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 1983 Reunion!!! What a Party is was!!
Author: Tania Fell (---.mediagrif.com)
Date:   05-20-03 11:38

The subject says it all!!!

People started arriving just a bit after 5PM, and I had a great time trying to remember faces!! As everybody came in, the main group hung out at the bar, which was good, because as the front door would open, we all let out remarks such as "Oh My God", as another person walked through the door!!!

The buffet came out around 9PM, and what a spread that was!! The music kept rolling, and we even had some dancing to that old tune :"Stairway To Heaven"!!! The party lasted until John, our bartender, called last rounds about 2:30 AM. The show put on by Pat Boudreau and Scott Standish is one to remember!!!!

To all of you who travelled long distances to get to the party: THANK YOU!!!!


We had Stephanie Schneider come in from Vancouver, Rob Cook: Victoria, BC; Doug Craig: Winnipeg, Manitoba; Mike Sullivan: Calgary, Alberta; Lisa Morgan: Atlanta, USA; Josee Hudon: Pennsylvania, USA; Chuck Petipas: Livonia, MI, USA. Numerous grads drove quite a few hours from Ontario: Christine Sanders and husband Ken, Geraldine Gubbe and beau Dan, Shelley Oakes and husband Andrew, Steve Kurz, Denyse Pilkington, Chris Susel, Peter Brugmans.....(sorry if I have forgotten anybody from Ontario!!). Those from within the Montreal area and outlying areas!! Chris Arsenault from Quebec City.

My personal thanks go out to the following for their words of encouragement and help:

Mimica Vasalos: Your endless phone calls, of "Hey Babe"!!your hugs of encouragement, and just being there for me, really kept my spirits up!! For opening up the bank account, and taking charger of collecting the money, was a great help! You are an amazing person!!! Thank you a million times over!!! You are forever in my heart!!!!!

Sherry Fox: For putting the name tags together, and your phone calls to give me ideas, and to see if I was needing any more help!!! (All this while 6 months pregnant and just having your basement torn up!!!) Goes to prove how special you are!!

Scott Standish: For putting together the music, and getting your calls to say "Hi" and offering to help with anything that I needed: Very much appreciated.

Sandra Starnes: What an amazing buffet that you did for us!! Keep up the good work!!!

All in all, the reunion was a success!! Here's to the next one!!!!

My very best regards to each and everyone one of you!

Tania Fell

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 Re: 1983 Reunion!!! What a Party is was!!
Author: Karen (Kasey) Cree-Cartwright (---.qc.sympatico.ca)
Date:   05-20-03 19:37

Hi Tania,

I just want to say CONGRATULATIONS!!! I hear you did a fantastic job on your reunion.

Kasey

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 Re: 1983 Reunion!!! What a Party is was!!
Author: Mike Sullivan (---.cg.shawcable.net)
Date:   05-21-03 00:18

Whoa, what a weekend! All in all, just a really good time. My sides were killing me from all the laughter!

I took a bunch of pictures and plan to get them on a website somewhere. Stay tuned to the discussion forum to find out where they end up.

Bill, thanks for the ride to Montreal and back to Toronto. T'es un bon gas! I made it back to Calgary in one piece...barely!

Tania, Scott, Mim & Sherry - take a bow. You did a marvelous job.

I hope we all continue to stay in touch - Mike Sullivan

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 Re: 1983 Reunion!!! What a Party is was!!
Author: Tania Fell (---.mediagrif.com)
Date:   05-22-03 09:37

Thank you so much Tania !!!

You really did a fabulous job of organizing this event. I know how much
time and effort you put into it ... please know that it was truly
appreciated by all of us. Look how late we all stayed ! That is a true
indicator of how we wanted to cherish each moment.

Take care of yourself.

Laurie.



(Received this from Laurie Patterson)

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 Re: 1983 Reunion!!! What a Party is was!!
Author: Lisa Morgan (---.asm.bellsouth.net)
Date:   05-22-03 12:21

What a party! What a success! I'd like to say I was 16 again, but I don't think I had that much fun when I was 16. I look forward to the 25th!
Thank you Tania for putting it all together. I'm sure it wasn't easy, but you did a great job and I for one appreciate all your time and effort.
Lisa

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 Re: 1983 Reunion!!! What a Party is was!!
Author: Denis Bernicky (---.220-201-24.mtl.mc.videotron.ca)
Date:   05-22-03 16:36

Way to go Tania, nice to hear that the reunion was a success. Too bad I couldn't make it I really wanted to be there. Looking forward to getting more photos in from people to put on the new page -- http://www.rvrhs.org/rvrhs1983/reunion.html

