This is the plan so far:
Friday Night - attend bonfire together (families included)
Saturday -
morning - attend homecoming parade together
afternoon - tailgate party b/f football game
evening - casual catered dinner for members & spouses/significant others @ local establishment. There will be a slide show, opportunity to introduce ourselves to eachother & get re-acquainted & reminisce.... We are hoping to have one of the charter members speak, but it will not be too formal. We don't have a program as such, but are trying to think of one.
The chapter has arranged for babysitting @ the local gymnastics place for kids 3 and up, and separate sitting for those under 3 until 1 a.m. so the alums w/kids can take their time.
Sunday morning we will have our Chapter Association brunch meeting-mainly to "post-mortem" the weekend and talk about what the chapter & alums want to see happen in the next year an for the future...
We don't have a house, so there isn't a central place to congregate, which kind of stinks, but we never had one, so it isn't something we miss...I'm hoping the turnout will be good-so far the RSVP's are trickling in, although I've heard from many who plan to be there....I don't want the chapter to be disappointed by a lukewarm response b/c the alums have been making alot of noise for this to happen (so they better show up!!!)
One thing thats tough - hotels in Stephenville are hard to come by, and having this on homecoming weekend makes it tougher on people who want to come, but have to get a room 30 minutes away...I hope that isn't keeping people away.
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