HHS Class of 1975 This will be the last email I swear!!!!! Below is the email previously sent out to everyone that has sent in an RSVP for the Mega Reunion. You still have until January 28th if you havent decided. Also, please forward this email to all 1975 classmates if you have their email address. Remember that on February 6th, we are having a party for our class at the Womens Club in Holtville. It is no charge, BYOB, 6p to 9p and if you would like to bring an appetizer we would appreciate it. Also, if you have pictures, please bring them. We need help decorating the Pionneers Museum on Friday February 6th between 10 am and 12 pm, so if you would like to help feel free to join us. Thank you and hope to see you at the reunion. Ann McDonald Hello fellow Vikings, this email has been sent Bcc, please feel free to forward this email to HHS alums if you have their email address, this will probably the last email you will receive from me until after the reunion, so don’t ask. If you have any questions, you must contact your class representative. The attached file is the latest RSVP register as of January 23rd. If you see any errors, please send me an email with the correction. Many did not include a maiden name, etc…plus, I am not a perfect typist. Here are some more things you should know about the reunion weekend: a. You MUST have a name tag to enter the museum and the reunion event. The name tags will be outside the front door entrance to the museum (same as in 2011) under the parking shade. There will be 5 tables for distributing the name tags. Those of you that RSVP’s in time, will be arranged alphabetically by last name from A, the furthest table to the east, to Z the furthest table to the west. Look for the signs above the tables to find out which table to go to for your name tags. One table will be for those that did not RSVP and need to complete an “RSVP” and pay at the door to receive a name tag and entrance to the reunion.b. Please help and be respectful of the museum artifacts and property. 1. The reunion float for the Holtville Carrot Festival Parade will be decorated 3:00 pm Friday, February 6th at the DePaoli house on the SW corner of Melon and Thiesen Roads. Gina Wright is the float chairperson. Contact Gina if you want to build and/or ride on the reunion float or just show up. Gina says it will take less than half an hour if enough help shows up.2. Decorating at the museum will start at 10:00 am on Friday, February 6th please show up if you can help. Sandi Claverie is the decorating chairperson. Contact her is you can help decorate or just show up.3. There will be a professional photographer taking group pictures at the reunion. Look for the information about where and when your class needs to be for your group picture to be taken. This is an organized picture, meaning specific, pre-determined groups will have their picture taken at a specific time so that all “classes” have an opportunity for a picture. Your cooperation will be needed for this to be successful, so be ready at the designated time for your specific group. There is a maximum number of people that can be included in the group picture so each group will be determine ahead of time. Some groups may include several graduating classes and other may include only one graduating class. It will depend on how many have RSVP’d for each class and the maximum number of people that can be in the photo. Look for the directory and instructions by the front door entrance.4. There will be at least one “official” roaming photographer during the evening snapping random shots. To help identify the names of each person in each picture, everyone in the picture should get lined up for the pose then hold up their name tags in plain sight for one picture and then put the name tags away and pose for the “real” picture/s.5. The group pictures and those taken by the roaming photographer will be put on CD’s. If you want a copy of the picture CD, you will need to follow the instructions that will be by the front door of the museum. Look for the poster board titled “Picture CD’s”. The CD’s will not be available the night of the reunion. They will be burned a few weeks after the event using a commercial machine so if you take any pictures during the event that you want to share, put them on a thumb drive and get them to me by February 13th and they will be added.6. There will also be two photo booths operating throughout most of the evening. These booths are similar to those at carnivals and fairs that snap 3 frames and prints out the pictures on a photo strip. The booths at the reunion can accommodate about 4 people. There will also be some themed head gear available to wear for the photo. The photo booth operator will print out a color photo strip for each person that is in the pictures on the strip and give them to you a few moments after your pictures are taken. Look for the directory and instructions near the front door entrance.7. There will be a separate professional photographer with a studio setting set up to take portrait style pictures. This photographer is