Event Planning Part 4

Part IV

Event Planning a High School Reunion

High school - the words bring back memories of gym lockers and strict

teachers. Ten or twenty years later those memories may have faded a

bit, but the fondness for the people you spent time with is still very

much there.

High school reunions are a fun way to reminisce about the days gone

by when your hair was a bit longer and your stomach much toner.

When you attend a high school reunion your focus is on your old

classmates and how much they've changed and what they are doing

now. It's easy to overlook how much time and energy went into the

event planning for the occasion.

Usually when the years pass by and it's nearing the ten or fifteen year

mark after graduation, a group of former students will take on the task

of event planning for a reunion. They will gather together as much

information as they can, based on the names in yearbooks and the

people they are still close to, and they'll share the information of the

pending reunion, hoping that it will fan out and most former classmates

will get word. They may also consider placing small ads in local papers

to catch the eyes of the people they once went to school with.

That's only the beginning of the event planning process though and

there are still many details to tend to. One of those is finding a venue to

host the event, choosing a caterer and possibly even preparing a

program that involves speeches and awards similar to those given away

at graduation.

With proper event planning a high school reunion can be an evening

filled with old memories and new information. It's always nice to look

back and it's even more enriching to see how far you've come and to

look ahead.

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