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Weekend of Friday
September 16th through Sunday 18th - Marriott El Paso
Friday:
1. 8:30AM -
No host/dutch Grade School Classes Breakfast at the
Marriott.
2. 10AM-3PM - Guided bus tour of the city including a tour of the neighborhood area around the AHS feeder grade schools including AHS. Most of what can now be called the city center was along the route with a loop around most of present city urban area. A dutch Mexican food lunch around Noon.
3. 6PM-11PM
- "Mixer" gathering at 6P, followed by a "cook
out" style buffet served at 6:30-7:30PM in the Marriott
ballroom. A no-host cash bar. The Bob
Burns Band played three 45 minute sets from 7:45-10:45
PM, "a wide variety of music for both
listening and dancing." A videographer roamed about,
obtaining interviews.
Saturday,
6PM-11PM Dinner-Dance at the Coronado Country
Club (CCC).
Reunion
Coordinator's Note: "With
Fri night probably going on late, and Sat night coming
early, no other activity was scheduled, leaving the
rest of the day as free time for chilling & mingling in and
around the hotel, hospitality suite, wherever, whenever."
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Mingling began 6PM, buffet dinner served at the CCC from 7-to-8 PM including coffee, tea, and soft drinks.
A no-host cash bar. A professional
photographer took portrait and candid
pictures. Some brief
announcements followed dinner and a live band played dance
music.
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A bus for shuttle service on Sat evening was provided for a
total of four round trips from the Marriott to the CCC.
Sunday, two activities
as follows:
1. Breakfast
or Brunch at the Marriott for those interested.
2. 9AM-9PM
- Bus trip to Ruidoso with two separate
concurrent tour destinations, a Classic Car Show and a Billy
the Kid History.
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A car show personally conducted by Ronnie Whorter of his way
out classic car collection near downtown Ruidoso, a 140+ car collection and
lunch as Ronnie's guest.
http://gallery.me.com/bbalamo/100105
* A guided tour of Old Lincoln conducted by Drew Gomber (previously affiliated w/ Discovery Channel/Wild West Tech w/ Robert Carradine) in the Lincoln State Monument area including the County Courthouse (Billy the Kid). Lunch (dutch) near the courthouse at the Old Wortley Hotel, another genuine historic site from the days of Billy the Kid (BTK). This tour segment was coordinated by Sunni Totten-Parsons.
* Sunday
dinner, Gathering of Nations buffet at the
Inn of the Mountain Gods (IMG).
* The
scheduled Ruidoso bus tour itinerary was:
9:00AM 12:00PM 12.30PM 1:15PM 3:15PM 4:00PM 4:15PM 4:45PM Dinner at the Gathering of the Nations Buffet 6:30PM 6:45PM Depart for El Paso Marriott 9:00PM
Here are the
web links to most of the venue entities:
The Bus
company: http://www.allaboardamerica.com/elpaso/index.html
Coronado
Country Club: http://www.coronadocountryclub.com/
Wortley Hotel
and Restaurant: http://www.theinnkeeper.com/bnb/11486
Gathering of
Nations Buffet at IMG: http://innofthemountaingods.com/dining-1/gathering-of-nations-buffet/
Dress code
for all reunion activities will be Casual, except for Sat
night being Dressy Casual.
As dress code definitions can vary widely, here are those
from Emily Post we suggest:
Casual
Dress
Guys:
Gals:
Dressy
Casual
Guys:
Gals:
Your badge
and T-shirt (Koozie if you declined the T-shirt or
registered late) package will be available at the hotel desk
by Thurs evening. The badges will be coded to show bus trip
payment and used as a "bus pass". Otherwise, if you don't
come to the hotel sooner, we will be handing the package out
at the ballroom door on Friday nite. Please be prepared to
show photo I.D. to the hotel desk clerk to get your package.
About the
T-shirts again: An August 10th postmark was the official
cutoff for receiving T-shirts, but a few managed to get one
later anyway as they hadn't been ordered at the time. All
registrations received after August 20th will receive a "Koozie"
(I had to Google it!) foldable drink holder in lieu of a
T-shirt.
By the way,
there will be cold water furnished on all bus trips for
those participating.
The Marriott
and Coronado Country Club buffet menus are as follows:
Marriott Dinner Buffet Coffee, Decaf Coffee, Revolution Teas BBQ Chicken Breasts 100% Black Angus Hamburger Patties Vinaigrette/Texas Style Coleslaw Homemade Potato Salad Cut Corn Trimmings - heated, buns, lettuce, tomatoes, onion, pickles, ketchup, mustard (Burgers - 8 oz. before grilling) Peach Cobbler Desert Full No Host Bar Coronado Country Club Dinner Buffet Ice tea, Coffee, Decaf Coffee, Sodas Salad with assorted dressings Meatloaf Turkey with cranberry sauce and stuffing Mashed potatoes Green beans Red enchiladas Crisp Chicken tacos - unspiced Rice and beans Corn Tortilla Chips Salsa Fresh baked bread Dessert Station - Array of desserts Full No Host Bar
Go Panthers!
Later, Hap
P.S. We now
are expecting 79 classmates and guests to attend.
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