I guess I was friends with John but not friends with his sister!</p>
<p>Well you can’t be blamed for not recognizing her when she looked so much YOUNGER than her brother ;)</p>
<p>Our HS maintains a regular FB page so people always check in on it and stay in touch. Most of the reunions are for several years at a time since by HS our classes had several ages in them and your friends could be ahead or behind you. So usually a great turnout.
At the last reunion (35th) a favorite teacher from the day (school newspaper) was invited to speak–lots of fun and great memories.</p>
<p>I went to my 30th high school reunion just about one year ago. Just like so many here , it was organized mostly through FB. I took my sister with me since my husband couldn’t take off work and I literally decided the night before to fly up to Mass from NJ. I only went to the informal gathering on the Friday night , but it was a weekend long event
I had a great time seeing people I lost touch with…so many of us live out of state .
I’m very glad I decided to go …I did have my doubts because our class really didn’t have a lot of comraderie</p>
<p>My 40th is coming up next year. I’m trying to decide whether to go. I actually had 2 high schools. One I only attended for 10th grade (North part of town), but I had gone to elementary and junior high with everyone. Then we moved away and I went to another part of town (south part of town), so I have an entirely different set of friends from that school</p>
<p>I have only heard from the folks from the north side as far as a reunion. Waiting to see if one materializes for the south side.</p>
<p>I did go to 20th for south side and enjoyed it. It was very casual though, which was perfect for us. Nothing dressy at all. outdoors at a winery. The best part was the unofficial party we had the night before with the circle of friends that were closest.</p>