Why You Should Attend

Alliance High School, Alliance NE

Class of 1961

50th high school class reunion

August 19, 20, 21, 2011

Why You Should Attend

Oh boy, I can’t wait.  August 20’s* the date

Our fiftieth is coming.  Now that’s old.

It should be a ball, they’ve rented a hall

At Newberry’s in Alliance, I’m told

Repairs have been made on my hearing aid

My pacemakers been turned up on high

My wheelchair is oiled, and my teeth have been boiled

And I’ve bought a new wig and glass eye.

I’m feeling quite hearty, and I’m ready to party.

I’m gonna dance ‘til dawn’s early light.

It’ll be lots of fun, but I just hope there’s one

Other person who can make it that night.

• *actual reunion begins on Friday evening, August 19th, 6 pm @ Janice Lawrence's home, 1640 Emerson, Alliance (byob and a snack)
• The Author was "unknown" on this original poem....so it seemed OK to change a few words here and there.
  
  

Regardless of whom I meet 
or what I do or what I have become,
it is the friends I grew up with 
that I feel closest to and 
that I have the most in common with.
Though we don't see each other often,
when we do, it is as though we were always together ~
so comfortable, so natural, so honest.
I guess old friends who know where we come from,
who know our backgrounds, who know our families
have an understanding of us 
that no new friend can ever have.

~~ Susan Polis Schultz

In past years, reunions may have 
been about "show and tell," 
but this time around, it's all about 
"show up and share!" 
All differences aside…

Whether you were rich or poor, 
athlete or artist, an introvert or extrovert;
Whether you were maintaining a 4.0 or just sliding by;
Hanging with the "in-crowd" or living at the library…
IT DOESN'T MATTER!

Whether you're running a Fortune 500 company or just 
punching the clock, retired or collecting unemployment;
Whether you're living large in luxury, getting by okay 
or just flat out broke…
IT DOESN'T MATTER!

Whether you're still hot stuff, weathering well, 
or aging beyond recognition;
Whether your shape is slight or ample, firm or fluffy;
Whether your hair is in abundance or a bit in absence…
IT DOESN'T MATTER!

Whether you're happily married (for the first, 
second, or third time), or divorced;
Whether you're living single or with a significant other;
Whether you come with a date, or come alone…
YOU KNOW, IT JUST DOESN'T MATTER!

Is our message clear yet?

There really is no excuse good enough to keep you 
from attending your 50th class reunion.
We have been through so much together and possess 
a shared history from the most sensitive time in our lives. 
Through this we are linked for life.
Who could better understand where you are coming from?

~ author unknown