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50th Class Reunion date is Saturday October 22, 2016

Reunion materials and photos, and post-reunion events!

 

First of all, please feel free to contact any of the reunion co-chairs by phone or email with your questions, comments, or ideas about the reunion or this site! (Also, check out the blogs over there to the left, and add your comments anytime.)
Second, take a look who’s planning on coming to the reunion so far:  Attendees
Third – take a look at our How You Can Help page to see how you might be able to help make our reunion the best it can possibly be!
And Fourth – see who has already helped with a donation or sponsorship!!

 

STATUS UPDATE (28Sep16)
  • The main venue will be the Westwood Country Club in Vienna, VA from 6-10p on Saturday October 22, 2016. Here’s the link so you can take a look: www.westwoodcc.com. (And here’s the Google map link: Westwood – enter at the main entrance directly across 123 from Mashie Dr. SE., then follow the signs.)
  • The ticket price for the main venue is $95 per person if received prior to October 1, and includes 1-2 bar drinks, hors d’oeuvres, a sit-down buffet style dinner, and an open cash bar beyond the included drinks. Parking is ample and convenient. We will have 1960’s background music, two cars from 1966, a running loop of the video from our 20th class reunion, and some “open mic” time for reminiscences and hellos.
  • The homecoming game is the evening of Friday 21 (the day before), and is free to all folks 60 and older. (Yes!) We will have a tailgating party reception at 6p before the game and, hopefully, some sort of acknowledgement during half time – details on both to be announced. (The tailgating area will be in the rear parking lot, on the left side as you look at at the building from the front.)
  • The GCM building tours will begin at 2p, Saturday 22nd, at GCM’s main front entrance.
  • If you have a business and would like to be a sponsor (or if you have ideas for other sponsors), or would like to make a personal contribution toward the reunion, please take a look at this page, then let us know.

 

SIGNUP AND PAYMENT

We have had a strong signup for the reunion during these past five weeks since the first email: The head count (including significant others) is in the 140 range thus far. (See Attendees.) We are shooting for the 150-170 range, so, if you are interested in coming and haven’t already signed up, now’s the time to do it!! Just send us an email as soon as possible and let us know about the main event, the homecoming game, and the GCM tour – including whether you will be bringing a significant other in each case.

For those of you who are coming, now is the time to send us a check for the main venue ticket(s) – $95 per person before October 1, or $105 per person on or after October 1. Please make your check payable to Linda Rieger / GCM Reunion Treasurer, and send it to:

Linda Rieger / GCM Reunion
7417 River Falls Dr.
Potomac, MD  20854

We have accounted for 322 of our classmates thus far (as of 22Sep16) , and are still looking for 268. Please take a look at the Classmates list and let us know if you can help track down any of our MIAs! (MIAs are those classmates with no checkmark after their names in the main classmates list.)

Also, if you have kept in touch with any GCM classmates from other years, we encourage you let them know that they will be welcome at our 50th reunion, and should contact us if they are interested in attending. (We already have some signups from other years – see the Attendees page.)

In addition to classmates, we have also located and contacted a number of 1962-66 era faculty members thus far, and are looking forward to seeing some of them at the reunion, as complimentary guests of the Class of 1966.

Here’s the current paid-for ticket count: (Please be sure to send in your check if you haven’t already done so!)

#0040ff Raised 141 towards the 160 target.

(Last updated: 22Oct16)

HOTEL ROOMS

We have reserved a block of hotel rooms at the Tysons Corner Marriott on Rt. 7, about a mile away from the school:

Tysons Corner Marriott
8028 Leesburg Pike, Tysons Corner, VA 22182
703-734-3200

The $99 per night rate includes complimentary breakfast and parking. Although we have reserved the rooms, you need you need to make your own reservation by September 30. Here’s the link:

Note as of October 1, 2016: There are still a few room nights left, even though Marriott will indicate that none are available. If you are still interested in a room, please contact Richard May!

 

Personal Pages and Other Ideas

Please send us any other thoughts and ideas you may have about the reunion weekend! And be sure to take a look at how you can post information on your personal page.