The excitement is building! We'll celebrate our 40th Class Reunion in East Longmeadow on Columbus Day weekend, October 8, 9 and 10, 2010. An invitation with registration form has been mailed to all graduates for whom we have a mailing address, former classmates who have joined our website and Guest Members of our website with close ties to our class.
Classmate Karen Esposito is handling reunion registrations. You'll mail her the completed registration form with a check. There will be no online registration.
Here is the reunion schedule:
Reunion Hotel
The reunion hotel will be the Holiday Inn Springfield-Enfield (formerly the Crowne Plaza Enfield-Springfield Hotel), 1 Bright Meadow Blvd, Enfield CT 06082; tel (860) 741-2211. Click here for the website: www.holidayinnspringfield.com.
The discount rate for our reunion is $99.00 + taxes of 12% ($11.88). The reunion committee has reserved a block of rooms for Friday and Saturday nights. To get the discount rate, when you make your reservation you must say, "This is for the block of rooms reserved for the East Longmeadow High Reunion." You must phone in your reservation to get the discount rate. You cannot make a reservation online and get that rate.
Friday, October 8
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Informal Welcoming at the Holiday Inn, Enfield, CT. Cash bar.
Dress: casual
Sporting events you may wish to attend (here is the link to all the events):
Home games
3:30 p.m. - Girls varsity field hockey vs. Westfield High
3:30 p.m. - Boys freshman football vs. Commerce High
3:30 p.m. - Boys freshman soccer vs. Minnechaug Regional High
4:00 p.m. - Girls freshman soccer vs. South Hadley High
5:00 p.m. - Girls JV field hockey vs. Westfield High
3:30 p.m. - Boys varsity and JV soccer vs. Minnechaug Regional High
4:00 p.m. - Girls JV volleyball vs. Agawam High
5:00 p.m. - Girls varsity volleyball vs. Agawam High
7:00 p.m. - Boys and girls varsity football vs. Commerce High
Saturday, October 9
6:30 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. Social hour and buffet style dinner with a cash bar at the Holiday Inn, Enfield, CT; dance music from our high school years by classmate Stephanie Chmielewski (Francis) and her husband, Mark.
Dress: business casual
Football enthusiasts may wish to attend this home game:
10:00 a.m. - Boys JV football vs. Commerce High
Sunday, October 10
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Catered brunch at the Norcross House, 89 Maple St, East Longmeadow, with an opportunity to tour the high school between 11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. During the brunch, classmates Tony Zampiceni and Bruce Moore will serve as hosts for a free tour of the adjacent East Longmeadow Historical Commission building. Tony serves as chairman and Bruce as vice chairman of the commission, which houses hundreds of items from EL's history.
Dress: casual
Cost
Friday Night Informal Welcoming - no charge - cash bar.
Saturday dinner - $50 per person; $90 per couple.
Sunday brunch - $16 per person; $25 per couple.
Sunday tour of high school - $7 per person; $10 per couple.
All events - $70 per person; $125 per couple.
Left: Norcross House, 89 Maple St, East Longmeadow. Right: EL Historical Commission building, 87 Maple St, EL.
Planning on Attending?
Here's who is planning on attending to date. We'll add additional names as we receive them from the reunion committee. The first group is classmates and their guests (for reasons of privacy, we're not listing the names of spouses and guests of classmates; we simply refer to them as "guests"). The second group is Guest Members of our website with close ties to our class.
* = registration forms received as of 9/4/10
Classmates and Their Guests Planning on Attending (143)
Sue Abel (Fitts)
* Donna Anderson (Wekerle)
Jayne Anderson
* Linda Bates (Thorn) and guest
Lenny Beaulieu
Pat Berard (Carroll)
Janet Betterley (Tysse)
Nancy Birtwell
* Nancy Blaisdell (Kotowitz) and guest
Judi Bliss
Jean Bonin (LeFevre)
Kendra Bowker (Bova)
Sandy Brennan
* Marlene Cabana
Dave Carpenter
Nancy Cauley
Debbie Campanella (Hansch)
Stephanie Chmielewski (Francis) and guest
* Susan Circosta (Mancinone)
Bob Clark and guest
Donna Colapietro (Beaumier)
Todd Cormier
Alison Cox
Jeff Crary
* Bill Creighton and guest
Sandra Cushman (Gittleman)
Kris D'Angelo (David)
Debbie David (Gagner)
Beth Davidson (Tierney) and guest
Julie Devine (Davis)
Hank Dickinson and guest
Ralph Donohue
Suzanne Dreyer (Sullivan)
Chris Edwards
* Karen Esposito
Roy Esposito
* Jack Evans
Brian Falk
Dave Farioli
Andy Farquharson
Dean Florian
Dave Gallerani
Armand Gamache
Frank Gibney and guest
Dale Goddard
Doug Goodrich and guest
Debbi Gray (Gray-Warren)
Linda Gray
* Garnett Hall (Tierney) and guest
Vicky Haskell (Gillison)
Nancy Holland (Frederick)
Alex Hunter
* Peg Izzo (Donahue)
Bill Kenyon
Doug Kenyon
Lynne Kinney (Miner)
Joe Kwasnik
Kathy LaBerge (Haberlin)
Carl Larson
Liz Lasek
* Nancy LaVertue (Hurst) and guest
Bruce Lindwall
Allison Lipp (Bonavita)
Andy Malloy
Rich Malmstrom
Marilyn Man (Streeter)
Jim Manferdini
Karen Martin (Johnson)
Sue McGill (Lombard)
John McGrady
Paul McNamara
Marilyn Medbury (Sames)
Rich Mondoux
Linda Mottle (Hopkins)
* Bruce Moore
* Scott Moore and guest
Adrienne Myers
Greg Naylor
Pat Olier (Plasse)
Channing Orr and guest
Peter Ouellette
Tom Ouellette
Ross Overlock
Cindy Page (Siegler)
Gil Paquette
Jane Passburg (Johnson)
* Rick Pesto and guest
Debbie Peterson (Walker)
Dennis Plante
* Michael Rafferty
Al Raimondi
Linda Redin (Blair)
Cynthia Richards (Franklin)
Joe Roy
Pat Ryan (Normand)
Steve St. Marie and guest
David Sand
Debbie Sawyer (Sockol)
Bill Scheumann
Maria Siano (Nicolazzo)
Stan Sroka
* Nancy Steitz
Dot Stellato
Pam Stenard (Ossorio)
John Stolecki
Sue Sullivan (MacQueston) and guest
Clark Swanson
Gail Taylor (Skrip)
Felix Tranghese
Gina Truitt (McKinney)
Lynn Vallett
* Steve Viger and guest
* Teresa Villamanino (Lalli)
Jane Viveiros (Beaulieu)
Susan Waterman (Heinecke)
Jarl Weyant
Mac White
Kurt Whitney
Sue Wicks (Stern)
Jim Wilkins
Rick Willard
Susan Wolcott (Fortier)
Nancy Wrinkle (Raducha)
Nancy Yacovone
Tony Zampiceni
Guest Members of our Website Planning on Attending (9)
* Nancy Bortle (Christine Bortle's mom)
Betty Cooper (Larry Cooper’s mom)
Jean Finnegan (Birchland Park math teacher)
Trish Goguen (Eddie Goguen's wife)
Linda Harnish (Lull) (George Lull’s wife)
Denise Humberston (Birchland Park English teacher)
Betsey LaBroad (Greene) (Paul LaBroad's sister)
* Pam Maybury (Scholtz) (President, ELHS Class of 1974)
* Rand Willard (Rick's brother)
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