The party was in the basement of
Bluemond Bowl. The room was decked out in blue and yellow
balloons. A table was set up with name tags that had the
graduating picture and the graduating name on them. There were
name tags for the teachers as well. Long tables were set up with
seating for eight at each table. A bar was set up in the corner
with a tap and a bartender. The disc jockey Kart-Tunes
set up next to the bar with lights and smoke generators. The food
was set up along the wall in about a dozen servers. In the back
was a coat room. The lighting was subdued.
The first hour was spent socializing. The
food was set up and the disc jockey checked out his
equipment.
Around six o'clock Greg Failey took a
microphone and welcomed everyone to the reunion. He introduced the
major contributors:
Lisa
Sanford - Catered the food
from the restaurant she manages and received the
replies.
Margaret
Cicerello Gutekunst, John
Corriveau, and Greg were active in finding alumni and sending
invitations.
Greg then announced awards for the
longest and shortest distance traveled to the reunion.
Jeff Lohneis - living in Palm
Springs California was the longest distance traveled.
Michael
Dhuey - living in Cupertino
California was the second longest distance traveled.
Anthony Handzlik - living a stones
throw from Christ King was the shortest.
Greg had a moment of silence for the two
departed members of our class Janine Lukach and Jim Rauterberg
both dying in car crashes.
Greg mentioned Christ
King Parish will be having a 50th
anniversary in two years. This should be a reunion for all the
classes.
The rest of the night was spent
socializing, drinking and dancing. The disc jockey played some
classic high school dance tunes including:
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