MHS '75 | 50th Reunion | July 11-12
You may delay, but time will not.
Benjamin Franklin
50th reunion euro suites hotel special rate
FEBRUARY 2025 NOTES
MARCH 30: RSVP -- Please let us know if you plan to attend, so that we may inform our venues and finalize the per person ticket price. Currently, we are looking at somewhere from $100 to $125 per person.
JUNE 1: Deadline to purchase tickets so that we can finalize the Alumni Center space and setup needed. We obviously will take checks. More info later about "payable to" and a mailing address (or who will be collecting them personally). We are also setting up a Venmo account for our MHS75 50th Reunion to receive funds – for tickets and donations. [The link in this note sends you to Venmo.com for the time being. It may help you set up your own account or add the app to your phone.]
JULY 11 (Friday evening): Kegler's Sports Bar & Grille (meet and greet; NOT TICKETED)
JULY 12 (Saturday evening): The Erickson Alumni Center at Statler Wilson Commons (reception, dinner, drinks, and music; TICKETED)
MUSINGS
1. Our reception at the Alumni Center will include tables of auction items and tables of memorabilia (old student IDs and publications, newspaper clippings, etc.). Let us know what you plan to bring. Send us photos of your auction items; we will create a webpage to put them on display before our reunion weekend.
2. Our reception at the Alumni Center will also include a digital video of favorite photographs: MHS then and now, classmates and friends, sports events, local haunts in the 70s, etc. You can easily digitize and clean up old photos using apps like Google PhotoScan (for Apple or for Android smartphones), Microsoft Lens, Photomyne's Photo Scan App, Adobe Scan, FamilySearch Memories, and CamScanner. Let us know if you can't find an app; we will hunt down a link for you, and we will post links on one of our web pages.
3. We hope to have something of a "Red Carpet" at our Saturday night reception, with photos from the "Red Carpet" made available before the end of the evening.
4. We hope to invite MHS teachers and friends from our high school days to our social gathering at Kegler's on Friday evening. Send suggestions and help track them down.
50th Reunion Euro Suites Hotel special rate is now available for booking.
Other reunion weekend options to consider for smaller gatherings, but not official reunion events, might include:
-- Saturday morning coffee and mimosas at The West Virginia Botanic Garden at Tibbs Run Preserve.
-- Saturday get-togethers at various locations like Gene's Place (Gene's Beer Garden) on Wilson Avenue, Whitetail Crossing at 1562 Grafton Road, Dorsey's Knob Park, Coopers Rock State Forest, or anywhere along our Mon River Trails (Mon River, Deckers Creek, and Caperton Rail Trails). You might find yourself near a restaurant or watering hole. Or just bag lunch. Or arrange a food truck if there’s a big enough crowd. (We've been told that Whitetail Crossing might be able to provide one.)
-- Saturday afternoon relaxing at Ruby Amphitheater at Hazel Ruby McQuain Park. Who knows, they may even have a free event that's not listed yet.
-- Sunday "goodbye" brunches at local coffee shops and restaurants.
As we firm up our official plans and gather other weekend suggestions, we will send out more notices. Each monthly planning session should provide another update for everyone. The next monthly meeting is on March 21st at Short Story Brewing in Westover, their newest location.