This is Barbara McDonald from the U-High class of 1974. Your class coordinator is Karen Davis Leibold.
John & Jean Spitzer from 1962 have been holding an annual all-school picnic the last Saturday in June from 8am-11am. They provide beverages and ask people to bring food. This year it is being held on June 30 at shelter #6 in lower City Park, in conjunction with their class’s 45th reunion. They have their own contacts list, and would appreciate more attendees. They can be contacted at: john-spitzer@uiowa.edu .
As far as the Reunion itself, it is being held In Iowa City on Labor Day weekend, from Friday, August 31 through Sunday, September 2, 2007. Friday and Sunday we are leaving open for each class to plan their own activities. For example, David Ricci from ’74 is going to arrange for our class to meet downtown Friday evening, and I don’t know what we’re doing yet about Sunday morning.
Saturday is the date for the all-school activities. We have reserved a shelter in lower City Park for a potluck barbeque in the afternoon, and a ballroom at the Marriott in Coralville in the evening for a dance with a cash bar and appetizers. The Marriott will also hold a block of rooms at a discounted rate for any attendees and they are giving us the ballroom for free! Thank Sally Orr for that! This way, we alleviate a lot of the pressure about needing to know exactly how many people will be attending, unlike if we planned a sit-down dinner. There will be a lot more details forthcoming, but the important thing right now is to let people know the dates, so they have time to plan.
The U of I Foundation will also be mailing out a solicitation letter for the U-High IDEA scholorship, which is still in existance, in which we are asking them to include information about the reunion, but believe me, they are not the easiest people to work with!
I want to thank all of you for the time and effort each one of you have put into this, and to let you know that we couldn’t do it without you!
Contact me with any questions, concerns, suggestions and brilliant ideas.