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Subject: Re: AUGUST 10TH AT OAKLEDGE

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tim
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Date Posted: 22:35:01 08/10/03 Sun
In reply to: TIM 's message, "AUGUST 10TH AT OAKLEDGE" on 01:00:35 07/01/03 Tue

For those of you who couldn't make it today, we had a small but exuberant crowd show up for our little alumni gathering at Oakledge. If you count the guy named Chris who came by in a power wheelchair and bummed a cigarette, we had 35 people in all who joined our party at the pavilion. 13 of them were Essex alumni; 9 of them were children of alumni and the rest were friends or spouses of alumni. I did not count the large group of picnickers that joined us late in the afternoon to eat their dinner and who got to hear our open mic attendees. Janice wanted me to collect money from them, but I thought it helped fill up the place and so i let them in for free.

I think it was a success considering not one invitation was mailed and the weather was forecast to be partly cloudy with thundershowers. We did get some showers but nothing that lasted too long and the sky opened up and the sun shone for a good part of the day.

I'd like to thank everyone for coming and especially to all the folks who brought instruments and played. Thanks also to my friend Jim Peterson who furnished the P.A. system.

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Brina
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Date Posted: 12:15:47 08/25/03 Mon

Hey Tim, That was a fun way to get people together. I heard after the fact that the class of '73 held their 30th reunion that same weekend, Friday and Saturday nights, doing the more traditional hotel/dinner type gatherings. I have to say that I stand a much better chance of convincing my husband to join me if it's something more casual and outdoors, like what we did at Oakledge. Thanks for all your organizing and work.

The music sounded so good outdoors. That was a great touch. Mostly, though, I'm impressed by the way you guys know each other and have fun together still. Very nice! There are a lot of good people in your "boysweekend" clan, I think. It will make a gathering of just my own class seem kind of dull (mine would be coming up on their 30th reunion in another two years). Plus, I get a kick out of being the oldest alum at your gatherings!

Thanks again---Brina (back home in Minnesota after almost a month in Vermont)

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