With less than 30 days till our 50th, the Reunion Committee is busy at work preparing for the big weekend. As posted earlier, the final schedule will be published a couple of weeks prior to the event, so make sure you check back here for more details.

The T-Shirts have been printed and they look great! Rudy out did himself again. A few reminders before you leave for Vegas:

1. We are looking for a few raffle items. If you made it yourself, thats even better. At the last Vegas celebration, we did the same and everyone enjoyed bidding on some very nice items. (Let Linda know so we can better plan for it.)
2.  At the Hospitality Suite, we will have a wall for “Share Your Family” pictures. One or two pictures will speed us to current day since graduation. Spouse, Kids, Grandkids, etc.

Aloha, and come back in a couple of weeks.

The Reunion committee held its final formal meeting on Saturday, January 14th at the Chin’s. The following is a preliminary schedule of events. While most times have been set, there may be some minor changes. The final schedule will be announced a couple of weeks prior to the event.

Thursday, March 2nd, 2017 (early arrivals)(Check posting next to West Tower elevators)
3:00-5:00pm, Hospitality open for early arrivals. Pickup bags and information.
7:00-9:00pm, Hospitality open.

Friday, March 3rd, 2017
9:00-12:00 Noon, Slot Tournament, Main Street Station, Players Gold Club.
1:00-4:00pm, Pickup bags & information, Hospitality Room to TBA, check posting next to West Tower Elevator.
7:00-9:00pm, Hospitality open, Pickup bags & information

Saturday, March 4th, 2017
10:00-12:00 Noon, Hospitality suite open
6:30-11:30pm, Banquet, Main Street Station – Social Club, this will be a fun night. More details to follow.

Sunday, March 5th, 2017
9:00-1:00pm, Brunch, Main Street Station – Social Club
3:00-6:00pm, Hospitality Suite open, (pickup photos)

The committee decided to hold a raffle auction. We had a good time in previous reunions so we are asking for any donations. Please bring your donation to the hospitality room.

Happy New Year Classmates! The new year is exciting with anticipation for our reunion in March. As of today (January 11th) we have a total of 81 registrations. We are still accepting registrations and will make every effort to get  you a t-shirt in the proper size (our shirt order has been placed with our printer for registrations received). We are having our final reunion committee meeting this weekend and hope to have most of the final details nailed down. More information to follow in a few weeks. If you haven’t sent in your registration, it’s not too late. Do it now!

As we enter the holiday’s, I’m sure everyone’s schedules will get even more busy. It’s important that you take care of your registration now for our highly anticipated 50th reunion in March.

As of this date, we have a total of 53 registrations. We’re cautiously optimistic that this may be a great turn out, based on the registrations so far. In order to get our t-shirts printed and delivered on time, the cut off date for a guarantee of a t-shirt and size is January 1st, 2017. Send in your registrations today!

The reunion committee met at Cynthia Sodetani Iwai’s home on September 17th to finalize the registration process. It is important that we receive your attendance commitment early as possible  so that the planning process can proceed smoothly.

The registration form can be downloaded and printed from here.

Please print, complete all requested information and mail with check to Linda’s address.

As you make plans to attend, the most convenient hotel is the either the California Hotel & Casino or the Main Street Station Casino. Also close by is the Golden Nugget. (Sorry, no group rates available.)

Reservations:
California Hotel & Casino: 800-634-6505
Main Street Station Casino: 800-465-0711
Golden Nugget: 800-634-3454

The 50th Reunion committee for the Vegas venue had their first meeting on July 2, 2016 at Linda Higa Nyman’s house. Present were: Linda Higa Nyman, Janice Muramoto Chin, Harvey Chin, Cynthia Sodetani Iwai, Kent Iwai, Rudy Obrero, Carol Obrero, Edwin Kimoto, Gale Matsuzaki Vadnais, Dr. Nolan Higa and Bernie Imamura (Susan Aoki Imamura, 1949-2009).

Many details were decided on but much more work needs follow up and we plan to meet again in September. It is anticipated that we can start taking registrations around the October time frame. At that time, much of the details should be available. The dates are set, it’s just the details of activity that are being finalized. More to follow.

Aloha Castle 67 classmates!

Our 50th Class Reunion is upon us in 2017 and the planning committee has started to organize the festivities for next year.