NOT OFFICIALLY PART OF THE REUNION. We are only facilitating his presence. IF YOU WANT ANY PICTURES FROM HIM, YOU HAVE TO DEAL DIRECTLY WITH THE PHOTGRAPHER FOR PAYMENT AND PHOTO PACKAGES. ALL PICTURES TAKEN BY THE PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHER ARE NOT PART OF THE OFFICIAL REUNION.8. Car Pool: there will be 2 vans for transporting people from Holtville to the reunion at the museum and back to Holtville and the end of the evening. If you want to car pool, be at the open dirt area west of Vessey & Company’s office at 1605 Zenos Road at 5:40 pm. The vans will depart from there at 6:00 pm SHARP and will drop you off at the front door of the museum. During the event, the vans will shuttle people from the IVC parking lot across the road and north of the Museum to the front door of the museum. At 11:00 pm (so be there early), one of the Vans will be at the front door of the museum to pick up people that car pooled and are ready to leave. The second van will be at the front door of the museum at 11:45 pm and depart for Holtville at midnight with the remaining people that car pooled. If you carpool, be on time. The vans will be instruct to keep on schedule.9.. Any passengers may be dropped off by the front door to the museum, but parking on the museum property will be limited to handicap and elderly only and will be strictly enforced. Please respect the parking rules. There will be 2 golf carts (that seat 4 or more) to shuttle elderly and handicapped people (that do not get dropped off at the front door) from their parked car in the museum parking lot to the museum front door and back to your car when you are ready to leave.10. The 2 car pool vans will shuttle people back and forth between the IVC parking lot and the museum front door during the evening.11.. There will be 700 people attending this invitation only reunion event and every effort has been made to make it an enjoyable and memorable evening. There will be a large tent set up outside on the south side of the main building. The dinners, music, dancing, dessert, and drinks are set up near the tent. All of these are included in the price of the reunion admission.c. Dinner is served from 6:00 pm until 7:30 (or longer if there are still people in the food line). Dinner trays will be carted in to the people (reserved for the elderly or handicapped) sitting in the banquet room inside the museum..d. Homemade ice cream will be served alsoe. A dessert table with cake will be set up banquet room inside of the museum.f. Tables and chairs will be set up in the outdoor tent with sufficient room for dining and sitting.g. A large dance floor will be set up inside the tent and you will be entertained throughout the evening by a live band of mostly HHS Alums and a DJ with great music for your enjoyment.h. Beverages will be set up at 2 locations: one inside the banquet room and one on the east side of the outdoor tent. Between the 2 beverage stations, the following will be available: coffee, iced tea, bottled water, sodas, beer, wine, and mixed drinks.i. Several youth groups will be bussing tables and picking up trash items (empty dinner plates, empty cups, etc….). Please help keep our event clean and tidy.j. There are numerous restrooms at the museum inside and outside. There are permanent restrooms outside west of the tent and executive portable potties east of the tent.k. Your reunion fee includes admission to the museum. There are many ethnic galleries and industry galleries that depict their history and respective contributions to the development of Imperial Valley. Please be sure to walk through the museum and see for yourself. Remember, there is a second floor, which among many other interesting items are many photo albums from numerous high schools and years..l. More outside lighting and heaters have been added (based on what we had at the 2011 reunion) based on suggestions we received from those that attended in 2011. The Holtville Carrot Festival is also going on during the reunion weekend and here is the schedule of events and the times: Saturday, February 7th1.. 7:00 am to 9:00 am: There are a mile & 5k races2. 9:00 am to dusk: Food, Arts & Crafts Fair in Holt Park3. 10:00 am: The Carrot Festival Parade, the route travels down Main Street starting at Maple Avenue and heads west to Cedar4. 11:00 am to 4:00 pm: Student Art Show at the Civic Center5. 1:00 pm (approximately): Parade Trophy Presentation at the Gazebo in Holt Park6. 12:00 noon to 4:00 pm: Antique Tractor Show on Holt Ave.7. 12:00 noon to 11:00 pm: Carrot Festival Midway Carnival on Holt & 6th Street8. 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm: Entertainment in the Gazebo Sunday, February 8th1. 9:00 am to dusk: Food, Arts & Crafts Fair in Holt Park and Pine Avenue2. 9:00 am to 1:00 pm: Entertainment in the Gazebo3. 11:00 noon to ??: Carrot Festival Midway Carnival on Holt & 6th Street For more information, go to holtvillechamber.org. I am looking forward to seeing everyone at the Viking Mega Reunion!
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 06:25:33 +0000