Take care,

Denis

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 Re: 1983 Reunion!!! What a Party is was!!
Author: Mimica Vasalos (---.34-203-24.sherb.mc.videotron.ca)
Date:   05-22-03 21:41

I cant believe it came and went so quickly......... Tan what can i say babe... YOU ROCK!! Seeing everyone was such an amazing feeling for me... It was fun to find out somethings that people were not so eager to tell you in highschool...
I had a fantastic time, and Lisa Morgan said it the best.... felt like i was 16 again.... OUFFFFFFFF STARIWAY TO HEAVEN!!!

anyhow i too am looking forward to the 25th... Tan lets get to work on it ok??? hahahhaha

Guys lets keep in touchhhhhhhhhhhhh

MIM

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 Re: 1983 Reunion!!! What a Party is was!!
Author: Jim Anderson (---.systems.cogeco.net)
Date:   05-23-03 14:38

Congradulation Tania;
Sounds like everyoneone had a great time, I am so disapointed that I couln't make it, But NOTHING will stop me from going to the 25th, and seeing the names of some of the people that attending makes me wish even more that I could have attended.
Counting the days to year 25.

Take Care All

Jim

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 Re: 1983 Reunion!!! What a Party is was!!
Author: Nancy Lafontaine (---.3web.net)
Date:   05-24-03 10:46

What a party it was!!!
I guess we don't change that much after all!!! The name tags sure helped recornizing some of us though.It was a great organisation. It was so much fun! Tania and others, you have done an excellent job organizing all this. I sure want to be part of it in 5 years. How about a little BBQ this summer?

Nancy xx

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 Re: 1983 Reunion!!! What a Party is was!!
Author: Doug Craig (---.wp.shawcable.net)
Date:   05-24-03 14:55

Tania,Mim,Scott&Sherry (and any of the other organizers that I may have forgotten.....sorry about that): Kudos to you all. I know you did an amazing amount of work on this reunion and it payed off big time. Had lots of fun. Looking at other peoples' faces there I know that they did too. I'm looking forward to the 25th.

Doug (Craig)

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 Re: 1983 Reunion!!! What a Party is was!!
Author: Denis Bernicky (---.220-201-24.mtl.mc.videotron.ca)
Date:   05-25-03 09:38

Anyone with photos that they want to share please send them along to me either via email - webmaster@rvrhs.org or by snail mail:

Denis Bernicky
552 Prince Charles
Dorval, Qc H9P 1Z3

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 Re: 1983 Reunion!!! What a Party is was!!
Author: Tony Kerr (---.vc.shawcable.net)
Date:   05-25-03 19:23

Hey, Tania.

Congratulations to you, Mim and the gang for putting on what sounds like a real blast!

Can you post the names of all the grads who attended? I'm looking at the photos that have been posted so far and am having some difficulty in coming up with all the names.

This way, I can eat my heart out even more for not being able to attend.

See you all in 2008!!

Tony Kerr

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 Re: 1983 Reunion!!! What a Party is was!!
Author: Tony Kerr (---.vc.shawcable.net)
Date:   05-25-03 19:55

Just checked out Tony Tong's photos. Thanks for those, Tony. You did a great job of photodocumenting the event. And, the ones of the school are great too.

I also checked out Mike Sullivan's pics. Cool!

I have one question, though. In some of the photos, there is an attractive blonde woman wearing a bright red blouse with black pants. She didn't appear to have an original yearbook photo attached to her nametag. Any idea who she is? She is one of the very few I still can't identify.

Thanks for everyone who put the effort into bringing the memories "into focus".

Tony Kerr

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 Re: 1983 Reunion!!! What a Party is was!!
Author: Mimica Vasalos (---.34-203-24.sherb.mc.videotron.ca)
Date:   05-25-03 23:08

Hey Tony,

Sorry you weren't there... Donna Ward, Stephanie Schneider, Steve Aillerie, Rene Senecal and I were the only alumni from William Latter... It would have been fun to see you there as well... Jimmy Gilker sent a photo from the Philipines ( if i remember correctly) so he was there in spirit as you were...

As for your question.. thats Josee Hudon... She lives in the us traines and rides horses ... doing what she loves to do!!

Talk to you soon

Mim

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 Re: 1983 Reunion!!! What a Party is was!!
Author: Tom Wright (67.69.132.---)
Date:   05-26-03 15:59

Congratulations to a job well done to Tania , Mim, Scott and Sherry who helped organize the event. Sorry I could not attend. It looks like it was a blast. To Mim, Donna and Stepanie, boy did that picture of the three of you bring back memories. Wow ! It has been 20 years since we left RVR but do you believe it has been 25 years since we left William Latter. I'll never forget the last day in Mr. Stark's class when we played "We will Rock You and We Are The Champions by Queen. Mim, is there a picture posted with Steve Allerie in it ? I can't seem to find him anywhere in the pictures. Later.

