[Boomer]

Hi Indy-Guy,

I am not quite to the big 5-0 reunion yet but it will be here sooner than I like to think about. I have been on reunion committees a few times. Those booklets are always a hit and so much easier to put together now. There are websites for class reunions now, too. Somebody might check into those.

Like you, we don't get into entertainment because we are it. It is so much fun to see each other and catch up.

But if you decide you want a little entertainment for this one..... maybe a DJ.

For some of our reunions, we have had music from our high school days playing in the background, just from stuff we brought. 'Background' is the operative word there. Depending on how much you can spend, you might be able to hire a DJ who knows the era. Maybe you can find one who would do a little 60's patter (Is that the right word?) like whoever we were listening to on our transistor radios back then.

But somebody has to be in charge of making sure the DJ keeps the music at a reasonable level. (said Boomer who has just returned from a wedding reception in Northern Indiana where the DJ kept cranking it up and up and UP!!!! -- just like happens here in SW Ohio. And speaking of Northern Indiana, those windmill farms were not there last time, miles of those eerily beautiful things along the interstate. Good to see.) But I digress....

Back to that DJ.....depending on where you have the reunion, you might have a small dance floor for after dinner. Somebody still needs to make sure the sound level of the music allows conversation. People will leave if the music makes conversation impossible. Conversation is the most important part of the evening.

Another suggestion -- and my guess is that you have already done this -- when you do the name tags, put the senior picture from the yearbook on there. The women all look the same, of course, but the men change so much. Oh and make sure the picture is big enough to see.

There are some 50th reunion classes ahead of us who have done a weekend thing with another event like a picnic or something. But I don't know if that waters down attendance at the actual reunion.

Those coming from out of town might be staying with relatives if there are some still in Anderson, but you might want to make a block of rooms available at a local hotel at a special price like they do for weddings.

Have fun.

Boomer, Class of 196?