La Follette High School
Class of ‘83
25thYear
Reunion Weekend
July 11, 12, and 13, 2008
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The party is over. See you in 2013 or sooner! Check out some photos from Friday, Saturday, and Sunday!
Celebrate
the “choyness” of times past and present by reconnecting with old friends and
making new ones at these events:
25th Year
Reunion Weekend Kickoff: Friday, July 11th from 7:30 p.m. until bar time at Pedro’s, 3555
E. Washington Avenue. Just show up with or without your significant other.
Encourage your friends from other La Follette graduating classes to crash this
party too. Cash bar, casual.
La Follette
School Tour and Archives/History Museum: Saturday, July 12th , from 1-3 p.m. at La Follette.
Meet in the Archives/History
Museum right by the LMC (The LMC is still where it was 25 years ago--enter
at the F-Wing by the parking lot and follow the signs, if you can’t
remember.) Everything from old issues of
“The Lance” to prom dresses, athletic uniforms, and old yearbooks are on display in this award-winning museum. If
you have La Follette memorabilia items that you would like to donate to this
permanent collection, please bring them with you.
The Big
Event: Saturday,
July 12th, from 6:30 p.m. until midnight at the East
Side Club on Lake Monona (formerly the East Side Businessmen’s
Association—where we held our 10 Year Reunion) Semi-formal. Enjoy dancing to
80’s music, slides and home movies of our high school days and past class
reunions. COST: $25/ person in advance or $35/per person at the door –
includes hors d’oeuvres catered by Blue Plate Catering, beer, soda, and coffee
(there will also be a cash bar). Note the good deal: Cost of advanced ticket
this year is just half the cost of what it was for our 20th Reunion!
Family
Picnic: Sunday, July
13th from noon until 4 p.m. at the Monona
Dream Park (at the Gazebo). A
chance to meet the families of your classmates—bring your kids (and grandkids
if you have some by now)! Take Nichols Rd., turn left on Healy . This is a
picnic but it’s BYOE (bring your own everything). We’re attempting to keep
costs down and to keep things more simple.
Please help
the reunion planners by completing the form below and returning it before July
3rd (the sooner the better) with your full payment for Saturday’s
Big Event.
Along with
your reunion check please also consider sending a check made out to the
La Follette Archives and History Museum (contributions are tax deductible).
In celebration of our 25th Year Reunion, the Class of ’83 is
initiating a fundraising campaign to raise $13,000 needed for this worthwhile
and impressive project. We hope other graduating classes and businesses will
also join us in this effort. $3,000 will go for immediate needs and $10,000
more will qualify it for an Endowment Fund to secure ongoing support through
the Madison Foundation for Public Schools. The La Follette Archives and History
Museum preserves the history of La Follette High School. As it helps history
come alive for students, it is also used as a teaching tool to equip students
with critical thinking & primary researching skills. Please visit www.madison.k12.wi.us/laf/archives/
for more info on this project.
Also please
visit our class website at www.lafollette83.org
and help locate missing classmates.
And please
spread the word about the La Follette Class of ’83 25th Year Reunion
Weekend!
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Please
complete this form and return with enclosed check to: La Follette
Class of ’83 PO Box 6032
Monona, WI
53716-6032 Name (while at
La Follette)_______________________ Current Name__________________________ Spouse’s/Partner’s
Name________________________ Children’s
names and years of
birth_________________________________________________________ Current
Address ________________________________Current Phone Number
(s)__________________ Number
attending Pedro’s on Friday Night ______ (so we can reserve enough space) Number attending
Saturday East Side Club Event _______ Number
attending Sunday Picnic_____