Only a few details at the moment... however the Minnechaug Class of 79 30th Reunion is set for Nov 27th at the Sheraton in Springfield. Check back from time to time for more details.
Our 30th class reunion was held on 5 July 2008! It was a great night and as usual it went by too quickly. We do however have a number of photos of the event that you can check out: Minnechaug Class of 1978 30th Class Reunion Photo Gallery
The reunion commitee consists of the following people (in no particluar order): Dennis Anti, Lisa Cambo, Bob Schnepp, Chris Howard, Carol Hanson, Joe Roberts, and Noreen Hughes.
Quite a few people expressed enthusiasm about holding a 35th reunion, so there's a decent chance we will have a 35th!
I never heard any news about a 25th reunion for Class of 81 (would have been in 2006)...
So far as I know, the Class of 1980 did not hold a 25th reunion.
The 25 year reunion for the Class of 1978 was held on 29 November!
E-mail invitations were sent to those class members for which we had valid e-mail addresses; the invitation packages went out on 13 August. Also, notices were sent via Classmates.com's web site (this is being used as a secondary method to contact people). Paper invitations were mailed out on 18 August, about 260 people received these.
Greg Barnagian will be hosting the "after hours" portion of the reunion at Pizza Pub on Boston Rd in Wilbraham. Chances are that a number of people will still want to visit after the Hampden Country Club portion of the reunion closes down. If you are one of these people, head over to Pizza Pub! Greg will be open until at least 2am. Also, some people who cannot make the regular reunion (due to work, etc) will be at Pizza Pub. We hope to see you at the after hours reunion!
Below is the list of people attending as of 20 November (in no particular order). If you sent payment in recently and do not see your name here, it is because your name did not make the most recent update of the list).
Below is a list of people for which paper invitations came back as "cannot deliver". Although it is acedemic at this point in time, do let us know if you know the whereabouts of any of these people!
Mike Krzesik, Donald Robinson, Cindy Dunscombe, Paul Williamson, Christopher Douglas, Donna Hilt, Joe Specht, Deborah Morin, Steve Wetherbee, Craig Collette, Robert Bourget, Deborah Bromley, Steve Goodrich, Joe Read, Lynn Hanson, Daniel Mitchell, Thomas Mason, Debra Vigneault, Jill Schnieder, Donna Mack, Paul Crowley, Kathy Jurkowski, Dennis Costello, Gary Fiore, Peter Jameson, Nish Vartanian, Mike Belanger, Nancy Vito, Jeff Oulette, Deborah Torricelli, Barbara Gousy, Patricia Kane, Diane Fuller, Lisa Caputo, Cindy Brehaut, Tracy Sleith, Leo Balboni, Peter Mathews, Peter Philips, Diane Ort, Robert Hatch, Allen Darling, Kirk Vance, Ken Delargy, Judith Harvey, Robert Chambers, Kathleen Lively, Kelly Rae McCarthy, Carol Dickie
ALSO: For the people listed below, we never had any address information at all, so we need help in tracking these people down also!
The 20th Reunion for the Class of 78 was held on 18 - 19 July 1998. It was a great time, the night seemed to fly by very fast. The Sunday breakfast was also fun and offered another chance to talk to people that were missed the night before. Only hours after the reunion had ended, e-mail was received from several class members and the feedback was very positive! Based on the feedback, the class will definitely be planning a 25th reunion. The initial thought was to try some kind of outdoor cookout type party. Several new people offered to be on the 25 year reunion committee. It seems far off now, but it will be here before anyone realizes it...
We know for fact that there were some people who really wanted to attend the reunion this past weekend but for various reasons could not. And, we are sure that there are some people that we could not track down that would have wanted to have attended. To try to offer some consolation, there are two items to mention. First, a Reunion Photo Gallery is available on-line (see section just a bit below for details). The second item...
The 20th Reunion Gallery is now available for viewing. The gallery contains 89 photos of the reunion events (dinner and breakfast). For privacy reasons, the page is not available to the general public; if you want to take a look at the gallery you will have to E-mail to Webmaster to request the instructions on how to get to the gallery.
Your Reunion Committee for the 20th Reunion:
In addition, Sharon Usher Strange, David Strange, Rachel Siebert, Mary Ellen Sparks Barker, Greg Barnagian, Greg Zirakian and Scott Southworth have helped out with various tasks.
The adults liked them as much if not more than the kids!
The Minnechaug Class of '79 held its 20th reunion on 27 November 1999; it was held at the Marriott in Springfield and was a "cocktail" style reunion.