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 Re: 1983 Reunion!!! What a Party is was!!
Author: Tony Tong (---.sympatico.ca)
Date:   05-27-03 02:53

My only complaint about the reunion is that it should be at least a two day event. I didn't have enough time to talk to everyone and not to mention not enough time to party. Had lots of fun none the less and looking forward to the 25th. Great job Tania.

Don't forget to see my picts here:

http://homepage.mac.com/atong/PhotoAlbum25.html

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 Re: 1983 Reunion!!! What a Party is was!!
Author: Tony Tong (---.sympatico.ca)
Date:   05-27-03 03:05

Hey Tony K

That amazing blond was Josee Hudon. I didn't know until Dean e-mailed me. I obviously didn't get a chance to talk to her. I thought she was another classmate's spouce when I was there. I only noticed her tag from the picture.

Mim, Don't forget to invite me to your BBQ!

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 Re: 1983 Reunion!!! What a Party is was!!
Author: Tania Fell (---.mediagrif.com)
Date:   05-27-03 08:09

Hi Tony,

Great photos!!! I've probably spent the better part of an hour looking at them, and again, and again!!!!!

I would have liked a 2 day event also, but I really had no time to put something of that magnatude together. For the 25th, it will be a larger event, hopefully spread out over a long weekend. This time it will be fun to take advantage of a 3 day party!! We'll discuss that in a few years time!!!!!!

Hopefully we'll have the time to sit down and talk at Mim's BBQ!!!! I think that the only way to get invited to her party is if you help her move!!! "Grab a box, have a burger" sort of thing!!!

Keep in touch, and thanks for all the work that you've done with the photos.....I really appreciate it!!!

All the best

Tania

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 Re: 1983 Reunion!!! What a Party is was!!
Author: Robert Murphy (---.30-131-66.nowhere.mc.videotron.ca)
Date:   05-27-03 13:53

Tania, with lots of help of course, conducted an incredible event with the 20th anniversary reunion. It was a pleasure to reconnect with old friends and in some cases, make new ones. I emailed the following to Tania about a week ago:

“And once again, thank you!

Tania, I don't think anyone can thank you enough for all the work you did. You created an event and did something amazing for many of us. From the bottom of my heart, I thank you.“

Sounds good, eh ? Touching ? Sure ! Yet Tania deserves more so I propose we show her just how grateful we are… shower her with attention, flowers, and gifts! Better yet, take her out for lunch on a Friday afternoon.

Robert

Oh, you can all forget about taking Tania out to lunch this coming Friday (May 30th 2003), she’s booked.

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 Re: 1983 Reunion!!! What a Party is was!!
Author: Tania Fell (---.mediagrif.com)
Date:   05-27-03 15:22

Wow!!!!

Robert, you have stunned me with your words!!

I honestly don't think that I can put the wonderful emotions that I feel into words at this time.

Whew.....................!!! See you on Friday!

Tania

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 Re: 1983 Reunion!!! What a Party is was!!
Author: Nancy Lafontaine (---.3web.net)
Date:   05-27-03 23:39

Hi,

Tony Tong did an excellent job with the pictures. Thanks, they're great.Let's do this more often.
lafontainenancy@hotmail.com

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 Re: 1983 Reunion!!! What a Party is was!!
Author: Mimica Vasalos (---.34-203-24.sherb.mc.videotron.ca)
Date:   05-30-03 18:42

I must agree with Nancy... Tony Job well done!!!! kudos to you!!
Hey Tan, how was lunch?????..... just curious....

Looking forward to seeing you all again real soon!

Mim

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 Re: 1983 Reunion!!! What a Party is was!!
Author: Darrell Martin (---.co.sprintbbd.net)
Date:   05-30-03 22:01

Hi all,

Sounds and looks like you had a great time !! Great pics Tony and Mike, I was sitting here with my yearbook trying to figure out who was who. Some remarkable changes and some who haven't changed at all (Mim). Glad to see you guys had a great time and I'll plan to be at the 25th. I and I'm sure many others lived vicariously through the pics and the postings.

Darrell

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 Re: 1983 Reunion!!! What a Party is was!!
Author: Tony Tong (---.sympatico.ca)
Date:   05-31-03 03:42

Hi Darrell,

How are you? Did you finally get to be a pilot? To be honest, I had to look back at the year book to tie a face to your name.

I'm sorry you misssed the reunion but it was nice to hear from you.

Tony

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