Friday Night Plans are Being Finalized

Hi All,

1. News about Friday Night (August 22, the night before our official reunion at the Hyatt) will be brief, for now. Before posting anything lengthy, I am waiting for solid details on the gathering. Just be aware - for anyone who's interested in making the most of our reunion weekend, we will be having a fun and casual get-together that Friday night! Stay Tuned.

2. Thank you Kim Lee, for e-mailing me some great high school photos! We'll definitely be incorporating them into our slide show. Also: Sharion and Tiffany, I am still very interested in getting your pictures/videos. If you need more information on how/where to send them, please contact me (Deana) through the reunion email address, 1988@WilsonHighReunion.com, and I'll contact you directly with instructions. The same goes for anyone else out there who has pictures and videos for the reunion. Keep 'em coming.

3. The Committee wants to sell fun Wilson Hawaiian shirts at the reunion, and wants to get your opinion on whether or not you'd buy one (see our new Poll, to the left).

Check out this shirt. The pocket matches the pattern, even! A sign of a quality Hawaiian indeed...


Finally, please remember to scroll down through this rather extensive blog for any information you need -- everything is here: Dates, Times, Registration Info, Contact Info, Prices, Bio/Memory Book Info, and much more.

Even if you can't make it to the reunion or the pre-reunion gathering, you can still make yourself seen in many ways. When the reunion questionnaire arrives, fill it out and send it back with a current photo -- you'll automatically be included in the biography book, which you can purchase separately from the reunion. If you have great pictures you want to include in the slide show, send/email them our way. If you have any memorabilia to contribute, or any random memories or trivia you'd like to share, email us. Tell us your story! Have a great day!

Prom Night Pics, Videos, Memorabilia??

Hi All,

I was watching Good Morning America, or Today Show, or one of those morning shows this morning, and it featured one of the news anchors' (Ju-Ju Chen?) May 1987 Prom -- They brought her former classmates in to reminisce and showed photos and videos from her high school Prom -- They dressed her up in a gawdawful green prom dress and Bon Jovi hairdo -- showed the limos and talked about corsages, etc. And I thought, "We can do better than that!"

So I am asking you all once again: Do you have prom night photos? Do you (or your parents) have a video of that night or any of the games, or other events? Did you keep any mementos from prom night? What about photos from the 10-year reunion? Anyone have any from then?

We'll be setting up a table of mementos if we get enough... Heck, send me a video of you reminiscing about an event! Have someone interview YOU. Let's make this happen.

OK, OK ... You need some inspiration?

My husband was class of '87, so I went to TWO Wilson proms. I have only a few photos from them, but if they're any inspiration, here goes:


1988: AACK! PURPLE!!




1987: The gloves just completed the outfit, don'tya think?
And that white limo? We saved up our pennies from our ice-cream-scooping days at Baskin Robbins.




Here's Tracy (Cheevers) and me on Graduation Day.

See? It's not so tough! Come on and contact us at 1988@WilsonHighReunion.com if you have any photos/videos/items and I'll let you know where to send them. Or e-mail any scanned photos directly to that email address. We'll take good care of anything you send us, and definitely return them to you if you need them back.

Thanks!

Quick Blurb from Latest Committee Meeting

Last night the Committee held energetic discussions about reunion attendance, schedules, and ideas for the agenda. We plan to compile photos and videos from 1988 to create and show a DVD montage at the reunion. E-mail us at 1988@WilsonHighReunion.com if you have any great footage or pix you'd like us to include, and we can even turn your VHS copies into DVD format.

Wilson reunion shirts will be sold at the event, and some fun surprises are being arranged! Dinner details and musical entertainment have been inked. The next mailer to be sent out will be the official invitation. About two months before the reunion, you should also receive a biography questionnaire, which is something that you can contribute to -- and order -- even if you won't be able to make it to the actual reunion (if you do attend, the biography book is included in the cost of the ticket). More details to follow soon!

More Ways to Get Reunion Information

Hi All,

FIRST: If you want to receive a free Reunion Photo CD with your Reunion Tickets, you'll need to register for attendance by April 8, 2008 (this Tuesday!).

If you have not received your Registration form, contact Creative Reunions directly by phone at (310) 539-0111, or by e-mail at Createclas@aol.com.

SECOND: Do you or anyone you know, still have video or photos of 1988 games, rallies, events, etc.? One of our ideas is to combine videos and photos on a DVD that can be shared at the reunion. Have you stayed in touch with any of the teachers or faculty? If so, they may have archives of this kind of stuff. All items would be returned to original owners, of course.

THIRD: Thanks to the maintained website created by the Wilson Class of 1962, we now have an official reunion committee e-mail address: 1988@WilsonHighReunion.com. So now you can officially contact the reunion committee!

AND FINALLY: Here's another way to get reunion information: The Wilson Class of 1962 maintains a Wilson website for reunion information on all classes from 1940 to 2007. (They continue to stay online thanks to classmate donations.)

The website is http://www.wilsonhighreunion.com/ClassIndex.htm

In addition to basic reunion information, the website's Class of 1988 page includes the following links:

• Register with your Reunion Committee (there's a secure contact form you can fill out online, which will be forwarded to the Committee)
• Shortcut to Reunion Calendar (shows date and place of reunion)
• Support Wilson High Alumni in Business (contact Herb through that website if you'd like to be added to the list of professionals and advertise your business)
• Notable Classmates (do you know anyone from our class who has made it -BIG-? Let them know!)

We at the Reunion Committee would love to hear from you to find out what YOU would like to see during our reunion in August. Add us to your address book: 1988@WilsonHighReunion.com.

Let's make this memorable for everyone!

Have you received the Reunion Info in the Mail Yet?

I just received the first Reunion mailer in the mail. Here are scanned copies of the details. They're probably tough to read here, but I'll see what I can do to make them more readable. What I do know is that the price before August 8 is $95/person (after August 8 is $105/person), and if you register before April 8, you'll get the Reunion Photo CD for free.

Latest News about our Twenty-Year Reunion - As of March 2008

HELLO!

I am so pleased to announce the first blog for the Long Beach Wilson High School 20-year-reunion!

You should soon receive a "Save the Date" mailer postcard from Creative Reunions. If you haven't already done so, please log onto http://www.creativereunions.com/ and enter your contact information so that you won't miss any of the mailers (save the date, questionnaire, etc.) that will be mailed out between now and the reunion date.

**Even if you are unable to attend the reunion, we still want to include your memories, information and photos in the 20-year biography book.**

Reunion Details:

When

Saturday, August 23, 2008
-6:30pm - Midnight-

Where

Hyatt Regency Long Beach - 200 South Pine Avenue.
-Reduced room rates have been provided for a block of rooms under the school name.-

How Much

$95 per person
-Includes dinner, decor, dancing, photographer, biography book, and more!-

Already, before any mailers have gone out, we have received about 70 replies from people who are ready to join the fun -- And we want to make sure this reunion has elements from all facets of the Wilson Class of '88. Do you have photos from 1988 that you can contribute to the reunion? Do you have any special requests? Do you have ideas for things to share or to present during the reunion? We want to hear from you! Email us (Deana or Crystal) through this blog and we'll get back to you asap.