We were unable to locate many of our classmates, as some of us had not been together in over 40 years. To make our crowd a little bigger, we invited friends who were within a year or two of our class (older and younger siblings who "hung out" with our class).
It was so much fun and we decorated around a 70's theme, including records (you know, those giant black things that look like CDs?) and other icons of the late 60s and 70s. We even had a Magic Bus as a photo prop!
Our invitations reflected the hippie-era theme.
The registration table was complete with authentic British go-go boots from the 70s, serving as vases for the iconic daisies of the era. Also on the registration table was a 45 (FYI--that's a small record, larger than a CD) of Elton John's song "Friends" which was popular during our school days. We had games from our childhood on the table (Pin the Tail on the Donkey, jump rope, jacks, slinky, hula hoop), along with old photos of our elementary and kindergarten classes as well as individual school pictures. We such cute little guys!
When we mailed out the invitations, we included a questionnaire, asking for special memories of events and activities, favorite teaches, etc. We also asked for each person's favorite song during our senior year as well as other songs they enjoyed during school days. We used that information to make nametags out of cardstock. Using the pictures from the last yearbook that we shared (7th grade), I put the picture on a replica of a 45 record, and put the image of their favorite song's record label on it. Names were written in large print with a white paint pen....this worked well for aging eyes, against the dark nametag, for discreetly reminding us of those whose names we might have forgotten. ;)
Probably the two things that prompted the most comments were our unique place mats and the photo prop. On the dinner tables, we used old album covers (record albums, not photo albums). All of the albums came from my house, but I left the records at home, naked, waiting for their covers to return! Atop each album (which, by the way, did make perfect placemats) we alternated placing 60s/70s style lapel pins, peace symbol necklaces, and pairs of cute, little daisy hairclips (very 60s). Scattered down the table were pieces of Double Bubble bubble gum, orange and black Hershey kisses, glowing glo-sticks, chocolate footballs, orange and black wrapped peanut butter candy. Our school's colors were orange and black, since our mascot was a tiger. Also on each table, we had vintage candies such as collectible Cracker Jack boxes, Sugar Daddies, Necco wafers, packets of Fizzies.
What fun we had! So much that we decided to have it annually, possibly semi-annual, instead of every 10 years!
We also had a very nice memorial table set up with the names and pictures of deceased classmates. I did not get a picture of it, but it was very nice. Hopefully, someone will have taken a picture and I can include it in this.
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