January 3, 2025 update

St. John’s 50th (1975) reunion!!!

 

Happy New Year!
 

If you have already let us know that you are coming, we don’t need to hear from you again (until we pester you for pre-payment once that is ready).  If you haven’t yet responded, please do so with a YES (and how many), NO or MAYBE to attend one or both days.  This will help us set a budget. …. 

 

We are hoping you will attend (note that we haven’t restricted this event to the 75’s.  If you are in a neighbouring year, you are very welcome to join us).  If you attended the school for ten minutes between 1970-75 you are most welcome to join in. 

The event will take place on Wednesday June 4 & Thursday June 5, 2025.  

 

Wednesday evening June 4th:  will feature a social type of gathering at the Henderson & Perimeter Legion.  Basically a chance to shoot the breeze.  Tunes from our era, slide show, social food, booze.  Optional pre-ordered reunion merch.  6:30 to midnight.  By popular demand we have added a 20 minute ballroom dancing segment!!!   One and a two and begin…. Slow, slow, quick, quick slow.  With instruction to refresh your memories.  
 

Thursday afternoon June 5th:  Noon to 3 p.m. a get together in Kildonan Park.  Some food, tunes, bocce, maybe even a jam session (bring your instrument and start noodling), and mobility skooter races (yes, we have a plan B if it is a monsoon day).  

 

Thursday early evening June 5th:  get together at St. John’s to view the alumni display, tour the school (with some current students as guides) and perhaps leave graffiti (I guess we should say “don’t” do that).  Tiger merch.  Likely 5-7:30 p.m.  Just waiting on confirmation on start time from the school.  

 

50/50 Draw!

We will conduct two draws on the Wednesday night and Thursday afternoon.  The net proceeds will go to the high school for the purchase of badly needed volleyball and basketball uniforms.  

 

Merch

Stay tuned.  We will be offering merch for pre-order.  It will include two designs on: regular t-shirts, v-neck t-shirts, long sleeve t-shirts (all 100% cotton) and we’ll provide a sizing chart, coffee mugs and beer steins.  Deadline for orders will be May 15, 2025.  We will send out a separate e-mail with the merch info.  

 

Volunteers

We’re looking for people to help out with door registration, 50/50, set-up, clean up.  If you are ready, willing and able to do a shift, please let us know.  Likewise, if you have a kid, friend or relative that might be keen, that will allow more of us to just have fun.  

 

Advertising

We’ve done a bunch of PSAs in the media.  We’re also putting together a poster.  When ready we can e-mail it to you to print and put it up in any places where alumni might haunt.  

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How Much?

We don’t yet have a budget set, as cost per person will really depend on how many attend.  We anticipate that the cost will be extremely reasonable.  We’re just looking to break even.  So far, 50 of us have confirmed to be in attendance.

 

We’ve set up a facebook page:  TIGERS 1975.  On that page are some charts of missing persons that we’re hoping you can help us find.  If you find someone, direct them to that facebook page or our reunion e-mail at tigers1975@myyahoo.com  If you aren’t on FB, we can e-mail you the list of missing persons, if you want to help us find people.  Via e-mail and FB we’ve managed to find 117 classmates.  That still leaves 172 “missing”.  There’s a lot of people with absolutely no online footprint, and many who just don’t want to be found.  We get that high school wasn’t a positive experience for everybody.  But this reunion isn’t about comparing the size of our shoes, we should all just be happy to be alive.  This will be a huge love fest!

 

Pictures!  E-mail us pictures from school days to include in our slide show!

Tunes!  The playlist is ready to go with tunes we were listening to at that time.  

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